Resource Pack for Graduate Research Student Supervisors

Resource Pack for Graduate Research Student Supervisors - Online course

The Resource Pack for Graduate Research Student Supervisors  is an online course in Brightspace for experienced research supervisors in UCD who are seeking to remain contemporary in their supervisory practice. This course forms a key element of UCD’s professional development supports for faculty at later stages of their career, who have successfully supervised a number of research students to completion.

How to get access

  • Book your place to the Resource Pack for Graduate Research Student Supervisors Brightspace online course via the UCD Booking Centre below.

  • You will receive an email confirmation of your booking. Your enrolment to Resource Pack for Graduate Research Student Supervisors online course will be completed within the next 24 hours from the moment you receive this confirmation, as booking information is transferred to Brightspace within specific timeframes during each day. 
  • To check if your enrolment is completed, you will need to log into Brightspace.
  • To log into Brightspace, go to UCD Connect page and click on the relevant tile,
  • Click on the Explore tab in the blue navigation bar at the top and search for Resource Pack for Graduate Research Student Supervisors course using the search box
  • Click on the course to access it.

How to complete the course

The course contains 7 sections, and it should take you approximately 45mins to complete. Your progress through the programme will be saved as you go. Once the course content is completed, you can complete the quiz. You can access the quiz by clicking on the Assessment tab on the top and choose Quizzes from the drop-down menu.

You will be presented with 5 questions, and you will need to achieve 80% correct answers to complete the quiz successfully. Upon successful completion of the quiz, a certificate of completion will be issued. You will receive an email alert to log into Brightspace and Generate your Certificate. A copy of this will be downloaded on your computer. Please keep this file for your records.

You also have the option to submit feedback for the course that will be taken into consideration for future improvements.

Please contact Ioanna Galeadi (ioanna.galeadi@ucd.ie) or Elizabeth Crean (elizabeth.crean@ucd.ie) at UCD Graduate Studies if you have any further questions.