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Benefits

The PhD Internship program aligns with the Own Your Future competencies, which complement the disciplinary preparation that students receive through coursework, research, conference participation and interaction with faculty and peers by providing resources to help them communicate more clearly, manage projects and teams, and establish collaborative relationships. 

How can Western’s PhD Internship program benefit Supervisors?

Through participation in the PhD Internship students will develop more self-awareness of the skills they need for success in academia. The table below highlights how the PhD Internship will impact your relationship with your student:  

Competency	Benefit to Student-Supervisor Relationship
Career Engagement	Encourages student to explore career goals and assess career aspirations Prepares student for job interviews Reduces student's employment anxiety Student employment success improves your HQP Record Increases purposeful engagement of the student
Communication and Relationship Building	Improves student's writing for publications and for the thesis Enables student to more effectively disseminate research Helps the student to prepare better presentations Improves the interpersonal relationship between the student and supervisor Improves the student's ability to provide constructive feedback to others
Intercultural and Social Fluency	Improves interpersonal relationships in multiple contexts and settings Prepares student to take advantage of diverse opportunities Improves the student's ability to work collaboratively with others Encourages student to identify and address their own biases Helps student adapt behaviour and to communicate effectively in diverse groups/setting Encourages student to respect individual perspectives
Leadership	Encourages student to recognize and embrace opportunities Improves the student's judgement Improves student's decision-making ability Improves student's ability to plan, implement and trouble-shoot projects  Improves student's ability to initiate collaboration with other researchers Encourages student to reflect on personal strengths and weaknesses Improves the student's ability to supervise more junior members of a project
Thriving	Student develops strategies to maintain health and sustain productivity Student learns effective time management and prioritization Improves student's financial literacy, reducing financial stress Encourages the student to seek help when needed/appropriate Student's improved morale and confidence promotes creativity and innovation
Teaching and Learning	Student has improved ability to articulate research goals and achievements and their impact Improves student's ability to deliver a seminar Encourages student to engage in self-directed learning