Supervision of PhD Students

Author: ibenlysk

Created: 2022-09-16 08:36pm

Edited: 2022-09-19 06:13pm

Keywords: PhD student; supervision

Description:

The PhD degree programme is a PhD programme aiming to train PhD students at an international level to undertake research, development and teaching assignments in the private and public sectors, for which a broad knowledge of research is required.

The main supervisor is responsible for the overall education of the PhD student. The main supervisor must plan, together with the PhD student, the course of the education process with a view to ensuring that the PhD degree programme will be completed in due time.

The responsibilities of the main supervisor are directed towards both the graduate school and the PhD student. The main supervisor is responsible for ensuring that the PhD education proceeds in accordance with the rules and regulations stipulated in the PhD Order, the guidelines of the graduate school and the PhD plan.

Intended Learning Outcomes:

The ability to conceive and design a research project/process
Obtain independence - taking responsibility of own learning and of the PhD project
Become familiar with all aspects of research and must develop the ability to conduct and position research with critical academic integrity.
Be able to communicate, collaborate, and position himself or herself as an independent researcher nationally as well as internationally.

Resources	Tasks		Supports
Before PhD start
Literature of the subject	Define Research project ↓	←	Discuss, refine and help defining the final research project
List of courses held at both Danish and international universities	Plan course activities ↓	←	Discuss the planned courses. Highlight the courses I as supervisor think is important both for the project and for the development of the PhD student

During PhD
Supervisor letter explaining what is expected	Plan and hold meetings with supervisor ↓	←	Come prepared to the meetings held by the students, give feedback on every meeting, guide on how to improve
Technicians can help on the specific technologies, read manuals from manufacturers, research articles	Perform experiments, analyse data ↓	←	Guide students in choice of experiments and controls, troubleshooting and how to analyse the data. If problems help to identify how to get help or how to move on.
Research articles from the current field.	Write research articles ↓	←	Read and comment on drafts. Help to optimize figures and messages of the paper. Help with writing challenging parts.
Read guidelines on AU's webpage, and read former students PhD thesis	Write PhD Thesis ↓	←	Discuss time schedule for writing, subjects to be included and how to best start the process. Read and comment on the different sections of the thesis.

The Final Step
Guidelines on AU's webpage	PhD Dissertation	←	Discussion of what is important to include, look through slides and hold a mock exam.