Doctoral Validation Survey 📊
Share your experience to help improve doctoral support for working professionals.
Where are you in your doctorate?
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Still in the taught / coursework phase
Proposal stage
Data collection / fieldwork
Writing up
Approaching or preparing for viva
Finished
Considering starting one
What are you studying?
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PhD
DBA
EdD
Other professional doctorate
Are you doing it while working?
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Yes, full-time job
Yes, part-time job
Not currently working
Running my own business / self-employed
Once the taught phase ended, how supported did you feel?
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Very well supported
Reasonably supported
Somewhat on my own
Almost completely on my own
What has been the hardest part since the coursework ended?
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Isolation / no peers who understand
Staying motivated and not stalling
Finding the time
The literature review
Methodology decisions
Academic writing
Preparing for the viva
Supervisor support that doesn't fit my situation
Something else
In one or two sentences, what's been the most frustrating or lonely part for you?
If a support membership existed for working professionals at your stage, with evening and weekend live sessions, a Q&A with an experienced examiner, accountability groups, and peers from other institutions, how useful would that be to you?
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I'd join now
Very useful, I'd seriously consider it
Somewhat useful
Not for me
If it existed, what monthly price would feel fair?
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Under $40
$40 to $69
$70 to $99
$100 to $129
$130 or more
I wouldn't pay a monthly fee for this
If you'd be happy for me to follow up, leave your name and email.
Thank you. I'll be sharing what I learn from all of this with everyone who takes part.
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