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Researching for a Higher Degree: The Role(s) of the Supervisor

Research degree students are, or should be, highly motivated almost by definition. To take on what for many is a lonely existence requires from the start a keen interest in and dedication to the pursuit of learning mainly by individual study of an investigatory kind. Well qualified, highly motivated research students will solve most of their problems and difficulties, some almost despite their supervisors. For the most part, however, they need a single source to whom they can turn for guidance, help and support a focal point on which converge a number of keen interests. This is the supervisor. But what role does the supervisor play? Or rather what complex of roles should they play? This paper seeks to answer this question and proposes a framework for looking at these roles. It goes on to identify some of the problems experienced throughout the supervisory process and concludes with