Highlighting Supervision

In this Q&A series, Dr Heledd Jarosz-Griffiths (Researcher Development Advisor, PGR Development at the University of Leeds) and Dr Joanna Royle (Researcher Development Manager at the University of Glasgow) will discuss creating methods of communities of support around UKCGE’s RSRP – specifically discussing writing and discussion groups – detailing what has worked well at Leeds and Glasgow, ways in which other Researcher Development Teams can create support, and the benefits of reflective practice in supervision. In Part 2 of this series, Joanna discusses creating writing groups and spaces for community connection and reflection at the University of Glasgow, as well as across ScotHERD more broadly.

In this Q&A series, Dr Heledd Jarosz-Griffiths (Researcher Development Advisor, PGR Development at the University of Leeds) and Dr Joanna Royle (Researcher Development Manager at the University of Glasgow) will discuss creating methods of communities of support around UKCGE’s RSRP – specifically discussing writing and discussion groups – detailing what has worked well at Leeds and Glasgow, ways in which other Researcher Development Teams can create support, and the benefits of reflective practice in supervision. In Part 1 of this series, Heledd addresses creating programming around RSRP at the University of Leeds, focusing particularly on the Associate Award pathway.

The UKCGE’s Research Supervision Recognition Programme (RSRP) offers an opportunity for research supervisors to develop their practice and attain official recognition for their supervisory work through structured self-reflection. As a portion of RSRP, successful applicants are asked to take on reviewer responsibilities as a method by which to support others in the programme and to continue to create cross-community conversation and collaboration.

Stan is an Honorary Life Member of the UK Council for Graduate Education and an Honorary Member of the Association of Professionals in Doctoral Education. He authored the UKCGE Good Supervisory Practice Framework and was the architect of the Research Supervision Recognition Programme. He was also the founding chair of its Research Supervisors’ Network and compiler of its Research Supervisor’s Bibliography. In this interview, Stan discusses the major changes to the supervisory landscape since the past edition and the potential trajectory of the sector of the next couple of years.

Professor Gale Macleod and Dr Fiona O’Hanlon from University of Edinburgh reflect on their experiences going through the UKCGE Research Supervision Recognition Programme in this Q&A. They reflect on RSRP as experienced and early career supervisors, with both Professor Macleod and Dr O’Hanlon having received Full recognition. Their reflections touch on the importance of reflective practice in supervision throughout career stage and the critical nature of community in reflection.

Key findings from UK Council for Graduation Education (UKCGE) research on how UKRI could better support research supervision.

A discussion of Thesis Committees and their uses at UCL

This paper investigates whether there are centrally-set numerical limits on numbers of doctoral candidates per supervisor

This guide is designed to help supervisors based in organisations outside of higher education, navigate the specific challenges they face whilst supervising doctoral candidates