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Postgraduate research success: communities of practice involving cohorts, guardian supervisors and online communities

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Pages 301-320 | Published online: 19 Jul 2007

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Robyn Dowling & Michael Wilson. (2017) Digital doctorates? An exploratory study of PhD candidates’ use of online tools. Innovations in Education and Teaching International 54:1, pages 76-86.
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Andrew J. Sense. (2016) Work-based research degrees: systematic cultivation through a University–industry network space. Studies in Higher Education 41:6, pages 933-954.
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Mary Ann Danowitz. (2016) Power, jobs and bodies: the experiences of becoming a gender scholar in doctoral education. Studies in Higher Education 41:5, pages 847-858.
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Karin Rönnerman, Petri Salo, Eli Moksnes Furu, Torbjørn Lund, Anette Olin & Rachel Jakhelln. (2016) Bringing ideals into dialogue with practices: on the principles and practices of the Nordic Network for Action Research. Educational Action Research 24:1, pages 46-64.
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Sara Cotterall. (2015) The rich get richer: international doctoral candidates and scholarly identity. Innovations in Education and Teaching International 52:4, pages 360-370.
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Cally Guerin, Heather Kerr & Ian Green. (2015) Supervision pedagogies: narratives from the field. Teaching in Higher Education 20:1, pages 107-118.
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Clemence Due, Sofia C. Zambrano, Anna Chur-Hansen, Deborah Turnbull & Christiane Niess. (2015) Higher degree by research in a foreign country: a thematic analysis of the experiences of international students and academic supervisors. Quality in Higher Education 21:1, pages 52-65.
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Katja Lahenius & Heini Ikävalko. (2014) Joint supervision practices in doctoral education – A student experience. Journal of Further and Higher Education 38:3, pages 427-446.
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Bart Rienties, Dharma Luchoomun & Dirk Tempelaar. (2014) Academic and social integration of Master students: a cross-institutional comparison between Dutch and international students. Innovations in Education and Teaching International 51:2, pages 130-141.
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Roisin Donnelly. (2013) Enabling connections in postgraduate supervision for an applied eLearning professional development programme. International Journal for Academic Development 18:4, pages 356-370.
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Catherine Francis Brooks. (2013) ‘Don’t even trip, u did your part’: analysing community in online student talk. Classroom Discourse 4:2, pages 168-189.
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Susan R. Hemer. (2012) Informality, power and relationships in postgraduate supervision: supervising PhD candidates over coffee. Higher Education Research & Development 31:6, pages 827-839.
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Antoinette McCallin & Shoba Nayar. (2012) Postgraduate research supervision: a critical review of current practice. Teaching in Higher Education 17:1, pages 63-74.
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Valentina Klenowski, Lisa Ehrich, Cushla Kapitzke & Kerri Trigger. (2011) Building support for learning within a Doctor of Education programme. Teaching in Higher Education 16:6, pages 681-693.
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Nickola C. Overall, Kelsey L. Deane & Elizabeth R. Peterson. (2011) Promoting doctoral students' research self-efficacy: combining academic guidance with autonomy support. Higher Education Research & Development 30:6, pages 791-805.
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Jane Agee & Sedef Uzuner Smith. (2011) Online discussions in a doctoral research methods course: ‘Like a text by many authors’. Studies in Continuing Education 33:3, pages 301-319.
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Shane Nordyke, Daniel Palmer, William Anderson, Rich Braunstein & Matt Fairholm. (2011) A Nontraditional PhD Program in a Traditional World: A Story of Blended Strategies and Students. Journal of Political Science Education 7:3, pages 275-294.
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James Hartley. (2011) Publishing pedagogies for the doctorate and beyond. Studies in Higher Education 36:1, pages 121-123.
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Tracey Smith, Petri Salo & Peter Grootenboer. (2010) Staying alive in academia: collective praxis at work. Pedagogy, Culture & Society 18:1, pages 55-66.
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Miri Shacham & Yehudit Od‐Cohen. (2009) Rethinking PhD learning incorporating communities of practice. Innovations in Education and Teaching International 46:3, pages 279-292.
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Marie de Beer & RogerB. Mason. (2009) Using a blended approach to facilitate postgraduate supervision. Innovations in Education and Teaching International 46:2, pages 213-226.
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Anne Lee. (2008) How are doctoral students supervised? Concepts of doctoral research supervision. Studies in Higher Education 33:3, pages 267-281.
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