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April 2025
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Programme Published9th International Conference on Professional & Practice Based Doctorates
The International Conference on Professional and Practice Doctorates, run in partnership with Middlesex University since 2009, is the leading event focusing on the development, provision and impact of professional, practice-based and practice-led doctorates in institutions across the globe.
March 2025
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Supporting Critical Thinking in PGT Provision
This online discussion will focus on Supporting Critical Thinking in PGT Provision.
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Annual General Meeting 2025
The UKCGE will look back at the past year across the postgraduate sector, as well as preview what’s to come in the 2025/26 academic year. The session will also see the results announced of the 2025 elections to the UKCGE Executive Committee.
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Postgraduate Education Practitioners Network — Online Workshop 2025
At this workshop, there will be a discussion about the new UKRI Terms and Conditions of Doctoral Training Grants, a chance to consider careers in professional services, plus our first spotlight session on Post-viva support for PGRs.
February 2025
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Waiting ListDoctoral Deans & Directors Network — Residential Workshop 2025
This Residential Workshop for Doctoral Deans & Directors, and those in similar positions, will explore topics such as the impact of the new OfS regulations on harassment & sexual harassment, the HEI funding climate and developments in the REF.
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Mental Health & Wellbeing of Staff who Support PGRs
The next event in a series looking at the mental health and wellbeing in the PG sector. This event will focus on the wellbeing of staff who support PGRS
January 2025
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Artificial Intelligence in Postgraduate Research: Ethics of AI in Research
This online discussion session will examine the ethical implications of using artificial intelligence in postgraduate research. The session will feature a presentation from Tom Stoneham (Professor of Philosophy at the University of York) and this will be followed by an in depth discussion on the issue.
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Postgraduate Education Practitioners Network Clinic
This is the first PEP Network Clinic, aimed at professional services colleagues who work with and for postgraduate researchers (PGRs). These sessions will take place roughly quarterly and aim to provide PEP members with the space to come together to discuss hot topics and troubleshoot issues and challenges in a safe, supportive environment.
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Doctoral Deans & Directors’ Network Discussion Session
The PRES (Postgraduate Research Experience Survey) is used by UK higher education institutions to hear the voice of postgraduate researchers. Join us at this online event to hear an update on PRES from Jonathan Neves, Head of Business Intelligence & Surveys, Advance HE.
December 2024
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Mental Health & Wellbeing of PG Students: Supervision
The next in the series of online events looking at the mental health and wellbeing of PG students. This event will focus on supervision.
November 2024
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Artificial Intelligence in Postgraduate Research: Tips and Tools
This online discussion session will examine some of the issues surrounding artificial intelligence in postgraduate research.
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Research Supervisors’ Network Meeting
Led by the UKCGE Research Supervisors’ Network, this lunctime discussion session will focus on some of the key issues currently affecting research supervisors.
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Programme Published2nd UKCGE Conference on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in PG Research
Greater diversity in postgraduate research benefits everybody. It generates work that reflects current society more accurately and is fundamental to our understanding of universities as public institutions. Ensuring inclusivity in postgraduate education is at the heart of furthering our economic, scientific and social progress.
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An Introduction to PGR
This online workshop will provide colleagues in professional services roles, who are new to working in the field of postgraduate research (or who would like a refresher), with an understanding of some of the specific issues and unique challenges that face those working within postgraduate research.
October 2024
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UK Research Supervision Survey Launch 2024
Join us for the launch of the UK Research Supervision Survey 2024, where we reveal the outcomes of this year’s investigation into supervisory practice. Find out what issues are uppermost in the minds of supervisors, how they perceive their roles and how they see the future of supervision in the UK.
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Presentations ConfirmedMental Health & Wellbeing of PG Students: Community & Belonging
The first in a series of online events looking at the mental health and wellbeing of PG students. This event will focus on community and belonging.
July 2024
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Programme PublishedUKCGE Annual Conference 2024
Postgraduate education has impact: it transforms lives, creates economic advantages for individuals and it’s a core part of what makes universities thrive. This conference is a chance to explore the impacts of postgraduate education and to learn how to maximise their benefits.
June 2024
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Inequalities & PGR Wellbeing
Challenges to wellbeing are a frequent refrain in narratives about postgraduate research (PGR) study, but these challenges are not experienced equitably. However, our understanding about inequalities surrounding PGR wellbeing remain under-researched. This session will examine the existing evidence base to map what is and is not yet known about PGR wellbeing, and share some emergent reflections from primary research about disparities in doctoral/PGR wellbeing.
May 2024
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PGR Feedback: Impact and Implications
The 2024 Postgraduate Education Practitioners Network workshop provides the opportunity to join colleagues from HEIs across the UK, in person, to discuss some of the pressing issues affecting their roles.
