Leadership Foundation

Project Outcomes

University of Sheffield
Trust me! Building and breaking professional trust in doctoral student supervisor relationships

Outputs:

• Online Workshop: Trust Me! project: resources for doctoral supervisors
• BlogPost: Stories about doctoral supervision across disciplines, stages, and perspectives
• Case Study: Running June - August 2017, this case study will:
  (1) Document two models for PGR ‘Tutoring’ (Sheffield) or ‘Convening’ (Glasgow) describing design, governance, and recruitment;
  (2) Demonstrate broad outcomes of engaging with PGR Tutor support in mentoring, for doctoral students and doctoral supervisors;
  (3) Document effective and enabling tutoring structures and practices related to enhancing supervision;
  (4) Create wider discussion about PGR tutoring;
  (5) Support the ‘Catalysing Change’ strategy by contributing to research and innovation outputs, enhancing communities of practice and peer support, and the creation of path finding resources which have originality, utility and impact.
• Final Report: Click on the below report to download the final outcome of this project
  
  

This report presents findings from a research study looking at perceptions of trust in doctoral supervision relationships. It views academic supervisors in the context of their role as leaders and enablers of trust within their research environments and higher education institutions. It aims to take a broad exploratory view of the specific behaviours that are important in trust building in supervisory relationships.

Recommendations make suggestions on how supervisors could be supported to establish and sustain trusting supervision relationships. The primary aim of this paper is to assist higher education institutions to enhance supervisory practice, specifically through focusing on relationship tensions may arise.

Read the original proposal