PhD guidance

Providing equitable access into and through higher education is a constant battle, especially in postgraduate research, but barriers can be addressed when evidence is connected to action, as Diane Gill explains

Redesigning PhD training will help develop commercially savvy researchers, address skills gaps in UK bioscience and bolster innovation, say Simon Cook and Derek Jones

Camille Bou outlines the key struggles she encountered during the first year of her PhD and shares useful insight on how she overcame them

Clive Palmer looks at alternative approaches to PhDs that open postgraduate research to more candidates – for professional development, career change or just love of learning

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