Italian PhD students abroad: Exploring the mobility of PhD students in urban studies

<p>Global changings in higher education as well as the internationalisation of European education and research institutes have occurred during the last decades deeply affecting the Italian PhD system. The mobility of PhD students has become an important issue to take into account both for its...

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Main Author: Marilena Prisco
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Language:English
Published: Paolo Scattoni 2015-12-01
Series:Italian Journal of Planning Practice
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Online Access:http://www.ijpp.it/index.php/it/article/view/51
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description <p>Global changings in higher education as well as the internationalisation of European education and research institutes have occurred during the last decades deeply affecting the Italian PhD system. The mobility of PhD students has become an important issue to take into account both for its impact on the evolution of the Italian academia and for the job market. The study presented here aims to have an insight into the consequences of the internationalisation process. It is based on a two-step data collection (a data enquiry and a survey) on PhD students of urban studies who were hosted by non-Italian universities during their doctoral course between 2002 and September 2015. According to data, PhD students of urban studies could represent a great potential for the internationalisation process of the Italian academia even though both doctoral students and institutions do not seem to be completely aware of this and to fully invest on it yet. Furthermore, the gathered data has shown that experience at a foreign university proves valuable for PhD candidates, who state they had thus improved or acquired considerable skills and opportunities. The study revealed also that part of PhDs who participated in the survey is currently in the research field, both in academia or in the public or private research sector.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-e9c628aa3f434d02a4e05f93ad9d1d042022-12-21T18:54:11ZengPaolo ScattoniItalian Journal of Planning Practice2239-267X2015-12-0151508440Italian PhD students abroad: Exploring the mobility of PhD students in urban studiesMarilena Prisco0Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II<p>Global changings in higher education as well as the internationalisation of European education and research institutes have occurred during the last decades deeply affecting the Italian PhD system. The mobility of PhD students has become an important issue to take into account both for its impact on the evolution of the Italian academia and for the job market. The study presented here aims to have an insight into the consequences of the internationalisation process. It is based on a two-step data collection (a data enquiry and a survey) on PhD students of urban studies who were hosted by non-Italian universities during their doctoral course between 2002 and September 2015. According to data, PhD students of urban studies could represent a great potential for the internationalisation process of the Italian academia even though both doctoral students and institutions do not seem to be completely aware of this and to fully invest on it yet. Furthermore, the gathered data has shown that experience at a foreign university proves valuable for PhD candidates, who state they had thus improved or acquired considerable skills and opportunities. The study revealed also that part of PhDs who participated in the survey is currently in the research field, both in academia or in the public or private research sector.</p>http://www.ijpp.it/index.php/it/article/view/51Italian PlanningItalyPhD educationDoctoral educationDoctorateHigher educationItalian PhD studentsPhD MobilityUrban Studies
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Italian PhD students abroad: Exploring the mobility of PhD students in urban studies
Italian Journal of Planning Practice
Italian Planning
Italy
PhD education
Doctoral education
Doctorate
Higher education
Italian PhD students
PhD Mobility
Urban Studies
title Italian PhD students abroad: Exploring the mobility of PhD students in urban studies
title_full Italian PhD students abroad: Exploring the mobility of PhD students in urban studies
title_fullStr Italian PhD students abroad: Exploring the mobility of PhD students in urban studies
title_full_unstemmed Italian PhD students abroad: Exploring the mobility of PhD students in urban studies
title_short Italian PhD students abroad: Exploring the mobility of PhD students in urban studies
title_sort italian phd students abroad exploring the mobility of phd students in urban studies
topic Italian Planning
Italy
PhD education
Doctoral education
Doctorate
Higher education
Italian PhD students
PhD Mobility
Urban Studies
url http://www.ijpp.it/index.php/it/article/view/51
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