Human Performance and Innovation - Professional Doctorate Programme content
Key information
Key information
- Complete part-time over four years.
- Delivered online.
- Designed for working professionals – a choice of online lectures and tutorials times are provided and are repeated and recorded.
- Online meetings schedule will be flexible and agreed between you and your supervisor.
- The taught assessment modes include written and oral presentation and defence; critical written review of current research and engagement with course experiences.
- Option to exit with Professional Masters in Human Performance and Innovation following successful completion of year two.
- Submission of your final thesis and the successful conclusion of your oral ‘Viva Voce’ is a requirement for the award of the doctorate degree . It is our experience that the viva voce examination takes place following your first four years as a registered student.
- The learning experience is primarily self-directed which is supported by online interaction with your doctoral supervisor.
Programme content - Year 1
Core module
- Personal Review and Development Planning (SS8011) will offer you the opportunity to reflect on the challenges presented by your programme of study and to construct a personal and professional development plan facilitating the timely and successful completion of your Professional Doctorate.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core modules
- The Professional Paradigm 1: Practical and Theoretical Frameworks (SS8012) will allow you to critically explore and align professional practices with academic theories, facilitating the development of a coherent narrative for your doctoral research.
- Evaluation Methods and Analysis 1 (SS8022) will help enhance your ability to critically evaluate various research paradigms and methodologies, enabling you to design effective evaluation strategies and develop comprehensive research innovation proposals within your professional practice.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core module
- The Professional Paradigm 2: Evolving the Theory, Evidence, Practice and Innovation (SS8013) will enable you to critically synthesise diverse knowledge bases, articulate the necessity for the research innovation in your professional domain, and develop a coherent narrative to substantiate your doctoral research objectives.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Programme content - Year 2
Core module
- Professional Innovation: Intervention Design and Evaluation 1 (SS8031) will empower you to systematically evaluate and implement key innovations within your professional practice, enhancing your research skills, critical thinking, and ability to contribute effectively to your professional environment.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core modules
- Evaluation Methods and Analysis 2 (SS8023) will help you customise your evaluation and analysis approach for your targeted professional innovation.
- Innovation Progression 1 (SS8041) will allow you to organise and codify your doctoral journey to date, with a committee determining whether your progress has been sufficient and stage-appropriate.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core module
- Professional Innovation: Intervention Design and Evaluation 2 (SS8032) will allow you to actively engage with, implement and present the effective systematic evaluation of your identified professional innovations.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Exit award in year 2
If you decide to exit the programme at the end of year 2 you will receive a Professional Masters in Human Performance and Innovation.
Programme content - Year 3
Core module
- Professional Innovation: Intervention Design and Evaluation 3 (SS8033) will provide you with a further opportunity to work on the research innovation component of your Professional Doctorate.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core module
- Professional Innovation: Intervention Design and Evaluation 4 (SS8034) will provide you with a further opportunity to work on the research innovation component of your Professional Doctorate.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core module
- Professional Innovation: Intervention Design and Evaluation 5 (SS8035) will provide you with a further opportunity to work on the research innovation component of your Professional Doctorate.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Programme content - Year 4
Core module
- Professional Innovation: Intervention Design and Evaluation 6 (SS8036) will provide you with a further opportunity to work on the research innovation component of your Professional Doctorate.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core module
- Professional Innovation: Intervention Design and Evaluation 7 (SS8037) will provide you with a further opportunity to work on the research innovation (research) component of your Professional Doctorate.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
Core modules
- Professional Innovation: Intervention Design and Evaluation 8 (SS8038) will conclude your work on the research innovation component of your Professional Doctorate and in the event of a successfully defended viva voce examination culminate in the award of Doctor of Human Performance and Innovation.
- Innovation Progression 3 (SS8043) will allow you to organise and codify the extent of your progress after 12 semesters, which will be assessed by a committee determining whether your progress has been sufficient and stage-appropriate.
Books and journal articles needed for the course will be available online through the UL Glucksman Library.
For more information on each module, you can search the faculty, school and module code on UL’s Book of Modules.
