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Crisis and care in PGR education
By Karen Gordon, PGR Intern (Events) in the Research Culture & Researcher Development Team My personal experience Going into the…
Career Development – Learning Widely
By Dr Rachel Chin, Researcher Development Project Officer for the Flourish programme. In the research community we are used to…
Why do we feel the need to pick sides? Breaking down invisible barriers between academia and industry
By Dr Elaine Gourlay*, Research Culture Specialist for Communities & Collegiality PhD fatigue is very real. So why does it…
WriteFest 2022: creative spaces for Academic Writing
By Dr Jennifer Boyle, PGR Writing Adviser ‘WriteFest’, a month-long celebration of academic writing, takes place every November. It began…
The power of empathy
By Dr Rachel Lyon, Researcher Development PGR Administrator This is a post about how one lecturer’s empathetic intervention changed my…
Reframing networking as a valuable development opportunity
Dr Rhoda Stefanatos, Researcher Development Specialist for Research Staff I remember it well, as I am sure we all do.…
Get the ‘Right’ Doctoral Researchers – Good Practice in Recruitment
By Steve Hutchinson, Director of Hutchinson Training & Development specialising in Leadership, Communication and Personal Effectiveness; and co-author of ‘Coaching…
What to do when they ask for a ‘Teaching Statement’
By Katrina Gardner, Careers Manager for Researchers At universities across the UK, we have seen in recent years a welcome…
Reflecting on the ARCadia Festival: Researchers’ Perspectives
By Ken Skeldon, University Research Engagement Manager, with Zara Gladman Public and Community Engagement Advisor (and ARCadia Festival Manager) and…
Who is responsible for technical training for PGRs?
By Dr Joanna Royle, Researcher Development Specialist for PGRs. It’s the early 2000s and I’m in the stacks on level…
Launching the UofG Fellow’s Network
By Dr Rachel Herries – Researcher Development Specialist for Research Staff, Dr Maria McPhillips – Head of Strategic Research Initiatives,…
Overcoming Imposterism
By Suzie Shapiro, PGR Mental Health Adviser “I’m a fraud – everyone is going to find out!” “Everyone could do…
On the various benefits of internships
By Adam Gordon, PGR Communications Intern in the Research Culture and Researcher Development Team I didn’t expect to be an…
Mutually Beneficial: PGR Internships in Higher Education
By Emily Hay, PGR Events Intern in the Research Culture and Researcher Development Team Whilst the term ‘internship’ may conjure…
Championing our older ‘early career researchers’: an emerging network for peer support
By Dr Sam Oakley, Research Governance and Integrity Manager Our older PGRs and postdocs told us that sometimes communications and…
PIs, the Concordat, and being excellent to each other
By Dr Kay Guccione, Head of Research Culture & Researcher Development As managers at the University of Glasgow we are…
What’s next for the Research Culture & Researcher Development Team?
By Dr Kay Guccione, Head of Research Culture & Researcher Development Our Research Culture & Researcher Development Team annual review…
Co-Design and Collaboration: Let our Research Staff Flourish
By Dr Rachel Chin, Researcher Development Project Officer Continuing our Postdoc Appreciation Week theme, we can share with you some…
To appreciate your postdocs, go beyond the superficial
By Dr Kay Guccione, Head of Research Culture and Researcher Development The Research Culture and Researcher Development Team are reflecting…
Practical steps to finding your new career – learning from our LinkedIn Chat
By Katrina Gardner, Careers Adviser for Researchers The University of Glasgow organises regular online and face-to-face networking activities to offer…
Thesis Mentoring: a route to supervisory good practice
By Dr Kay Guccione, Head of Research Culture & Researcher Development and Dr Jennifer Boyle, PGR Writing Adviser Research Staff…
People Make Research – recognising those who make a positive difference to our research culture.
By Kay Guccione, Head of Research Culture and Researcher Development, Chris Pearce, Vice Principal for Research and Knowledge Exchange and…
Be The Change: designing impactful leadership development for PGRs
By Joanna Royle (Researcher Development Specialist for PGRs) with Chris Russell (My Consultants course lead) and Kevin Leomo (Postgraduate Leadership…
Translating the research on post-PhD career trajectories into practice
By Kay Guccione – Head of Research Culture and Researcher Development at the University of Glasgow, Kelsey Inouye – Senior…
Asking insightful questions, a core mentoring practice
By Kay Guccione, Head of Research Culture & Researcher Development I have been enjoying working with a range of different new…
Getting started with supervising Masters projects
By Dr Stephanie Zihms, Lecturer in Researcher Development, University of the West of Scotland. I offer this post as an introduction to…
Making Space for Engagement – Glasgow’s new Advanced Research Centre
Dr Ken Skeldon is Research Engagement Manager at the University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow’s Advanced Research Centre, or…
Enriching quality and building capacity: PGR Research Integrity training with volunteer facilitators
By Dr Sam Oakley, Researcher Development and Integrity Specialist We had a positive pivot to online Research Integrity training as…
Positive steps to reduce perfectionism
By Suzie Shapiro, PGR Mental Health Adviser Undertaking research work is an exciting and fulfilling opportunity; however, it is also…
How can we improve our Research Integrity provision?
By Rebecca Robinson, Research Policy & Engagement Project Officer Research, n a careful search; investigation; systematic investigation towards increasing the…
Why can’t I write? Understanding factors underlying difficulty with writing
By Jennifer Boyle, Writing Adviser for Postgraduate Researchers at the University of Glasgow As writing adviser, I work with postgraduate…
Praise and encouragement goes a long way towards building confidence in laboratory work
By Charlotte Slaymark, Biogeochemistry Technician and PhD Candidate, University of Glasgow Supervision may be the most important aspect of a…
Supervising disabled and chronically ill PGRs
Dr Jennifer Leigh is a Senior Lecturer in Higher Education and Academic Practice at the University of Kent. She has…
Neurodiversity in research: Rethinking rules and expectations
Elliott Spaeth is a Lecturer in Academic and Digital Development at the University of Glasgow. He is trans, disabled, and…
Safeguarding is an active process, that requires every researcher’s attention
By Mary Ryan, International Development Research Manager in Research Services ‘Safeguarding’, as in, the concept of taking steps to protect…
Reducing stress in doctoral supervision, engage with your community
By Dr Kay Guccione, Researcher Development Manager A couple of weeks ago I put together a workshop for University of…
Creating a user-focused website: organisation, collaboration and creativity
By Charlie Rex, Web Communications Officer. Charlie has recently redesigned the Researcher Development web pages to better serve our PGRs,…
More JEDI needed in PhD supervision
How to take a justice, equality, diversity and inclusion approach to doctoral supervision.
In pursuit of balance and inclusion: reflecting on the 2022 3 Minute Thesis competition
By Emily Hay (PGR Events Intern) in the Researcher Development Team. Though much of the Researcher Development Team’s announcements are…
What does research culture mean… for PGRs?
By Mary Beth Kneafsey, PGR Strategy Manager Last week I was fortunate to virtually attend a conference, the 5th International…
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We lead on a wide range of learning opportunities for researchers, under our Research Culture strategy and six priority development themes. Our approach combines a suite of different delivery methods, platforms, and people, and this blog helps us to show you the thinking that goes into each learning design.
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