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Advancing postgraduate research supervision and publication for the future of higher education institutions

Authors
N. Cekiso-Smith1, *, B. Omodan2, I. Kariyana3
1Walter Sisulu University,Mthatha Campus, Directorate of Learning and Teaching, Mthatha, South Africa
2Butterworth Campus, Continuing Adult Professional Teacher Development, Mthatha, South Africa
3Continuing Professional Teacher Development, Mthatha, South Africa
*Corresponding author. Email: ncekiso@wsu.ac.za
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N. Cekiso-Smith
Available Online 6 November 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-134-0_15How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Postgraduate students; Publication; Research supervision; Supervisors
Abstract

Enhancing postgraduate research supervision and publication strategies for the future success of higher education institutions is fundamental to sustainable research development in universities. A study was conducted to explore existing challenges and strategies for improving postgraduate research supervision and publication capacity of the selected university in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. An in-depth case study was conducted for this study to reconstruct the reality shaped by the postgraduate students and research supervisors. 12 participants took part in the study, being nine postgraduate students and three research supervisors who had at least five years of research supervision experience. An analysis of the data was conducted using thematic analysis based on semi-structured interviews. Findings included that supervisor availability and competence had an influence on postgraduate throughputs as well as lack of supervisor capacitation. It was concluded that the nature of student and supervisor relationships influenced throughputs and publications.Also, supporting supervisors and postgraduate student through a competitive reward system was fundamental to boosting research outputs at the institution. Recommendations included the need to increase allocation of funds for conference attendance by supervisors and students as well as enhanced coaching through a supportive mentoring system to both supervisors and postgraduate students.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 10th Focus Conference (TFC 2023)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
6 November 2023
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978-2-38476-134-0
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-134-0_15How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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