Doctoral study in contemporary higher education

Part 1: Context

The origins, issues and recent development of doctoral study in the UK

Doctoral study, Government and the workplace

Part 2: Range of doctoral awards in the UK

The PhD and the diversity of doctoral study

The PhD by published work

Professional doctorates

Practice-based doctorates

Part 3: Issues surrounding the development of doctoral study

Funding of doctoral programmes

Length of doctoral training programmes

Part 4: Managing doctoral study

The nature of doctoral supervision

Monitoring and assessment

Principles and purposes of doctoral examination

Processes of examining the doctorate

Part 5: The future of the doctorate

Future directions.