Q&A between Professor Helen Gleeson of the University of Leeds, winner of the THE’s Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year 2018, and Prof Doug Cleaver of Sheffield Hallam University the UKCGE. Exploring the role of the research supervisor and what constitutes outstanding practice.
Oustanding Supervisory Practice Q&A Webinar with Dr Matthew Inglis & Dr Stan Taylor
Q&A between Dr Matthew Inglis, winner of the THE’s Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year 2017, and Dr Stan Taylor of the UKCGE’s Research Supervisors Network.
Prof Alys Young. Exemplary Practice in Research Supervision
This recording of the presentation given by Professor Alys Young on Exemplary Practice in Research Supervision is from the inaugural meeting of the Research Supervisors Network group.
Advancing an Authentic Writing Experience Among International PGRs
By Dr Dely Elliot & Dr Kara Makara, University of Glasgow In the past few years, we have been involved in teams undertaking research into the experiences of international students studying for doctorates in the UK (see for example Elliot, Reid and Baumfield 2016a and b, Elliot, Baumfield and Reid 2016, Elliot, Baumfield, Reid and … Read more
Mentoring of Novice Supervisors: Training and Support
By Elly S Grossman, Walter Sisulu University and Nigel J Crowther, NHLS/University of the Witwatersrand Despite the crucial need for creating the next generation of supervisory expertise, there are few texts available on optimally mentoring the novice supervisor to develop such proficiencies. To address this issue we organised discussions at our Supervisor Support Group to … Read more
Recognising and rewarding excellence in doctoral supervision: Superdupervisor Awards – How, Why and to What End?
By Professor Doug Cleaver and Dr Nicola Palmer, Doctoral School, Sheffield Hallam University Stan Taylor’s blog on Rewarding Excellence in Research Supervision[i], together with the instigation of pan-institutional schemes such as the THE/UKCGE Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year award[ii], indicates that there is an assumption that excellence in doctoral supervision can be measured and benchmarked sector-wide. Having operated … Read more
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Supervision
By Dr. Douglas Halliday, Durham University Doctoral study has historically been organised and structured around fairly rigid disciplinary structures and paradigms3 9. Many doctoral supervisors and candidates hold the view that doctoral researchers must be firmly embedded in their discipline to acquire all the skills and attributes exhibited by well-established and credible experts in their discipline. … Read more
Informing and Advising PGRs on Non-Academic Careers and the Knowledge Based Economy (KBE)
By Dr Richard Hinchcliffe, Freelance Researcher Developer The employability of research students is an increasingly important issue in the developed world as more PhDs graduate than can be employed in academic research – there are simply not enough jobs. Indeed the over-supply in some subject areas may be as high as twenty to one. Supervisors … Read more
How Might Research on Supervision Influence Your Practice? Things I’m More Intentional About Now
By Lynn McAlpine, University of Oxford and McGill University I want to begin by asking you to think back to the highs and lows of your own PhD supervision experience. When I have asked academics to plot their journeys from the start to end of their degrees, they invariably report a number of highs and … Read more
Co-supervision in Doctoral Education: Challenges and Responses
By Dr. Cally Guerin, The University of Adelaide The supervision of doctoral candidates has been subject to many of the same pressures placed upon other aspects of the contemporary university, where staff are required to do more with less, and get it done faster. This presents challenges to established conventions, but it can also have … Read more