Supporting graduate student wellbeing though everyday practices, rather than ‘add-on’ initiatives

This is a guest post by Professor Kimberly Griffin, Dean of the College of Education at the University of Maryland, Dr Terra Hall from Pepperdine University, and Di-Tu Dissassa, Ashley Clarke, & Joakina Stone, all from the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education at the University of Maryland. They work together as part …

Supporting PGRs to navigate the Hidden Curriculum

By Dr Kay Guccione “The hidden curriculum in doctoral education comprises all unofficial mechanisms of learning that take place within and outwith academia. The hidden curriculum is recognised as genuine sites of learning that offer the potential to develop and support learners’ academic, personal, social and psychological needs. Whereas the starting point in the pursuit …

Creating a sense of belonging

This is a guest post by Dr Jo Collins and Dr Nicole Brown. Jo is a Researcher Developer at the Graduate and Researcher College of the University of Kent (@PGDevAdvisor) and an EMCC accredited coach and member of the Association of Coaching. Nicole is a Lecturer in Education at UCL Institute of Education (@ncjbrown), Director of Social …

Personal, social and disciplinary connectors: the part-time, long-haul supervisor

Dr Jon Rainford works on the margins between academic and professional services. He currently works as a freelance researcher, part-time lecturer and works with academics to develop their use of digital pedagogy. He tweets @jonrainford I was recently asked to write a blog with my ideas for success in part-time doctoral research over on the Patter blog …