Discourse on thesis supervision

Eliciting effective feedback from your supervisor

One of the key roles of a postgraduate supervison is to provide feedback to the student on the topic of their thesis. This may be oral, written, delivered face-to-face or electronically. Constructive feedback will often inspire action and motivation,

Psy-supervisors and other discourses of power

It seems that the practice of conceptualising models of supervision is alive and well in studies of higher education. Since my last blog (where I identified three supervisory management styles; these being directorial , pastoral and laissez-faire ) I

Postgraduate Information Literacy Needs Survey

The Graduate Research School, in collaboration with the Library, Student Services and the Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, is conducting a survey to determine the assistance that postgraduate research students require in locating,

Models for supervision and the (possible) influence of the discipline group

Not so long ago I attended a day long workshop on supervising postgraduate students here at the University. The program was very interesting, and incorporated a number of short presentations by both administration and academic staff. The final session

Supervision and the question of research expertise

When I was working on my doctoral thesis, I was greatly concerned that my supervisor’s area of academic expertise did not adequately extend to my own research topic (her work was focused migration studies, the Italian diaspora and transnational care-giving,

Welcome to my new blog

Discourse on thesis supervision is a blog that will focus on all aspects of graduate research student supervision. The idea is to inspire both PhD and masters by research candidates - as well as those who supervise them - to engage in constructive dialogue