Supervising bachelor and master theses (D/E)

Dates and work units: 4 WU

• Tue, 16.12.2025, 09:00 – 13:00 o'clock online

Registration:
Please register until Tue, 02.12.2025.
Later registrations may not be taken into account.

Content:
When working with students, the supervision of bachelor or master theses is of great importance. As a supervisor, you have the complex task of supporting students academically, providing feedback on content and methodology, offering structure in some situations and taking a step back in others.
This short workshop is about getting to know and critically discussing strategies that you can use to supervise (and evaluate) student work in a structured way along the stages of academic work.

Learning objectives:
In the short workshop, participants will have the opportunity to

• identify stages in the supervision of student theses (with a view to their respective subject context) and become aware of supervision-intense stages during a thesis project;
• to reflect on your own supervision activities and the underlying expectations about the academic integrity and methodological requirements for theses in your subject;
• to develop or rethink assessment criteria that you apply as supervisor during the process as much as whilst preparing thesis reports.

Venue:
Online: you will receive information on the meeting details before the workshop.

Used methods:

• Input
• group discussion
• individual work

Course Language: English

Facilitator:
Dr. Angelika Thielsch: is member of the section for teaching and learning in higher education.