Becoming a UCL supervisor. 3 November 2022 Abstract This document mainly applies to those who are looking to become either a primary of subsidary supervisor in the Department of Statistical Science at UCL. Key People: Alexandros Beskos; a.beskos@ucl.ac.uk; Research students tutor (admissions) Marina Lewis; marina.lewis@ucl.ac.uk; Key administrator for research students (admission to graduation) Terry Soo; t.soo@ucl.ac.uk; Research students tutor (post admissions) Introduction Everyone should complete two training courses: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/teaching-learning/professional-development/arena-open/research-supervision-ucl You may be exempt from the second course if you have previous experience. After you complete the courses, please notify Marina. You will need to complete this form: https://tsoo-math.github.io/ucl2/grst/standard.docx The form requires approval from a departmental graduate tutor, and is sent the faculty for approval from the faculty tutor for MAPS. There are various rules governing who can be a supervisor. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/academic-manual/chapters/chapter-5-research-degrees-framework#supervisors https://www.ucl.ac.uk/academic-manual/sites/academic-manual/files/chapter_5_part_a_research_degree_regulations_2021-22.pdf https://www.ucl.ac.uk/academic-manual/sites/academic-manual/files/eligible_staff_categories_for_supervising_research_students_2020-21.pdf If you are a new member of staff, with no supervision experience, it may be necessary to include an experienced member of staff as part of the supervision team, and it may not be possible to be approved to be the primary advisor. A primary supervisor has to have experience of seeing a student through to a viva; it may be possible to relax this condition slightly. Other notes - It is very likely that a potential student will need to be interviewed, and as a potential advisor you will be part of the interview and thus may be required to complete UCL recruitment training such as ``Fair and Inclusive Recruitment at UCL," in addition to the UCL mandatory training: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/learning-development/mandatory-training - It is very likely that if this is your first time supervising a student, and student you are interested in supervising has not yet been admitted, then Alex will be your main point of contact as the admissions tutor. - If the student is already admitted, and you are interested in being apart of their advisory team, then Terry will be your main point of contact. - Typically, approval for UCL academic members of staff is straightforward. - An honourary appointment may be required for people who are not affliated with UCL. - Not all research fellows can be approved to be on a supervisory team; it may depend on grade, and term of appointment. - Members of staff, who are on the teaching track, who are interested in supervising research students need special permission; in particular, an endorsement from the head of department. - In order to view applicants on Portico, you may need to complete this form: https://tsoo-math.github.io/ucl2/grst/form-port.docx ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A version of this document is also available at: https://tsoo-math.github.io/ucl2/grst/becoming-a-supervisor.txt End of document -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------