This book is intended as an introduction to academic discourse in English and is written for
students, general readers and specialists in other areas of applied linguistics or language …

The authors draw on two families of theories–developmental networks and sociocultural
perspectives on learning–to develop an interdisciplinary approach to the study of doctoral …

It is a major commitment to undertake doctoral study but relatively little is known about what
motivates students to enrol or what they subsequently see as the benefits they have gained …

The pressures of new agendas, new students and new degrees are challenging traditional
pedagogical frameworks in doctoral education. This article draws on an ethnographic study …

Earlier research on doctoral education has associated study progress with the student's own
capabilities and faculty support. The purpose of this study is to investigate how students' …

Abstract The Professional Doctorate (ProfDoc) is attracting increasing attention because of
its perceived greater than the Doctor of Philosophy's (PhD's) focus on meeting the needs of …

Building on the increasing interest within English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in
postgraduate literacy development, this article examines the complexities of writing research …

The development of new types of doctoral education in the last decades is part of a
comprehensive trend in higher education. This trend has increased the number of research …

This study investigates how learning to become a" researching professional"(Bourner,
Bowden, & Laing, 2000) is understood by students undertaking a professional Doctorate of …

Postgraduate supervision has been a subject of close scrutiny all around the globe
demanding transparency, parity and rigour as students cross international boundaries …