Course: Successful PhD Supervision: A Shared Journey

In this video, Grazyna Drzazga, faculty development consultant and intercultural communication trainer at University of Groningen will demonstrate how complex feedback moments between a PhD supervisor and student might get. …

Feedback can be given on the product, (an article, the research proposal, an analysis, a chapter, a presentation, etc.) or on the behavior, the process towards the product, (the approach, …

In many fields, feedback is used as a synonym to assessment, but especially in the context of a PhD trajectory, its role is clearly different. Giving feedback is an important …

In this video, several PhD supervisors and PhD students reflect on the importance of feedback. With the input from them in mind, please go back to when you were working …

Professional interaction is different from talking to friends. Just imagine the following extract from a phone conversation between friends: Friend 1: So on the way back, we spent a night …

In this video trainer and psychologist for PhDs, Karen Huizing, explains how active listening and active listening plus can help you in your interactions with your PhD candidate. Try and …

Have a look at the interaction between a supervisor and her PhD student. What is happening here? Describe what the supervisor does and how it affects the student.

Most of you will have said you need to be both coach and expert when guiding PhD candidates. The role you take depends on what your candidate needs at that …

In the first week of this course we focused on what it takes to guide the student throughout the PhD trajectory. Guiding a young, talented, and ambitious student in their …