The third bi-annual international conference
on “Postgraduate Supervison: Promoting a culture of postgraduate scholarship” will be held on 18 –
21 April 2011 in Stellenbosch,
South Africa. The aim of the conference is to
bring together researchers and practioners of
postgraduate supervision to share research results
and excellent practices.
In 2007 the Centre for Higher and Adult Education (CHAE) at Stellenbosch University held its first international conference in Africa on the topic: ‘Postgraduate supervision – the state of the art and the artists’. It attracted 160 participants from nine countries. The agreed success of this event was due to the quality of the papers that were presented, the value of the internationalist perspectives that were exchanged and the applicability of the research that was contained in the papers.
The next conference was announced and took place from 27 – 30 April 2009 at the Spier wine estate outside of Stellenbosch. This four-day postgraduate supervision conference addressed the topic of ‘Research and Practice in Postgraduate Supervision’, attracting 198 participants from 11 countries.
Given the international and multidisciplinary composition of the second conference, the issues addressed also represented constant talking-points outside the formal settings of keynote or paper presentations. It was apparent that the majority of papers were based on research that was institutionally-located, practice-based and rigorous.
The international arena is where the academy exchanges scholarly ideas and practices that transfer easily between higher education institutions. That was the experience of many participants at the 2009 event.
The CHAE’s next international conference on research into postgraduate supervision will take place from 18 – 21 April 2011 at a venue close to Stellenbosch – probably Spier Estate again – but the organisers are currently also looking into other options. Nelda Rousseau and her team from Consultus will again be organising the conference, so those who were present in 2009 will know that they can look forward to excellent and friendly service.
First call for abstracts: 15 May 2010
Abstracts to be submitted: 15 August 2010
Feedback to proposers of abstracts of papers: 15 September 2010
Final submission of abstracts of papers: 15 October 2010
Final submission for full articles (for those who wish to contribute papers to a special issue of the South African Journal of Higher Education on ‘The Scholarship of Postgraduate Supervision’): 1 February 2011
The conference topic that was chosen from eleven entries by a panel in 2009 is:
“Promoting a culture of postgraduate scholarship”.
The following five themes relate to the topic for proposed contributions:
- A Enhancing the scholarship of postgraduate supervision – the lense on
supervisors
- B Enhancing the scholarship of postgraduate supervision – the graduate
experience
- C The scholarship of assessing and evaluating postgraduate theses and
dissertations
- D Diverse postgraduate candidates – a challenge to the scholarship of
postgraduate supervision
- E Support roles – promoting the scholarship of postgraduate supervision
Click here to view the full document which outlines the themes
in more detail.
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