Supervising (BSc & MSc) thesis students

Workshop description

The thesis is the final subject of the BSc and MSc programme; and in most cases the most important individual project of a student. Due to the importance and size of the project, the meetings between supervisor and student are more intense and personal compared to those contacts in courses. The relationship between supervisor and student is therefore very important. Students expect certain behavior of their supervisor, but the supervisor also has expectations of his/her student. Questions about responsibilities for supervisor and student arise.

In this one-day course we introduce models about effective supervising thesis students, you exchange experiences, practice several communication skills, play out challenging situations and dig deeper on the topics that are addressed in the workshop Start to Supervise BSc & MSc thesis students.

Target group & Prerequisites

This course is meant for teaching staff, Postdocs and PhD‘s who are already supervising at least two BSc & MSc thesis students. This course is a follow-up to ‘Start to Supervise BSc & MSc thesis students'. You can only sign up if you already followed Start to Supervise BSc & MSc thesis students.

Literature

You will receive background material on the models and theories around supervising BSc & MSc thesis student before and during the course.

Costs

Participation is free for Wageningen University & Research staff involved in teaching WU courses.