How to be an Effective Supervisor: Best Practice in Research Student Supervision

Rowena Murray is Associate Dean (Research) at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. She carries out research on writing, funded by the Nuffield Foundation and British Academy. Her other bestselling books with Open University Press include How to Write a Thesis, How to Survive Your Viva and The Handbook of Academic Writing (written with Sarah Moore). Rowena is also Editor of the Helping Students to Learn Series and edited the first volume – The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

• Foreword PrefaceAcknowledgements IntroductionInstitutional environment Selection and admission of students Supervision arrangements Monitoring and review arrangements Induction and training in research and generic skills Feedback mechanismsGood examination practiceComplaints and appeals procedures Features of other research degreesFuture directions and conclusions Appendix 1: Training and Accreditation Programme for Postgraduate Supervisors (TAPPS) as a National Accreditation Scheme/Bologna Process/EU CharterAppendix 2: Case studies for supervisor development programmesAppendix 3: Precepts and explanationsReferencesIndex