Do you think it would be exciting to get together with PhD supervisors from different disciplines and fields of research at Uppsala University to share ideas on supervision practice?

Do you experience difficulties in achieving good supervisor/student understandings and sharing agreements formally and informally speaking?

Would you like your PhD students to produce good PhD theses on time?

If so, we can recommend this course.

Course Goals 

By the end of the course, we hope that you will be able to:

• Identify, critically reflect on and independently assess the aims and the design of current research education in the light of historic, national and international perspectives, as well as legal matters.
• Analyse and display in theory and practice your understanding for the supervisor-PhD student relationship and the dynamic character of supervising meetings, with considerations taken to ethnic, ethical and gender-related aspects.
• Benefit, in terms of growth and support, from the communicative and situated training offered for approaching different supervising situations.
• Make a written statement on your own philosophy of supervision, .e.g., discussing and sharing what, in your opinion, makes for good PhD supervision.
• Reflect on the ideas of research education at your own department/division and, if possible, to identify a supervision policy formally/informally agreed upon.
• Design an individual action plan using the statements made on your philosophy of supervision and the ideas of your department/division on research education and PhD supervision.

Targetgroup 

Post-doctorates (fellowships) with no or less experience of supervising PhD students; new or senior lecturers holding a PhD degree, as well as readers/docents with some or lots of PhD supervising experience.

Scope Spring 2012

23-25 January
23-24 February
26 March
2 May 
Last day to applicate was 2 December 2011.

Economic Conditions

The departmental fee for the Supervisor Training Course offered at Uppsala University is 3.000 SEK for participants employeed at Uppsala University.

Application

Please fill in the applicationform and backgroundinformation in the invitation and send it to Division for Development of Teaching and Learning (PU), Charlotte Sundström, Box 2136, 750 02 UPPSALA at the latest 2 December 2011.
Invitation

More information

Contact Peter Reinholdsson
Phone:  018-471 18 22 
E-mail: Peter.Reinholdsson@uadm.uu.se

Contact Tomas Grysell
Phone: 018-471 19 85
E-mail: Tomas.Grysell@uadm.uu.se

Contact Charlotte Sundström
Phone:  018-471 57 61 
E-mail:Charlotte.Sundstrom@uadm.uu.se