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Paul Chynoweth

Professional Doctorates in the Built Environment: How Higher Education is Responding to the Changing Needs of Industry & the Professions. Paul Chynoweth. CREDIT LEVELS. FHEQ LEVEL. FHEQ LEVEL TITLE. QUALIFICATIONS. 4. C. Certificate. Certificates of Higher Education. 5. I.

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Paul Chynoweth

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  1. Professional Doctorates in the Built Environment: How Higher Education is Responding to the Changing Needs of Industry & the Professions Paul Chynoweth

  2. CREDIT LEVELS FHEQ LEVEL FHEQ LEVEL TITLE QUALIFICATIONS 4 C Certificate Certificates of Higher Education 5 I Intermediate Foundation Degrees, Ordinary (Bachelors) Degrees, Diplomas of Higher Education and other higher diplomas 6 H Honours Bachelors Degrees with Honours, Graduate Certificates and Graduate Diplomas 7 M Masters Masters Degrees, Postgraduate Certificates and Postgraduate Diplomas 8 D Doctoral Doctorates …the creation and interpretation of new knowledge, through original research, or other advanced scholarship, of a quality to satisfy peer review, extend the forefront of the discipline, and merit publication. (QAA Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) The doctoral qualification….. …..and the role of the PhD

  3. Changing requirements for doctoral education….. • Criticisms of the UK PhD in the 1990s • Increasing complexity of the working environment • Requirements of the professional institutions • Increasing demand for higher academic qualifications …..and the response by Higher Education

  4. Doctorates Higher Doctorates Eg. LLD, D.Litt, DSc FHEQ Doctorates Honorary Doctorates Research Doctorates Practice-based Doctorates Eg. DMus “Taught” Doctorates “Traditional” PhD PhD by Publications MD Professional Doctorates New Route PhD “MERIT” (Salford) Doctorates in Professional Practice EngD DProf / PrD Others DBEnv EdD DBA DNurse DClinPsych

  5. Doctorates Higher Doctorates Eg. LLD, D.Litt, DSc FHEQ Doctorates Honorary Doctorates Research Doctorates Practice-based Doctorates Eg. DMus “Taught” Doctorates “Traditional” PhD PhD by Publications MD Professional Doctorates New Route PhD “MERIT” (Salford) Doctorates in Professional Practice EngD DProf / PrD Others DBEnv EdD DBA DNurse DClinPsych • First professional doctorates appeared in the UK in 1992 • By 2005, 186 programmes across 51 universities (with 27 more in the • course of development)

  6. Professional Doctorates: Defining Characteristics • Aimed at the “scholarly professional”- not the professional scholar • Workplace based students / part-time study • Part of a cohort with fellow professionals • Research conducted within student’s areas of expertise • High levels of initial support (typically through a “taught” element) • Programme should “unlock” students’ tacit professional knowledge • Use of experiential learning / reflective practice / action learning • Outputs will typically be applied research / action research • Patterns of assessment may differ from PhD

  7. Professional Doctorates in the Built Environment

  8. The Salford Programme

  9. PgCert [EXIT AWARD] 60 credits Academic & Professional Knowledge in the Built Environment (30 credits) Knowledge Development through Reflective Practice (30 credits) Practice-based Theoretical Study (30 credits) Year 1 MSc/MRes [EXIT AWARD with option to rejoin programme within 3 years] 180 credits Research Approaches & Methodologies in Built Environment Practice (30 credits) Preliminary Practice-based Investigation (60 credits) (15,000 - 20,000 word dissertation + transfer report) Year 2 Stage 1 Stage 2 Transfer Assessment (24 – 30 months) PgDip [EXIT AWARD] 120 credits Practice-based Research Project (Not credit-rated) Year 3 Practice-based Research Project (Not credit-rated) Presentation of thesis on recommendation of supervisor Year 4 Internal Evaluation (44 – 50 months) Practice-based Research Project (Not credit-rated) 35,000 – 50,000 word thesis, portfolio & viva voce (Minimum 60 months) Doctor of the Built Environment [FINAL AWARD] Year 5

  10. Questions

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