News and blog

On October 25th 2024, UKCGE hosted the launch of the UK Research Supervision Survey Report (UKRSS) 2024 in partnership with Next Generation Research SuperVision Project (RSVP), with funding from Research England.

The UK Council for Graduate Education is delighted to publish the UK Research Supervision Survey 2024 Report. These insights are drawn from the largest ever survey of UK research supervisors, eliciting 5,174 responses across 141 institutions.

On October 23^rd 2024 we held the first in a series of online events looking at the mental health and wellbeing of postgraduate students. Participants were given presentations on two case studies, and there were opportunities to network and share best practice. 

Professor Doug Cleaver, Chair of Trustees for UKCGE, presented at the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) Strategic Leaders’ Summit, held in Guadalajara, Mexico, from October 6^th to 8^th 2024.

Professor Bonnie Steves from Glasgow Caledonian University stepped down as Co-Chair of the DDD Network earlier this year. We are grateful for all the support she’s given over the years and are pleased to announce her successor.

Due to the retirement of Professor Stan Taylor, who was the inaugural Chair of the Research Supervisors’ Network, two Co-Chairs have been appointed to take over the running of this forum.

On July 4th/​5th 2024 we welcomed delegates to University College London for our Annual Conference, which looked at the diverse impacts of postgraduate education. The event took place on UCL’s East campus, located on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It comprised a packed programme which covered everything from PGR employability to the lessons which Covid-19 has taught us about student wellbeing.

We ran an online session on June 6^th 2024 exploring what is and is not yet known about PGR wellbeing, and shared some emergent reflections from primary research about disparities in doctoral/​PGR wellbeing.

Today we’ve launched the UK Research Supervision Survey (UKRSS) and we’d love to know your thoughts — the highs and lows of the supervisory experience, and what leads to good supervision.

During this online workshop, held on May 15^th 2024, Dr Jennie Golding and Dr Heather Sears presented examples of how they are using UKCGE’s Good Supervisory Practice Framework (GSPF) in a global context.