Mitigation and Adjustment for Doctoral Education(MADE)

Key research activity for the institutional case study of Warwick:

Literature review of existing scholarship on doctoral education and Reasonable Adjustments (RAs) and Mitigating Circumstances (MCs)

Policy review of existing policy documents relevant to doctoral education and RAs/MCs (beginning institutionally, and then within UK)

Data collection across Warwick stakeholders:

(i) Key informant interviews (semi-structured) with key Warwick staff stakeholders at the 'central' level (c. 10-15)

(ii) Focus group discussions (FGDs) with three different groups: a) doctoral students; b) supervisors and c) Directors of doctoral programmes, Senior tutors etc. (c.4-6/FGD x 2 of each grouping)

(iii) ‘Story of my viva’ (narrative, retrospective interviews) with former Warwick doctoral students who have completed their studies and who had RAs (c.10-15)

Timeline (2023-24)