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— UNIVERSAL RESOURCE HUB

You wear many hats. We help you 
wear them well.

This page brings together practical guidance, tools, and signposts to support your supervisory practice — and to help your postgraduate researchers take ownership of their projects, wellbeing, and careers.

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Free access

UKCGE-aligned

Evidence-based

— CORE AREAS

Four areas of supervisory practice

ALIGNED WITH

UKCGE Good Supervisory Practice Framework

Every resource is mapped to one of the framework's core areas, so you can find what you need by the role you're playing today.

01

Being a Research Supervisor

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Roles & Responsibilities

Supervisor Philosophy

Effective Meetings

Supervisor Wellbeing

02

Supporting Candidates' Research

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Recruitment & Selection

Writing & Feedback

Generative AI

Completion & Viva

03

Supporting Candidate's wellbeing

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Common Challenges

Support Strategies

Diversity & Inclusion

Crisis & Escalation

04

Professional Development & Careers

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Career Trajectories

Skills Development

Non-Academic Pathways

Development Planning

— RESOURCE LIBRARY

Find what you need, by the hat you're wearing.

Search and filter by topic, supervisory challenge, guides, toolkits, case studies, and templates contributed by researcher developers across the consortium.

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FORMAT TYPE

Toolkit

Viva preparation question bank

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Case Study

Supervising international PGRs

Reflections from supervisors on cultural context, language, and creating belonging in the research group.

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Toolkit

Developing your supervisory philosophy statement

Step-by-step guidance and reflective prompts for articulating your own supervisory approach — useful for appraisals, probation, and personal development.

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Template

Difficult conversations in supervision

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Toolkit

Career conversations beyond academia

Use this conversation map to surface PGR career ambitions and connect them to transferable doctoral skills.

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Template

Preparing your PGR for the viva

A mock viva structure, question bank and reflection sheet to use in the final months before submission.

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Toolkit

Final submission readiness checklist

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Toolkit

Setting and clarifying expectations for feedback

Use the Feedback Expectation Tool to open a structured conversation with your PGR about how feedback will work — before misunderstandings set in.

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Template

Running productive supervision meetings

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Guide

Examiner selection conversation guide

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