Writing for the PhD in Art and Design. Issues for research supervisors and research students

One of the significant challenges of the university today is the growth and expansion of the research student population. Research training and doctoral education has exploded around the world, including doctoral education in the creative and performing arts. This development has occasioned many debates - none of them simple. Positions intersect, overlap, concur, and contrast. This paper examines several key issues about the doctorate and doctoral study to ask what aspects of doctoral writing ought to remain the same across all fields.