THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF IRISH GRADUATE EDUCATION
IUA Fourth Level Network Annual Conference 2009
DATE: November 10th & 11th 2009
VENUE: Hamilton building Trinity College, Dublin 2
The Conference sought to provide a forum to identify, promote, discuss and inform the evolving practices and policies in Irish Graduate Education.
The Conference's second day coincided with the first day of the National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching & Learning (NAIRTL) third annual conference, also hosted by Trinity College.
Keynote address was delivered by Prof. Jon Butler, Howard R. Lamar Professor of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Yale. Prof. Butler discussed Yale's initiatives to support increased PhD completion rates and timely completions, including its participation in the Council for Graduate School's 'PhD Completion Project'. Further information on the 'PhD Completion Project is available from http://www.phdcompletion.org/
The conference included presentations and workshops on the graduate student experience; structured PhD programmes; and student development.
Presentations from all speakers are available below:
Dr Emer Cunningham, University College Dublin, Research & professional development planning and implementation
Dr David Ryan, University College Cork, Getting the balance right: research training, graduate education and completion
Profs. Julie Berndsen & Carol O' Sullivan, University College Dublin and Trinity College, The TCD-UCD Innovation Academy
Prof. Aine Hyland, University College Cork, The CASTL leadership programme in graduate education
Dr John Bartlett, IT Sligo, 'The Research Alliance': the development & delivery of an inter-institutional research and generic skills training programme
Prof. Alan Kelly, University College Cork, An inter-institutional programme for the development of generic skills modules for postgraduate research students
Prof Gary Murphy, Dublin City University, The Dublin Region Higher Education Alliance: Repositioning the Dublin Region as an International Centre for Doctoral Education
Prof. John Breen, Graduate Skills Training - the HEA-SIF1 Shannon Consortium project
Dr Conor O'Carroll, Irish Universities Association, The Irish Universities' Study: First comprehensive survey of graduate students' experience
Ronan Hodson, Trinity College, Dublin, The role and importance of student representation in fourth level education
Elaine Kiely, University of Limerick, Supporting the development of careers management skills at fourth level
Helen Richardson, Trinity College, Dublin, Meeting the challenges of fourth level education: postgraduate student support at Trinity College
