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
URI:	Publisher
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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