Book your place early to attend these popular bespoke supervisory development sessions coming up in the next month, facilitated by the Doctoral College and key academic colleagues. Bookings are arranged by Organisational Development.
The sessions are aimed at all staff who are new to, or experienced at, research degree supervision and are interested in expanding their knowledge of a specific aspect or process. Staff will benefit from discussions aimed at sharing best practice from across BU.
Full details of each session below can be found on the Supervisory Development Opportunities intranet page. Please use the booking form link below.
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Supervisory Session |
Date | Time | Location |
| Supervisory Development Lunchbite | UKCGE Route to Recognition for Supervisory Practice | Wednesday 10 May | 12:00 – 13:00 | Online |
| Supervisory Development Lunchbite | Benefits of a PhD by Publication | Thursday 11 May | 12:00 – 13:00 | Online |
| Doctoral Supervision: New Supervisors Development | Tuesday 16 May | 10:00 – 14:30 | Online |
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Supervisory Development Lunchbite | Chairing Vivas: The Role of the Chair |
Thursday 1 June | 12:00 – 13:00 | Online |











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