Supervisory feedback: Supervisors’ reasons for not giving timely feedback

Timely insightful feedback during the supervision process is crucial to completing a dissertation and acquiring sustainable research skills. Insightful feedback from research supervisors can significantly improve the quality of the dissertation. 

This study was focused on finding out factors that hinder timely feedback during the supervision process. This study adopted the exploratory case study research design. A qualitative methodology was used. The study participants were 66 research supervisors in the Social Sciences from two universities in Cameroon. A semi-structured interview guide was used to collect data. 

The qualitative data collected was analysed thematically. The study found that late feedback during the supervision process is due to heavy workload, poor quality of the dissertation, lack of engagement with the supervisory feedback, late submissions by students, the disparity in research interest, lack of reward and recognition. Implications are given to ensure timely feedback during the supervision process.

Bahtilla, M. (2022) Supervisory feedback: Supervisors’ reasons for not giving timely feedback. Innovations in Education and Teaching International