At the end of this session you should be able to
define terms such as doctoral candidate, dissertation writing, and PhD supervision
know the functions of PhD supervision, the role of supervisors and the outcome of doctoral studies
realize issues related to the nature and purpose of PhD studies and the skills needed to support PhD research
differentiate the traditional PhD route from the PhD by published work (PW) route
get acquainted with different doctoral supervision models
discern the different conceptual approached towards the PhD supervision