Supervisor Workshop - STEM and ARC's

Supervisor Workshop STEM - open to research supervisors within The Open University and Affiliated Research Centres

Facilitator: John Wakeford

This workshop will consider best practice in research degree supervision from induction through to the viva.

Who should attend?

If you are new to research degree supervision and are currently supervising or co supervising a PhD student or, if you have not yet supervised a student to completion, Open University policy requires you to undertake initial training within the first 6-12 months of beginning the role within the University or within the Affiliated Research Centre. This includes experienced supervisors who are new to the University as well as newly qualified supervisors."

Course Objectives:

During the day participants will:

• review the roles and responsibilities of the supervisor 
• raise awareness of what students expect of the supervisors 
• consider the key stages in the management of research degree projects and students 
• gain an understanding of the skills needed for effective supervision 
• gain confidence in dealing with some common problems in supervision 
• present guidelines on good supervisory practice university policy

Most participants at previous workshops have indicated that they would strongly recommend these workshops to colleagues especially for new supervisors.

Comments from previous delegates:

“These courses are very important to ensure a consistent quality of supervision across the university.” “Everyone should be encouraged to come along!”