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Course Supervision Challenges in PhD Education

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Summary, in English

A large portion of the PhD education in Sweden is dedicated to courses. This made it interesting to explore potential course supervision challenges in the PhD programme. A multiple-case study was conducted to identify such challenges and explore how these are perceived by students and supervisors at the Faculty of Engineering of Lund University. By interviewing students and supervisors in five different research groups, insights were gained into how the main stakeholders reason about courses. The findings indicate that courses that are to be included in the education are characterized by a large degree of freedom tailored to individual student needs and preferences. However, the type, timing, availability, value, and convalidation of courses are challenges that limit this freedom.

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Publication/Series

Pedagogiska inspirationskonferensen LTH

Volume

7

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Lund University

Topic

  • Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
  • Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
  • Control Engineering
  • Transport Systems and Logistics
  • Other Mechanical Engineering

Keywords

  • Supervision
  • Education
  • Courses
  • SoTL
  • Technology and Engineering
  • Packaging logistics

Conference name

LTHs 7:e Pedagogiska Inspirationskonferens, 2012

Conference date

2012-08-30 - 2012-08-30

Conference place

Lund, Sweden

Status

Published

Research group

  • LCCC

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2003-377X
  • ISSN: 2003-3761