Doing a Professional Doctorate: Motivation, Means and (mis)Management

10am – 10.30am BST, 16 June 2021 ‐ 30 mins

Session 3: Building Positive Resilience

Doing a Professional Doctorate: Motivation, Means and (mis)Management

Professional doctorates (DProf) have been around since the 1990s and are now offered in a wide range of subjects including medicine, education, engineering, business and art practice. They offer an alternative to the traditional PhD for professionals who wish to investigate areas of their own practice. Various models exist with the most common being a programme that includes taught modules followed by a period of independent study, and the submission of a substantial thesis often in the form of a dissertation and portfolio of work. 

In this presentation Alison Lister will provide an overview of professional doctorates, including their potential value to conservation, and describe her experiences as a first year student on the DHeritage programme offered by the University of Hertfordshire. She will also briefly outline the topic of her research into the challenges and opportunities of private practice.

Speakers

Alison Lister ACR

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Alison Lister ACR

Alison Lister, BA (Hons), DipCons, ACR, is a textile conservator working in private practice. Since 2006 she has been the owner and director of Textile Conservation Limited, an independent studio in Bristol. Alison trained at the Textile Conservation Centre, then worked at the Centre as a course tutor on the postgraduate diploma course for 10 years. She started in private practice as a freelance conservator and educator in 2001 undertaking short term museum-based contracts and working as an associate tutor on the conservation programmes at Camberwell College of Arts and the MA Museum Studies by Distance Learning at the University of Leicester.  Alison started a part time Professional Doctorate in Heritage at the University Hertfordshire in October 2020.