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Tim M. Stevens; Indira N. Z. Day; Perry J. den Brok; Frans J. Prins; Hanneke J. H. E. Assen; Marlies ter Beek; Gunter Bombaerts; Remco Coppoolse; Petra H. M. Cremers; Rik Engbers; Madeleine Hulsen; Rachelle J. A. Kamp; Jur J. Koksma; Kariene Mittendorff; Jan Riezebos; Roeland M. van der Rijst; Margje W. J. van de Wiel; Jan D. Vermunt – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Higher education (HE) is engaged in a variety of educational innovations, as well as professional development initiatives (PDIs) to support teachers in attaining the required expertise. To improve teacher professional learning and development (PLD) and innovation processes, it is important to understand whether, how and why different PLD practices…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Expertise
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Carol Azumah Dennis; Fiona Aubrey-Smith; Inma Alvarez; Philippa Waterhouse; Gillian Ferguson – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
This paper explores the different epistemologies that define the Professional Doctorate, paying close attention to how Postgraduate Researchers (PGRs) doing a Professional Doctorate reconcile academic and professional knowledge. Through a narrative exploration of the literature published since the first UK Professional Doctorates were awarded in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Continuing Education, Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students
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Nasser-Abu Alhija, Fadia; Fresko, Barbara – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
Employing graduate students in undergraduate courses is common practice in higher education. This study focused on the concerns of graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) to learn how their work performance could be improved. GTAs (N = 158) at a major research university in Israel provided written recommendations for enhancing their work. Thematic…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Undergraduate Study, Foreign Countries
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Boud, David; Costley, Carol; Marshall, Steve; Sutton, Brian – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
Doctoral education aims to benefit those who undertake it, but does it exert a wider influence? Professional doctorates are commonly designed to have an impact beyond the individual concerned, but is this influence realised? This article focuses on a collaborative enquiry by a group of academics and doctoral alumni from non-discipline-specific…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Students, Alumni, Outcomes of Education
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Liu, Wei; Liu, Zenghua – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
Together with fast economic growth, the international mobility of students from China and to China is also experiencing rapid growth. In the first two decades of the new century, China quickly emerged as a top destination country for international students. With data collected from 39 Chinese professionals in international education, this study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Higher Education
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Saito, Eisuke; Pham, Thanh – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
The notion of employability has become a focal point of higher education in many countries' strategies to prepare students for employment. Responses to this notion can differ largely from country to country and from university to university, based on their historical, political, and economic contexts. However, very little has been researched in…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Higher Education, Employment Potential, Universities