News and blog

The UKCGE is seeking to recruit a new team member to help us support the postgraduate sector, particularly in the area of higher education policy.

The UK Council for Graduate Education is seeking a Co-Chair for the Doctoral Deans and Directors’ (DDD) Network. The successful applicant will have a wide-ranging knowledge of postgraduate education, particularly the challenges facing heads of doctoral schools and colleges. The call for nominations closes at midday on Friday June 7th 2024.

On May 8^th 2024, we ran a session looking at the work of PGR Coordinators: those people who, behind the scenes, support many aspects of PGR learning and experience. They may be staff in faculties, departments, institutes or research centres, and they may or may not be academics.

The UK Council for Graduate Education is seeking two Co-Chairs for the Research Supervisors’ (RS) Network. The successful applicants will have wide-ranging knowledge of postgraduate education, particularly the challenges facing doctoral supervisors. The call for nominations closes at midday on May 17th 2024.

We recently held an online event which sought to compare experiences across the sector on right-to-work (RTW) checks and other administrative challenges related to the employment of external examiners to conduct PhD vivas.

On April 12^th 2024, we held an online event about UKRI’s Statement of Expectations for Doctoral Training. The session was collectively hosted by Dr Karen Clegg (University of York), Rachel Van Krimpen (University of Nottingham) and Dr Heather Sears (Coventry University).

We held our 6^th International Conference on Developments in Doctoral Education and Training in Bath on March 21^st and 22^nd 2024, bringing together people from the UK and beyond to discuss different forms of doctoral assessment, doctoral supervision and more. 

Our AGM was held online on March 15^th 2024. During the meeting, a report was given on the activities of the year and attendees were informed of the outcome of the recent elections for three places on the UKCGE Board of Trustees.

On March 15^th 2024, we published our Annual Report, capturing some of the highlights of the past year along with financial information and evidence of our impact as an organisation.

On February 27^th 2024, we had great pleasure in hosting an online launch event for the Next Generation Research SuperVision Project (RSVP). Over 200 people attended to hear presentations from the different stakeholders and to ask questions about this Research England-funded project.