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The Art of Good Supervision

This ONLINE event for both PhD supervisors and PhD candidates will be closed with the festive announcement of the Supervisor and Daily Supervisor of the Year Award 2021.

Each year the PhD Council of the Graduate School of Life Sciences announces the PhD Supervisor (promotor) and Daily Supervisor (co-promotor) of the Year during a festive award ceremony. For the first time, they organise an event on supervision in honor of this award. While we had hoped to organize this event in real life, we have decided to stick to a short online event that is easily accessible to many of you. 

Supervision is one of the key factors influencing the course of the PhD journey. PhD surveys indicate that a professional relationship between PhD candidates and supervisors is pivotal for a successful PhD journey. Within the GSLS we aim to provide support for both the PhD candidate and the supervisors to help them in building a good and professional relationship. A good and frequent communication, management of expectations and giving and receiving feedback are crucial components of this relationship. Because supervision is such an important component, the GSLS PhD Council organises an event focusing completely on supervision. An event for both supervisors and PhD candidates.

Panel discussion

The goal of the event is to create a platform for both supervisors and PhD candidates to openly discuss what they expect from supervision. What aspects make someone a good supervisor? How can supervisors develop these skills? What is your role in receiving good supervision? These questions and more will be explored during a lively and interacting panel discussion. The discussion will be based on several provoking statements, like
What is the final goal of a PhD? A comprehensive thesis or to become an independent researcher?
We will stream the event LIVE from a studio where all the speakers are present. We ask you to actively participate by real-time voting and asking questions via the chat.

Supervisor and Daily Supervisor of the Year Award 2021

We will end the afternoon by announcing the PhD Supervisor and Daily Supervisor of the Year. Thank you to all PhD candidates that nominated their (daily) supervisor. We received many nominations! They thought their (daily) supervisor is a brilliant scientist, a role model, accessible, enthusiastic, or just great in any other way. By nominating their (daily) supervisor they show their appreciation for their way of supervision and we would like to inspire other supervisors to guide their PhD candidates in the best way possible.

The Supervisor of the Year Committee (Daphne Jurriens and Dario Cramer) has selected several nominations and subsequently interviewed the PhD candidate that nominated the (daily) supervisor. The Committee then selected a Supervisor of the Year and Daily Supervisor of the Year, based on the interviews and personal motivations of the PhD candidates.

Programme

15.30-15.45 Opening by Prof.dr. Toine Egberts, director doctoral education GSLS - The Graduate School's vision on supervision
15.45-16.45 Panel discussion - The Art of Good Supervision
16.45-17.00 Supervisor of the Year and Daily Supervisor of the Year Award Ceremony

Host
Renske de Kleijn - Educational researcher at UMC Utrecht focusing on feedback- and supervisionprocesses and PhD programme coordinator Life Sciences Education Research

Discussion panel members
Marjolein Cremer - Educational trainer 'Supervising PhD Candidates'
Paula Meesters - PhD psychologist and trainer for supervisors
Henri van Werkhoven - Daily supervisor of the Year 2019
Suzan Ruijtenberg - Supervises PhD candidates at Developmental Biology since 2019
Peter Jan Hooikaas - Received his PhD half a year ago and currently works at Janssen Pharmaceuticals.

Registration

If you would like to receive a borrelbox to have a drink and some snacks during the event, please register before Friday October 1st 9.00 am.
Registration for the event closes Wednesday 6th at 9.00 am. You will receive a link to the live stream the day before the event.