Dr Margaret Kiley
PhD (Adelaide)
M.Ed.Admin (Deakin)
Grad.Dip.Ed.Admin. (UniSA)
B.Ed. (Uni SA)
Dip T. (Uni SA)
Adjunct: Research School Humanities and the Arts
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Areas of expertise
- Higher Education 130103
- Specialist Studies In Education 1303
- Curriculum And Pedagogy 1302
- Other Education 1399
Research interests
Main research interests focus on graduate research education and include:
- Pathways into, and from doctoral education
- Honours
- The development of skills in research education
- The examination of research theses
- Threshold concepts in doctoral education
- Conceptions of research, and
- The Mobility of Australian postgraduate students
Biography
Margaret joined the ANU in December 2004 after working for three years at the University of Canberra and eight years at the University of Adelaide in the Advisory Centre for University Education (ACUE). Margaret has been involved for many years in education at school and university levels in South Australia, Northern Territory, Indonesia, ACT and England.
Margaret completed her PhD at the University of Adelaide where she undertook a longitudinal study related to the expectations and experiences of Indonesian research students studying in Australia.
Researcher's projects
Funded research includes
- Building local leadership for research education. ALTC 2011-2012 $220,000 with David Boud, Nicky Solomon, Katrina Waite and Jo McKenzie (UTS), Angela Brew (Macquarie) and Janne Malfroy (UWS) with Kevin Ryland
- I've done a coursework Masters, now I want to do a PhD: Can I? ALTC 2010-2012
- Where are our doctoral candidates coming from? ALTC 2010
- A cross-national study of the impact of an oral component on PhD examination quality. ARC Discovery 2011, 2012. Holbrook, Bourke, Lovat (Newcastle), Kiley (ANU), Paltridge (Sydney), Starfield (UNSW) $194,000.
- The roles and practices of Australian Honours programs Carrick Institute, 2007 with David Boud (UTS), Catherine Manathunga (UQ), and Robert Cantwell (Newcastle).
- Graduate Research Skills Project Carrick Institute. 2007 with Mandy Thomas (lead), ANU and Linda Hort, ANU
- Honours: What is it? 2003 at the University of Canberra
Publications
- Palmer, N & Kiley, M 2023, 'COVID-19 and doctoral education in Australia', Innovations in Education and Teaching International, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 623-631.
- Holley, K, Taylor, S & Kiley, M 2023, 'The changing landscape of doctoral education: Conclusions and further research', Innovations in Education and Teaching International, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 784-792.
- Kiley, M 2021, 'Is international benchmarking appropriate for improving the quality of thesis examination?', in PETER RULE, ELI BITZER, LIEZEL FRICK (ed.), The Global Scholar: Implications for postgraduate studies and supervision, Sun Press, Stellenbosch, South Africa, pp. 83-93.
- Taylor, S, Kiley, M & Holley, K 2021, 'Introduction', in Stan Taylor; Margaret Kiley; Karri A. Holley (ed.), The making of doctoral supervisors: International case studies of practice, Routledge, Oxon, pp. xii - xiv.
- Taylor, S, Kiley, M & Holley, K, eds, 2020, The making of doctoral supervisors: International case studies of practice, Routledge, Oxon.
- Kiley, M 2020, 'Australia', in Stan Taylor; Margaret Kiley; Karri A. Holley (ed.), The making of doctoral supervisors: International case studies of practice, Routledge, Oxon, pp. 1-11.
- Kiley, M 2020, 'Threshold Concepts: Strategies for assisting Doctoral candidates to learn to be researchers', in Julie A. Timmermans and Ray Land (ed.), Threshold Concepts on the Edge, Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands, pp. 189-198.
- Shan, H, Shan, H, Ayers, N et al. 2020, 'A comparison between the conceptions of research of candidates enrolled for standard PhD and integrated PhD programmes', Innovations in Education and Teaching International, vol. online.
- Kiley, M 2019, 'Foreword', in Mollie Dollinger (ed.), Getting the most out of your Doctorate: The importance of supervision, networking, and becoming a global academic, Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, United Kingdom, pp. xiii-xvii.
- Wichmann-Hansen, G, Godskesen, M & Kiley, M 2019, 'Successful development programs for experienced doctoral supervisors - What does it take?', International Journal for Academic Development, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 176-188.
- Kiley, M 2019, 'Doctoral supervisory quality from the perspective of senior academic managers', Australian Universities' Review, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 12-21.
