Paran, A; Hyland, F; Bentall, C; (2015) Managing and mediating the research element on Masters' courses: The roles of course leaders and supervisors. In: Breeze, R and Sancho Guinda, C, (eds.) Essential Competencies for English-medium University Teaching. (pp. 267-280). Springer US: New York, NY, USA.

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This paper reports on a mapping study of dissertation supervision across distance Master’s Courses in the University of London. The study suggests that there is a wide diversity of ways of handling Master’s students at a distance due to the multiplicity of factors that impinge on distance supervision, and a range of requirements in terms of the dissertation outcomes or products. The findings also suggest that in terms of the dissertation process, the course or programme leader plays a key role in dissertation supervision at a distance. The distance element means that course leaders take a more highly structured and hands-on approach to provide support for students embarking on the dissertation. The paper suggests that rather than conceptualising the supervisory process on one axis (supervisor-supervisee), we need to understand it as a complex relationship involving multiple actors.

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