The coordination role of research education: Emerging understandings and dilemmas for leadership

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Boud, David, Brew, Angela, Dowling, Robyn, Kiley, Margaret, McKenzie, Jo, Malfroy, Janne, Ryland, Kevin and Solomon, Nicky. (2014). The coordination role of research education: Emerging understandings and dilemmas for leadership. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 36(4), pp. 440 - 454. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2014.916466
AuthorsBoud, David, Brew, Angela, Dowling, Robyn, Kiley, Margaret, McKenzie, Jo, Malfroy, Janne, Ryland, Kevin and Solomon, Nicky
Abstract

Changes in expectations of research education worldwide have seen the rise of new demands beyond supervision and have highlighted the need for academic leadership in research education at a local level. Based on an interview study of those who have taken up local leadership roles in four Australian universities, this paper maps and analyses different dimensions of the emerging leadership role of research education coordination. It argues that while there is increasing clarity of what is required, there are considerable tensions in the nature of the coordination role and how coordination is to be executed. In particular, what leadership roles are appropriate and how can they be positioned effectively within universities? The paper draws on the Integrated Competing Values Framework to focus on the activities of coordination and on ideas of distributed leadership to discuss the leadership that characterises coordination. It is argued that without acknowledgement of the influences that coordinators need to exert and the positioning and support needed to achieve this, the contemporary agenda for research education will not be realised.

Keywordsdoctoral studies; leadership; research education; research training
Year2014
JournalJournal of Higher Education Policy and Management
Journal citation36 (4), pp. 440 - 454
ISSN1360-080X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2014.916466
Page range440 - 454
Research GroupCentre for Education and Innovation
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