Celebrating Book Two! A mini-conference on developing independence through the Hidden Curriculum

Dely, Søren and Kay of the Hidden Curriculum team extend a huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our recent book launch! Welcoming book contributors and guests from around the world join us to discuss the book’s themes and the different conceptualisations of independence, was incredible – a high impact mini conference in …

Building your support tribe

Jon Rainford (@jonrainford) completed his part time PhD at Staffordshire University in 2019. His thesis explored widening participation policy and practices in higher education. Alongside Kay Guccione, he manages the Thriving Part Time blog and is co-authoring a book to support part-time doctoral researchers with Kay Guccione due out in 2022 with Routledge. Photo by …

Putting the ‘extra’ in extracurricular: why going off-script is important for life after the doctorate

Dr Billy Bryan is a senior consultant at Technopolis-Group and continues his extracurricular work as a researcher of doctoral value with Dr Kay Guccione. He completed his PhD in Medical Education at the University of Sheffield. He is a trustee at Sussex Students’ Union and is on the advisory board of the Cardiovascular Research Trust. …

Hide and seek: creativity as part of the hidden curriculum in doctoral education

Liezel Frick is the director for the Centre for Higher and Adult Education and an Associate Professor within the Department of Curriculum Studies at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. She is both a supervisor of doctoral students and a researcher of doctoral education, and particularly how creativity can be developed at this level of education …

Developing wellbeing, confidence and my academic career

This is a guest post by Nawreen Sobhan PhD Researcher and Associate Lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland and Abeer Hassan Reader in Accounting and PGR Co-ordinator in the School of Business and Creative Industries, also at the University of the West of Scotland. This blog presents the perspectives of Nawreen a PhD researcher and Associate Lecturer, who …

Persisting and succeeding, with the help of the Hidden Curriculum

This is a guest post by Subodha Handhi, Associate Lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland and Abeer Hassan Reader in Accounting and PGR Co-ordinator in the School of Business and Creative Industries, also at the University of the West of Scotland Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash This blog presents the perspectives of Subodha a current PhD researcher and …

Securing a lectureship using learning from the Hidden Curriculum

This is a guest post by Mahalaxmi Adhikari Parajuli Assistant Lecturer in Accounting at Coventry University, and Abeer Hassan Reader in Accounting and PGR Co-ordinator in the School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the West of Scotland The supervision skills development programme: In 2018/19, I (Dr Abeer Hassan) secured funding to develop a training process …

Uncovering the hidden ethics in doctoral supervision

This is a guest post by Erika Löfström,Professor in the Department of Education at the University of Helsinki. In this blog entry I suggest four cornerstones for handling the ethics in doctoral supervision. These have been brought to light through research that my colleagues, especially Kirsi Pyhältö and I have conducted on supervision ethics over the years. …

Postdocs, the hidden agents of doctoral education

This is a guest post by Dr Esther Allen, Researcher Development Manager at the University of Sheffield Photo by Dylan Gillis on Unsplash Postdoc Appreciation Week, held in late September and now in its 11th year, is a world-wide event to recognise the significant and often underappreciated contributions that postdocs make, not only to research but to their work place and …

Doctoral candidates’ experiences of remote study and supervision

This is a guest post from Prof. Gina Wisker, University of Bath. It is the second of two posts on doctoral supervision and doctoral studying, remotely. The first can be found here. In 2020, we have all been suddenly thrust into working remotely. This suits some people who thrive in isolation and others have adapted easily …