University of Groningen
- Start Date: 06 Nov, 2023
- 3 weeks
- Study Content: Videos
Discover some essential supervision skills and strategies to help you support your PhD candidates on their journey to success.
Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
Course Description
This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.
Understand your role in the shared journey of PhD supervision
The outcome of a PhD is not only a thesis defence, but the formation of a researcher, scientist, and leader. PhD supervisors play a crucial role in the academic and professional development of their candidates.
During this three-week course from the University of Groningen, you will reflect on your role and responsibilities in the shared journey of PhD supervision. With the mentoring skills and strategies you develop over the course, you’ll be equipped to support, inspire, and guide your candidate towards success.
Take a person-centred approach to PhD supervision
Honing a candidate’s research skills is only one aspect of PhD supervision. Supervisors also need to help their students set goals, communicate their ideas, and grow as a researcher and professional.
You’ll explore what it means to take a person-centred approach to PhD supervision. You’ll learn how to establish a good working relationship with your candidate and make their academic and professional growth a focus of your supervision.
Understand how you can be a role model for your PhD candidate
With years of study and research behind them, PhD supervisors are ideal role models for their candidates.
In the final week of the course, you’ll reflect on your own personal and professional identity, and learn how you can harness it to become a role model for your candidate.
You’ll finish the course with a clearer sense of your supervisory style, and an understanding of how to use that for the benefit of your PhD candidates.
This course aims primarily at supporting both aspiring and more experienced PhD supervisors in their important and challenging role. The course may also be relevant for policy makers and trainers within scientific institutions.
Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.
University of Groningen
The University of Groningen is a research university with a global outlook, deeply rooted in Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands.
Quality has had top priority for 400 years, and with success the University is currently in or around the top 100 on several influential ranking lists.
In addition, the university collaborates with a number of renowned foreign universities, including Uppsala, Göttingen and Ghent. The University of Groningen is very popular with its 27,000 students and 5500 staff members from home and abroad.
Talent is nurtured, enabling the University to bridge the gap between science and society.We are committed to actively collaborating with our social partners, with a special focus on the research themes Healthy Ageing, Energy and Sustainable Society.
This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.
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