Supporting Doctoral Students' Writing
"Writing a thesis is a huge undertaking and one that often overwhelms doctoral candidates. Many students struggle at this stage, experience writer’s block, delay writing and in some cases fail to submit at all. Supervisors can play a crucial role in this stage of the PhD. This seminar looks at the strategies supervisors can employ to help their student complete and submit their thesis.
In this seminar, Hugh Kearns facilitated a discussion of:
The writing challenges faced by late-stage doctoral students.
How supervisors can support students in these challenges.
Developing a writing plan and completion plan with the student
Providing critical and constructive feedback
Supporting the student when the going gets tough
The problems experienced by supervisors and potential solutions
On completion of the workshop, participants can now:
Implement strategies for providing writing feedback to students.
Diagnose common problems that need to be resolved in the final draft.
Provide support for the emotional challenges of writing up.
Offer advice on writing productivity to doctoral students"
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