Equity in doctoral education: policy or action?

This chapter presents four distinctive perspectives to scrutinise the realisation (or lack thereof) of equity in doctoral education. At a personal level the reflections presented here explore individual experiences of (in)equity, emphasising how personal biases and subjective experience influence one’s engagement with equity issues. At the institutional level the chapter investigates how organisational structures and policies either facilitate or hinder
equity. The authors also seek to examine the agendas that shape equity initiatives and how these diverge or intersect. While acknowledging instances of excellent equitable practices across many Higher Education Institutions, the purpose of this chapter is to spotlight areas
where these practices are absent but have potential for implementation.