Supervising international research students (Online) 11 May

Wednesday 11 May12:00 - 13:30

UCL Arena Centre are offering this session presented by Professor Stan Taylor (Durham University), which is open to all existing and new supervisors at UCL.  

In the past two decades or so, there has been a massive increase in the numbers of research students who are studying in a country other than that of their origin, and in many countries they form a significant proportion of the total. This is particularly the case in the UK where around 47% of research students are from overseas (including both those from within and outside of the EU). So supervisors can expect that, on average, nearly one out of two of their research students will be from other countries, with significantly higher proportions in many science and engineering subjects.

The purpose or aim of this workshop is to enable supervisors to explore the implications of supervising research students who are from outside the UK.

The objectives to consider are:

• the potential benefits of international research students;
• the academic challenges that they may face;
• how supervisors might work with students to realise the benefits and overcome the challenges.

 The workshop will consist of a mixture of short presentations and individual and group work.

Who should attend

New and existing research supervisors will find this session useful.