Effective Postgraduate Supervision: Improving the Student/Supervisor Relationship - Adrian Eley

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Résumé :

• 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?

• Conflict
• Culture
• Distance
• Funding
• Isolation
• Language
• Management
• Plagiarism
• Priority
• Time
• Transfer
• Write-up

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.

Biographie:
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.

Sommaire:
Disclaimer

Foreword

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Introduction

a)General introduction on higher research degrees
b)Role of the supervisor
c)The student/supervisor relationship
d)New developments in UK graduate education
e)Aims and context of the text

An Issue of Isolation by Penny Simons

An Issue of Conflict

An Issue of Non-Compliance

An Issue of Plagiarism

An Issue of Time

An Issue of Language

An Issue of Writing by Mick Hattaway

An Issue of Scrutiny

An Issue of Transfer

An Issue of Progress

An Issue of Judgement

An Issue of Distance by Jerry Wellington

An Issue of Teaching

An Issue of Management

An Issue of Culture

An Issue of Funding

An Issue of Appeal

An Issue of Stability

An Issue of Ownership

An Issue of Availability

An Issue of Health

An Issue of Direction

An Issue of Contract

An Issue of Priority

An Issue of Write-Up

An Issue of Viva Preparation

An Issue of Identity by Jackie Marsh

An Issue of Alleged Fraud

An Issue of Collaboration

An Issue of Procedure

Conclusions

English Language Competency

Student/Supervisor Expectations

MPhil/PhD transfer

Communication between Student and Supervisor

Supervisory Meetings and Record Keeping

Student Independence

Student Motivation

Second Supervisors

Graduate Tutor

Head of Department

Thesis-Writing

Viva voce

Complaints and Appeals

Key Questions

Appendix 1.Answers to the Key Questions

Appendix 2.Use of Student-Supervisor Issues in a Workshop Setting

Bibliography and Recommended Reading