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Using the Good Supervisory Practice Framework to Support Supervisor Development
Using examples from colleagues from University College London and Coventry University, this online workshop will examine ways in which the UKCGE Good Supervisory Practice Framework may be used to support supervisor development.
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Mitigation and Reasonable Adjustment in Doctoral Education
This in-person interactive workshop, funded by the University of Warwick Enhancing Research Culture scheme, offers an opportunity to discuss questions and share practices surrounding mitigation/extenuating circumstances and reasonable adjustment in doctoral education.
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The Role of PGR Coordinators
This online event will examine the role of PGR Coordinators.
April 2024
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PostponedEmpowering Futures: Unveiling the Next Frontier in Postgraduate Researcher Admissions through a Competency-Based Model
This event provides the opportunity to join colleagues from HEIs across the UK, in person, to learn about a new, more inclusive approach to PGR admissions. The workshop offers the opportunity to find out more about the PGR Competency-Based Admissions Framework, its development and current pilot across three universities.
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New Date ConfirmedAdministrative Checks for Examiners of Vivas: Right to Work Checks and Other Challenges
This online discussion will examine some of the administrative issues faced by institutions in ensuring that examiners of vivas are appointed in an appropriate manner. For example a number of institutions have reported challenges with right to work checks for viva examiners. This discussion, led by the University of Westminster and held under the Chatham House rule, will allow colleagues from across the sector to share and discuss their own, and other institutions’, approaches in this area.
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UKRI’s Statement of Expectations for Doctoral Training – Implications for Practice
UKRI launched its new Statement of Expectations for Doctoral Training in January 2024. The statement sets out expectations for funders, research organisations (including supervisors), collaborators and students. It aims to simplify expectations while maintaining flexibility and embedding equality, diversity and inclusion within postgraduate research.
March 2024
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Waiting List6th International Conference on Developments in Doctoral Education & Training
Doctoral research is expected to deliver an ever-increasing number of outcomes. Apart from the high standard of the work produced, the research community must ensure that doctoral degrees meet the needs of government and funding organisations, along with employers and society in general.
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Annual General Meeting 2024
The UKCGE will look back at the past year across the postgraduate sector, as well as preview what’s to come in the 2024/25 academic year. The session will also see the results announced of the 2024 elections to the UKCGE Executive Committee.
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Parental Leave for PGRs — An Online Discussion
This online discussion, led by colleagues from the University of Bath and Nottingham Trent University, will examine the rights for parental leave for PGRs, particularly international doctoral candidates and how they are impacted by visa regulations.
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Postgraduate Research — Race and Ethnicity in PGR
This online discussion session will provide a summary of the UKCGE Conference on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Postgraduate Research, which took place in November 2023 and focused on race and ethnicity in PGR. There will also be updates on a number of the presentations and initiatives presented at the conference, as well a discussion about the broader issues surrounding race and ethnicity in postgraduate research.
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PGT Dissertations
This online workshop, led by colleagues from the University of Edinburgh, will examine dissertations at Postgraduate Taught Level.
February 2024
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Doctoral Deans & Directors Network — Residential Workshop 2024
The annual UKCGE Residential Workshop features a variety of sessions, providing Deans and Directors of Graduate Schools, and those in similar positions, the opportunity to network with peers and discuss the key issues affecting postgraduate education.
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Next Generation Research SuperVision Project (RSVP)
Join this online launch session to find out about the Next Generation: Research SuperVision Project (RSVP) which seeks, over the next four years, to transform the culture and practice of research supervision. Steven Hill from Research England will open the session and provide the context for the project. This will be followed by an overview of the key aims and objectives of the project and the process for potential partners to submit expressions of interest. There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions and share ideas.
January 2024
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Supporting the Growth of the Professional Doctorate
This online discussion session will examine the growth of professional doctorates and how colleagues can help to manage this growth and support the development of professional doctorates within their institutions.
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Managing Expectations in the Transition to Postgraduate Research
This online discussion, led by colleagues from the University of Central Lancashire and Edge Hill University, will examine the importance of establishing a good supervisory relationship in the early stages of the transition from taught to research led education.
December 2023
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The New Deal for Postgraduate Research — Town Hall Discussion
This online discussion will focus on the ‘New Deal for Postgraduate Research’, recently published by UKRI, and will examine its impact on the postgraduate sector.
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What is the impact of doctoral research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences?
This online discussion, run in collaboration with The British Academy, will examine the impact of doctoral research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
November 2023
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Postgraduate Education Practitioners Network— Online Workshop 2023
This online workshop, run by the Postgraduate Education Practitioners Network (formerly the Graduate Education Managers network) will examine the issues of Export Control and also
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Micro-Credentials for Postgraduate Taught Degrees
The online workshop will examine the use of micro-credentials in postgraduate taught degrees.
