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Supervisor training

Our new postgraduate supervisor’s training is designed for supervisors who have not yet supervised a postgraduate student at Queen Mary, and must be completed before becoming a first supervisor.

Postgraduate Supervisor Training

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About the training 

The training is developed using the UKCGE Good Supervisory Practice Framework and is designed to: 

  • Support you in supporting your research students and in your career development. 
  • Begin the process of considering what kind of supervisor you are or will be, how to be a good supervisor and the kinds of challenges you may encounter. 
  • Introduce you to the Queen Mary rules and regulations relating to postgraduate research matters. 
  • Introduce you to the different professional services that work with postgraduate research students. 
  • Support you, your School/Institute and Queen Mary in meeting our statutory and external regulatory requirements, and to meet the requirements of research funding bodies. 

This training is delivered asynchronously through short modules that are designed to take approximately 10 minutes each. You can complete these in any order you like, and you can dip in and out of them as necessary (i.e. you do not have to complete them in one sitting). 

The modules contain questions to help you think about your own experience and expectations, and quiz questions throughout. A successful pass rate of 80 per cent is required for the quiz questions to complete the training. 

Refresher Postgraduate Research Supervisor Training   

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About the training

Refresher Postgraduate Research Supervisor Training is for those who have previously completed New Postgraduate Research Supervisor Training as well as experienced supervisors who have supervised doctoral degrees to completion. Supervisors must complete the refresher training every two years. 

Supervisor update training now takes places online. You can access the training via QMPlus. 

The purpose of the training is to refresh your knowledge of the policies and procedures that guide postgraduate research supervision at Queen Mary. 

This training is delivered asynchronously through short modules that are designed to take approximately 10 minutes each. You can complete these in any order you like, and you can dip in and out of them as necessary (i.e. you do not have to complete them in one sitting). 

The modules contain quiz questions throughout. A successful pass rate of 80 per cent is required for the quiz questions to complete the training. 

For any queries regarding any of these courses please contact us on cecr@qmul.ac.uk

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