Heads of Departments and Directors of Graduate Studies have been asked to nominate PhD supervisors / supervisory teams for the new Doctoral Supervisor Award. Supervisors will be judged on the following criteria:
- a strong commitment to and enthusiasm for doctoral supervision and support;
- the ability to recruit and select good candidates and establish effective working relationships with them and with co-supervisors;
- the provision of useful and prompt feedback on submitted work, advice on keeping projects on track, and the monitoring of progress;
- the capacity to help integrate research students into communities and networks of other researchers both inside and outside the university;
- the ability to offer appropriate support to students’ research projects, including the processes of upgrade, submission of their thesis, final examination and where appropriate production of research outputs ;
- an appropriate engagement with, and contribution to, the development and promotion of doctoral students' research;
- the encouragement of their students to disseminate their work;
- the framing of opportunities for students to be engaged in relevant activities such as seminars, conferences, placements/internships etc.;
- a concern to support the personal, professional, and career development of doctoral students;
- an ability to evaluate critically their practice as supervisors and, where appropriate, disseminate it, acting as a role model for others.
We wanted to let you know as you may be approached to provide a testimony in support of the nomination (deadline 15 June).