Colleague supervision - ‘ignored and undervalued’? The views of students and supervisors in a new university

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Colleague supervision is increasingly used in UK modern (post-92) universities to support the progress of academic staff to doctoral qualifications. Denicolo (20048. Denicolo , P. 2004 . Doctoral supervision of colleagues: Peeling off the veneer of satisfaction and competence . Studies in Higher Education , 29 ( 6 ) : 693 - 707 . [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®]View all references) argues that it is a ‘role relationship that has been largely ignored or undervalued by administration’ (p. 693) and colleague students and supervisors ‘felt more vulnerable’ than other students/supervisors (p. 706). This small-scale research amongst students and staff in a colleague supervision relationship at a single UK modern university tests Denicolo’s (20048. Denicolo , P. 2004 . Doctoral supervision of colleagues: Peeling off the veneer of satisfaction and competence . Studies in Higher Education , 29 ( 6 ) : 693 - 707 . [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®]View all references) propositions and those of Deuchar (20089. Deuchar , R. 2008 . Facilitator, director or critical friend? Contradiction and congruence in doctoral supervision . Teaching in Higher Education , 13 ( 4 ) : 489 - 500 . [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®]View all references) on supervision styles. It found that students did not feel ‘vulnerable’ but considered there were significant benefits from colleague supervision. They, and some supervisors, were also very supportive of group supervision methods that, alongside conventional individual supervision, gave strong support to the progress of colleague students to timely completion of their doctoral studies. As many UK modern universities are attempting to build research capacity through doctoral research training, the use of group supervision alongside colleague supervisors may offer benefits in a time when supervisory capacity has been stretched.View full textDownload full textKeywordsresearch, supervision, relationships, colleaguesRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2011.644774