PhD students supervised collectively rather than individually are quicker to complete their theses

Agné, Hans and Mörkenstam, Ulf (2018) PhD students supervised collectively rather than individually are quicker to complete their theses. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (18 Apr 2018). Website.

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Given the choice, most PhD students would prefer to receive individual supervision rather than be supervised alongside their peers as part of a collective. This is understandable, given the undivided attention and precise, directly relevant advice one would receive. However, Hans Agné and Ulf Mörkenstam have compared the experiences of individually and collectively supervised students on the same doctoral programme and found that collective supervision, during the first year at least, is correlated with significantly shorter times to thesis completion compared to individual supervision.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Date Deposited:	30 Jul 2018 15:54
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 17:49
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/89561

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