- Kiley, M & Halliday, D 2019, 'Candidate and supervisor experiences of doctoral study in a structured, interdisciplinary training environment', Innovations in Education and Teaching International, vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 663-674.
- Kiley, M 2019, 'Threshold Concepts of Research in Teaching Scientific Thinking', in Mari Murtonen and Kieran Balloo (ed.), Redefining Scientific Thinking for Higher Education: Higher-Order Thinking, Evidence-Based Reasoning and Research Skills, Palgrave Macmillan, Switzerland, pp. 139-156.
- Wisker, G & Kiley, M 2018, 'Helping students demonstrate mastery of doctoral Threshold Concepts', in Susan Carter and Deborah Laurs (ed.), Developing Research Writing: A Handbook for Supervisors and Advisors, Routledge, Abingdon, United Kingdom, pp. 173-177.
- Taylor, S, Kiley, M & Humphrey, R, eds, 2018, A Handbook for Doctoral Supervisors: Second Edition, Routledge, Abingdon, United Kingdom.
- Kiley, M, Holbrook, A, Lovat, T et al. 2018, 'An oral component in PhD examination in Australia: Issues and considerations', Australian Universities' Review, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 25-34.
- Kiley, M 2018, 'Commencing an Australian Ph.D.', in Padró F., Erwee R., Harmes M., Harmes M., Danaher P. (ed.), Postgraduate Education in Higher Education, Springer, Singapore, Singapore, pp. 1-14.
- Kiley, M 2017, 'Career professionals entering doctoral study: Advantages and challenges', Innovations in Education and Teaching International, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 550-559pp.
- Kiley, M 2017, 'Reflections on change in doctoral education: an Australian case study', Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 78-87.
- Kiley, M 2017, 'An emerging PhD curriculum and what this might mean for doctoral level threshold concepts', Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 294-312pp.
- Starfield, S, Paltridge, B, McMurtrie, R et al 2017, 'Evaluation and instruction in PhD examiners' reports: How grammatical choices construe examiner roles', Linguistics and Education, vol. 42, pp. 53-64.
- Wisker, G, Kiley, M & Masika, R 2016, 'Threshold crossings and doctoral education: learning from the examination of doctoral education', in Liezel Frick, Vernon Trafford & Magda Fourie-Malherbe (ed.), Being Scholarly, SUN MeDIA Stellenbosch and Authors, Africa, pp. 117-124pp.
- Ayers, N, Kiley, M, Jones, N et al 2016, 'Using learning plans to support doctoral candidates', Innovations in Education and Teaching International, pp. 1-9.
- Halliday, D & Kiley, M 2016, 'What are the characteristics of an effective interdisciplinary research environment for doctoral candidates? A pilot study', 2nd International Conference on Developments in Doctoral Education & Training, ed. Douglas Halliday, UK Council for Graduate Education, United Kingdom, pp. 10-17.
- Kiley, M & Cumming, J 2015, 'Enhanced learning pathways and support for coursework master's students: challenges and opportunities', Higher Education Research and Development, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 105-116.
- Kiley, M & Taylor, S 2015, 'Supervising research degrees', in Heather Fry, Steve Ketteridge and Stephanie Marshall (ed.), A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York, pp. 180-192.
- Keefer, J, Wisker, G & Kiley, M 2015, 'Editorial: Doctoral candidate learning', Innovations in Education and Teaching International, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 1-3.
- Clement, N, Lovat, T, Holbrook, A et al 2015, 'Exploring Doctoral Examiner Judgements Through the Lenses of Habermas and Epistemic Cognition', in Jeroen Huisman, Malcolm Tight (ed.), Theory and Method in Higher Education Research, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, United Kingdom, pp. 213-233.
- Gonzalez-Ocampo, G, Kiley, M, Lopes, A et al 2015, 'The curriculum question in doctoral education', Frontline Learning Research, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 23-38.
- Starfield, S, Paltridge, B, McMurtrie, R et al 2015, 'Understanding the language of evaluation in examiners' reports on doctoral theses', Linguistics and Education, vol. 31, pp. 130-144.
- Lovat, T, Holbrook, A, Bourke, S et al. 2015, 'Examining doctoral examination and the question of the Viva', Higher Education Review, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 5-23.
- Kiley, M 2015, ''I didn't have a clue what they were talking about': PhD candidates and theory', Innovations in Education and Teaching International, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 52-63.
