The state of the art: development of the research degree in the UK: part 1

This is the first in a series of two articles which consider the evolution of the research degree from a historical and from a practice-based perspective, which will also consider the Leeds Metropolitan University context. This first paper charts the development of the research degree in the UK, while the second paper (to follow in a future issue of the ALT Journal) considers the implications of these developments, particularly their implications for supervisors, focusing on activities at our own University.