Seminar for experienced PhD supervisors

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1 22 nd and 23 rd of October 2014 Munkebjerg Hotel, Vejle

2 Why this seminar The conditions of PhD supervision are changing these current years. Both supervisors and PhD students are increasingly part of larger research groups with different nationalities, locations and a more complex association with the corporate world. Supervisors also face a reality with significantly more PhD students who have heterogeneous backgrounds and competencies and who require a faster lead time. This calls for the supervisors and research environments to develop guidance that matches the new requirements and challenges. This seminar brings the latest, international, research-based knowledge and practice in the counselling area into play. The idea is to inspire the experienced supervisors and give them new tools and knowledge to develop and raise the level of PhD supervision in their respective academic environments. These supervisors often have management tasks within research groups and act as role models for other supervisors. The seminar is designed as a skills development project under SCK in collaboration with the most experienced teachers in the field in Denmark. Target group The seminar is directed at experienced PhD supervisors who have supervised at least 5 PhD students. Goal The goal is to expand the participants repertoire of guidance strategies and methods, strengthen their reflections on their own practice and get inspiration for constructing an academic environment that supports the students professional development and well-being. The seminar s principal approach is that guidance is best qualified and further developed by the participants sharing experiences and being challenged at the edge of their comfort zone.

3 Content The seminar comprises a number of topics that bring the participants' experiences, knowledge and values in play. The topics are selected to represent the current challenges for many PhD supervisors. They cover the whole spectrum from recruiting prospective graduate students, daily counselling and crisis management to guidance of the students' future career. This course differs from courses in PhD supervision at the individual universities by putting more emphasis on a managerial perspective: how is the academic environment organized for the benefit of the PhD students, how to lead a larger group of PhD students and how supervisors can cooperate to guide a PhD programme. The specific subjects have not yet been finally decided on, and, therefore, the detailed programme will be announced later. Preparation Participants are expected to devote 3-4 hours to reflection and gathering of knowledge in relation to their own practice in preparation for the course. Teaching method The seminar is highly practice oriented with emphasis on the exchange of experience and the training of concrete guidance principles and methods. The seminar is based on a combination of presentations, plenary discussions, group work and input from participants. Many of the working methods/processes that are brought into play at the seminar can also be used in the research group and the collective guidance of PhD students. Language The seminar will be held in English. Academic anchorage and teachers The seminar will be professionally anchored in a network under DUN - Network for the Development of PhD supervision (NUP) see: -netvaerk-for-udvikling-af-phd-vejledning/ There will currently be a group consisting of two course coordinators referring to the NUP, and new course managers will be recruited from the NUP. For 2014, the teachers will be Mirjam Godskesen, PhD and consultant and Monika Janfelt, dr. phil. and consultant.

4 We will be working with the following issues: What is good supervision? How du you incorporate the PhD student s career into supervision? How do you encourage and motivate the PhD student? What are effective recruitment strategies? What challenges do internationalization add to supervision? How do you develop the PhD student s talents? How do you strengthen collaborations in the PhD study? How is supervision best integrated in the research environment? How do you as a leader create a good academic environment for the PhD students? Which communication tools are helpful in supervision? Quotes from partipants attending our last seminar "... high praise for the high subject knowledge, great dedication and fine structure It worked really well with the many discussions / personal involvement "Dense, intense, rewarding and valuable with the many well-planned presentations and attentive group work "Enthusiastic and vivid"

5 Programme Seminar for experienced PhD supervisors Day 1, October 22 nd Arrival and coffee/tea Welcome and who are we? What is good supervision for the experienced supervisor? How does the contemporary landscape of PhD education look? Does the role of the PhD supervisor change with experience? What does it mean to orchestrate a PhD study? Break What are effective recruitment strategies? Channels of recruitment What do we recruit for? Talent and personality Lunch What are effective recruitment strategies? Continued What are the work elements of a PhD study? What competencies are actually needed (walk & talk) How can we help the PhD students to enter the PhD study in a good way? To clarify and align expectations an array of tools To clarify expectations with foreign students To incorporate the PhD student s career into supervision To clarify your own expectations the supervision letter ? Dinner

6 Programme Seminar for experienced PhD supervisors Day 2, October 23 rd Breakfast The PhD supervisor as culture creator leadership on many levels Leading the group How do you facilitate and create a culture of collaboration? How are the PhD students integrated in the research environment? How can you create a learning culture? How can group meetings become interesting and effective? Leading the individual PhD student Can you avoid demotivating the PhD students? Communication can the supervisor coach the PhD student? How do you develop the PhD student s talents? Is it possible to see crises as a potential of growth? Lunch Leading yourself Strategies to survive supervision of many students To delegate, be pragmatic and say no Planning and sharing your plans Peer supervision as a personal development strategy When is supervision effective is your supervision aligned with your position? Round off Reflection and revision of your supervisor letter Last comments, questions and answers

7 Practical information Fee DKK Registration link Registration deadline 10th of September 2014 Cancellation Any cancellation must be notified as early as possible and by mail. Cancellations can only be made until the original registration deadline. If the cancellation is given later, at a minimum, the accommodation costs will be charged. Institutions can, by agreement with the secretariat, find a substitute if the person in question is within the seminar s target group. Location Munkebjerg Hotel Munkebjergvej Vejle Secretariat DUN-secretariat Competence- and organisational development Campusvej Odense M Course coordinator Anette Bjerre Jensen Tlf dun@sdu.dk

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