Transcript Supervising UG and Masters Projects

Supporting Taught
Programmes
– Dissertations & Projects
Dr Marita Grimwood
In their shoes…
Thinking back to your own experiences as
UG or PGT project students, what were
the benefits and motivations for you?
What motivates
students?
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Relevance and realism
Career orientation
Ownership, choice and responsibility
Assessment and feedback
Peer pressure and team working
Presenting work to others
An interested and enthusiastic teacher
Case study
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Read the case study and, as a small
group, tease out the issues in project
supervision raised by it.
Using your thoughts, prepare a poster
with bullet points showing:
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What students have a right to expect of
supervision
Ways in which you could contribute to this
Giving Feedback
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Consider environment and timing
Express standards clearly
Communicate your views about progress clearly
in relation to standards
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Using examples is helpful
Providing written and verbal feedback helps
Be encouraging but honest
Check understanding and views
Supervisor’s Roles
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Director
Facilitator
Advisor
Teacher
Guide
Critic
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Roles
Brown, Smallwood & Bragan-Turner, 1996
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Freedom-giver
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Critical friend
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Gives encouragement and advice, shows interest
Friend
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Encourages and supports students in making decisions
Extends concern to non-academic aspects
Manager
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Develops plans, checks & records progress
Further support
The Staff Development Unit runs further
workshops on supervision.
If you are a researcher with more
substantial supervisory responsibilities
and would like to know more, please
contact [email protected]