Next Generation Research SuperVision Project (RSVP)
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- Location
- York, United Kingdom
- Funding
- Research England
- Application deadline
- See university guidance
About the project
RSVP is a four-year £4.6million project that will review, enhance and shape doctoral supervision practice.
By working with providers of doctoral education (Universities and HEIs), industry, funders and researchers, we aim to transform research supervision culture and practice.
We want to understand what works in different contexts, identify what effective supervision practice looks and feels like, and determine how supervision practice is both supported and rewarded.
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Transforming research culture
Funded by Research England and supported by all seven UKRI research councils and the Wellcome Trust, RSVP is cited as a key element of the UKRI’s New Deal for Postgraduate Research . The New Deal recognises that doctoral education needs to attract a greater diversity of people who will enjoy positive research cultures and go on to flexible, dynamic careers. It calls for a review of the student-supervisor relationship, of models of postgraduate research (part time, remote etc) and ways of improving equity, diversity and inclusivity (EDI).
RSVP will address these aims by systematically reviewing scholarship to better understand supervision; exploring, with HEIs, industry and funders how supervisory teams operate; developing practice - in the form of onboarding, continuing professional development (CPD) and mentoring - and supporting the development of policy and processes required to create an environment and culture to support world class supervision.
A partnership project
Directed by Dr Karen Clegg, University of York, and Professor Doug Cleaver, Sheffield Hallam University , the project consortium also includes the University of Nottingham , King's College London , Coventry University and the UK Council for Graduate Education .
Alongside these six core partners, RSVP will be working with research organisations on a national and global scale in order to pilot and evaluate professional development for research supervisors at all career stages.
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