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The PhD Study: An Evidence-based Study on how to meet the Demands for High-level Skills in an Emerging Economy

dc.contributor.advisorAcademy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-23T13:09:51Z
dc.date.available2017-05-23T13:09:51Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationAcademy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2010). The PhD Study: An Evidence-based Study on how to meet the Demands for High-level Skills in an Emerging Economy. [Online] Available at: DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2016/0026en_ZA
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2016/0026
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11911/34
dc.descriptionCite: Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), (2010). The PhD Study: An Evidence-based Study on how to meet the Demands for High-level Skills in an Emerging Economy. [Online] Available at: DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2016/0026en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis is the first comprehensive report on PhD training in South Africa and identifies the barriers and opportunities for effective training and high-level outputs at the doctoral level. It was produced by an expert study panel and combines quantitative and qualitative data on doctoral students, doctoral training programmes, doctorate-producing institutions, and employers who hire doctoral graduates. These varied but integrated sources of data are used to give an account of the status of the PhD in South Africa and specific recommendations on what needs to be done to scale up the numbers of doctoral graduates produced in the country. Amongst other recommendations, the Report calls for immediate action to strengthen the quality of the school system at its foundations, ensuring that literate and numerate students with greater confidence in their own learning proceed to high school. It also calls for the creation of innovative programmes that attract and retain larger numbers of post-baccalaureate students into masters and doctoral studies.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipFord Foundation, South Africa National Research Foundation, South Africa Department of Science and Technology, South Africaen_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAcademy of Science of South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectHigh-level skillsen_ZA
dc.subjectPhD graduatesen_ZA
dc.subjectDoctoral trainingen_ZA
dc.subjectProduction of doctoratesen_ZA
dc.subjectPhD trainingen_ZA
dc.subjectKnowledge economyen_ZA
dc.subjectEmerging economyen_ZA
dc.subjectDoctoral modelsen_ZA
dc.subjectDoctoral studiesen_ZA
dc.subjectPhD statisticsen_ZA
dc.subjectPhD employmenten_ZA
dc.subjectDoctoral qualificationen_ZA
dc.subjectDoctoral pipelineen_ZA
dc.subjectDoctoral fundingen_ZA
dc.subjectFunding modelen_ZA
dc.subjectDoctoral shortageen_ZA
dc.titleThe PhD Study: An Evidence-based Study on how to meet the Demands for High-level Skills in an Emerging Economyen_ZA
dc.typeConsensus Study Reporten_ZA
dc.identifier.doi10.17159/assaf.2016/0026
assaf.peer-review.statusPeer-Reviewed


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