scholarly journals Postgraduate Students' Expectations of Their Lecturers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senol Orakcı
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
University Education ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Education Professionals ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
The University

The main purpose of this study, which was realized in the qualitative research design, is to determine postgraduate student expectations of their lecturers. The study group is composed of master and doctoral students from different universities enrolled in Educational Sciences Institute that “seeks to prepare candidates as highly qualified education professionals capable of functioning in the current and dynamic field of education.” A case study design was employed in this study. The data of the study were collected by a semi-structured interview form consisting of five open-ended questions. “Content analysis method” was used in the analysis phase of data. Five themes, each with categories, were identified and were compared to findings in the literature. As a result of the study, it can be said that lecturers need to regularly update their skills and knowledge in order to maintain an effective teaching activity in the context of professional development. They should also avoid traditional methods and support their courses with materials. The university education should not only consist of teaching courses for the lecturers, but also social relations should be developed especially for both the university students and the university itself by establishing relations with the close environment.

scholarly journals Get a Room! How Writing Groups Aid the Development of Junior Academics’ Writing Practice and Writer Identity

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-74
Author(s):  
Jenny Mattsson ◽  
Emma-Karin Brandin ◽  
Ann-Kristin Hult
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Writing Groups ◽  
Writer Identity ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Writing Group ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The University ◽  
Writing Practice

The present study revisits writing retreat participants who have spontaneously formed writing groups before or after attending a retreat hosted by the Unit for Academic Language at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. All in all, 11 doctoral students and 1 post doc were interviewed using a semi-structured interview model. The answers were thematically analysed based on Murray’s (2014) concept of coherence in writing groups as well as parts of Aitchison and Lee’s (2006) key characteristics of writing groups. The two main research questions posed concern (i) whether the informants have changed their writing practice and/or the way they think and feel about writing since joining a writing group, and (ii) whether possible changes have aided the development of their identity as academic writers. Results show that the informants have indeed changed central aspects of their writing practice and that this in turn has positively influenced how they now think and feel about writing. This has to some extent contributed to the informants’ development of their writer identity; however, the present study also sheds light on the fact that more needs to be done at departmental levels across the university to make academic writing visible.

A partnership across the ocean between the University of the Western Cape and the University of Missouri-St. Louis: Facilitating a global research programme for doctoral students

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-71
Author(s):  
Patricia G. Boyer ◽  
Lorna Holtman ◽  
Carole H. Murphy ◽  
Beverley Thaver
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Research Partnership ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Innovative Research ◽  
The University

The downturn of the global economy requires universities worldwide to do more with fewer resources. These conditions have presented an opportunity for two universities, the University of the Western Cape and the University of Missouri-St. Louis, to collaborate on a research course offered to postgraduate students. The purpose of this article is to outline the overall administration, management and structure of an innovative research programme between two countries. The aim is also to share the experiences and challenges of this research partnership, to explain how the parties involved navigated policies, to demonstrate what expertise the two educational institutions gained from the collaboration and to recount the benefits received by students and faculty from working internationally.

scholarly journals Providing the aviation industry with highly qualified personnel

2020 ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Iryna ZARUBINSKA
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Aviation Industry ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Qualified Personnel ◽  
The University

The paper is devoted to the development of an integrated structural system model to ensure the training of highly qualified personnel for air transport. The main strategic directions of development and successful activity of National Aviation University at the present stage are determined. It is proved that the formation of the strategy involves obtaining a complete picture of the future state of the aviation industry and ways to solve existing problems. It is scientifically substantiated that the solution of this issue is possible through a detailed analysis of the components of the integrated system and the application of modern management methods. Research work at the university is the main component of the educational process. Scientific and pedagogical workers, post-graduate students, doctoral students and a significant part of higher education students take part in conducting scientific research in these areas. Scientists of the university carry out complex research work in the most relevant areas of science and technology. The university has 17 specialized councils for the defense of doctoral and candidate dissertations in 29 specialties The economic performance of any higher education institution directly depends on competitiveness and financial condition. In 2020 NAU took the sixth place in the ranking of the most popular institutions of higher education in Ukraine in the total number of applications. According to the number of entrants enrolled in the budget, it ranks fifth in Ukraine and third in the capital For the professional development of the aviation industry, due to modern economic and social conditions, it is necessary to increase the demand for technical specialties. Training specialists for professional activities in the context of European integration requires the search for extraordinary ways to organize the educational process. Already today we have a big problem of lack of future engineers for aviation.

scholarly journals Occupational Stress among Lecturers: The Case of Female Lecturers in University Education, Winneba

2021 ◽  
pp. 20-35
Author(s):  
Veronica Esinam Eggley ◽  
Joshua-Luther Ndoye Upoalkpajor ◽  
Alfred Alunga Anovunga
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Stress ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
University Education ◽  
Career Expectations ◽  
Home Life ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
The University ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Assertive Training

