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PhD Supervisor Talk:
Are you aligned with your PhD students and team of supervisors?

Content: PhD students and supervisors often have differing expectations of each other, and many students find it difficult to decode what supervision entails. Unspoken and contrasting expectations for the collaboration process can disrupt supervision and impair student success and persistence. Consequently, aligning expectations is key to building effective supervision. It prevents insecurity about each other’s roles and responsibilities, and it is a means of establishing shared standards for good research and good academic writing.

In this talk, you will get research-based and concrete advice on how to align expectations with your PhD students to ensure a successful working relationship. You will learn about the importance of early matching, and you are introduced to key tools for communicating regularly about your expectations. Moreover, the talk will include presentation of strategies for making the best out of potentially different competences and preferences within a team of supervisors (main and co-supervisors).

About the speaker:

Gitte Wichmann-Hansen, MA, PhD is Senior Researcher at The Department of Education Studies, Aarhus University. She is an established researcher within the field of doctoral supervision with 100+ publications on academic supervision. Her research focus is on how to balance supervisor expectations/interests with student needs.  Based on her research, she has developed a rich showcase of concrete advice on how to align expectations and how to promote active, independent students, who drive their own projects forward.  Furthermore, Gitte owns the consultancy “Academic Supervision” that offers high quality professional training of research supervisors.  She has 20+ years of experience with running doctoral supervisor development programs at European Universities. She also advises institutional leaders and academic developers across Europe on supervision quality assurance and improvement strategies. Finally, Gitte is chair and founder of the national network for Developing Doctoral Supervision in Denmark.

Moderator:
Nils Billestrup, Professor, Named Person, and course leader of PhD Supervision: advice, tools and practices at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH.

Time and date: Tuesday 13 June 2023, 15.30-17.00.

Max. number of participants: 96.

Registration: Please register no later than 8 June 2023.

Venue: Panum, Blegdamsvej 3b, 2200 Copenhagen N, Maersk Tower, Holst Auditorium.

Organizer: Mia Dabelsteen, mia.dabelsteen@sund.ku.dk, Senior advisor, The Graduate School. 

The Graduate school now offers two PhD Supervisor Talks per semester. These are talks for PhD supervisors at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Other faculty members are also welcome.