ABSTRACT Aim/Purpose The purpose of this study was to document the impacts of the
COVID-19 pandemic for doctoral students who were proposing, conducting, or writing up …

The number of students undertaking PhD studies is growing substantially; however, recent
research indicates that doctoral students experience poor wellbeing outcomes during …

This article examines offshore doctoral students' challenges and opportunities to negotiate
their doctoral identity development during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study draws on …

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected university students globally. Our study investigated
mental health indicators among higher degree by research (HDR) students at a regional …

The rise of social media and its permeation into all aspects of social life has in turn led to its
adoption and use by academics in their professional lives. Social media, and social …

This paper explores differences in access to technology and configuration of preferences for
learning environments among design students in two universities of technology in South …

The problem of online doctoral student attrition has led institutions to explore solutions to
support student completion. According to Tinto's model of institutional departure, learners' …

For an individual doctoral student, doctoral education happens in multiple spaces across a
considerable amount of time. However, the existing literature and conceptualisations of …

While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected many educational practices, it has also acted as
an amplifier, accelerating emergent trends. One such trend concerns the nature of distance …

This exploratory study investigated the variables that predict academic writing difficulties
(AWDs) among first-year doctoral students, international and domestic, at a large, publicly …