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Your source for the latest RSVP updates and announcements. Here, you will find information on report releases, upcoming opportunities, monthly newsletters, and more.
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New hub and RSVP resources now available 🎉
Access the interventions, read author insights, and join our upcoming launch webinar.
5 days ago1 min read
How do Deans and Directors of Doctoral Schools characterise, oversee, and regulate supervisory practice?
In 2025, the Research England-funded Next Generation Research SuperVision Project (RSVP) conducted focus groups with Deans and Directors of Doctoral Schools (DDDs), focusing on good and poor supervisory practice, and their experiences of addressing the latter. Capturing insights from approximately 15% of the total body of UK DDDs, the resulting report reveals how these key players navigate varying institutional structures and disciplinary norms to identify and remedy situatio
Sep 232 min read
What do doctoral candidates really think about supervision?
RSVP commissioned Advance HE to conduct a 'deep dive' analysis of the qualitative responses from PRES. Examining 1,000 responses selected from over 100,000 PGRs’ surveys across five years (2021-2025), the report offers a unique lens on the current state of doctoral supervision in the UK.
Sep 142 min read
New report available: Insights from Academic Research Supervisors
What does it really take to be an effective doctoral supervisor?
Jun 261 min read
Launch of RSVP Collection and first report
We’re pleased to announce the launch of our new 'RSVP Collection' featuring empirically grounded reports, scholarly papers and data and pedagogy-informed position papers on the value of professional development in transforming research supervision practice. The first installment in this collection builds a snapshot of the current professional development provision for, and reward and recognition of, supervisory practice.
Feb 112 min read
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