Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

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Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

Sgoil Cheumnaichean Saidheans Sòisealta na h-Alba

Supervisors' Resource Library

Supervisors' Resource Library

SGSSS are working on developing a suite of resources to help support and guide our Supervisor community.

These will be updated on an on-going basis.

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Effective Team Supervision

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: Year 1

Category: Best Practices

Supporting PhD students to overcome self-doubt

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: All

Category: Wellbeing

Supporting PhD students achieve their milestones

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: All

Category: Best Practices

Cohort Based Supervision

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: All

Category: Applications

Collated Planners

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: All

Category: Best Practices

Best Practice for PhD examiners

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: Year 3+

Category: Best Practices

Value co-creation in Social Science PhD Supervision

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: All

Category: Expectations

Preparing for your Viva (a guide for PhD students)

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: Year 3+

Category: Viva

Preparing for your Viva (a guide for PhD supervisors)

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: Year 3+

Category: Viva

Doctoral Supervision: Expectations (year 1)

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: Year 1

Category: Expectations

Doctoral Supervision: Expectations (year 2)

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: Year 2

Category: Expectations

Doctoral Supervision: Expectations (year 3+)

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: Year 3+

Category: Expectations

A Guide to the Length of our Awards

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: Year 1

Category: Expectations

Research in Practice Overview

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: All

Category: Expectations

Supervisor's Support Statement (for Student-Led Open Competition)

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: All

Category: Applications

Coaching approach in PhD supervision

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: All

Category: Reflective Practice

Supporting career development

Author: SGSSS

Type: Document

Stage: Year 3+

Category: Progression

Navigating Disability and Chronic Illness During Your PhD: A Conversation

Author: SGSAH

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Supporting Diverse Candidates, Wellbeing

Supervising Disabled Research Students

Author: Society for Research Into Higher Education (SRHE)

Type: Document

Stage: All

Category: Supporting Diverse Candidates, Wellbeing

How Disabled PhD students can be better supported (A Report)

Author: Disabled Students UK

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Supporting Diverse Candidates, Wellbeing

Navigating PhD life as a Parent

Author: Imperial

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Supporting Diverse Candidates, Wellbeing

The home: a complex location for doctoral carers

Author: Supervising PhDs

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Supporting Diverse Candidates, Wellbeing

Advice for part-time PhD students

Author: Business School, University of Edinburgh

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Supporting Diverse Candidates, Wellbeing

Making your part-time doctorate work for you

Author: Kay Guccione

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Supporting Diverse Candidates, Wellbeing

Disabled PhD students can be better supported

Author: WonkHE

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Supporting Diverse Candidates, Wellbeing

Supporting doctoral students with their health and wellbeing

Author: WonkHE

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Supporting Diverse Candidates, Wellbeing

PhDeaf vlogcast episode 3: supervision

Author: Acadeafic

Type: Video

Stage: All

Category: Supporting Diverse Candidates, Wellbeing

The Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Doctoral Student’s Success Guide

Author: phds.me

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Supporting Diverse Candidates, Wellbeing

Developing neurodiversity-affirmative PhD supervision

Author: Supervising PhDs

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Supporting Diverse Candidates, Wellbeing

What do neurodivergent PhD students need?

Author: The Thesis Whisperer

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Supporting Diverse Candidates, Wellbeing

How to support neurodivergent postgraduate researchers

Author: Durham University

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Supporting Diverse Candidates, Wellbeing

Researcher Development Framework

Author: Vitae

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Best Practices

The Thesis Whisperer blog

Author: Inger Mewburn

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Reflective Practice

Supervising PhDs blog

Author: Kay Guccione

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Reflective Practice

Patter Blog

Author: Pat Thomson

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Reflective Practice

Next Generation Research SuperVision Project (RSVP)

Author: RSVP

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Best Practices

Good Supervisory Practice Framework

Author: UKCGE

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Reflective Practice

Independent Review of the PhD in Social Sciences

Author: UKRI

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Expectations

Generative AI, ChatGPT, and the Impact on Postgraduate Work

Author: UKCGE

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Best Practices

Supporting Excellent Supervisory Practice Report

Author: UKCGE

Type: Document

Stage: All

Category: Best Practices

What does success look like in postgraduate research?

Author: UKCGE

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Best Practices

A Guide for Research Supervisors in Organisations Outside Higher Education

Author: UKCGE

Type: Document

Stage: All

Category: Progression

Supervising PhD students at a distance - a bibliography

Author: UKCGE

Type: Document

Stage: All

Category: Distance

Effective Distance Supervision of PhD students

Author: UKCGE

Type: Video

Stage: All

Category: Distance

Mental Health and Wellbeing of PGRs: Pinch Points and Good Practice

Author: UKCGE

Type: Document

Stage: All

Category: Wellbeing

Free templates for PhD supervision (for supervisors and students)

Author: iThinkWell

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Best Practices

The Auditorium: a research culture and research development blog

Author: The Auditorium, University of Glasgow

Type: Link

Stage: All

Category: Best Practices

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