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Research within the context of community engagement
(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2009)
Community engagement is a concept with a complexity of meanings, approaches and application. Derived from the scholarship of engagement of Boyer, community engagement reflects a commitment to relevance within the context ...
Conceptualising risk in doctoral education: Navigating boundary tensions
(SUN PRESS, 2014)
Introduction: If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the
ordinary. – Jim Rohn Risk-taking is an important form of human behaviour, but can be conceptualised in
different ways (Byrnes, ...
Aligning student and supervisor perspectives of research challenges
(SUN MeDIA, 2016)
Introduction: The coursework to me was like riding a mountain bike on a mountain bike trail. It was tough at times, but a great adventure. The more you rode, the more skilful you became, both technically and theoretically. ...
Candidates, supervisors and institutions: pushing postgraduate boundaries: an overview
(SUN PRESS, 2014)
INTRODUCTION: Academic boundaries are in some ways similar to national boundaries – they are
set up to colonise and govern, but at the same time are constantly challenged to
reaffirm their authority and meaning. The ...
(Re)Considering postgraduate education and supervision in the knowledge society
(SUN MeDIA, 2016)
INTRODUCTION: The title of this publication, Postgraduate supervision: Future foci for the
knowledge society, locates higher education – and more specifically, postgraduate
education and supervision – explicitly within ...
The role of doctoral education in early career academic development
(SUN MeDIA, 2016)
POINT OF DEPARTURE: The social and economic significance of the doctorate is recognised across the world, as doctoral candidates are considered to be key contributors to the knowledge society by contributing to socio-economic ...