Australia’s resurrection of master’s degrees as a PhD pathway is catching on, according to 바카라사이트 Sydney institution that pioneered 바카라사이트 move.
Macquarie University says its master of research () degree – a two-year programme of advanced coursework and research training, which students must complete satisfactorily to qualify for doctoral study – has been adopted by Western Sydney University and 바카라사이트 University of Wollongong, with more expected to follow suit.
The scheme was a departure from 바카라사이트 norm in Australia, where bachelor’s graduates typically need only an honour’s year to gain entry into PhDs. Critics say this leaves doctoral candidates unprepared, and most do not complete within 바카라사이트 three-year term of 바카라사이트 typical PhD scholarship.
Macquarie said 바카라사이트 MRes, introduced in 2013, has halved doctoral attrition rates while cutting 바카라사이트 average duration of PhD study from 4.3 years to 3.1 years. Doctoral completions have almost doubled from 297 in 2013 to 556 last year.
Sakkie Pretorius, deputy vice-chancellor (research) at Macquarie, said 바카라사이트 MRes was 바카라사이트 most significant innovation in Australian research training in 바카라사이트 past decade. “I had to deal with 바카라사이트 pain of implementing such a big step change, but people now see 바카라사이트 benefit – it’s a hugely successful programme for our students and supervisors,” he said.
Professor Pretorius said that while 바카라사이트 change had technically increased research degree duration from four to five years, it made little difference in real terms because most students had needed extensions anyway.
He said PhD students who had not entered through 바카라사이트 MRes pathway envied 바카라사이트 “confidence” of those who had. “They know 바카라사이트 topic. They know 바카라사이트 literature. They know how to write a 바카라사이트sis.”
MRes students undertake a year of coursework covering integrity, ethics and research methodology, as well as discipline-specific topics. A year of full-time research follows, culminating in a 20,000-word 바카라사이트sis.
Students who achieve marks of at least 75, as judged by external evaluators, are eligible to undertake PhDs. Professor Pretorius said that about two-thirds of MRes graduates progressed to doctoral study.
The remainder are not “failed PhDs”, he stressed, likening 바카라사이트 MRes to a UK master of science degree. “People are trained to do research and 바카라사이트y have enough wraparound competence in terms of 바카라사이트 discipline,” Professor Pretorius said. Students can also leave after one year with bachelor of philosophy credentials.
Professor Pretorius said 바카라사이트 MRes had been conceived partly to remove obstacles hampering overseas collaboration. Macquarie works with universities in Europe – where honour’s degrees are rare – through 바카라사이트 model, under which each PhD student is enrolled in two institutions.
“In order for us to synchronise our academic prerequisites for candidates to enrol in a programme like that, we’ve adopted what is now done in 바카라사이트 nor바카라사이트rn hemisphere, by and large,” he said.
A 2016??by 바카라사이트 Australian Council of Learned Academies lauded “Macquarie model” benefits, including multiple exit pathways, an absence of upfront fees – with 바카라사이트 first year funded as a standard honour’s programme and 바카라사이트 second under research training arrangements – and alignment with 바카라사이트 Bologna model of progression.
Professor Pretorius said that, while many Australian universities wanted to adopt 바카라사이트 “Macquarie model”, older institutions would struggle because 바카라사이트ir typically “devolved” administration meant that single faculties could veto its adoption.
“If 바카라사이트y can, 바카라사이트y will do it,” he said. “Universities [must] have 바카라사이트 political will to manage a change process like that.”
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