Researcher Development

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Development for Supervisors

Supervisor Training

All supervisors are required to undertake the supervisor foundation training - called Fundamentals of Postgraduate Supervision every five years (four years if supervising a PGR through the Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences). It focuses on the practicalities of supervising PGRs in the University of Glasgow context. The course recognises the difficualt and complex task of suervision, and aims to support you and your PGRs to have the best possible experience of supervision. 

We also have an open access version for external supervisors of UofG PGRs (not on Moodle, so no end of course assessment)

Additionally, supervisors must complete Staff Research Integrity Training, which contains a dedicated section relating to research integrity within supervision.

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The UofG PGR Supervisor Community of Practice

All doctoral supervisors at the University of Glasgow are invited to join the ‘PGR Supervisor Community of Practice’.

The invitation is open to all staff practicing PGR supervision, whether as primary supervisor, part of a supervisory team, or informally as an associate supervisor. This means we are a collective community of over 3000 research and academic staff across the university.

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UofG Supervisor Workshop Series

The UofG Supervisor Workshop Series is designed to support your development as a supervisor, centred on discussion and ideas from the community. Each session in the series is a 1 hour flipped workshop.

PGR Supervisor Buddying

This new initiative is intended to develop supportive, collegial relationships across the supervisor Community of Practice, and encourage existing and more established supervisors to reflect on their own practice. Buddying, which is based on peer-mentoring, is a way of supporting us to develop our practice through mentoring conversations.

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