This seminar brought EDE project partners from Rhodes University, Maseno University, and Vrije Universiteit, together with colleagues from other countries to discuss the implementation of coursework in the doctorate. They shared the strengths and weaknesses of this approach and offered insights into how to ensure that the coursework enables doctorate candidates to both make a “contribution at the frontiers of their discipline or field” and attain the graduate attributes specified in the national doctoral standard.

Speakers:

  • Prof Paul Ashwin – Professor of Higher Education, Lancaster University, England
  • Prof Diane Negra – Professor of Film Studies and Screen Culture, University College Dublin, Ireland
  • Dr Patrick O. Onyango – Dean of Graduate Studies, Maseno University, Kenya
  • Prof Marie Paretti – Professor of Engineering Education, Virgina Tech, USA
  • Prof Christine Teelken – Professor of Organization Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands