Shaping Your Supervision Experience: Navigating Challenges & Building Succ

Shaping Your Supervision Experience: Navigating Challenges and Building Success is a practical, interactive webinar for doctoral research candidates who want to maximise their supervision relationship and maintain research progress, even when challenges arise.

Supervision can be one of the most important factors in research success—but it can also present real obstacles: delayed feedback, unclear guidance, disengaged supervisors, or cultural misunderstandings. This session empowers candidates to take proactive steps to shape their supervision experience and build constructive, resilient, and mutually beneficial relationships.

Across three hours, participants will explore strategies for communication, expectation-setting, conflict management, cultural considerations, and maintaining research momentum and wellbeing. The webinar includes practical tools, reflective exercises, and scenario-based discussions designed to give candidates confidence, clarity, and actionable strategies to navigate supervisory challenges.

Participants will leave with a comprehensive supervision reflection toolkit, including templates for communication, supervision agreements, and escalation pathways, helping them create a structured, effective, and supportive supervision experience.