Full Description
This text is designed to respond to the uppermost area of concern in postgraduate education today - that of achieving quality. The book discusses issues of quality and research culture, including criteria for evaluating theses and research applications, and women and overseas students.
Contents
Part 1 Issues of quality and institutional research culture: planning for quality in graduate studies; from thesis writing to research application - learning the research culture; staff development for research; a model for the management of research degree supervision in a post-1987 university; gender and postgraduate supervision; quality in supervisory overseas students?. Part 2 Educational processes to achieve quality: improving the quality of postgraduate supervision through residential staff development programmes; the big picture about managing writing; supervising the writing of a thesis; the postgraduate's journey - an interplay of roles; avoiding communication breakdown; supervising literature reviews; contracts and checklists - practical propositions for postgraduate supervision; guidelines for discussion - a tool for managing postgraduate supervision.