- Bawa, A, Gudmundsson, H, Jayaram, N et al 2014, 'Doctoral education in the era of globalization: Experience in Australia, Iceland, India, and South Africa', in Maresi Nerad and Barbara Evans (ed.), Globalization and Its Impacts on the Quality of PhD Education: Forces and Forms in Doctoral Education Worldwide, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 129-159.
- Kiley, M, Luca, J & Cowan, A 2014, 'Coursework in Australian PhD programmes: Why is this a boundary and how is it being pushed?', in Eli Bitzer, Ruth Albertyn, Liezel Frick, Barbara Grant and Frances Kelly (ed.), Pushing Boundaries in Postgraduate Supervision, Sun Press, Stellenbosch, South Africa, pp. 123-132.
- Kiley, M & Cumming, J 2014, 'The impact of changing government policies and institutional practices on master's by coursework students in Australia: a viable pathway to the PhD?', Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 99-111.
- Boud, D, Brew, A, Dowling, R et al 2014, 'The coordination role in research education: emerging understandings and dilemmas for leadership', Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 440-454.
- Boud, D, Brew, A, Dowling, R et al 2014, Building local leadership for research education - Final Report 2014.
- Kiley, M 2014, Coursework in Australian doctoral education: Whats happening, why and future directions?.
- Kiley, M 2014, 'Now I know why I have been knocking my head against a brick wall: doctoral candidates and struck places', 4th Biennial Threshold Concepts Conference and 6th NAIRTL Annual Conference, ed. C O'Mahony, A Buchanan, M O'Rourke and B Higgs, NAIRTL, Ireland, pp. 73-77.
- Kiley, M 2014, 'The doctoral curriculum: An Australian perspective on what? who? And how?', International conference on developments in doctoral education and training, ed. Douglas Halliday, UK Council for Graduate Education, United Kingdom, pp. 8-15.
- Kiley, M 2013, I've done a coursework masters now I'd like to do a doctorate: Can I? - Final report 2013.
- Kiley, M, Luca, J & Cowan, A 2013, 'Coursework in Australian PhD programs: why is this a boundary and how is it being pushed?', 4th Biennial Conference on Research into Postgraduate Supervision, Centre for Higher and Adult Education, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town.
- Kiley, M 2013, 'Improving the quality of research supervision and enhancing the role of supervisor training', The 2nd Research Workforce Forum 2013 - Sustaining research skills for a strong Australian research workforce, Supported by: Round Table Business/Higher Education, Sydney.
- Kiley, M & Mullins, G 2012, 'How examiners assess theses', in Carey Denholm and Terry Evans (ed.), Doctorates Downunder: Keys to Successful Doctoral Study in Australia and Aotearoa, New Zealand, Australian Council for Educational Research Press, Melbourne Australia, pp. 230-237.
- Kiley, M 2012, 'Editorial: QPR 2012 Narratives on Transition: Perspectives of Research Leaders, Educators and Postgraduates', Quality in Postgraduate Research: narratives in transition: Perspectives of leaders, educators and postgraduates, ed. Margaret Kiley, Australian National University, Adelaide Australia, pp. 1-3.
- Wisker, G & Kiley, M 2012, 'Professional learning: lessons for supervision from doctoral examining', International Journal for Academic Development, pp. 1-14.
- Wisker, G., & Kiley, M. (2012). Professional learning: lessons for supervision from doctoral examining. International Journal for Academic Development. 1-14 DOI:10.1080/1360144X.2012.727762 (B)
- Fricker, J, Kiley, M, Townsend, G et al. 2011, 'Professionalism: what is it, why should we have it and how can we achieve it?', Australian Dental Journal, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 92-96.
- Kiley, M 2011, 'Developments in research supervisor training: causes and responses', Studies in Higher Education, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 585-599.
- Kiley, M 2011, 'Government policy and research higher degree education', Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 629-640.
- Kiley, M, Boud, D, Manathunga, C et al 2011, 'Honouring the incomparable: honours in Australian universities', Higher Education, vol. 62, no. 5, pp. 619-633.
- Manathunga, C, Kiley, M, Boud, D et al 2011, 'From knowledge acquisition to knowledge production: issues with Australian honours curricula', Teaching in Higher Education, pp. 1-13.
- Kiley, M 2011, 'Research projects in taught Masters programs and possible preparation for doctoral entry', EARLI Conference 2011, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, pp. 1-13.
- Kiley, M & Wisker, G 2010, 'Learning to be a researcher: the concepts and crossings', in Jan H.F Meyer, Ray Land & Caroline Baillie (ed.), Threshold concepts and transformational learning, Sense Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 399-414.
