From 1 August 2020
| New Co-supervisor | New Director of Studies | Experienced supervisor, new to supervision at CU | Experienced CU supervisor | External supervisor, new to supervision at CU | |
| C1 – Supervising Doctorates at Coventry University | Mandatory
This should normally be completed within 12 months of enrolling a new PGR candidate |
Mandatory
This should normally be completed prior to the enrolment of a new PGR candidate |
Mandatory
This should normally be completed within 12 months of enrolling a new PGR candidate |
Optional | Recommended |
| C2 – Roles and responsibilities of supervisory teams | Mandatory
This should normally be completed within 12 months of enrolling a new PGR candidate |
Mandatory
This should normally be completed prior to the enrolment of a new PGR candidate |
Optional | Optional | Optional |
| C3 -Building supporting and trusting relationships |
Recommended | Mandatory (or evidence of equivalent development)This should normally be completed within 12 months of enrolling a new PGR candidate |
Optional | Optional | Optional |
| C4 – Understanding and supporting diversity | Recommended | Mandatory (or evidence of equivalent development)This should normally be completed within 12 months of enrolling a new PGR candidate |
Optional | Optional | Optional |
| C5 – Supporting writing and critical thinking | Recommended | Mandatory (or evidence of equivalent development)This should normally be completed within 12 months of enrolling a new PGR candidate |
Optional | Optional | Optional |
| C6 – Monitoring progress for success | Recommended | Mandatory (or evidence of equivalent development)This should normally be completed within 12 months of enrolling a new PGR candidate |
Optional | Optional | Optional |
| OM2 -Chairing a Progress Review Panel | Required before chairing a PRP | N/A | |||
| OM1 – Chairing a Viva | Required before chairing a viva | N/A | |||
| The role of examiners | Required before acting as internal examiner – has been included in C6 from July 2020 | N/A | |||
| PGR Supervisor Updates |
Recommended for all CU supervisors | N/A | |||
| The UK Doctorate: understanding the UK system. | Mandatory for all CU supervisors who did not do their doctorate in the UK or have not supervised in the UK | N/A | Optional | ||
| Mentoring: Supervisor Support and Challenge sets | Recommended | Recommended | Optional | Optional | N/A |
| UKCGE Supervisor Recognition – briefing and application support | – | – | Recommended | Recommended | N/A |