TY - JOUR
T1 - In search of equality and equivalence for students and staff in Professional Doctorate Health and Social Care programmes
AU - McSherry, Robert
AU - Bettany-Saltikov, Josette
N1 - This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The challenge facing universities today is; how do we ensure and recognise ‘equality’ and ‘equivalence’ for the Professional Doctorate alongside the PhD both for the student and staff in an environment which has predominantly remained unchanged over time? The inference of ‘equality’ (fairness, parity, and likeness) and ‘equivalence’ (difference, similarity and uniformity) appear to be the same for a PhD/ Professional Doctorate student and staff supporting the students. However is this a perceived reality of the lived experience from students and academics?
The aim of the article is to build on the round table discussion (RTD) of the 4th International Conference on Professional Doctorates (ICPD-2014), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 10th & 11th April 2014. To further explore the issues of ‘equality’ and ‘equivalence’ by looking at a couple of standpoints for moving forward. These include acknowledging differences and differentiation, obtaining equal attribution as well as acknowledging the significant influence of the student cohort and/or community on professional doctorates and PhDs.
AB - The challenge facing universities today is; how do we ensure and recognise ‘equality’ and ‘equivalence’ for the Professional Doctorate alongside the PhD both for the student and staff in an environment which has predominantly remained unchanged over time? The inference of ‘equality’ (fairness, parity, and likeness) and ‘equivalence’ (difference, similarity and uniformity) appear to be the same for a PhD/ Professional Doctorate student and staff supporting the students. However is this a perceived reality of the lived experience from students and academics?
The aim of the article is to build on the round table discussion (RTD) of the 4th International Conference on Professional Doctorates (ICPD-2014), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, United Kingdom, 10th & 11th April 2014. To further explore the issues of ‘equality’ and ‘equivalence’ by looking at a couple of standpoints for moving forward. These include acknowledging differences and differentiation, obtaining equal attribution as well as acknowledging the significant influence of the student cohort and/or community on professional doctorates and PhDs.
M3 - Article
SN - 2044-7868
VL - 4
SP - 55
EP - 70
JO - Work Based Learning e-journal International
JF - Work Based Learning e-journal International
IS - 1
ER -