Research excellence

Richard Godwin shares lessons in effective research supervision based on his former students’ feedback

Lorraine Hope explains how to mitigate student anxiety and avoid toxic competition with a person-centred approach to supervision

Postdoc or professor, the self-promotion struggle is real. So, how can we promote ourselves without sounding too ‘sales-y’? Emma Williams has the answers

Jen O’Brien describes a pedagogical project that engages students in applied research carried out in partnership with external organisations, related to the Sustainable Development Goals

Three PhD students share tips for embracing an interdisciplinary approach to research from the start of one’s academic career to aid progress towards tackling the Sustainable Development Goals

Parveen Yaqoob and Robert Darby share eight actions institutions can take to foster a culture of research that is more accessible, transparent and reproducible

Emily Burns outlines the key considerations for shaping research around mutually beneficial public engagement and collaboration

Adrian Lam offers tips on how academics can use their teaching to refine, enrich and expand their research methods

Edward Harcourt on why the arts and humanities are vital to tackling societal challenges and what funding streams are available to research within these disciplines

Carenza Lewis shares a step-by-step guide for embedding public engagement into your institution’s research and teaching