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Singh, R. J. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2012
Research papers take a long time to write and in an academic environment where the "publish or perish" clause applies, writing retreats are a way of creating time and space to write academic articles in a concentrated period of time. This article examines ways in which academics can write more articles for publication. In particular it…
Descriptors: Writing for Publication, Educational Environment, College Faculty, Research Papers (Students)
Govender, K. K. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2011
The objective of this article is to develop a conceptual model aimed at improving the postgraduate research students' experience. Since postgraduate students "vote with their feet" an improved understanding of the postgraduate research service encounter may result in improving the quality of the encounter and so increasing throughput and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Student College Relationship, Organizational Climate
Bitzer, E. M.; Albertyn, R. M. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2011
Increased demands on academics due to the changing work and higher educational environments challenge traditional approaches to postgraduate supervision. Supervisors often tend to follow the apprenticeship approach uncritically. Supervisors therefore need to be aware of alternative approaches to supervision and of the need for structured planning…
Descriptors: Supervision, Graduate Study, Supervisors, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
Ryan, P. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2008
What constitutes successful practice for supervision of postgraduate students at an Open and Distance learning institution? In this article I describe a limited experiment in on-line teaching using a group of postgraduate students at the University of South Africa (Unisa). While the experiment has obvious limitations including the short time in…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Classes (Groups of Students), Adult Students