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PhD P2 - Finding the Perfect PhD Topic: Balancing Personal Passion with Market Needs
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Embark on an intellectual odyssey with us as we unveil the secrets to pinpointing the academic "Goldilocks zone" for PhD research topics—a pursuit that's neither too mainstream nor too obscure. Our journey in this episode is expertly guided by analytical titans like Google Trends and the Gartner Technology Hype Cycle, tools that arm scholars with the foresight to navigate the ever-shifting terrain of academic interests. We probe the symbiotic relationship between personal academic curiosity and the pulsating heart of collective scholarly wisdom, framing a PhD thesis that interweaves with the transformative themes of education and student employability.
Wading into the complex waters of employability, we confront the stark contrasts between modernist metrics and post-modernist ideals, heralding a metamodernist approach that melds both to better align with the evolving job market. We illuminate the significance of mixed methods research in shaping education to fulfill the dynamic needs of employers. Join us as we dissect the transformative role of industry-organized competitions in enhancing graduate skills, a topic ripe with implications for curriculum reform and the future of higher education. This episode promises a compelling blend of theory, practice, and visionary foresight, pivotal for those invested in bridging the academia-industry divide.
Chapters
1. Part 4. Discovering Goldilocks' domain of inquiry with Google & Gartner (00:00:51)
2. Part 5 Be in an area of‘warm’ research activity rather than in a ‘cold’, overworked area or in a`hot', too-competitive, soon-to-be extinguished area (00:03:27)
3. Part 6. Ensuring topic addresses a genuine research area (00:06:08)
4. Part 7 Graduate Employability and Competence Development in Higher Education—A Systematic Literature Review Using PRISMA (00:08:25)
5. Part 8 Taking the temperature of employability research: a systematic review of interrelationships across and within conceptual strands (00:11:22)
6. Part 9. Mixed Methods Research in Employability Discourse: A Systematic Literature Review Using PRISMA (00:14:44)
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