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Administrative Milestones to Support On-Time Completion
This online Town Hall discussion will focus on ways to improve completion rates amongst PGRs. Using a new initiative at the University of Sheffield as a starting point, attendees will have to opportunity to discuss & share challenges & successes in instigating administrative processes to support PGRs & their supervisors to completion.
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Doctoral Deans & Directors Network Discussion Session
This in-person discussion session will allow Deans & Directors of Graduates Schools (and those in similar roles) to come together to discuss some of the key issues currently affecting the postgraduate sector. (Attendance at this event also includes a booking to attend the Sir Bob Burgess Memorial Lecture)
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The Postgraduate Research Landscape in Europe: Trends and Drivers
This year’s Sir Bob Burgess Memorial Lecture will be presented by Professor Barbara Dooley, Deputy President of University College Dublin and a member of the European Universities Association – Council for Doctoral Education.
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1st UKCGE Conference on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Postgraduate Research
Greater diversity in postgraduate research benefits everybody. It generates work that reflects current society more accurately and is fundamental to our understanding of universities as public institutions. Ensuring inclusivity in postgraduate education is at the heart of furthering our economic, scientific and social progress.
October 2023
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Supporting Neurodivergent PGRs
The online discussion session, run in association with colleagues from Durham University, will examine issues surround how best to support neurodivergent PGRs. Attendees will also have opportunity to share and discuss challenges & successes in supporting neurodivergent PGRs in their own institutions.
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Building Postgraduate Communities in Small and Specialist Institutions
The online discussion session, being run in collaboration with GuildHE, will focus on institutions with small PGR cohorts, as well as institutions with particular specialisms, and it will examine how those institutions can successfully build postgraduate communities.
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Routes Out of Postgraduate Research
This workshop will focus on questions around employability of postgraduate researchers. There will be the opportunity to learn about the context of postgraduate employability and associated initiatives in Australia, dig into how researcher development can help to address common PGR career anxieties, and to learn from existing practice around PGR and postdoctoral placements in doctoral training partnerships.
September 2023
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Supporting PGRS Who Teach — Town Hall Discussion
This online Town Hall discussion will examine ways in which institutions can support Postgraduate Researchers who teach.
July 2023
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UKCGE Annual Conference 2023
The Annual Conference is the flagship event in the UKCGE events programme. Join colleagues from across UK as we come together to reflect on the past year in both PGR and PGT education, and discuss some of the most pressing issues affecting the postgraduate sector.
June 2023
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Mental Health and Wellbeing of Part Time and Distance Learning Postgraduate Researchers
Funded by the University of Portsmouth, this workshop will explore the mental health and wellbeing of part-time and distance learning postgraduate researchers.
May 2023
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Graduate Education Managers Network Meeting 2023
The 2023 Graduate Education Managers Network workshop provides the opportunity to join colleagues from HEIs across the UK, in person, to discuss some of the pressing issues affecting their roles.
April 2023
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Town Hall Discussion for Graduate Education Managers
This free online discussion session will allow Graduate Education Managers and those in similar positions the opportunity to discuss some of the most pressing issues affecting their roles and the broader postgraduate sector.
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3rd UKCGE Conference on Postgraduate Taught Education
The 3rd UKCGE Conference on Postgraduate Taught Education will take place in-person at the University of Nottingham
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Generative AI, ChatGPT, and the Impact on Postgraduate Work
This free online session will examine the impact of ChatGPT, and other developments in AI, on postgraduate education.
March 2023
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Programme Launched
8th International Conference on Professional & Practice Based Doctorates
The International Conference on Professional and Practice Doctorates, run in partnership with Middlesex University since 2009, is the leading event focusing on the development, provision and impact of professional, practice-based and practice-led doctorates in institutions across the globe. The 8th conference in the series will, for the first time since 2018, be a face-to-face event allowing once again for opportunities to network with colleagues from around the world.
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Annual General Meeting 2023
The UKCGE will look back at the past year across the postgraduate sector, as well as preview what’s to come in the 2023/24 academic year. The session will also see the results announced of the 2023 elections to the UKCGE Executive Committee.
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Deans & Directors of Graduate Schools — Residential Workshop 2023
The annual UKCGE Residential Workshop features a variety of sessions, providing Deans and Directors of Graduate Schools, and those in similar positions, the opportunity to network with peers and discuss the key issues affecting postgraduate education.
January 2023
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Belonging in Postgraduate Research
This online workshop will examine the issue Belonging for PGRs whilst undertaking doctoral research. The workshop will include a panel of current PGRs, sharing thier experiences. There will be an examination of how to define, measure and support success for PGRs from a range of backgrounds. There will also be focus on encouraging a sense of belonging for PGRs from various ethnic backgrounds, as well as with mental health challenges.
