This article reflects on my supervision experience of students conducting their one-year research projects at Honours level in the Department of Development Studies at Nelson Mandela University from 2016 to 2018. My conclusion is that students who are enrolled in the block-release 1 learning program do not have adequate face-to-face access to various university support systems, such as group work sessions with fellow research students on campus or close to it, regular meetings with supervisors, and research-related workshops. This contributes to students’ feeling of loneliness and exclusion from the university community. As supervisors, we are guilty sometimes, of not encouraging our students to enter the research community by publishing research papers, as they progress towards finishing their research projects. This article proposes strategies to overcome the identified challenges and to exploit emerging opportunities, in order to improve the research supervision practice. The intention of this study is to contribute to the field of teaching and learning in the South African higher education sector, by proposing strategies to improve the practice of research supervision.

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反思监督经验：表彰纳尔逊·曼德拉大学学生在发展研究中的研究项目

本文反映了我对2016年至2018年在纳尔逊·曼德拉大学发展研究系荣誉学士学位课程下进行为期一年的研究项目的学生的监督经验。我的结论是，参加了1版整体学习计划的学生无法充分面对面访问各种大学支持系统，例如与校园内或附近的研究学生进行小组工作会议，与主管定期开会以及与研究相关的讲习班。这有助于学生感到孤独和被大学社区排斥。作为主管，我们有时会感到内gui，因为他们不鼓励学生在完成研究项目的过程中发表研究论文而进入研究领域。本文提出了克服已发现的挑战并利用新兴机会的策略，以改善研究监督实践。这项研究的目的是通过提出改善研究监督实践的策略，为南非高等教育领域的教学领域做出贡献。