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Target Audience: Academic , Research, KE and Teaching Staff

This page refers to the PGCert Learning & Teahcing in HE module "Supervising Postgraduate Research". 

Please note to gain credits for "Supervising Postgraduate Research" you should first complete the Strathclyde Supervisor Development Programme before moving on to the Supervising Postgraduate Research assignments.

Information about the asisgnments and how to complete Supervising Postgraduate Research can be found within the Myplace page linked from this booking system page.

SPARK: Supervising Postgraduate Research

Supervising Postgraduate Research is a 20 credit module that enables participants to engage with the professional and theoretical underpinnings and political drivers of developments in research supervision in Higher Education in the UK. Along with these, institutional framework(s) for research and supervision will be contextualised in the participant's academic disciplines.

This module aims to provide participants with the necessary information and reflective activities to allow them to continue to develop appropriate attitudes and aptitudes for effective research supervision in HE. 

Learning Objectives

Though participation in this module participants will:

1. Review their understanding of effective research supervision in their discipline/professional field in the context of national developments and developments in other disciplines/professional fields

2. Contextualise paradigms for research supervision in their academic disciplines

3. Assess their interpersonal skills

4. Identify areas for further development as supervisors including relevant sources of their information on policy and practice in research supervision which they can use in their development

5. Explore and reflect on mentoring and coaching models as a means of motivating postgraduate research students

6. Explore issues regarding power and its impact on the student-supervisor relationship

Accesibility

We are committed to ensuring our events and courses are accessible to all staff. If you feel you have a disability, health issue, or neurodivergent condition that may affect your ability to access, participate or engage in this course, please get in touch with us at osdu@strath.ac.uk to discuss your specific support requirements.

Prerequisites