Role and responsibility of the tutor in the supervision of the master's dissertation process

Go through the Ufora Course 'learning path master's dissertation for tutors' before starting your task as a tutor.

The tutor:

• has at least 1 year of relevant (research) experience at the start of the Master's dissertation;
• supervises a maximum of two thesis students per year;
• discusses the planning of the dissertation work with the student and identifies deadlines;
• is the first point of contact for the Master's dissertation student for questions/problems and offers support to the student where necessary;
• supports the thesis student throughout the Master's dissertation process but is not primarily responsible for the final result; (This means that the tutor makes suggestions and gives advice at each stage of the realisation, e.g. by providing tips on finding relevant literature on the formulation of the dissertation design or the critical discussion of the submitted texts).
• ensures that the proposed analysis time (field/lab work) falls within the available study time (difference in SP between the profiles);
• uses the Master's dissertation competencies (and related assessment criteria) as a basis for the guidance. These competencies and their progress in the process are outlined at some fixed moments and discussed with the student:
  
  • at the start of the thesis
  • at the Christmas recess when (1) based on the first draft of the literature study, the competencies are reviewed and discussed
  • at the Easter recess when, in addition to the literature study, the material and methods section is also assessed and discussed
• guards that in all phases of the Master's dissertation process, the principles of scientific integrity are correctly applied;
• reports potential problems during the supervision of the student to the promotor on time;
• uses Galileo as a primary platform for scientific communication (writing and speaking) and guides the student based on this;
• cannot rewrite the Master's dissertation.