The guidelines – more about the new things

•Integrating degree and learning outcomes in the whole doctoral education

•An university-common ISP-template and ISP-portal

•Planning and follow up of the education

•Procedure when it doesn´t work – who is responsible to do what?

Degree outcomes for a degree of Doctor doctoral students must

Knowledge and understanding •demonstrate broad knowledge in and a systematic understanding of the field of research, together with deep and up-to-date specialist knowledge in a defined part of the field of research; and

•demonstrate familiarity with scholarly methods in general and with methods in the specific field of research in particular.

Skills and abilities •demonstrate an ability to engage in scholarly analysis and synthesis and in independent, critical examination and assessment of new and complex phenomena, issues and situations;

•demonstrate an ability to identify and formulate issues, critically, independently and creatively, and proceeding with scientific precision, and to plan and, using appropriate methods, conduct research and other advanced tasks within specified time limits, and to scrutinise and evaluate such work;

•demonstrate, in a dissertation, their ability to make a substantial contribution to the development of knowledge by their own research;

•demonstrate an ability to present and discuss research and research results with authority, in dialogue with the scholarly community and society in general, orally and in writing, in both national and international contexts;

•demonstrate an ability to identify their need of further knowledge; and

•demonstrate a potential to contribute to the development of society and support other people’s learning, both in the field of research and education and in other advanced professional contexts.

Judgement and approach •demonstrate intellectual independence and scholarly integrity and an ability to make ethical assessments relating to research; and

•demonstrate deeper insight into the potential and limitations of scholarship, its role in society and people’s responsibility for how it is used.

Degree outcomes under HEO

Some learning outcomes are achieved wholly or partly with the help of courses and are examined there

Others are develped via activities in the thesis work and are examined via the thesis and its defence

Thesis defense Degree

Activities to achieve the learning outcomes. Concrete and can therefore be followed up

Generally formulated and overall aims of the third-cycle programme

Individual learning outcomes

Adapted to the individual situation of the doctoral student and the nature of the thesis

Examination of the doctoral student’s oral and written performance

Degree outcomes stated in HEO: For a degree of Doctor the research students must demonstrate

Theoretical knowledge Knowledge based on practice and experience

Table after: Khalid El Gaidi, Learning lab, KTH

Knowledge and understanding

Systematic understanding

Broad knowledge

Deep up-to-date specialist knowledge

General and specific methods

Skills and abilities

Analysis and synthesis

Independent, critical

Creativ

Present and discuss research and research results

Judgement and approach

Intellectual independence

Scholarly integrity

Ability to make ethical assessments

Deeper insight into the potential and limitations of scholarship

Recommended courses

•Philosophy of science

•Research ethics

•Take these courses!!

The use of individual learning outcomes gives

•A clear structure so that all parts of the education are considered at planning and follow-ups

•A pedogogically more advanced role for the supervisor – the tacid knowledge must be formulated and communicated

•A more active role for the doctoral student – if you understand the goal you can find the road yourself

Template for the Individual study plan (ISP)1.Information from Ladok about the doctoral student

2.Planing

1. Research plan for the thesis work

2. Timeplan for the whole education (tidsplan)

3. Plan for financing

4. Comittments for doctoral student and supervisor

3. Follow-up

Commitment for doctoral studentPeriod YY-MM

Commitment for supervisorsPeriod YY-MM

☐ Commitments approved by doctoral student

☐ Commitments approved by principal supervisor

Signature Date approved:

 SignatureDate approved:

About the commitments

Inform the supervisor in time if the planning doesn´t work

Give feed back according to agreement

Plan and prepare experiment x for a testrun in september

Form an agreement with lab x so the doctoral student can stay for 2 months

☐ We have discussed the individual learning outcomes☐ We have discussed the research plan☐ We have discussed the time plan☐ We have discussed forms of cooperation  

The follow-up is documented in the ISP by answering the following questions:

ISP portal

•Everybody with a SLU-emailaddress can make a preliminary ISP

•You can only see ISP:s if you are autherized

•Easy to communicate with those involved

•Final ISP:s are archived centrally so that they are easily available if the faculty board etc. needs to do some sort of follow up

•It looks like this

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For monograph thesesCompulsory

In the Introductory essay (2 – 6 pages) the doctoral student : - demonstrates his/her ability to independently present and discuss the issues and/or hypotheses involved in the thesis work - gives some examples of the implications of scientific probity and the ethical assessmentsthat may be required by the thesis work.

At the half-time seminar the doctoral student displays sufficient ability to - orally present his/her thesis work- discuss and analyse general and specific methods in the subject area- independently discuss and analyse the results achieved

Final seminar for monograph theses: - present, answer questions and discuss commentsThe quality of the doctoral student and the thesis in relation to the degree outcomes are assessed; The prospects of completing the thesis according to timetable is evaluated

Signs that something is not working as expected•serious shortcomings in the knowledge and proficiency of the doctoral student

•supervision has repeatedly and to a large extent failed to meet the quality policy requirements for doctoral education;

•one of the parties has repeatedly failed to meet his/her commitments under the ISP without valid reason;

•there have been repeated failures to follow up the education according to the guidelines without valid reason.

What to do?

•a new and more detailed individual study plan

•followed up regularly at short intervals;

•the result of the follow-ups must be reported to the faculty board.

• If the principal supervisor has not met his/her commitments, a change of supervisor must be decided.

• If the doctoral student has not met his/her commitments, further investigation will be necessary

• Assessment by the chief legal officer• Decision by the Vice-Chancellor of withdrawal of the right to supervision

Guidelines = Quality!?

• Guidelines are just a quality assurance

• High quality can only be achieved if practices and values, that parties of the doctoral education perceive as credible and authentic, are implemented!

The discussion after the coffee break:• How do we create the most professional supervisor

groups?

In case you haven´t noticed – the doctoral education has now its own profile colour!