Skip to ContentSkip to Navigation
Corporate AcademyOnderdeel van Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Corporate Academy
Corporate Academy

3.1. Supervising PhDs across cultures

Workshop series

This workshop is only available in English

Do your interactions with your PhD students leave you baffled at times? Do you struggle to understand why they behave so “weird”? Are you finding it difficult to communicate with them clearly? In this training course, you will get answers to these questions and you will get practical insights on how to work more effectively with PhD candidates from different cultures. This training course consists of 2 workshops. In the first workshop, we introduce the core concepts of intercultural communication through interactive activities. The second workshop will focus on culture-specific values and norms of China and The Netherlands.

  1. Basis workshop: Supervision across cultures. Focus on cultural awareness and differences

    “A stranger knows only what he sees” - African proverb

    In the first workshop, we explore how culture affects the way we learn, work, and give feedback. The workshop will help you become aware of different cultural norms all of us tend to follow unconsciously. These tacit norms influence how we behave, how we communicate, what we consider as good, bad, normal, weird, etc.


  2. Culture specific workshop: Zooming in on China and the Netherlands

    “We don’t see the things as they are, we see them as we are” Anais Nin
    Culturally speaking the Netherlands and China seem miles apart, which may lead one to wonder how to create bridges between these two cultures. In this workshop, we will dig into the core values of China and the Netherlands, how these set the two cultures apart and how these manifest in daily interactions and communication. Further we will discuss strategies that can help in bridging these differences and how it can help you in effectively supervising across cultures.



Objective

The workshops will provide insights on cultural differences that impact the supervision of PhD candidates.

Programme

In the first workshop, we lay the foundations of how cultures differ and their impact on academic activities. The second workshops will focus on culture-specific values and norms of the Netherlands and China. Workshop 1 can be attended individually, and it is a prerequisite for attending the culture-specific workshop.

Results

After the workshops the participant will be able to

  • recognize how cultural differences influence the supervision trajectory
  • identify different communication styles and the pitfalls of intercultural communication
  • identify different feedback styles (culture specific)
  • identify cultural values of China and the Netherlands and how they may differ from one’s own

More information

Dates and time

2024
Workshop 2: 10 December from 1pm - 4pm

2025
Workshop 1: January 28 or October 14 1pm - 4pm
Workshop 2: March 27 or November 27 1pm - 4pm

location

Academy Building
Broerstraat 5
9712 CP Groningen

For

This course is for all supervisors who have already followed the MOOC “Successful PhD Supervision: A Shared Journey”

Minimum of participants

10 participants

Language

English

Course fee

€ 175,-

Trainers

Swati Vartak
Hanneke Boode

More information

Anna Salzano, trainer at HR Experts

Laatst gewijzigd:31 oktober 2024 10:00
View this page in: English