Ressel, J. (2014) The politics of Higher Degree supervision. Or: why Einstein would never get his PhD! Law, Culture & Ideas Blog. 01/04/2014
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By reference to Newmanian principles and ethics of higher education the article seeks to argue that generation of knowledge and intellectual advances cannot be simply left to the whims of the violence market forces, student satisfaction surveys and metrics of completion rates. Rather, it is argued, that it involves a critical engagement in a political moment of recurring internal and external self-examination generating a critique of supervision as an original contribution to the body of human knowledge
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Cardinal Newman, research, university, education, PhD, market
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Ressel, J.
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Northamptonshire and East Midlands:
Education, Training and Skills
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1 April 2014
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Law, Culture & Ideas Blog
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01/04/2014
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English
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Murphy et al (2007) ‘Orientations to research higher degree supervision’ Higher Education, 53
Holligan, C., “Fact and fiction: a case history of doctoral supervision” Educational Research, (2005) 47:3 (267-278)
5th Discourse Knowledge its Own End’ in The Idea of a University – 1858 available at http://www.newmanreader.org/works/idea/
Hammersly, M. (1993) Educational Research: Current Issues (London, Paul Chapman)
Sathye M., (2005) ‘Supervisory Practice: A Qualitative Study’ FQS Forum: Qualitative Social Research Vol 6, No 2, Art 26.
See for instance Gareth Hew Davies, who in ‘The Secret Life of Einstein’, writes that “[d]espite his academic success, Einstein’s last letters reveal his sense of emotional failure. “I can love humanity, but when it comes to close relationships, I’m a horse for single harness. I failed twice, rather disgracefully.” As for marriage: “An unsuccessful attempt to make something lasting out of an incident. All marriages are dangerous.” Available at http://www.fortunecity.com/emachines/e11/86/secret.html .
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