PhD Supervisors:
Learn how to support doctoral candidates by using Supervision models and tools

Up-to-date, systematic, and high-quality PhD supervision is the crucial tool that supports impactful doctoral education and prepares doctoral candidates to contribute to research and society. 

This course can be used as part of organized, taught doctoral supervision courses and tailored to the needs of different supervisory target groups.

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This course will cover:

  • Conflict management
  • Discipline and perseverance
  • Diversity awareness
  • Ethics and integrity
  • Independence and responsibility
  • Intercultural awareness
  • Intercultural communication
  • Intersectoral awareness
  • Intersectoral experience
  • Leadership
  • Mentoring and supervising students
  • Negotiation
  • Networking
  • Project management
  • Rhetoric and argumentation
  • Stress tolerance
  • Taking on responsibility
  • Teaching and learning theories and methods
  • Teamwork
  • Time management

About the course:

The course on PhD Supervision course has been prepared by Tampere University in Finland, Matej Bel University in Slovakia, and University of Alcalá in Spain.
This course aims to create a forum for discussion and sharing knowledge and experience between junior and senior supervisors and to improve the quality of the supervsion practices.

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