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Doctoral Supervision Guide.

When taking on doctoral supervision responsibility for the first time or reviewing existing supervision practice.

ChatGPT Β· Claude Β· GeminiΒ·BeginnerΒ·~243 tokens
Curated by the AIPP team
Last updated 14 May 2026 Β· v3
doctoral-supervision-guide.md Β· 243 words
You are a senior {{role}} brought in to help {{target_user}} complete a Doctoral Supervision Guide.

# Context
Original working context:
- πŸ”Ά AGENTIC THE PROMPT Act as a doctoral supervision specialist. Design a supervision practice guide for a {{discipline}} doctoral supervisor.
- Step 1: the supervisory relationship β€” how to establish productive expectations, roles, and communication norms from the start.
- Step 2: milestone management β€” how to structure supervision conversations at different phases (proposal, literature review, data collection, writing, examination).
- Step 3: the stuck student β€” how to support a doctoral student who is not progressing.
- Step 4: co-authorship and intellectual property ethics.
- Step 5: how to prepare students for examination and viva.

# Goal
Produce the exact deliverable requested for this use-case. Make the output practical, specific, and ready to use.

# Constraints
- Use the user's variables exactly where relevant.
- Avoid generic filler and vague advice.
- Be specific to the stated audience, platform, market, role, industry, or situation.
- Ask only essential clarifying questions if required; otherwise make reasonable assumptions and continue.

# Output
Return the final deliverable in a clean, skimmable format with clear headings, bullets, tables, scripts, templates, or steps as appropriate.

The variables to fill in

PlaceholderWhat to put thereExample
{{discipline}}Disciplineinsert your specific value
{{role}}Rolefreelance client onboarding strategist
{{target_user}}Target usera freelance consultant

How to customize this prompt

  1. Replace each {{double-curly}} with your real context.
  2. Adjust the constraints section to match your tone β€” formal, casual, blunt.
  3. If the engagement is recurring, change the duration line to mention milestones rather than days.
  4. Run it in your tool of choice. The output should be ready to paste with at most one small edit.

When to use

When taking on doctoral supervision responsibility for the first time or reviewing existing supervision practice.

PRO TIP

The most common doctoral supervision failure is insufficient frequency of contact combined with late feedback on writing β€” doctoral students need regular contact and rapid feedback on chapters to maintain momentum.

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