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Postgraduate Study in South Africa: Surviving and Succeeding

Postgraduate Study in South Africa: Surviving and Succeeding

Frick, Liezel
Motshoane, Puleng
McMaster, Christopher

Paperback

Series: Research Into Higher Education

General Education

ISBN10: 1928357237
ISBN13: 9781928357230
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Nov 1 2016
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

Postgraduate Study in South Africa: Surviving and Succeeding is a timely contribution to a growing national discourse on how students navigate higher

education complexities in order to survive and succeed. The current evolving national narrative of emerging student voices that are making themselves heard from within the realms of higher education institutions across South Africa highlights concerns about the lack of higher education transformation around issues of equity, curriculum reform, language and race. This book provides a glimpse of the postgraduate experience amidst these debates. A variety of contextual factors may influence the initiation, development and progress, and eventual outcome of a postgraduate study - whether the student ultimately survives and succeeds. Institutional policies and regulations provide some direction. A myriad of published research literature, self-help guides, online resources, as well as institutional support programmes may provide guidance, while supervisors may provide mentoring and subject-related expertise. Family and friends may share the initial euphoria of the (sometimes first generation) candidate pursuing a postgraduate degree. Many of the authors in the book attest that the value of such contextual influences in supporting the study and, in particular, the student

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