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PhD supervision: advice, tools and practices
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3990-26-00-00There are 26 available seats 
Enrollment deadline: 13/11/2025
Date and time13.01.2026, at: 09:00 - 05.03.2026, at: 16:00
Regular seats28
LecturersNils Billestrup
Contact personMia Dabelsteen    E-mail address: mia.dabelsteen@sund.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserPhD administration     E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content
PhD supervision: advice, tools and practices is designed specifically for principal PhD supervisors at SUND and affiliated hospitals and research institutions.



Objectives
The aim of the course is that the participants will:
• Understand the complexities involved in PhD supervision
• Acquire process-related knowledge about PhD supervision
• Be able to transfer knowledge of the course to their own supervisory practices
• Be in a position to reflect on their own supervising practices in the future


Content
The course will address themes such as:
• Establishing a PhD position and integration of newcomers
• Roles and relationships
• Diversity
• Feedback and supporting autonomy
• Active listening
• Aligning expectations
• Early warning signs
• Motivation and self-efficacy
• Stress and burnout among PhD students
• Collaboration among PhD supervisors and co-authorships
• Careers


Structure
The course is structured as pre-course activities, three full course days (9-16) and an interim period with individual and group assignments. The workload is estimated to be around 30 hours.


Format
The course consists of presentations by the course teachers, group work and assignments. We expect you to participate in peer feedback on actual supervision in the interim period, to engage actively in the activities during the course days and to document your competence development. Tools to identify your goals and assess your competences will support this.


Target groups and rules for completion
• As of 1 January 2021 all new principal PhD supervisors at SUND are required to complete PhD supervision: advice, tools and practices (including PhD supervision: rules and regulations) within the first year of supervising a PhD student.

• As of 1 January 2021 all principal PhD supervisors at SUND, who have not enrolled and supervised any PhD students for the past five years as principal supervisors, are required to complete PhD supervision: advice, tools and practices (including PhD supervision: rules and regulations) within the first year of supervising a PhD student.

Further, all other PhD supervisors at SUND are welcome to take PhD supervision: advice, tools and practices – and it is also open to assistant professors and others employed elsewhere at an equivalent academic level – if seats are available.


Programme
The specific course programme will be sent to the participants upon enrolment for each course.


Time and dates
13 and 14 January, interim period with individual and group assignments + 5 March 2026
All days 9:00-16:00


Venue
TBA.


Requirements
In order to pass the course you need to be actively involved, be present at least 80% of the time and have passed PhD supervision: rules and regulations (online) before course start (Available online from 1 September 2020).


Registration
Please register no later than 13 November 2025.

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