ABSTRACT
The role of the graduate research supervisor is not clearly defined and so varies depending on a range of contextual factors including institution, research area, and a supervisor’s pedagogical principles and beliefs. One possible source of guidance for supervision is the graduate student research experience itself – the logic being that graduate student voice concerning what they perceive their needs to be as beginning researchers can contribute to more effective research supervision. This chapter argues a case for examining the acknowledgements text of completed graduate research theses as a source of student voice concerning their supervision experience specifically and research more generally. We also identify a number of key dimensions from such an analysis that will contribute to more effective graduate research supervision at universities in the developing world.
