Postgraduate supervision

Objectives:

To equip postgraduate supervisors with knowledge and skills to supervise in terms of:
Possible frameworks and models for research education.
Selection of candidates.
The roles and responsibilities of doctoral candidates and supervisors.
The question of an increasingly diverse doctoral population.
The roles that research integrity play in conducting and supervising doctoral studies.
How a doctoral research proposal is approached, written and supervised.
What constitutes a good literature review and how does supervisors facilitate such a review?
The value and use of a conceptual framework in doctoral research.
How formative feedback is sought and given in doctoral education.
The characteristics of a good conclusions chapter in a doctoral thesis.
Selection of examiners of doctoral theses and what criteria are crucial?
How a supervisor helps a candidate with the internal auditing of a thesis before submission for examination.
How can doctoral work be best disseminated by publicatio