TL6010: Inclusive Academic Practice for Research Supervision

Program Overview

This micro-credential equips research supervisors with knowledge and skills to foster inclusive supervisor-supervisee relationships. Through blended learning (seminars, directed study), the program explores inclusive supervision practices, addressing mental health issues among postgraduate students and promoting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Applicants with a primary honors degree in teaching from a Higher Education institution are eligible.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This micro-credential module focuses on inclusive academic practice for research supervision. It aims to equip supervisors with the knowledge and skills necessary to foster inclusive supervisor-supervisee relationships.

Outline:

• Content: The module explores competing interpretations of inclusion, best practice approaches to inclusive supervision, and the social norms and relationships embedded within the supervisor-supervisee relationship.
It also addresses mental health problems and poor wellbeing among postgraduate students.
• Structure: The module is delivered through a blended approach, combining seminars and directed study.
• Course Schedule:
• 5 x 3-hour seminars
• 35 x 1-hour directed study
• 75 x 1-hour research training/independent enquiry

Teaching:

• Teaching Methods: The module is delivered through a blended approach, combining seminars and directed study.
• Faculty: Dr. Katy Dineen is the contact person for the module.
• Unique Approaches: The module incorporates real-life case studies and encourages the practice of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).

Other:

• Context: The module emphasizes the increasing significance of inclusion in higher education in the Irish and Global context.
• Target Audience: Applicants must have a primary honors degree (NFQ, Level 8) and be teaching in the third-level education sector.
They must also be employed in a Higher Education institution.