Mentors’ Views of Supervising Postgraduate Students Undertaking Research at an Institution in Zimbabwe

Mudhovozi, Pilot; Manganye, Leslie; Mashamba, Tshilidzi

doi:10.1080/09718923.2013.11893227

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“…6, No. 1, June 2018 Additionally, studies conducted in Zimbabwe and South Africa by Mudhovozi, Manyange and Mashamba (2013) and Ndebele, van Heerden and Chabaya (2013) showed analogous results with to the importance of mentoring. In a nutshell, these studies were indicative that having mentoring within universities was a strong signal showing commitment by university leaders on career development of their academics.…”

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Mentoring for Female Academics in the 21st Century: A Case Study of a South African University

Chitsamatanga¹,

Rembe²,

Shumba³

2018

IJGWS

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This paper investigated the female academics" perceptions on mentoring in universities and how it can promote their career trajectory. The study adopted the qualitative methodology. Using evidence collected from a case study of a South African university and a sample size of purposively selected five senior female academics and a focus group of five junior female academics were used for the study. The research solicited data through interviews and document analysis. The results revealed that mentoring is there in universities theoretically but the practical concept appears to be surrounded by grey areas. There is a general lack of interest, knowledge and ignorance from the academics on mentoring and networking. Moreover, gender still influences the female academics perceptions on mentoring and networking in universities and a dearth of female role models promoted disintegration, inaccessibility and egoism within universities. The study concluded that mentoring of female academics should be formalised and on-going and that universities must look beyond gender on mentoring issues.

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Mentoring for Female Academics in the 21st Century: A Case Study of a South African University

Chitsamatanga¹,

Rembe²,

Shumba³

2018

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“…As for managing transformations, a supervisor must help a student turn an uncertain feature into a concrete work plan by zeroing in on a specific problem with defined objectives and deliverables (Hussain, 2011). Mentoring and supervision enhances postgraduates' research skills, sharing experiences and foster positive relationships (Mudhovozi, Manganye, & Mashamba, 2017). The relationship between student and supervisor is a professional one in which a supervisor plays a big role of helping students acquire research skills without jeopardizing their intellectual and personal development (Donnelly, 2012).…”

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R-Seecka Model for Research Supervision and the Effect on Academic and Career Growth of International Graduate Students in Malaysia

Amzat¹,

Walters²,

Walters³

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Malaysia is committed to growing its research universities and its reputation as one of the world's largest educational service providers. Malaysia has sizable population of international students, and the country is recalibrating its strategy and planning to increase the number of international students to 200,000 by 2020. However, neither the Malaysian government nor the universities have created the synergy to increase the wellbeing of international students, their research progress and, most critically, academic supervision. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the direct effect of research supervision, that is, the supervisor's encouragement, content knowledge, and availability, and campus environment and facilities on international students' academic and career growth. This study proposes a model, called R-SEECKA (relationships, supervision, environment; encouragement; content knowledge and availability) for effective research supervision and practice in Malaysian public universities. The sample size consists of 450 international graduate students from different countries studying at six Malaysian public universities. It uses quantitative methods and SmartPLS for data analysis. Findings of this study reported the effect of encouragement, environment, relationship, availability and content knowledge on international graduate students' academic and career growth. It is also reported that encouragement and motivation from the supervisor was the strongest predictor of academic and career growth, followed by campus environment/facilities. The paper offers recommendations and suggestions for future research to see how much research supervision has improved and international students have progressed in research in Malaysia. The authors note that the R-SEECKA model may be applied at universities in other countries and to other student populations to assess the impact of research supervision on their academic and career growth.

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Narratives of Strategies Used by Female Academics in South African and Zimbabwean Universities to Overcome Barriers to Career Development

Chitsamatanga¹

2019

JHE

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We investigated the role of Body mass index (BMI) in non-communicable diseases-polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and coronary artery disease (CAD). Using a case control design, we compared mean BMI and its categories, in gender and disease specific samples, and computed odds ratios as well as receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve. The 95 percentile cut off values were also determined but only for controls. We found mean BMI and prevalence of obesity to be higher in PCOS and T2DM and lower in CAD cases than controls. The ROC analysis suggested gender specific cutoff values are more sensitive than pooled sample. The area under the ROC curve which is highly significant suggests predictive utility of the BMI cut off values both for PCOS and T2DM.

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Mentors’ Views of Supervising Postgraduate Students Undertaking Research at an Institution in Zimbabwe

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Mentoring for Female Academics in the 21st Century: A Case Study of a South African University

Mentoring for Female Academics in the 21st Century: A Case Study of a South African University

R-Seecka Model for Research Supervision and the Effect on Academic and Career Growth of International Graduate Students in Malaysia

Narratives of Strategies Used by Female Academics in South African and Zimbabwean Universities to Overcome Barriers to Career Development

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