Effective Postgraduate Supervision: Improving the Student/Supervisor Relationship
Effective Postgraduate Supervision: Improving the Student/Supervisor Relationship
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Summary
Based on a series of workshops on postgraduate supervision, this guide presents frequently encountered difficulties in the student/supervisor relationship. It includes a section that shows how the case studies can be used in a teaching workshop setting.
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Effective Postgraduate Supervision: Improving the Student/Supervisor Relationship by Adrian Eley
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 Supervision is essential reading for supervisors of postgraduate degrees including those at masters and doctoral level as well as prospective and current postgraduate research students.
Dr Eley is Senior Lecturer in Medical Microbiology and chairs the School and Faculty Graduate Research Committees in Medicine at the University of Sheffield. For the latter he is currently Sub-Dean in Postgraduate Affairs. He is interested in all aspects of postgraduate research activities, particularly those related to supervision and has successfully supervised postgraduate research students since 1987. As well as degrees in microbiology, Dr Eley has two higher degrees in Education. Emeritus Professor Jennings was Professor of Virology at the University of Sheffield from 1996 to 2000. He was a member and then chair of the Graduate Research Committee in the Faculty of Medicine for 9 years. He has supervised many postgraduate research students since 1967 and has wide experience relating to the problems and issues arising during postgraduate supervision. Over a 5 year period he was responsible for the organisation and presentation of the university supervisor training programme.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780335217076 |
| ISBN 10 | 0335217079 |
| Title | Effective Postgraduate Supervision: Improving the Student/Supervisor Relationship |
| Author | Adrian Eley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Open University Press |
| Year published | 2005-10-16 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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