December 2022
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An Introduction to the Postgraduate Sector
This online workshop will provide colleagues who are new to postgraduate research the opportunity to learn about the sector and develop an understanding of some of the issues that will affect their roles within UK HEIs.
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Graduate Education Managers — Online Workshop
This online workshop will allow Graduate Education Managers to come together to discuss some of the key issues currently affecting the postgraduate sector.
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Deans & Directors of Graduate Schools — Online Workshop
This online workshop will allow Deans & Directors of Graduates Schools to come together to discuss some of the key issues currently affecting the postgraduate sector.
November 2022
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3rd International Conference on the Mental Health & Wellbeing of Postgraduate Researchers
Join us in person, in Brighton, for this major international conference on supprting the mental health & wellbeing of postgraduate researchers. The conference will feature the latest developments in research and also focus on effective practices from colleagues around the world.
September 2022
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Panel Discussion on Research Supervision
Following on from the UKCGE hosted Focus Groups on UKRI Expectations for Research Supervision (taking place in July 2022), this panel discussion will examine doctoral supervision, issues of supporting supervisors and enhancing supervisory practice.
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Good Practice Guidelines for Assessment for PGT
This workshop will look at some of the particular challenges in assessment at PGT level. It will consider both the principles which ought to underpin our assessment of PGT, and also will begin to develop guidelines for good practice in this area.
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Deans & Directors of Graduate Schools — The Cost of Living Crisis as it Affects PGRs
In an anticipation of an announcement from UKRI with regards to stipends for PGRs, this one-hour discussion session for Deans & Directors of Graduate Schools will focus on the cost of living crisis and its impact on PGRs. The discussion will consider how the crisis may affect all PGRs (with or without Research Council funding) and what may be done to help mitigate its impact.
July 2022
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Focus Group on UKRI Expectations for Research Supervision — Doctoral Candidates
Workshop for Doctoral Candidates
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Focus Group on UKRI Expectations for Research Supervision — Doctoral Supervisors
Workshop for Doctoral Supervisors
June 2022
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UKCGE Annual Conference 2022
Innovations and Developments in Postgraduate Education
May 2022
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Deans & Directors of Graduate Schools
A forum for Deans and Directors of Graduate Schools to discuss the latest developments in postgraduate provision
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Graduate Education Managers Network Meeting 2022
Successfully Bringing “Hybridity” into the PGR Experience
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Supporting the Professional Development of Research Supervisors
This workshop will showcase different approaches to professional development for supervisors with a view to opening up discussion about what and how supervisors can be supported and recognised for the important role they play.
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Pre-Doctoral Programmes & Tasters
Examining preparedness for doctoral research.
April 2022
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Structures and Strategy in Doctoral Education in the UK and Ireland
Join us for the launch of the UKCGE report: Structures and Strategy in Doctoral Education in the UK and Ireland
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Programme Now Available5th International Conference on Developments in Doctoral Education & Training
The International Conference on the Development of Doctoral Education and Training offers a major platform to assess and discuss doctoral education and training in the international context, with an opportunity to share experience and network with colleagues old and new from throughout the world.
June 2021
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UKCGE Annual Conference 2021
Join us for the 2021 Annual Conference, the UKCGE’s blue-ribbon event, taking place again this year as an online festival of postgraduate education.
February 2021
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7th International Conference on Professional & Practice Based Doctorates
Reflecting developments in the field of professional doctorates, for its 7th iteration, the International Conference on Professional Doctorates transforms into the International Conference on Professional and Practice Doctorates.
The ICPPD conference series, run in partnership with Middlesex University since 2009, is now the leading event focusing on the development, provision and impact of professional, practice-based and practice-led doctorates in institutions across the globe.
March 2018
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6th International Conference on Professional Doctorates
The nature of doctoral education has changed since the first ICPD conference held in Edinburgh in 2009. The numbers of professional doctorate programmes available has increased dramatically in the UK as have the numbers of participants, and discussions at the ICPD conferences have helped to raise the profile of professional doctorates across Europe.
Most importantly the conferences have given the space to discuss and consider the place of such programmes in the context of further development of doctoral education.
March 2016
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5th International Conference on Professional Doctorates
The nature of doctoral education has changed since the first ICPD conference held in London in 2009. The numbers of professional doctorate programmes available have increased dramatically in the UK; as have the numbers of participants and discussions at ICPD conferences. These increases have helped to raise the profile of professional doctorates across Europe. Most importantly the conferences have given the space to discuss and consider the place of such programmes in the context of further development of doctoral education.