Webinar: The Swedish Doctoral Examination Committee – Boundary-Work Under Pressure

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We have explored the Swedish doctoral examination committees’ evaluation practice using focus group interviews with experienced committee members. Our results show how the object of evaluation emerges through a gradual interpretation of the thesis and defence, becoming more complex and nuanced as the process of evaluation progresses from its initial stages to the final closed […]

MaU Webinar: Practical implementation of educational career ladders

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Today, there are educational qualification models in over 50% of the country’s higher education institutions. In this seminar, we present some models and their different designs. We delve deeper into what you can think about as an applicant, how the assessment takes place and what can happen after you have achieved a merited or excellent […]

MaU webinar: Thesis work and research life: a story of loneliness, abandonment and inferiority complex

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We present an article on how supervisors can help PhD students deal with feelings of loneliness, abandonment and career doubt. We start from quit-lit and stay-lit to discuss how a critical view of academia can be handled in the relationship between supervisor and doctoral student. Review culture, the struggle for prestige and an increasingly pressured […]