Effective Postgraduate Supervision: Improving The Student/Supervisor Relationship

Download or read book Effective Postgraduate Supervision: Improving The Student/Supervisor Relationship written by Eley, Adrian and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What kind of problems are encountered while undertaking postgraduate study? How are these problems best avoided or resolved? How can the student/supervisor relationship be improved? This practical guide is based on a series of successful workshops on postgraduate supervision and presents the most frequently encountered difficulties in the student/supervisor relationship. Detailed but concise case studies offer realistic solutions to the thirty issues discussed, including: Conflict Culture Distance Funding Isolation Language Management Plagiarism Priority Time Transfer Write-up Each case study raises important questions to generate discussion, and suggests solutions and preventative measures. The book also includes a section that shows how the case studies can be used in a teaching workshop setting. Effective Postgraduate Supervisionis essential reading for supervisors of postgraduate degrees including those at masters and doctoral level as well as prospective and current postgraduate research students.