10.4225/03/593601762bf65 EDWIN ARTHUR CREELY EDWIN ARTHUR CREELY A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF SIX DOCTORAL STUDENTS NEGOTIATING EARLY CANDIDATURE Monash University 2017 doctoral education early candidature phenomenology experience PhD digital technologies adaptation learning Higher Education Education 2017-06-06 01:12:20 Thesis https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/A_PHENOMENOLOGICAL_STUDY_OF_SIX_DOCTORAL_STUDENTS_NEGOTIATING_EARLY_CANDIDATURE/5074261 This thesis describes a small-scale qualitative phenomenological study of the experiences of six doctoral students in the early part of candidature. The focus was on their learning to become researchers. In the study, the participants’ experiences of candidature were investigated in the context of their extended lives or Lifeworlds, with the goal of locating the meanings attributed to their experiences and how they negotiated their way through the early part of candidature, including how they deployed digital technologies as part of their strategies of coping and dealing with the complexities of life.