Further information for supervisors

Need help finding further information? We have a range of resources on a wide range of topics, which you may find useful. These cover everything from internal handbooks and manuals to guides written by other organisations on best supervisory practice.

• The Doctoral College

• Resources for staff who support doctoral students

• Checklist for the first meetings between supervisor and doctoral student

• 2020/21 Doctoral Handbook for research students

• The Quality Assurance Code of Practice statement on Research Degrees (QA7)

• Regulation 16: Admission Regulations and Conditions for the Award of Higher Degrees

• Student Services advice for staff

• SAMIS User Manuals (Student & Applicant Management Information System)

• Characteristics of Successful Supervision 

• UKCGE Postgraduate Research Supervision Network (including the UKCGE Research Supervision Blog)

• UKCGE Doctoral Supervision Recognition Programme

• Supervising a Doctorate (resource from Vitae)

• PhD-Diaries (from UCL)

• Supervising PhDs