PhD supervision: next level
SUND offers a voluntary PhD supervision course for experienced PhD supervisors
Who
Experienced supervisors who have supervised and completed at least five PhD students as principal PhD supervisors.
What
Highly interactive, tailored to your needs, and based on sharing best practices.
Duration
The course is structured as pre-course activities and a two-day residential course.
PhD supervision: next level is designed specifically for PhD supervisors at SUND and affiliated hospitals and research institutions. Participation is voluntary.
The aim of the course is that participants can:
- balance a multitude of dilemmas in supervision
- solve actual challenges in close collaboration with your colleagues and rely on your own judgement in critical cases
- prevent, address and mediate potential conflicts on an individual and group level
- use the research community as a resource in supervision and to orchestrate different interests and expectations in a group
- support PhD students’ well-being and role-model an appropriate work-life balance in academia
- formulate a strategy for how to continuously develop your PhD supervision practice
The course will address themes such as:
- Optimising supervision: Learning from experience
- Sharing best practices concerning supervision meetings, motivation, and collaboration in research groups
- Dealing with conflicts and solving difficult cases
- Time management, well-being and avoiding stress
- How to create an ideal research environment
- Future supervision practice
Experienced supervisors who have supervised and completed at least five PhD students as principal PhD supervisors.
Alternatively, PhD Supervisors, who can document that they have equivalent experience to this, can apply for exemption via email to the Graduate School: graduateschool@sund.ku.dk.
Dates: 14 November 2024, 9.00 – 15 November 2024, 15.00
Venue: Marienlyst Hotel, Helsingør
Programme: Please see the programme.
The course is structured as pre-course activities and a two-day residential course. The workload is estimated to be around 16 hours.
In order to pass the course you need to be actively involved and be present at least 80% of the time.
The course 'PhD supervision: Next level' will be offered once per academic year and will take place in November.
• First of all, please make sure you are in the target group for the course (see the section Target group).
• Second, please apply and reserve the course days in your calendar.
Registration deadline: 30 August 2023
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Registration for course in 2024
Registration deadline: 30 August 2024
Click here to register for the course PhD supervision: next level