The purpose of this study was to explore occupational stress among female lecturers in University of Education, Winneba. Two research questions were framed to guide the study. A triangulatory mixed method approach of quantitative and qualitative methods were used in order to obtain a fuller picture on female lecturers’ stress with future recommendations grounded in the research. Descriptive statistics and thematic analysis were used to analyse the quantitative and qualitative data respectively. Seventy-five respondents were selected using purposive sampling method using structured questionnaires and six were interviewed using semi-structured interview guide. The results revealed that the causes of stress among the female lecturers are abundant and wide-ranging extending from heavy workload, pressure from meeting deadlines, overlapping responsibilities, demands from career expectations, to working home at the expense of rest among others. Stress experienced by female lecturers affected their work as well as their home life. The study recommended amongst others that the university should reduce the workload of female lecturers by employing the services of more lecturers or Teaching Assistants and also female lecturers should be supported to manage stress through counselling and assertive training.

scholarly journals Class of Degree and Postgraduate Students’ Performance in a Nigerian University

2020 ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Joseph Oluwatayo Osakuade ◽  
Olufunmilayo Tayo-Olajubutu ◽  
Tosin Emmanuel Akinduyo
Keyword(s):  
National Policy ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
University Education ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Postgraduate Level ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Nigerian University ◽  
The University

Aims: University education remains the engine tower of development in any country. In the realization of this, goals of university education and strategies to achieve them were clearly spelt out in the Nigeria National Policy on Education. Some employers of labour have been lamenting on the poor quality of Nigerian graduates despite that some of them came out with good grades. Class of degree speaks volume in the employment and admission criteria of this country. The thrust of this paper therefore is to examine the influence of class of degree on postgraduate students’ performance. Study Design: The study adopted descriptive research design of the survey type. Place and Duration of Study: The population comprised all the entire masters’ students that graduated from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria between 2015/2016 and 2018/2019 sessions. Methodology: Proportional stratified random sampling technique was used to select one hundred and eighty nine (189) masters’ graduates from the six faculties of the university. Simple percentage, bar chart and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used for data analysis. Results: Finding showed that: (i) There is no significant difference in the performance of postgraduate students in course work based on class of degrees (F2,1860.05 = 0.527, p = 0.492 >0.05). (ii) There is no significant difference in the performance of postgraduate students in dissertation based on class of degrees (F2,1860.05 = 2.697, p = 0.070 >0.05). Conclusion: Class of degree at undergraduate level has nothing to do with postgraduate students’ performance at postgraduate level. It was recommended that class of degree at undergraduate level should not be solely used to select candidates for admission into postgraduate programmes. Multiple measures should be adopted.

scholarly journals Dynamics of the gender structure of teaching staff in modern Russia

2021 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 02001
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Alekseevna Brushkova ◽  
Ivan Andreevich Vladimirov ◽  
Niginakhon Arslanovna Shermukhamedova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
University Staff ◽  
Pay Gap ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Age Cohorts ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
The University

The subject of the article is the dynamics of the gender structure of university staff in modern Russia. The purpose of the article is to reveal the changes that have occurred in the gender structure of university teachers over the past 20 years. Research methods include the analysis of statistical and sociological data, cross-tabulation and calculation of the feminization index. The authors note that over the twenty-year period, the feminization of Russian universities has intensified. It captures increasingly higher levels of the university job hierarchy, which is manifested in an increase in the number of women in the positions of associate professors, professors, heads of departments, vice-rectors, etc. The significant predominance of women in the positions of assistants, teachers and senior teachers is the basis for the further feminization of university staff in Russia. The analysis of the gender structure of postgraduate and doctoral students shows that women lag behind men only in the youngest age categories of postgraduate students (up to 27 years old) and doctoral students (up to 39 years old) and the oldest category of doctoral students (over 60 years old). This is explained by the fact that at these ages, women are likely to perform their reproductive and educational functions. Women dominate in all other age cohorts of postgraduate and doctoral students. The authors conclude that, despite the existing manifestations of discrimination against women in higher education (gender pay gap, low representation of women at the highest level of university administration, the glass ceiling effect in promoting women up the career ladder, etc.) In general, women are making progress in higher education, making the industry increasingly feminized.

International University Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-90
Author(s):  
Gethin Wyn Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Mainland China ◽  
University Education ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
China Today ◽  
The University ◽  
Stringent Quality

In 2004, The University of Nottingham was the first Sino-Foreign University to open a campus in mainland China. Today, the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China (unnc) campus holds approximately 6,600 students and 500 staff from 40 different countries. Science and Engineering subjects are relatively new on the campus, but are all based on the long standing pedigree at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. In 2012, a newmsc course in Engineering Surveying and Geodesy started atunnc, which was the same as the course in theuk. All the courses atunncare the same in learning outcomes as those on theukcampus, all the teaching is carried out in the medium of English and undergo the same stringent Quality Assurance. The University of Nottingham also has a campus in Malaysia, which makes the university truly global. Students attending any of these campuses have the opportunities of exchange at any of the other two, as well as many other international universities.unncaspires to grow to 8,000 students by 2020, consisting of 20% international students and 15-20% postgraduate students, approximately 40% of which will be within the Faculty of Science and Engineering.This paper details the model used by the University of Nottingham in establishing and operating themsc course and research activities in Engineering Surveying and Geodesy atunnc, and gives a case study of this parallel course.

