Professional and practice-based doctorates

This report summarises the work and recommendations of the UK Council for Graduate Education’s Working Group on Research Training in the Healthcare Professions, which was established in 2001. The report was published in 2003

This report reflects—and reflects on—the rapid growth during the past decade of a qualification commonly referred to as the Professional Doctorate

This report presents the findings of the working group established in 1999 by the UK Council for Graduate Education to explore the issue of research training for post-graduate students in the creative and performing arts and design.

This report relates to the regulations governing the freedom of candidates registered for a doctoral degree of a European university to incorporate into their thesis published works based upon the results of the approved research programme.

This report focuses on practice-based doctorates but raises fundamental questions about the content, form and conduct of doctoral work. 

This report relates to the award of the degree of PhD to a candidate whose thesis consists entirely or predominantly of refereed and published articles in journals or books which are already in the public domain.