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THESIS WRITING AS A FEMINIST PROJECT

The numbers of students enrolled in research degrees in Australian universities have increased greatly in recent years, rising from a total of 23,980 in 1997 to 38,953 in 2005 (Department of Education, Science and Training 2005). The increase is particularly notable in terms of women's participation. Whereas once the higher degree level of doctoral study was marked by ongoing gender disparity with males outnumbering females, by 2005 women accounted for 19,333 doctoral search students, or just fractionally below 50 per cent of the student body. At this level, the anticipated differences in discipline area continue with females predominating in doctoral study in the areas of Arts, Culture and Humanities, but the implications of the changes in student enrolments for thesis style and supervision practices are yet to be addressed systematically. This paper looks at one element of the current picture, namely an issue of supervision.