Workshop for PhD student/ early-career researchers' supervisors
Date: October 8, 2026
Time: 14.00 - 16.00 (CET)
Lecturer: Dr. Dana Driscoll - Professor of Writing & Founding Director of the Center for Scholarly Communication, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
The landscape of doctoral education is evolving rapidly, placing new demands on faculty supervisors. This workshop is designed to enhance your effectiveness as a doctoral supervisor and mentor through exploring of expertise development and examine how faculty shape doctoral students' professional trajectories with feedback practices. This includes learning more about managing mentoring relationships and time, structured approaches to dissertation feedback, and ethical integration of AI into your supervision practices. Through interactive sessions, reflection exercises, and practical feedback training, you'll gain concrete strategies for nurturing doctoral students' growth from novice researchers to independent scholars. Ideal for faculty seeking to strengthen their feedback practices and maximize their impact on student success.
In this interactive workshop, faculty supervisors will learn how to:
- Understand and apply theoretical frameworks for expertise development in doctoral education;
- Implement time management strategies that benefit both supervisors and students;
- Provide targeted feedback at different stages of the dissertation process;
- Integrate AI tools strategically into supervision and feedback practices;
- Create sustainable mentoring relationships that foster independent thinking.
Register here.