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\u003Cbr>by Rod MacDonald&Ernest   \u003Cbr>No 2  \u003Cbr>Up the Publication Road  \u003Cbr>by Royce Sadler  \u003Cbr>Supervising Postgraduates  \u003Cbr>No 3  \u003Cbr>by Ingrid Moses  \u003Cbr>No 4  \u003Cbr>Improving Student Writing  \u003Cbr>by Peggy Nightingale  \u003Cbr>No 5  \u003Cbr>Implementing Student Self-As  \u003Cbr>by David Boud  \u003Cbr>No 6  \u003Cbr>Conducting Tutorials  \u003Cbr>by Jacqueline Lublin  \u003Cbr>No 7  \u003Cbr>Lecturing  \u003Cbr>by Robert Cannon  \u003Cbr>No 8  \u003Cbr>Assessing Student Performan  \u003Cbr>by Terry Crooks  \u003Cbr>No 9  \u003Cbr>Heading a Department  \u003Cbr>by Ingrid Moses &Ernest Rd   | Roe  \u003Cbr>sessment   |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  | LIVERP0OLJOHNMOORES UN  \u003Cbr>LEAPNING SERVICES   |  |  | ERSI   |\n|  | Accession No  \u003Cbr>10195  \u003Cbr>认   |  |  |  |\n|  | Class No  \u003Cbr>ce  \u003Cbr>378.1794   |  |  | MO   |\n|  | Aldham Robarts  \u003Cbr>0151-231-3701   |  | Byrom Str  \u003Cbr>0151-231-   | et  \u003Cbr>329   |\n|  | M Marsh  \u003Cbr>e  \u003Cbr>0151-231-5216   | √   | Trueman S  \u003Cbr>0151-231-   | reet  \u003Cbr>4022   |\n| No 10 The Desktop Teachel  \u003Cbr>by John G Hedberg  \u003Cbr>No 11 Organising Academic Conferences  \u003Cbr>by Amy E Zelmer and AC Lynn Zelmer  \u003Cbr>No 12 Tutoring Distance Education and Open Learning  \u003Cbr>by David Kember and David Murphy  \u003Cbr>No 13 Developing Students'Library Research Skills  \u003Cbr>by Christine Bruce   |  |  |  |  |\n\nT  \nSUPERVISING POSTGRADUATESIngrid Moses  \nHERDSA GREEN GUIDES  \nSeries Editor:Vic Beasley  \nLanguage and Learning UnitThe Flinders University of South Australia  \nEditorial Committee:Robert Cannon and Alex DiamantisThe University of Adelaide  \nBonnie Hart and Peter YoungerThe University of South Australia  \nWord Processing:  \nMarilyn Mitchel  \nCI.Moses 1985Reprinted 1991,1992  \nPublished by  \nHigherEducation Research and Development Society of Australasia Incorporated,C/-PROBLARC,PO Box 555,Campbelltown NSW,Australia 2560  \nThis book is copyright.Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study,research,criticism,or review,as permitted under the Copyright Act,no part may bereproducedby any process withoutpermission.Enquiries should be made to the publisher  \nNational Library of AustraliaCataloguing-in-Publication data  \nMoses,Ingrid,1941-Supervising Postgraduates.  \nBibliography.ISBN09085570501  \n1.Universities and colleges-Graduate work.  \n2.Graduate students.I.HERDSA.I.Title.  \n(Series:HERDSA green guide;no.3).  \n378'.194ISSN 0813-524X  \nThe Author  \nIngrid Moses is Professor of Higher Education and Director,Centre for Learning andTeaching,University of Technology,Sydney.  \nCONTENTS  \nFOREWORD  \nVPREFACEvi1  \nINTRODUCTION  \n1.The Place of Postgraduate Research1  \n2.Problems with Postgraduate Studies2  \n2.1 Drop out rates and long completion times2  \n2.2 Supervisor's responsibilities3  \n2.3 Areas of 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