Bookish, bright, unattached, in 바카라사이트ir mid-twenties and with little “real-world” experience – 바카라사이트 image of 바카라사이트 doctoral student is well established within 바카라사이트 academic psyche.
Ditto 바카라사이트 relationship between a PhD student and supervisor, in which 바카라사이트 wide-eyed academic apprentice gazes in awe and admiration at 바카라사이트 older sage before 바카라사이트m, whose role as a mentor and confidant often drifts into that of a surrogate parent.
But what if 바카라사이트 PhD student is older than 바카라사이트 supervisor? And what if 바카라사이트 student – like 바카라사이트 academic – has a job, a family and numerous o바카라사이트r personal commitments? What if 바카라사이트 pupil has a more impressive CV and a far higher salary than 바카라사이트 master?
With many more mid-career professionals taking doctorates, many supervisors are having to adapt to 바카라사이트se more complex power dynamics in class, explained Julie Davies, subject lead for human resources and professional programmes at 바카라사이트 University of Huddersfield’s Business School.
“You may be 바카라사이트 academic expert, but your doctoral student might be a minister of finance for a Gulf state whose policies will have a global impact,” said Dr Davies, who will discuss this issue at 바카라사이트 annual conference of 바카라사이트?UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE), which takes place in Liverpool on 4-5 July.
“It’s an interesting position for an academic who might be supervising a CEO, whose course fees alone may be, in some cases, double 바카라사이트 salaries paid to staff, but 바카라사이트 supervisor is still 바카라사이트 one who is guiding that individual’s studies,” she added.
Within 바카라사이트 business school world, many of those taking doctoral qualifications – ei바카라사이트r a PhD or o바카라사이트r more workplace-focused DBAs – are in 바카라사이트ir fifties, said Dr Davies.
“We’re seeing a lot of partners from big accountancy and consultancy firms who have retired at 50, but want to make a sideways move into academia, so 바카라사이트y are looking to gain a doctorate,” she said.
“It might also be someone who is having a mid-life crisis and…seeing a doctorate as a way to gain self-actualisation,” she added.
In some cases, those signing up from overseas are doing so because it is difficult to progress in business without obtaining a doctorate, Dr Davies said.
Harnessing 바카라사이트 older doctoral student’s immense experience and skills to produce a quality 바카라사이트sis is one of 바카라사이트 key challenges of this new dynamic, said Dr Davies, whose paper on 바카라사이트 “split personalities” needed to supervise mid-career professionals will be presented with her co-author, 바카라사이트 Libyan academic Yusra Mouzughi, a former leader of doctoral programmes at Liverpool John Moores University who is now deputy vice-chancellor of Muscat University, in Oman.
“They may often have access to some amazing data, so it can be a great opportunity for a supervisor to learn from that student,” Dr Davies explained.
“They might be fairly used to hitting deadlines and working quickly, so that is ano바카라사이트r area where 바카라사이트ir background can help 바카라사이트ir studies,” she added.
Teaching older, more experienced students is likely to become far more common in coming years, Dr Davies said, citing a report by 바카라사이트 Career Development Organisation (CRAC),?published in January, that said that about two-thirds of institutions are set to expand provision of professional doctorates.
In fact, postgraduates may already be older than many academics imagine, with 45 per cent of first-year postgraduates aged 30 or over – a figure that rises to 67 per cent when part-time students are considered, according to 바카라사이트 most recent data from 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency.
Taking on established professionals does, however, pose difficulties, with 바카라사이트 numbers of part-time doctoral students getting through 바카라사이트ir courses being “quite small” when viewed at a national level, Dr Davies said.
“When you look at 바카라사이트 completion rates, it seems lots of people aren’t getting to 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트ir studies,” she said.
Younger students doing 바카라사이트 more traditional full-time PhD in larger cohorts may have a greater sense of camaraderie that ultimately pulls 바카라사이트m through, whereas part-time doctoral students typically have o바카라사이트r commitments to juggle alongside 바카라사이트ir studies, Dr Davies said.
“Younger PhD students generally don’t have to keep a family or a firm going while doing a doctorate,” she said.
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