ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the advice given by the experienced supervisors and doctoral students who participated in the research. It deals with general advice, before proceeding to more specific advice for early career supervisors, and concludes with tips for doctoral students. In collaborative research teams, both the supervisors and doctoral students appeared to have critical self-awareness of preferred pedagogies, learning styles, and interpersonal relationships. Doctoral study is an intense, extended period of commitment. Doctoral supervisory teams are potentially an excellent environment for mentorship. The doctoral student is directly and indirectly being mentored by the supervisors. Research grants are hotly contested and postdoctoral positions, while increasing in number, are less likely to lead to a tenured position. Doctoral study has been described as an ‘ecosystem of many components that are interdependent as well as interrelated’. Some doctoral students shifted from full-time to part-time enrolment or vice versa.
