Sentence examples for professional doctorates from inspiring English sources
The institutions operating in this area of the sector have strong links with industry and professional bodies and offer a wide range of undergraduate, professional and work-based learning qualifications, with only a small number of students undertaking doctoral research through professional doctorates.
Some universities have established what they call professional doctorates for students who plan careers more as practitioners than scholars.
Professional doctorates are defined variously and these are considered relative to the traditional PhD.
This problem extends to other professional doctorates too, adds the University of Hertfordshire's Powell.
Professional doctorates (e.g., EngD, PhysD, and ChemD) are normally allocated 4 to 5 years where professional experience will assist completion.
Professional doctorates work very well for people with on-the-job experience, and their vocational emphasis suits the practical-minded.
Further research is needed to investigate good supervision practice and the suitability of the PhD vis a vis other doctoral models (e.g. the professional doctorate) for international nursing students.
– Jill Berry is a former head, studying for a professional doctorate in education and an education consultant.
He is currently taking a professional doctorate part time at the University of Manchester.
On top of her main job and policy and campaigning work, she is completing a professional doctorate on children's experiences in custody.
Working in Cornwall has given me the opportunity to take this further, and I have just started studying for a professional doctorate in social work at Cardiff University.
