Literature about doctoral supervision has concentrated on describing the ever lengthening lists of functions that must be carried out. This functional approach is necessary, but there has been little exploration of a different paradigm, a conceptual approach towards research supervision. This article, based on interviews with supervisors from a…

Objectives: The study described in this paper sought to identify the social, cultural, and political factors that effect African unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors' (UASM) vulnerability to sexual maltreatment in England. It aimed to illuminate how child protection measures could be strengthened for this highly marginalized group. Methods: A mixed…

A policy of inclusion has focused the "gaze" of the UK government toward youth services and resulted in the development of the Connexions service in England. Within that context, the practice and professional identity of careers advisers (now called personal advisers) has changed. Many are working intensively with so-called…

Suggests fundamental supervision principles, styles, and structures. Identifies practical ways to practice supervision in the area of executive coaching and mentoring. (SK)

In response to a survey of counseling supervisors, 70 practitioners provided information about their practice as supervisors of counselors and supervisors of supervisors. All but six of the respondents claimed to have supervision for supervision. Results show issues in four categories: boundaries, competence of supervisees, training, and ethics.…

Background: Research reveals that the relationship between a student and a supervisor is so crucial that students cannot afford to leave it to chance. It must be managed. Phillips and Pugh (2000, p. 193) maintains that if students are to do this well, they must understand what their supervisors expect of them. Once they have this "inside…

The Special Libraries' Association (SLA) has conducted salary surveys since 1967, triennially from 1967 to 1990, biennially from 1990 to 1996 and annually from 1997 forward. The objectives of the annual Salary Survey are to: (1) Collect and analyze systematic, accurate information about the salaries of special librarians and information…

Through a substantive grounded theory case study emerged conceptual categories related to the craft of experienced graduate research supervision: temporal-futurizing, ruling-requiring, motivating-alliancing, critiquing-comprehending, intellectualizing-presiding. These were compared with the qualities of novice supervisors. (Contains 41…

This study seeks to provide current survey data from qualified psychologists about effective supervision, in view of increased fieldwork supervision demands, due to restructured initial professional training. A model of effective fieldwork supervision emerges in which a well-managed and communicative partnership between trainee psychologist and…

This article reports on aspects of a recent research and development project in doctoral education. It focuses on the use of email for tutor's formative assessment within the early stages of a Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD) in an English university. Its case study methodology included participant observation of the programme workshops,…

Background: Levels of burnout, job satisfaction and intended turnover of staff working in day care centres for adults with intellectual disabilities are investigated in relation to role clarity, staff support and supervision, and coping strategies used by staff. Materials and methods: Thirty six direct-care staff of four day care centres in the UK…

Charts the development of counseling in Britain and speculates about possible directions counseling may take in the future. Focuses on counseling as a developing profession; the relationship between counseling and psychotherapy; the role of supervision; the development of standards and ethics; and the tension between relational and technical…

Presents an overview of the changes in the structures of the new National Health Service in England, Scotland, and Wales and discusses the effects these changes will have on counselors working in primary care. Addresses the issue of supervision. Discusses the requirements of clinical governance and the necessity of appropriate audit and evaluation…

This article reports on a research project that investigated the experiences and perceptions of staff supervising final year social science undergraduates enrolled on a dissertation module in a post-1992 UK university. Using data from semi-structured interviews, the article explores staffs perspectives of the supervision process, the different…

This digest focuses on international perspectives related to counseling supervision. It describes two strands in the history and understanding of supervision, one emerging from the United States and the other from Britain. The factor that distinguishes them is the location of counseling training. In the United States counselor training has largely…