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Supervision capacity development programme

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The third cycle of the Supervision Capacity Development Programme is in full swing. The twelve-week programme offered by the College of Graduate Studies (CGS) combines presentations by experienced supervisors, interactive sessions with participants and case studies that address supervision challenges through expert-facilitated collaborative troubleshooting.

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Advanced PG Supervision Capacity Development Programme

The programme aims to equip supervisors with skills to support postgraduate students effectively. Supervisors can develop wide-ranging competencies and skills to help postgraduate students with writing proposals, chapter development, grant writing and entrepreneurial development.

Current and prospective supervisors and alumni with master’s and doctoral degrees can attend the programme. The programme aligns with the Council on Higher Education’s doctoral review audit, which identified that supervision needs greater attention. It further responds to the challenges posed by postgraduate supervision, such as high first-year dropout rates, non-completion of proposals and unsustainable supervisor-student ratios.

The programme will offer a valuable resource where supervisors can be part of a community of peers seeking to advance supervisory excellence in service to postgraduate students. The initiative results from joint sponsorship by the Department of Higher Education and Training and the Capacity Development Programme.

Registration link: https://forms.office.com/r/QUxWijKJQz

More information: PGSP@unisa.ac.za

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* By Hanli Wolhuter, Communication and Marketing Specialist and Musa Buthelezi, Intern, College of Graduate Studies

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Publish date: 2023/09/18

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