By Colleen Flaherty. Fordham’s English department is giving those finishing doctorates $4,500 each to help with the many costs associated with finding a position. More...
24 novembre 2017
23 novembre 2017
Math Student Wins ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ Contest
By Scott Jaschik. Science sponsors an annual "Dance Your Ph.D." contest to highlight research and the importance of communicating findings in ways to help non-specialists understand them. Below is the video of this year's winner, Nancy Scherich of the University of California, Santa Barbara. She studies topology, the study of geometry in which shape and size don’t matter. More...
23 novembre 2017
What Do I Tell My Conservative Student?
A professor considers how he should advise such a student applying to Ph.D. programs in a STEM field. More...
22 novembre 2017
A New Way for Ph.D.s to Plan Their Careers
Teresa Dillinger, Annie Maxfield and Sarah Peterson introduce ImaginePhD, a career-exploration and planning tool for doctoral students. More...
21 novembre 2017
Reading the Word and the World: A Critical Literary and Autoethnographic Analysis of Educational Renovation in Vietnam
Reading the Word and the World: A Critical Literary and Autoethnographic Analysis of Educational Renovation in Vietnam
Hien Dang Ta , University of Arizona, 2017/06/16
This is a lovely PhD thesis (197 page PDF) that explores aspects of Vietnamese education from the perspective of critical pedagogy and critical literacy. More...
17 novembre 2017
Contrats doctoraux handicap : campagne nationale 2018
La reconduction de la campagne nationale des contrats doctoraux au bénéfice des étudiants et étudiantes en situation de handicap s’inscrit pleinement dans le cadre fixé par le gouvernement lors du comité interministériel du handicap le 20 septembre 2017. L’objectif est d’accroitre le vivier des jeunes diplômés en situation de handicap au plus haut niveau et de permettre, notamment, un recrutement d’enseignants-chercheurs et de chercheurs. Plus...
12 novembre 2017
Seeking balance in honorary degrees (Advocate 24 03)
When the news broke that former football player and Australian of the Year, Adam Goodes had been granted an honorary doctorate from the University of Sydney, it was hard – as an Aboriginal woman who has been associated with ‘the academy’ for two decades – to not feel a mix of extraordinary pride along with some disillusionment. More...
11 novembre 2017
Take part in the EUA Survey on Doctoral Education in Europe
EUA is carrying out a study on the organisation of doctoral education in Europe. The outcomes of the study will inform future activities of EUA and its Council for Doctoral Education (EUA-CDE). The latter brings together a community of academic leaders and doctoral education professionals from more than 230 universities in over 30 countries. More...
11 novembre 2017
Register now for the 11th EUA-CDE Thematic Workshop
Registrations are now open for the 11th EUA-CDE Thematic Workshop, “The Impact and Outcomes of Doctoral Education Reform in Europe”. The event will be hosted by the University of Malta on 18 -19 January 2018 in Valletta. More...
11 novembre 2017
Registrations now open for the EUA Webinar, “Implementing an Ethos of Research Integrity in Doctoral Education”
In order to provide participants with the latest developments in this field, three speakers will share their insights and cover the following topics: the European Commission’s ongoing efforts to build a common framework for research ethics and integrity, key elements for doctoral education in the revised European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, and the main findings from a two-day EUA-CDE Focus Group discussion between European universities. More...
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