CHES-CDE Symposium on Doctoral Education and its purposes: research training for a changing world

Doctoral education studies have focused on learning processes, on supervisory relationships, on quality, access and employability just to mention a few themes. The rationales for such debates, while partly overlapping, are quite different: they point to concerns about academic excellence, instrumental views, student experience and, more recently, access. Differences in national higher education systems, universities and in disciplines have also added complexity to these conversations. This joint Centre for Higher Education Studies and Centre for Doctoral Education symposium aims to take stock from the ongoing discussions and will attempt to connect these themes.