PGT provision

In this piece, the authors draw on new inter-institutional data which delves into students’ motivations and experiences at both UG and PGT levels. The findings (from the first national PAQ funded by OfS and led by UEL, AdvanceHE and Jisc) shed light on ways of supporting UK postgraduate taught students, not only during the on-boarding phase but throughout their educational journeys.

This guidance document — developed by the Collaborative Research for Online Postgraduate Studies Network (CROPSNet) — identifies key pinch points across the online PGT student journey and sets out evidence‑informed good practice, with a companion self-assessment tool is intended to support translation into action at programme level.

This resource, 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 Vitae, aims to support postgraduate taught students to support thinking about development of their research skills. 

As the complexities of the PGT landscape becomes ever clearer, as the challenges at institutional level are debated and policies are shaped to address the realities for students and HEIs, there has been little attention paid to PGT at the programme level, to the voice of PGT Programme Directors and Administrators, who deal with the day-to-day realities