Key Information
Tutors: Caroline Hargreaves and Vahid Shahrezaei
Duration: 2 hours and 45 minutes
Format: Live In person (South Kensington)
Audience: Doctoral degree supervisors (Main, Co- & Assistant)
Dates
Tuesday 10 February 2026
10:00-12:45, South Kensington
Supervisors aim to get their students to be independent researchers.
Supervisors who draw on mentoring and coaching approaches will help students to cultivate their self-efficacy.
In this workshop you will review the benefits of these approaches and gain practice in enabling conversations with your PGR researchers.
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, you will be better able to:
- Recognise the importance and value of dialogic, collaborative supervision in today’s research environment
- Identify the four dimensions of self-efficacy
- Explain the core principles of a coaching approach and how these differ from mentoring
- Practice and evaluate active-listening techniques in a supervised triad
This course is open to Main, Co- and Assistant supervisors of doctoral researchers.
Background
Since 2024, Imperial has been a Practitioner Partner in the national project Next Generation Research Supervision Project (RSVP).
During 2025-26, we will be piloting this and other activities as part of our role in the RSVP project. This will offer Imperial supervisors a variety of opportunities to explore, develop and enhance their understanding, confidence and practices.
How to book
This session is run by ECRI’s Cornerstone Team. This workshop has a limited number of places (24). A waiting list will be created if there is more interest.
To book a place on this course, please complete the following booking form.