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10 steps to support doctoral candidates better
A veteran facilitator of doctoral education offers her top 10 tips for better PhD supervision. By Tara Brabazon.
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A veteran facilitator of doctoral education offers her top 10 tips for better PhD supervision. By Tara Brabazon.
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Most of these principles are adopted by many if not all Australian universities. Normally the thesis defence is before a committee if not before a broader audience, and many Australian universities also have completion seminars for doctoral candidates.
Gavin Moodie
Well said! This article raises some excellent points, in particular the notion that administrative intervention is PhD reporting – to protect the candidate and render them “independent” of the supervisor – is counterproductive. In the end, PhD completion is about quality scholarship, it is not a business process to be commoditised.