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    Undertaking PhD Research in Human Geography in Ireland


    Kitchin, Rob (2015) Undertaking PhD Research in Human Geography in Ireland. GeoJournal, 80. pp. 239-242. ISSN 0343-2521

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    Abstract

    Over the past 15 years graduate education in the Republic of Ireland has been radically transformed through the introduction of new funding schemes, structured doctoral programmes, and enhanced research capacity, supports and infrastructures in Irish higher education. The result has been a rapid expansion of graduate numbers, inter-institutional and interdisciplinary collaboration in the delivery of graduate programmes, and a marked change in the resources available to support graduate students (albeit tempered by the post 2008 crisis). This short paper provides a critical but sympathetic commentary on PhD reform in Ireland.

    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: PhD; Ireland; Collaboration; Interdisciplinarity; Graduate education programmes; GREPs;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography
    Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > National Institute for Regional and Spatial analysis, NIRSA
    Item ID: 7271
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-014-9576-4
    Depositing User: Prof. Rob Kitchin
    Date Deposited: 14 Sep 2016 14:46
    Journal or Publication Title: GeoJournal
    Publisher: Springer Verlag
    Refereed: No
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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