CPD type
Facilitator resource
Supervisor experience
All supervisor levels
Intervention lead author
Dr Alex Pavey, King's College London
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Released as part of
Phase 1
Piloting feedback deadline
31 March 2026
Page last updated
30 October 2025
To support supervisor developers in delivering engaging and relevant professional development focused on their institutional policies and processes, this guide provides ideas for effective practice. It takes the form of generic slide templates covering the different stages in the ‘lifecycle’ of a doctoral candidate. This structure is designed to serve as a starting point for supervisor developers to create effective and engaging institution-specific materials.
Learning objectives
Supervisor developers will be supported to:
take a reflective approach to their own practice when designing materials on doctoral policies and processes
enhance the relevance of materials designed for supervisors by clearly articulating rationales and positive impacts for topics covered
feel more confident in designing and delivering relevant and engaging material that can serve as an effective bridge to other elements of their supervisor professional development programme.
Delivery format & timings
This flexible resource contains guidance, templates, and suggestions, and can be used as a reference for local activities delivered either as a standalone session, or topic-based series
Theme(s)
Being a research supervisor
What is included in this resource pack?
Doctoral policies and processes_Facilitator Manual [.PDF]: This manual contains full details for this resource and must be read first.
Doctoral policies and processes_Facilitator Slides [.PPTX]: These PowerPoint slides can be used for both in-person and online sessions. These can be used as a reference and initial template by supervisor developers when they are designing their own local resources.
Resource pack format
All resource packs are in the form of a compressed zip folder. To unzip and access all the contents of the zipped folder, press and hold (or right-click) the folder, select "Extract All" and then follow the on-screen instructions.