The Good Supervisor

Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- PART I: FIRST STAGES OF RESEARCH SUPERVISION GETTING STARTED.- Supervision and Research Learning: Differences and Issues.- Supervisors and Sustainability: Working Together in Supervisory Teams, Networks, Fora, Communities and Development programmes.- Establishing and Maintaining Good Supervisory Practices.- PART II: ESTABLISHING RESEARCH PROCESSES AND PRACTICES.- Defining Titles, Research Questions, Conceptual Frameworks, and Developing Proposals.- Enabling Students to Carry Out a Successful Literature Review/Theoretical Perspectives Chapter.- Methodology, Methods and Ethics.- Supervisory Dialogues.- Encouraging Good Writing.- PART III: WORKING WITH STUDENTS ISSUES FOR SUPERVISORS.- Helping Students to Help Themselves and Each Other.- Dealing with Difference: Working with Different Kinds of Learners and Learning Styles.- Supervising International and Culturally Diverse Students: Cross-Cultural Issues.- Study and Support at a Distance and For Part-Time Students.- Gender, Culture, Age and Research Studies.- A Little too Close to Home: Supervising your Colleagues and/or Other Practice/Professional-based Research.- New Ways: Supervising Creative Research Work and the PhD by Publication.- Maintaining Momentum: Linking Quality and Wellbeing Through Transfer, Progress Reports, Changing Supervisors, and Any Difficulties.- PART IV:MANAGING THE RESEARCH PROCESS TO COMPLETION AND BEYOND.- Writing Up the Thesis or Dissertation - Quality and Standards.- The Examination Process and Examiners.- Supporting Students Towards a Successful PhD Viva.- Supporting Your Student Post Viva/Exam.- Life After the Research Project: Sharing Research, Presentations, Publications, Identifying Postgraduate/Graduate Outcomes, and Research Capacity Building.- References.- Index.