Candidate experience

This interactive workshop, developed by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey — one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — and Diversity Minds, will support PGRs in accessing culturally appropriate support for mental health and wellbeing. 

This slide deck — created by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey as one of the 13 Research-England Funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — aims to support PGR’s in identifying stress and anxiety, how to manage these feels, and where to go when you need more support.

This interactive workshop, developed by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey — one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — and Diversity Minds, provides and introduction to defining mental health and wellbeing. 

Presented by Generation Delta, these training resources emerged directly from the Workshops organised by this project and held around the country between 2022 and 2025 to understand and enhance the experience of racially minoritised women students at the postgraduate research level. They are designed with the needs of these women in mind, but we hope they will help all those wishing to pursue a research career in higher education.

In this report, Dr Senthila Quirke and Dr Alex Standen present the findings of a survey regarding the support and development available to doctoral researchers who become Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) in UK universities, and offer recommendations to improve their experiences.

The following slides were created by YCEDE and used during a webinar for UGs and PGTs interested in applying for a PhD. The webinar explained different methods for conducting research at postgraduate level, and how to decide which methodology is most appropriate for your research project idea.

A short video from YCEDE Scholars Board Member, Amirah Muhammad, outlining her reasons and process for choosing her research methodology in English Literature. 

In 2019, Leading Routes: ​“The Broken Pipeline – Barriers to Black PhD Students Accessing Research Council Funding” report highlighted significant barriers faced by Black PhD students in accessing research council funding in the UK. Five years later, it’s important to reflect on the progress made and identify areas where challenges still persist. This resource by YCEDE provides an overview of some of the developments and ongoing challenges from across the sector.

This interactive workshop, developed by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey — one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — and Diversity Minds, is part 4 of a series aimed to help with mentoring schemes in schools and departments, focused on positive action in mentoring.

This interactive workshop, developed by Transitions and Transformations: The Black Researcher’s Journey — one of the 13 Research England-funded projects focused on racial equity and access to postgraduate education — and Diversity Minds, is part 3 of a series aimed to help with mentoring schemes in schools and departments, focused on positive two-way communication on race and racism.