OUSA Announces Supreme Supervisors

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OUSA Announces Supreme Supervisors

The Otago University Students’ Association tonight announced the supervisors that made their mark on their postgraduate students at the annual Otago University Students’ Association Supervisors Awards.

“OUSA acknowledges the importance of quality supervision in graduate research degrees (thesis Masters and PhDs), and has instituted these annualawards to recognise and celebrate excellence in this role,” said Maria Pozza, OUSA Postgraduate Representative.

The awards have been running for a number of years and prove popular with many students wanting to show their supervisor how valued their work is.

“It’s a real step up from the old a bottle of wine at the end of the thesis,” joked Miss. Pozza, “It’s an award from their students honouring the fact that many supervisors often goabove and beyond the call of duty in their support.”

“In academic life a supervisor isn’t just a lecturer they’re an experienced researcher,” said Miss. Pozza, “A great supervisor uses that knowledge to mentor their students not only with research but in paper preparation and the whole range of skills an aspiring student needs to get their work recognised in academia.”

The OUSA Supervisors Awards will be held tonight August 1st 2012, at 5pm in the Gazebo Lounge in the University Union.

2012 OUSA Supervisor Award recipients

Supervisor of the Year 2012 Associate Professor Poia Rewi
New Supervisor of the Year 2012 Doctor Katherine Black

Supervisor of the Year (Commerce) 2012 Associate Professor Stephen Cranefield
Supervisor of the Year (Health Science) 2012 Associate Professor Steve Kerr
Supervisor of the Year (Humanities) 2012 Doctor Jacob Edmond
Supervisor of the Year (Science) 2012 Doctor Rachel Brown

Top 14 Supervisor 2012 Associate Professor Poia Rewi
Top 14 Supervisor 2012 Doctor Jacob Edmond
Top 14 Supervisor 2012 Associate Professor Steve Kerr
Top 14 Supervisor 2012 Doctor Rachel Brown
Top 14 Supervisor 2012 Associate Professor Stephen Cranefield
Top 14 Supervisor 2012 Doctor Katherine Black
Top 14 Supervisor 2012 Associate Professor Holger Regenbrecht
Top 14 Supervisor 2012 Associate Professor Peter Whigham
Top 14 Supervisor 2012 Doctor Noel Waite
Top 14 Supervisor 2012 Associate Professor Ewan Fordyce
Top 14 Supervisor 2012 Professor Stephen Duffull
Top 14 Supervisor 2012 Professor Jules Kieser
Top 14 Supervisor 2012 Doctor Chris Rosin
Top 14 Supervisor 2012 Associate Professor Rachel Spronken-Smith

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