Powerpoint for uni Johannesburg  postgraduate school

developed for uni Johannesburgon UJ day 2 literature reviews, actioning your research proposal,building postgraduate communities

PPt developed for UNi Johannesburg  on refining the research proposal  and beginning to action it

This supports your thoughts and plans  for  developing a conceptual framework which involves the main conceots and theories in your research

focuses on ways in which as a postgraduate, you can help set up good working relationships with your supervisors, managing expectations, dealing with issues.

undergraduate student  research support

This is a conference paper from Gina Wisker and Margaret Kiley, delvered at  stellenboach university at the postgraduate supervision conference. It is   based on new research with examiners which draws from established research by...

some thoughts about what examiners ae looking for, structuring a thesis, and writing differently in different sections of it, time managment and finishing.First used  with postgraduates at UWE

This is a useful article via Tomorrow's Professor for postgraduate students choosing their supervisory team, with a carefully thought-through set of criteria that includes expertise, accessibility, timeliness of feedback, previous success,...

A nice simple explanation of how to come up with (and not come up with) research questions for a thesis. Distilled from Trowler's book (available cheaply at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctoral-Research-Higher-Education-ebook/dp/B007W57J5K )

My article proposing (only very slightly tongue-in-cheek) a massive open online PhD. It goes into some detail about ways this could be done, and the issues that might prevent it from happening. I wrote the article as an exercise to see whether the...

A useful site that aggregates a lot of news and information about PhDs, the PhD process and related issues.

Great article from the Times Higher Ed giving hints and tips on how not to write a PhD. Good stuff.

A bunch of motivational tips by Alex Hope, with some useful advice for those struggling with the doctoral learning journey. Tip 10 (ignore tips 1-9) is particularly valuable: the take-home message is that every doctorate (or other large activity in...

Presentation by Gina Wisker on managing the doctoral or other research-oriented graduate/post-graduate learning journey