Digitising the Supervision of Postgraduate Students in Higher Education

Abstract

There is a general move from contact to digital student support in higher education institutions. The purpose of this book chapter was to explore the digital supervision of postgradduate students in education for sustainability at higher education. The digitisation of supervision of the postgraduate students is essential to provide complete global coverage in supervision and to be in line with the Fourth Industrial Revolution that swept the globe. This should enable the African indigenous postgraduate students to compete with their equivalents worldwide after obtaining their postgraduate degrees. However, many countries in Africa are at a developing stage even technologically which negatively affects African indigenous postgraduate students. This literature study surveyed literature on digital support given to African indigenous postgraduate students in the context of supervision. The study contributes to the knowledge of digital supervision of the African indigenous postgraduate students. The findings of this review provide useful information for guiding the implementation of an effective digital supervision framework.