Presenters: Sandra Rose and Alice Haslam, Welfare and EDI Officers, Research and Innovation 

This session aims are to consider the nature of pastoral support within a supervisory role and explore the boundaries of that, to understand University support services and how to effectively signpost to them and to give supervisors some practical advice that they can take away and use in their supervisor practice.

This session is part of the Supervisor Seminar Series, providing supervisors with the opportunity to discuss experiences and processes and reflect on supervisory practice.

Who is it for? All colleagues engaged in formal and informal doctoral supervision. In addition to members of formal supervisory teams, assistant, co- and informal supervisors including postdoctoral and research staff, research technical professionals and professional services. 

This session is part of the RSVP project, which aims to transform the culture and practice of research supervision across the UK. RSVP is a £4.6M Research England project, involving over 50 research organisations from the UK and beyond. The project has the backing of most major UK research funders and was extensively referenced in UKRI's recent New deal for postgraduate research. By participating in this session and providing feedback, your views can influence our national programme of supervisor development. 

Professor Richard Graham  Nottingham Lead Co-I  RSVP project