Abstract Background While Africa accounts for a significant proportion of world population,
and disease and injury burden, it produces less than 1% of the total research output within …

ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) have hit
higher education by storm. Much of the research focuses on how this–and similar–tools can …

Purpose This study aimed to examine the influence of psychological capital on the students'
academic success in a PhD journey in Tanzania. Design/methodology/approach A cross …

Definition A doctoral student is one undertaking the highest level of university study, leading
to a doctoral qualification (of which the traditional and most common form is the PhD), that …

Drawing on insights from across Africa, this book investigates the discourses and practices
that guide doctoral training today. Higher education is regarded as key for driving …

Introduction With the emergency medicine speciality in its nascency in Africa, EM doctoral
programmes will need to be developed to facilitate the establishment of an evidence base …

Commencing a PhD is not always the easiest decision, especially amidst a global
pandemic. Despite knowing this, commencing a PhD from home was a decision I chose to …

The role of supervision in education is crucial for fostering teacher professionalism,
necessitating a supervision model tailored to teachers' needs. The current supervision …

Our research studied the impact of academic advising style on the development of a culture
of academic integrity among PhD candidates. The study involved 52 postgraduate students …

The supervision of doctoral research is enmeshed in confounding experiences across
multidisciplinary domains of knowledge and contexts. The situation seems more …