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Perez-Encinas, Adriana; Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
This study investigates the factors that influence how long it takes for master's-level graduate students to find employment. The original contribution stems from questioning whether the structure and content of university programmes play a role in graduates' ability to secure jobs. To this end, we focus on three dimensions at three points in time…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Masters Programs, Employment Potential, College Graduates
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Joseph-Richard, Paul; Jessop, Tansy – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
There has been a revival of interest in the relationship between research and teaching and its impact on student learning. Most studies have focused on the experience of research informed teaching (RIT) for undergraduate students, usually from teachers' perspective. Here we explored the experience of 25 Masters' students on a Management degree in…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Correlation, Masters Programs
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Rasmussen, Lauge Baungaard; Hansen, Mette Sanne – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
This paper explains how engineering students at a Danish university acquired the necessary skills to become emergent facilitators of organisational development. The implications of this approach are discussed and related to relevant viewpoints and findings in the literature. The methodology deployed for this paper is empirical and conceptual. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Graduate Students, Facilitators (Individuals)
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Stelma, Juup; Fay, Richard – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
This paper presents an ecological perspective on the developing researcher competence of participants in the research education component of a professionally oriented master's course. There is a particular focus on the intentionality (as in "purpose") of the participants' research education activity. The data used to develop the…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Research Skills, Foreign Countries, Educational Experience
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Reeves, Jenny – Studies in Higher Education, 2011
Continuing emphasis on lifelong learning arguably requires universities to move away from transmissive teaching to pedagogies centred on transforming practice. Whilst the professional learning of established teachers has attracted increased attention, describing processes that bring about changes in the teaching practice of experienced…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Transformative Learning, Inservice Teacher Education, Masters Programs
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Done, Elizabeth; Knowler, Helen – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
This article responds to Aitchson's observation that development of new pedagogic practices for teaching writing is inhibited by lack of research into how such pedagogies work in practice. The article refers to research into the introduction of a module, "Writing as Professional Development", on a part-time master's-level programme for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Educational Strategies