The relationship of supervisor to student has traditionally been
seen as one of apprenticeship, in which much learning is tacit, with
the expectation that the student will become much like the tutor. The
changing demographics of higher education in conjunction with
imperatives of greater accountability and support for research students
have rendered this scenario both less likely and less desirable and
unfortunately many supervisors are challenged by the task of guiding
non-native speaker students to completion. This handbook is the ideal
guide for all supervisors working with undergraduate and postgraduate
non-native speaker students writing a thesis or dissertation in English
as it explicitly unpacks thesis writing, using language that is
accessible to research supervisors from any discipline.