Employee relations professionals work within the context of human resource management to best manage the hiring, development, retention and compensation of staff. Considering the company’s needs, they work to develop and apply policies which adhere to current law and contract stipulations and also benefit the organization and its talent.

The PhD is a doctoral degree, specifically called a "doctor of philosophy" degree. This is misleading because PhD holders are not necessarily philosophers (unless they earned their degree in philosophy!). That said, PhD recipients are able to engage in thought experiments, reason about problems, and solve problems in sophisticated ways.

Part-time learning allows one to obtain a degree or qualification even if one cannot attend school on a full-time basis. One can learn at one's own pace, gradually accumulating credits that count towards a final qualification.