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W(h)ither the MRes?

D. Howard Green (D. Howard Green is Dean, Research and Graduate School, Staffordshire University, Stoke‐on‐Trent, UK.)
Malcolm Shaw (Malcolm Shaw is Academic Development Manager, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK.)
Faye Hammill (Faye Hammill is based in the Department of English, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.)

Quality Assurance in Education

ISSN: 0968-4883

Article publication date: 1 December 2001

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Abstract

Reviews the origins of the MRes – the research masters programme developed in the mid‐1990s as a result of pressure to provide research students with a broader based training in research before embarking on a PhD or industrial research career. Notes the variation in the implementation of the MRes across a range of science‐based programmes observing the diversity, innovation and approach to skills training. The implications of recent and current national developments promoted by the Government, the QAA and the research councils are considered briefly. Finally the paper reflects on the role that the MRes might play in the further development of research training in doctoral programmes in the UK.

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Howard Green, D., Shaw, M. and Hammill, F. (2001), "W(h)ither the MRes?", Quality Assurance in Education, Vol. 9 No. 4, pp. 178-183. https://doi.org/10.1108/09684880110408184

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