Date/Time
Date(s) - 18/06/2025 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Location
Leeds Beckett University
Audience:
NARTI Training and Development
‘ECR Workshop on Getting Involved in Doctoral Supervision and Examining’
Wednesday 18th June 2025 (10:00 am – 4:30 pm)
Location
Leeds Beckett University, Knowledge Exchange, Rose Bowl, City Campus.
https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/-/media/files/we-are-beckett/mu_campus_maps.pdf
Aim and audience:
The aim of the workshop is to support academics (post-doctoral) in getting involved in doctoral supervision and examination. Please note, the workshop is aimed at postdoctoral academics who have gained their PhD and are moving into a supervisory/examiner role. Through a sharing of experiences and practice across different institutions the workshop aims to address the challenges of:
- Growing supervisory capacity and developing best practice
- Pastoral responsibilities
- Supervision with non-HEI partners.
- Managing the doctoral examination
- The role of independent chairs
Workshop summary:
This workshop will focus on exploring the supervisory journey from first meetings to the examination of the doctoral thesis and offers participants the opportunity to share best practice and to learn from others’ experiences.
The opening workshop session briefly sets the scene for the workshop. It provides the platform from which to begin the focused discussion of the research supervision process – from student application, through the stages of student progress assessment to the selection of the examination team and the viva.
After the opening session, the focus in the morning will be on supervisory practice and challenges. We will explore how experiences of being supervised inform and shape academics’ own supervisory practices. We will also discuss the pastoral responsibilities of the supervisory team and the challenges and opportunities of supervising with non-HEI partners.
The first session will offer an opportunity to share practice and assess the importance of establishing boundaries, managing supervisor and student expectations (e.g. deadlines, feedback, and publications) and effective communication. Through group discussion of real-life scenarios, it will conclude by examining supervisory challenges and the management of conflict and tensions in supervising the doctorate (PhD and Professional doctorates).
The focus in the afternoon will be on conducting and managing the oral examination of the thesis. Through a re-enactment of the viva, there will be the opportunity to critically assess the role of the examiners and that of the independent chair.
By the end of the workshop participants will be familiar with how supervision might look from the supervisor’s position and how they might reflect on their own PhD experience to become a successful supervisor and doctoral examiner. We will hold a final session being a forum for discussion, including whether a community of practice might be established.
Programme:
| 18/06/2025 10:00 am – 4:30 pm | Activity |
| 09.30-10.00 | Registration, refreshments and welcome |
| 10.00-10.45 | Supervisor perspectives on the research journey |
| 10.45-11.30 | Reflections on experiences of being supervised |
| 11.30-11.45 | Refreshments |
| 11.45 -12.45 | Supervisory challenges and scenarios in a contemporary PhD context
Including Pastoral responsibilities |
| 12.45-13.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 -15.00 | Re-enactment of the doctoral examination |
| 15.00-15.15 | Refreshments |
| 15.15 – 16.30 | Forum |
| 16.30 | Close |
Further details will be confirmed in due course. If you have gained your PhD and would like to join us and can commit to participating in the full day, please register using the link at the top of this page.