Doctoral Supervision: Methods and Tools

Are you a busy academic looking for strategies on how to make your research supervision even more efficient and joyful? Are some PhD candidates easier to supervise than others? Are you curious to learn how your colleagues supervise their PhD candidates?
Then you will find this course very relevant. You will get hands-on tools for conducting high quality and professional research supervision, and you will get an opportunity to systematically exchange experiences with other supervisors at Universit?t Bremen. The course is relevant for new as well as experienced supervisors.
The program includes two consecutive workshop days with sessions about how to keep PhD candidates on track and prevent delays, how to provide feedback that ensures writing progress and high-quality products, and how to support students as responsible, active, independent drivers of their own projects.
The content will be tailored specifically to your needs and practices.
 

Learning outcome

At the end of the seminar, you can:

• align expectations with PhD candidates early and regularly regarding roles, time plans, and outcomes of the project,
• balance conflicting needs, e.g., between support and structure, between product and process, and between being private and professional,
• provide constructive text feedback,
• encourage PhD candidates’ independence and ownership of their projects,
• apply questioning and listening skills to ensure progression and efficiency in supervision meetings,
• assist PhD candidates in project planning and support their progress
• manage potential crises in the candidates’ research journey

How
The teaching form is highly interactive based on a combination of group work, exercises, plenary discussions, and lectures. The course is offered in English.
Please note that you are asked to prepare before the first workshop day, but you only need to allot approx. 15 minutes. It is a very brief exercise.