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Freire, Carla; Barbosa, Iris – Education & Training, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to compare graduates' score rates in two multiple mini-interview (MMI) stations designed to assess graduates from several academic areas: confidant vs stress interview and synchronous vs asynchronous. This relates to three transversal competences (TCs) (learning to learn [LL], positive professional attitude…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Competence, Scores, Semi Structured Interviews
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Jang, Sou Hyun – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: This study aimed to understand healthcare utilization behavior among Korean international students in the U.S. Participants and methods: Seventeen Korean international students in New York City participated in in-depth personal interviews. Results: The participants passively utilized U.S. healthcare by minimizing, avoiding, or delaying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Health Care, Foreign Students, Semi Structured Interviews
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Loxley, Andrew; Kearns, Mark – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
The changing nature of doctoral education over the past three decades has taken on a triadic relationship constructed around expectations-process-purposes and has generated much commentary and critique. The intention of this paper is to focus on the notion of "purpose" from the perspective of doctoral supervisors which we have collated…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Supervisors, Supervision
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Akyürek, Erkan; Afacan, Özlem – Higher Education Studies, 2018
This study was conducted to determine the problems faced by graduate students when conducting scientific research and to make suggestions for solving these problems. The research model was a case study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants in the study with questions about the problems encountered during scientific research…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Research Problems, Case Studies, Student Attitudes
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Shen, Wenqin – Higher Education Quarterly, 2018
International experience during doctoral training is critical in improving the quality of research training and establishing international networks. This study makes an original contribution to the understanding of the research partnership between visiting doctoral students and their supervisors. The current research draws upon empirical evidence…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Semi Structured Interviews
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Leak, Anne E.; Sciaky, Elizabeth; Lenaburg, Lubella; Bianchini, Julie A.; Scott, Susannah – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
This study explores how graduate students learn to participate in collaborative international science research. As part of an NSF-funded program, 21 graduate students participated in extended research visits to China, completing surveys before and after traveling, and participating in semistructured interviews upon returning to the U.S. These…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Scientific Research, International Programs, Student Surveys
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Maguire, Kate; Prodi, Elena; Gibbs, Paul – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Doctoral supervision has attracted significant attention from higher education bodies over the last 15 years, stimulated by shifts in educational and socio-political contexts including what supports the knowledge economy and the stakeholdership of students. This paper conceptualises work worlds through Heideggerian discourse and presents…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Supervision, Communities of Practice
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Kiley, Margaret – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
In this paper, it is argued that some doctoral candidates with successful professional careers prior to enrolling in the PhD may face particular challenges with learning to be a researcher. The paper draws on data from a modest study involving interviews with supervisors who had worked with such doctoral candidates. The research aims to identify,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Educational Opportunities, Graduate Students
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Stylianou, Michalis; Enright, Eimear; Hogan, Anna – Sport, Education and Society, 2017
Numerous academics have argued that if a field is to progress, attention needs to be paid to how future generations of researchers are being prepared. To date, data generated on research training in physical education and sport pedagogy (PESP) have primarily focused on students undertaking doctoral programmes with a formal coursework component,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Educational Research, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs
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Evans, Carl; Nguyen, Tien; Richardson, Mark; Scott, Ian – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2018
This article explores the perceptions of international students studying in the UK regarding their transition from undergraduate to postgraduate study, the challenges they faced in the process and the factors that supported that transition. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 44 taught international postgraduate students at a UK…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Transitional Programs
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Vekkaila, Jenna; Virtanen, Viivi; Taina, Juha; Pyhältö, Kirsi – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
The post-doctoral phase is characterized by a high level of competition and even a risk of unemployment due to the increasing number of PhDs. This study explores the function of social support or lack of it in post PhD researchers' engaging and disengaging experiences from the beginning of their careers as researchers. The data were collected from…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
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Nafissi, Zohreh; Rezaeipanah, Fariba; Monsefi, Roya – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
Iran's education system is exam-based and to gain admission to universities at undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels, candidates have to sit a competitive examination. For this reason, developing an EAP course which prepares the candidates for these examinations is of crucial importance. The present study attempted to develop an EAP…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Pretests Posttests, Needs Assessment, Student Evaluation
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Pearson, Margot; Evans, Terry; Macauley, Peter – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
A significant feature of contemporary doctoral education is the continuing trend for research and research education to migrate beyond discipline-based institutional teaching and research structures. The result is a more diverse array of settings and arrangements for doctoral education linked to an increasingly global research enterprise.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Doctoral Programs, Case Studies
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Robertson, Margaret J. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
Currently, team supervision in doctoral studies is widely practised across Australian universities. The interpretation of 'team' is broad and there is evidence of experimentation with supervisory models. This paper elaborates upon a taxonomy of team modes and power forms based on a recent qualitative study across universities in a number of states…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Teamwork, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
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Sala-Bubaré, Anna; Castelló, Montserrat – Studies in Continuing Education, 2017
Despite the growing number of studies exploring PhD students' experiences and their social relationships with other researchers, there is a lack of research on the interaction between the type of experiences and the social agents involved, especially in relation to not only problems and challenges, but also to positive emotions and experiences. In…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Socialization, Writing Workshops
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