Postgraduate research students: you are the future of the Academy
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Article Title | Postgraduate research students: you are the future of the Academy |
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ERA Journal ID | 18535 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Blass, Eddie (Author), Jasman, Anne (Author) and Shelley, Steve (Author) |
Journal Title | Futures |
Journal Citation | 44 (2), pp. 166-173 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2012 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | Oxford, United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0016-3287 |
1873-6378 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2011.09.009 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328711002485 |
Abstract | This paper explores the changing role of the university developed and changed over time, and how this is likely to change further in the next 25 years. By drawing on scenarios for the future of the HE sector in the UK in 2035, the article argues that postgraduate research students will be the key factor that sustains the future of the Academy as universities focus more and more attention on the teaching of ever increasing numbers of undergraduate students. The paper highlights the danger of a divide occurring between the idea of the university and the notion of the Academy in the future, and the essential role that research students will play in ensuring this divide remains bridged. The article argues that it is imperative for universities to expand their postgraduate research degree provision if the Academy is to continue in the future as the foundation to knowledge creation. |
Keywords | role of the university; future of higher education; postgraduate research; academic research |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390201. Education policy |
390303. Higher education | |
390114. Vocational education and training curriculum and pedagogy | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Swinburne University of Technology |
Faculty of Education | |
University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q10yz/postgraduate-research-students-you-are-the-future-of-the-academy
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