Postdocs play an important role in helping to supervise students on a day-to-day basis. Many PhD students see postdocs as their 'go to person' and as such, they are an extremely valuable support.

Postdocs who support the supervision of PhD students can be appointed as Assistant Supervisors and be part of a student's supervisory team.

The Roles and Responsibilities of Assistant Supervisors are detailed in this document.

Imperial has a specific process to formally recognise the valuable contribution that postdoctoral research staff make towards the student-supervisor partnership.

To be formally recognised as Assistant Supervisors, postdocs would need complete the course: