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Documenting diversity in European doctoral education
“There is a lack of comparable data on doctoral programmes and on how the doctorate within Europe is perceived. Some outcomes from national surveys, or surveys only on some topics can be found. However, these only focus on single areas of the doctorate and do not give information which provides a "general overview" on the situation of doctoral programmes and doctoral candidates in Europe. Making decisions and recommendations without having data showing the whole picture complicates the situation. This is made even worse by the diversity and the direction of structural and organisational reforms in Europe, which have taken place during the last decade. A need for more systematic information has been acknowledged for some time. Currently some institutions are doing surveys on the European level to improve the situation. Some institutions are collecting information on the level of the doctoral programme to be able to improve the quality of their programmes. The questions is, is the right approach? What does the time taken to get a degree tell us about the quality of the research work done?”
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