"Aims to provide coverage of Skills Training in Research Degree Programmes in the UK, providing chapters that are suitable for academics, trainers and research administrators. This book examines the politics of skills training and its implications for academic culture as well as providing support and advice for practitioners and policy makers."@en
"This book aims to tell the story of the development of generic research skills training and its wide-ranging impact on the UK research degree. It aims to provide a comprehensive coverage of skills training in research degree programmes in the UK, providing instructive, self-contained chapters that can serve as a resource to all academics, trainers, research administrators and senior management involved in the postgraduate research community. The book examines the politics of skills training and its implications for academic culture as well as providing essential support and advice for practitioners and policy makers through examples of best practise. It also takes a sometimes provocative but also practical and innovative look at the future of research degrees in the context of skills development and the supply of highly trained and specialised researchers to the academic and business world."