PhD Contract
University of Helsinki
(Report from
the Lisbon Congress round table on supervision, September 2004. Convenor:
Andrew Chesterman)
This
is the PhD contract used in the Department of Scandinavian Languages and
Literature at the
In actual use, this
document relates to another one (not included here) describing the particular
rights and duties of a postgraduate student in the department concerned, such
as:
the
right to expect a total of at least 50 hours supervision per year (including
reading of manuscripts, seminars etc.) for five years;
the
duty to keep research and study plan up-to-date;
the
right, if resources permit, to teach a course in the department (and be paid
for it);
the
right to help with the supervision of MA theses;
the
right to apply for travel grants to attend conferences, e.g. once per year;
the
right to use departmental copying machine etc.;
the
right to language revision if necessary.
CONTRACT
1. Roles
a)
Supervisors responsibilities
to
supervise the doctoral student
to be
available for consultation at reasonable notice
to
provide the student with information about research training, academic networks
etc.
to write
references and testimonials
b)
Students responsibilities
to keep
the supervisor informed of the progress of the thesis
to take
advice from the supervisor e.g. on choice of subject or limitation of subject
to be
prepared to present his/her work both orally and in written form, as suggested
by the supervisor
c)
Second supervisor (name:___)
2. Practice
How often will the student meet
the supervisor? (E.g. two hours every second week)
How will contact be maintained?
(E.g. email)
Deadlines? (E.g. the student shall
hand in one chapter every second month from the third year on)
Timetable? (E.g. planned
completion date 2010)
Is the student working on the
thesis full time or part time?
Neutral party to whom appeal can be made in case of conflict: ____
Deputy arrangements if the supervisor
is on sabbatical / retires / is sick / dies. (E.g. second supervisor ___)
How often will this contract be
updated? (E.g. annually in September)
How, and how often, will the
contract be evaluated? (E.g. annually in September)
3. Supervision content
(E.g. how much criticism or support
is to be expected)
4. External supervision
How much of the supervision will
be the responsibility of an additional or external supervisor?
Special responsibilities of the
second supervisor?
5. Other issues
Signed ...