Description:
Postgraduate Study in South Africa: Surviving and Succeeding is a timely contribution to a growing national discourse on how students navigate higher education complexities in order to survive and succeed.
Brief description: Liezel Frick is an associate professor in the Centre for Higher and Adult Education at Stellenbosch University. Her research focusses on doctoral education and postgraduate supervision. In 2012, she received the Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence together with Prof Eva Brodin (Lund University, Sweden) for the article, Conceptualising and encouraging critical creativity in doctoral education, published in the International Journal for Researcher Development. She was awarded the Best African Accomplished Educational Researcher Award for 2013-2014 by the African Development Institute (ADI) and the Association for the Development of Education in South Africa (ADEA) for her contribution to educational research in the African context. She currently holds a Y2 (Young Researcher) rating from the National Research Foundation. Liezel can be contacted at blf@sun.ac.za.