scholarly journals Water Doctoral Network of Engineering and Management

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-26
Author(s):  
Karl-Ulrich Rudolph ◽  
Andreas Kluska ◽  
Van Long Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Pure Science ◽  
Applied Learning ◽  
Innovative Research ◽  
The University

The lack of highly qualified labour force in the Vietnamese water and environmental sector as well as the problems in the mutual admission of doctoral students between German and Vietnamese Universities have motivated the Institute of Environmental Engineering and Management (IEEM) at the University of Witten/Herdecke to initiate the Water Doctoral Network (WDN). This network shall not be limited to tuition and conferral of doctorates in water sciences, engineering and economics, but serve as nursery for new, innovative research potentials and projects within the international academic co-operation. Applied learning and research, rather than basic research and pure science, are the main focuses of this project. Sự thiếu hụt lực lượng lao động chất lượng cao trong lĩnh vực nước và môi trường ở Việt Nam cũng như các vấn đề trong việc tiếp nhận nghiên cứu sinh tiến sỹ giữa các trường Đại học củaĐức và Việt Nam đã tạo động lực để Viện Kỹ thuật và Quản lý Môi trường (IEEM) của trường Đại học Witten/Herdecke đề xuấtmạng lưới đào tạo Tiến sỹ nghiên cứu về ngành nước (WDN). Mạng lưới này không chỉ giới hạn ở việc giảng dạy và cấp bằng tiến sĩ trong lĩnh khoa học, kinh tế và kỹ thuật về ngành nước, mà nó như là vườn ươm đối với các dự án và tiềm năng nghiên cứu sáng tạo mới trong hợp tác hàn lâm quốc tế. Học tập và nghiên cứu ứng dụng thực tế là các trọng tâm chính của dự án này chứ không đơn thuần là nghiên cứu cơ bản và khoa học thuần túy.

scholarly journals Promoting University–Community Alliances in the Experiential Learning Activities of Agricultural Extension Postgraduate Students at the University of Fort Hare, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10411
Author(s):  
Shehu Folaranmi Gbolahan Yusuf ◽  
Oluwabunmi Oluwaseun Popoola ◽  
Lindokhule Gwala ◽  
Thinandavha Nesengani
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
University Education ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
The University ◽  
And Control ◽  
University Community

This study examines the university–community alliance with regard to experiential learning activities that may be used to enhance the competencies of agricultural extension postgraduate students (AEPS). Through research and alliance, university education provides agricultural extension students with ideal learning spaces to explore cause-related social, economic, and sustainability aspects of agriculture. The objectives of the study were for the AEPS to work on community farms for between six to eight weeks, to identify production challenges, and to attempt to solve problems using a participatory action research (PAR) approach. Students collected data daily, using parameters that included types of agro-enterprise, agricultural practices, observation and control of pests and diseases, identification, and control of weed infestation types, control of predators, and management of various security challenges. Social media were also used to share posts (pictures and videos) of the various project activities with the public for discussion and knowledge sharing. Findings show that there was an improved relationship between the students and their community collaborators. All participants mutually benefited from the programme; students gained indigenous farming knowledge from the farmers, while farmers benefited from the scientific approaches to solving common farming problems employed by the students—mostly improvised technologies with local content. Both the students and the farmers learned from the knowledge shared by various followers on Facebook, who gave suggestions to address some of the challenges posted on social media. The programme advocates the need to shift from a mostly rigid, conventional curriculum to a more dynamic, interactive one, which embraces active experimentation with theoretical knowledge. It underscores the significance of experiential learning for developing students’ technical competencies. The success of the programme could influence curriculum development and re-design to accommodate more experience-based modules.

scholarly journals Assessment and verification: A higher education perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-431
Author(s):  
Afzal Sayed Munna
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
University Education ◽  
Education Assessment ◽  
Higher Education Assessment ◽  
University Reputation ◽  
University Experiences ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
The University

The term Assessment and Verification is an integral part of the student achievement and considered as a fundamental function of higher education. Assessment and verification confirm and assures the academic integrity and standard which has a vital impact on student behaviour, colleagues’ involvements, the university reputation and finally the student’s future lives. The research aimed to explore various academic and industry-based literatures to analyse the importance of assessment and verification and to identify areas to ensure reliability in assessment by testing skills and knowledge. The research used experimental research methods (primarily reflection) using literary forms to analyse the theory with the reinforcement of the practice from the university experiences. It also has collected data using semi-structured interview from mutually agreed department colleagues from five different higher educational institutes consists of three universities and two alternative providers based in London, United Kingdom. The result showed that assessment in higher educational institutes have not kept pace with the changes and no longer justify the outcomes we expect from a university education in relation to wide-ranging knowledge, skills, and employability.  The research findings enable the educators to help create and implement an inclusive teaching and learning environment to improve the learner’s expectation and academic performance.

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