Abstract
This study investigated the problem of postgraduate supervision that results with students' delayed graduation, low postgraduate students' output and lack of capacity. The purpose of this essay is to reflect on my postgraduate supervision experiences and practices of working in one disadvantaged rural university in South Africa. The study is embedded within interpretivism paradigm, and was informed by Personal Construct Theory and Life History Approach. My autobiography of the period January 2004 and June 2020 was used as primary data. The findings point to the prevalence of delayed graduation and output; adoption of single-handed supervision as an impediment towards attainment of required post-graduate students' skills required to progress in their studies and serve as future independent researchers; mono-supervision created supervision backlog that adds up to pipeline students. I used various models, such as student group supervision, mentoring supervision, and collaborative supervision. Collaborative supervision enhanced student development. This study concludes that supervision of postgraduate students is a crucial aspect for improved learning spaces and the choice of a solid supervision model improves research output. This study recommends that collaborative cohort supervision model be adopted by deprived universities to improve supervision capacity and students through-put.
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