Supervisory Excellence Awards 2011/12

Nominations are invited from postgraduate research students, Heads of Departments/Divisions, Heads of Graduate Studies and / or Heads of Schools. To be eligible for a Supervisory Excellence Award the supervisor must be a member of academic staff of King’s and be currently supervising student(s) registered for research degrees. He/she should have supervised at least two students through to completion of their research degrees at King's in the past.

The nominations deadline for the 2011/12 awards have now passed and  we will not be accepting any further nominations. 
 

When nominating please note that Supervisory Excellence can be defined as, amongst others:
 

• History of past supervisory success, e.g. ensuring submission of theses in 3 years (full time)
• Commitment to pastoral care of supervisees
• Engagement with personal and professional development of supervisees, (which could be demonstrated through the activities students participate in during their studies, their career progression, publications, quality of research project etc)
• Innovative supervisory practice.

Nominations will be forwarded to Heads of Graduate Studies (or equivalent) in each School after the deadline; each nomination will be assessed by Schools against the criteria (as defined above) and each School will recommend up to two candidates for final consideration by a central panel convened by the Graduate School. Information required for each recommended candidate should consist of i) a statement from the candidate on personal supervisory practice ii) statistics on student submission/completion rates iii) supporting statement from School, which provides an opportunity for qualifying statistics, the career progression of past students, particularly excellent projects and publications, and any other information that is appropriate.
 

Results for the Supervisory Excellence Awards will be announced in May and details will be made available via the Graduate School Web pages and the College Staff Ezine.
 
Up to one supervisor per School will receive an award.
 
Successful candidates will be awarded with £1,000 which will be paid into their personal research account (or equivalent). They will also have the opportunity to receive recognition of their achievements at the January College Graduation Ceremony.
 

The Graduate School aims to recognise the selected candidates at an awards ceremony. In addition one supervisor will be selected from among the award winners, by the central panel, to receive the College's Supervisory Excellence Award, which will be presented to the winner at the College Award Ceremony in September.
 

To ensure good practice is disseminated as widely as possible, extracts from the personal supervisory practice statements may be summarised and included on the Graduate School website and in the Handbook for Supervisors. Selected candidates will be expected to input into the development and training of supervisors at College and School level (for more details please contact Dr Fiona Denney, Head of Graduate Development).
 

Details about previous winners can be found in the documents attached below.
 
For more information please contact:
Miss Chan Ha
Research & Graduate School Support
Tel +44 (0)20 7848 3389/3376
Fax +44 (0)20 7848 3328
Email chan.ha@kcl.ac.uk / graduateschool@kcl.ac.uk