Supervising Research Students

Course aim

This course will develop an understanding of research supervision as a specialised form of teaching in higher education and provide an introduction to the supervision of research students at the University of South Australia.

Course content

The supervision of research students in national and international contexts; supervising at UniSA (policies, procedures, research degree graduate qualities); supervisory styles, models and relationships (expectations, responding to diversity, research cultures); stages of supervision (proposal, maintaining progress, thesis writing, examination); modes of supervision (face-to-face, online, distance); providing feedback on student writing; contemporary issues (academic integrity, research degree outcomes, research quality framework); scholarship of supervision.
While the institutional and national policy and administrative frameworks will focus on the supervision of students in higher degrees by research (HDR), the principles and practices will be relevant for all supervisors, including those who supervise students engaged in research within Honours and Postgraduate coursework programs.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
EDUC 5120	Introduction to University Teaching

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Workshop	5 hours x 1 session
Workshop	3.5 hours x 1 session
Seminar	2 hours x 3 sessions

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Enquiry-based portfolio of principles and practice, Issues Paper, Oral presentation and written response

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1A)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.