PhD Supervisors at Ulster have access to training sessions with the Doctoral College, both for those new to supervision and those who are more established.
The Supervisor Development Programme is available to all academic staff at Ulster. It covers a range of skills for both new and established supervisors.
| Date | Time | Title of Workshop |
|---|---|---|
7 September 2023 | 10.00am-12.30pm | Introduction to PhD Supervision at Ulster |
1 September 2023 | 10.00am-12.30pm | Sharing Best Practice in PhD Supervision at Ulster
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| 4 October 2023 | 2.00pm-3.00pm | Student Wellbeing at Ulster: A Guide for PhD Supervisors Claire Drummond, Head of Student Wellbeing REGISTER |
| 19 October 2023 | 10.00am-11.00am | Supporting International PhD ResearchersGlobal Team & Compliance Team REGISTER |
23 October 2023 | 10.00am-12.00pm | Chairing / Examining a PhD Viva |
14 November 2023 | 9.30am-11.30am | PhD Supervision: Giving Good Feedback |
| 6 December 2023 | 10.00am-12.30pm | Supporting PhD Writing Dr Dan Soule REGISTER |
14 February 2024 | 9.30am-11.30am | Supporting PhD Researcher Wellbeing: What Can Supervisors Do? |
NB Further courses and dates will be added.
When you register using the links for each course, you will subsequently receive a notification via the LEARN portal with further details.
For further information, please contact Lisa Thompson l.thompson@ulster.ac.uk
All Supervisors have access to online training provision for PhD Supervision (‘Supervision Skills’), available on Blackboard Learn.
This course is set up so that you can self-enrol.
Through our institutional subscription, we also have access to the Vitae resources on supervision.
Please note you must register using your Ulster email address in order to access these, and indeed other, resources on the Vitae website.
Hugh Kearns' website with free resources and downloadable templates.
Book by Hugh Kearns and John Finn on 'Supervising PhD Students: A Practical Guide and Toolkit' (2018). (A copy of this book is given to those PhD Supervisors who attend the Supervisor Development Programme training courses.
For any queries, please contact Lisa Thompson, Doctoral Development Manager, Doctoral College.