- Kiley, M & Cumming, J 2010, 'Developing skills for research learning: right ways and real ways', Improving student learning symposium 2009, ed. Chris Rust, Oxford University, London, pp. 96-103.
- Kiley, M 2010, 'Editorial - Educating researchers for the 21st century', Quality in postgraduate research conference 2010, ed. Margaret Kiley, Australian National University, Canberra, pp. 1-3.
- Kiley, M 2009, 'Impacts of doctoral education policies on doctoral programs', Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association 2009, American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California.
- Kiley, M & Wisker, G 2009, 'Threshold concepts in research education and evidence of threshold crossing', Higher Education Research and Development, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 431-441.
- Kiley, M 2009, 'Isn't research just research? What are candidates and supervisors thinking?', in Angela Brew and Lisa Lucas (ed.), Academic research and researchers, McGraw-Hill Inc, Maidenhead, England, pp. 161-174.
- Kiley, M 2009, 'Identifying threshold concepts and proposing strategies to support doctoral candidates', Innovations in Education and Training International, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 293-304.
- Kiley, M, Moyes, T & Clayton, P 2009, 'To develop research skills: honours programmes for the changing research agenda in Australian universities', Innovations in Education and Training International, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 15-25.
- Kiley, M 2009, 'Rethinking the Australian doctoral dissertation process', Australian Universities' Review, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 32-41.
- Kiley, M 2009, ''You don't want a smart Alec': selecting examiners to assess doctoral dissertations', Studies in Higher Education, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 889-903.
- Nulty, D, Kiley, M & Meyers, N 2009, 'Promoting and recognising excellence in the supervision of research students: an evidence-based framework', Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 693-707.
- Kiley, M 2008, 'Completing a doctorate: for what?', in Chris Rust (ed.), Improving Student Learning: Improving student learning - for what?, Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development,, Oxford, pp. 159-167.
- Kiley, M & Austin, A 2008, 'Australian postgraduate research students still prefer to 'stay at home': reasons and implications', Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 351-362.
- Kiley, M, Boud, D, Cantwell, R et al 2008, 'Australian honours programs: roles and practices', Quality in postgraduate research conference 2008, ed. Margaret Kiley and Gerry Mullins, Australian National University, Canberra, pp. 182-185.
- Kiley, M & Mullins, G 2008, 'Editorial - Research education in the new global environment (proceedings)', Quality in postgraduate research conference 2008, ed. Margaret Kiley and Gerry Mullins, Australian National University, Canberra, pp. 1-2.
- Kiley, M 2007, 'Thinking like a researcher', in Carey Denholm & Terry Evans (ed.), Supervising Doctorates Downunder: keys to effective supervision in Australia and New Zealand, Australian Council for Educational Research Press, Victoria, Australia, pp. 121-127.
- Kiley, M, Barrie, S, Clegg, K et al 2006, 'Illuminating Pathways to Leadership', in Liz Elvidge (ed.), Exploring Good Leadership and Management Practice in Higher Education: Issues of Engagement, Jill Rogers Associates Ltd, Cambridge, pp. 93-109.
- Kiley, M, McCormack, C, Maher, B et al 2006, 'Taking charge: Using personal learning plans', in Anne Findlay (ed.), Doctorates Downunder, Australian Council for Educational Research Press, Camberwell, Victoria, pp. 76-86.
- Kiley, M & Mullins, G 2005, 'Examining the examiners: How inexperienced examiners approach the assessment of research theses', International Journal of Educational Research, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 121-135.
- Kiley, M & Mullins, G 2005, 'Supervisors Conceptions of Research: What are they?', Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 245-262.
- Kiley, M 2003, 'Conserver, Strategist or Transformer: The experiences of postgraduate student sojourners', Teaching in Higher Education, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 345-356.
- Mullins, G & Kiley, M 2002, ''It's a PhD, not a Nobel Prize': How experienced examiners assess research theses', Studies in Higher Education, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 369-386.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Coursework in Australian doctoral education: What's happening, why and future directions? (Primary Investigator)
- Building local leadership for research education (Secondary Investigator)
- A cross-national study of the relative impact of an oral component on PhD examination quality, language and practice (Secondary Investigator)
- Where are our doctoral candidates coming from and why? (Primary Investigator)
- I've done a coursework masters, now I'd like to do a doctorate: Can I? (Primary Investigator)
