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Postgraduate researchers
15 January 2025
4 minutes to readDecolonising doctoral supervision: Rethinking power, positionality and partnerships
Decolonisation in higher education has become a popular topic, and it’s not just about tweaking reading lists or including diverse perspectives in curricula. The conversation is shifting to more nuanced spaces, like the relationship between doctoral supervisors and their PGRs. So, what does a decolonial approach to supervision look like, and why…
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21 August 2023
2 minutes to readPTA training and support for marking and assessment
To support central provision provided through LTHE and APP, Classics and Ancient History conducts an annual marking training session for new academic colleagues (including PTAs) and encourages existing teaching staff members to attend. The session includes sample marking exercises for different assessment types, such as essays and exams, representing different levels of achievement. This usually…
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14 August 2023
4 minutes to readPodcasting to build learning communities
Helping students to feel part of a community was been one of the main challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a Researcher Development Manager, I worked with postgraduate researchers (PGRs), who already experienced high levels of isolation as they are not part of a teaching cohort. They do not have timetabled sessions with…
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15 April 2021
4 minutes to readFinding the ‘write path’: how writing groups help postgraduate researchers
Pandemic-era higher education conversations have tended to focus more on the issues of undergraduates and taught postgraduates, rather than postgraduate researchers (PGRs) – an issue repeatedly raised on a national stage by Professor Andrew McRae, Dean of Postgraduate Research and the Exeter Doctoral College.
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