Developing Supervisory Skills

Although supervision is one of the most crucial elements of the academic work, most current supervisors receive no specific supervisory training during their careers. This course aims to fill that gap, focusing specifically on the student–supervisor relationship as a key element in success of a PhD journey. This course is intended for PhD students at NOVA University and PhD holders working at NOVA (Professors, researchers, etc…), students from partner universities and external students.

Registrations

21 de July, 2024

Programme Details

Rational

Supervisor training at NOVA provides professional development opportunities to Ph.D. supervisors. The aims of the course are to inform and to discuss supervision in general and the role of the supervisor at NOVA. The training also aims to enhance the supervisors’ professional competencies by offering training in the same transversal domains of the Ph.D. students’ courses.
Although supervision is one of the most crucial elements of the academic work, most current supervisors receive no specific supervisory training during their careers. This course aims to fill that gap, focusing specifically on the student–supervisor relationship as a key element in success of a PhD journey.

Topics covered in this 2-day course include:
Framework of supervision
Interpersonal relation
Leadership, motivation and self-knowledge
The process of supervision in practice
Identifying problems
Managing conflicts
At the end, we expect that the course may provide the participants a framework that can help them to expand the range of approaches that a supervisor should use in routine work.

Registrations + Fees

Nova PhD students – Free of charge, enrolment via the platform: https://www.unl.pt/inscricoes

PhD students from other institutions: Fee 350€. More information and enrolment via email nova.doctoral.school@unl.pt

Course Duration

To be announced

Schedule

To be announced

Language

To be announced

Teaching Regime

To be announced

Faculty

To be announced

“The course is very well structured. It helps us to stop and think and to understand a little more about ourselves and about the supervision process.”
NOVA’s PhD Candidate on the Developing Supervisory Skills course