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Practices and procedures of research supervision

This section looks at a number of aspects of the practices and procedures found in the supervirison of research degress.

Confirmation of research degrees

This case study focuses on the confirmation of candidature process, which normally takes place twelve months into a fulltime doctoral candidature. Confirmation of research degrees

Improving completion rates

This case study can be used to explore and improve postgraduate completion rates. Its aim is to get you to think about the issues raised by the case study, to contextualise them, and to suggest ways and means to address them in departmental and individual practice in the future.  Completion of research degress

Examination of research degrees

When academics are first invited to examine a thesis, they may well feel a mixture of pride and trepidation: pride because they are now considered an authority in the field, and trepidation because of uncertainty about what standards to apply and how to approach a large task that someone else's future may depend on. Even experienced supervisors agonise over 'difficult' theses and how to assess them. Four workshops address some of these uncertainties and fears about examination of theses. Examination of research degrees