Building a Strong Working Relationship with Your Supervisor
Do you feel the relationship with your PhD supervisor could be better? Are you looking for ways to improve communication and collaboration? In this interactive workshop, you'll discover practical tips for optimising this important relationship. You'll consider common problems and develop strategies for overcoming them.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the session, you'll have:
- Guidance on setting and managing expectations.
- A clearer sense of the supervisory relationship and how it develops.
- Tools and templates for getting the most out of your supervisory meetings.
- Techniques for requesting and implementing constructive feedback.
- An awareness of common problems and how to deal with them.
About the trainer:
This session will be delivered by Dr Jo Collins. Jo is a coach, trainer, researcher and consultant specialising in supporting researchers and academics in the Higher Education sector. Over the years, in her roles as teacher and coach Jo has supported academics and researchers develop productive reading and working strategies. Jo has been working in Higher Education for the last twenty years, and is also Senior Lecturer in Counselling, Coaching and Mentoring at Canterbury Christ Church University.
**Please note, this course requires a £20 deposit which will be refunded once you have attended the course, or have cancelled your place at least 72 hours before the course start date. Please see our full Terms and Conditions for more information.
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Professor Freya Johnston, Associate Head of Education, has this to say about the course:
Please do seriously consider signing up for this workshop. During the first year of the DPhil it is particularly important to establish clear lines of communication with your supervisor and a mutual understanding of what is expected of you in your meetings. Making sure that this happens early in your degree is one of the very best ways to avoid problems and misunderstandings, and therefore to ensure the happy and timely completion of your doctorate.