Tracking New Directions in the Evaluation of Postgraduate Supervision

Clutch-Starting Stalled Research Students

“…Aspland, Edwards, O'Leary, and Ryan (1999) emphasized the importance of honestly negotiating the expectations of all the parties in the supervision relationship, including associate supervisors. They also developed a very useful instrument, the Role Perception Rating Scale (Aspland et al, 1999), which can be used to open up space in supervisory sessions for a frank dialogue about mutual expectations. This tool in particular helps to flag key areas of incongruence between the implicit expectations students and supervisors may have of each other.…”

Perceptions of Mentoring Types by Doctoral Students and Mentors in Economy and Business Administration

“…In this interview, the mentor was describing his modus operandi with providing constant feedback to his mentee, which is in line with Aspland et al (1999) [15] and Rose (2003) [16], who also emphasised the importance of mutual feedback about the research progress. We conclude that a lot of effort is needed in order to minimise the gap between students' and mentors' expectation about instrumental mentoring behaviour.…”

Students’ experiences of supervision in academic and industry settings: results of an Australian study

“…This again differs from Harman's (2004) study where CRC-related students, or Industry students in the current study, expressed greater satisfaction than their non-CRC or University counterparts regarding the quality and effectiveness of supervision. Aspland et al (1999) discussed the fact that postgraduate students can grow anxious when there are unsatisfactory delays in receiving supervisor feedback on drafts, or when their supervisors' have inadequate knowledge about procedural and practical aspects of candidature. Furthermore, Table 6.…”

“…The survey questions addressing these five assessment dimensions were developed or taken from previous questionnaires administered in education, management and psychology (Agho, Price, and Mueller 1992;Ames and Archer 1988;Aspland et al 1999;Blau 1988;Brayfield and Rothe 1951;Chen, Gully, and Eden 2001;Eisenberger et al 1986Eisenberger et al , 1997Frone, Russell, and Cooper 1992, 1994Greenhaus, Parasuraman, and Wormley 1990;Judge et al 1998;Kanungo 1982 Throughout the survey, the following definitions were used:…”

“…Statements included 'My research unit provides RHD students with travel (e.g. opportunities to attend conferences)'; 'My research unit provides RHD students with access to help/advice on academic communication skills (oral and written)'; and 'My research unit provides RHD students with access to other resources/equipment if needed' (adapted from Aspland et al 1999;Manathunga, Pitt, and Critchley 2005;TEDI 2005).…”