Facilitated and chaired by: Dr Martin Gough who is the co-convenor of the Postgraduates Issues Network. For more details about the network and its activities, please click here.

Overview

This webinar examines the concept of researcher independence and its various strands and manifestations using the conceptual lens of the hidden curriculum. The presentations and discussions highlight and exemplify the instrumental and formational roles played by the hidden curriculum in promoting and facilitating doctoral scholars’ researcher independence. Contributing to limited scholarly resources on the hidden curriculum, the webinar stimulates debate concerning its pragmatic and theoretical importance, particularly in pursuit of researcher independence. Including first-hand examples from doctoral scholars, doctoral supervisors, researcher developers and institutional leaders, the webinar will appeal to doctoral scholars, researchers and students working in the areas of doctoral education, curriculum and pedagogical practices, doctoral supervision, researcher education, learning and development and educational leadership.

Schedule

Speaker bios

Dely Lazarte Elliot is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, University of Glasgow. Dely serves as Associate Director for Student Engagement and EDI for the Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences to oversee governance, policy and strategic development across 16 Scottish HEIs. On the publication front, Dely authored a Routledge book entitled ‘Navigating Your International Doctoral Experience (and beyond)’ in 2023. She led writing the book ‘The Hidden Curriculum in Doctoral Education’ (2020), and its follow-up edited collection ‘Developing Researcher Independence through the Hidden Curriculum’ (2023). Dely is the Deputy Editor for Innovations in Education and Teaching International and she is on the Editorial Board for Higher Education Research & Development and Teaching in Higher Education. She is one of the Convenors for the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction SIG 24 – Researcher Education and Careers.

Kay Guccione is Head of Research Culture & Researcher Development and Co-Director of the Lab for Academic Culture, University of Glasgow. Kay has specialisms in doctoral education, mentoring, research supervisor development and research community building – anything that revolves around a good quality conversation including leading InFrame project, Glasgow’s Wellcome funded tri-university collaboration which takes a deep dive into collegiality and research culture. In 2018 Kay was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in recognition of hr impact in these areas. She is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a trustee on the UK Council for Graduate Education Executive Board having recently worked with them to develop a Recognised Associate Supervisor Award. Kay edits blogs on Research Culture, PhD Supervision, and the Hidden Curriculum of the Doctorate. 

Søren S. E. Bengtsen is Associate Professor at the Department of Educational Philosophy and General Education, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark. Also, at Aarhus University, he is the Co-Director of the research centre ‘Centre for Higher Education Futures’ (CHEF). Bengtsen serves as the Chair of the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society (PaTHES), as Chair of the Danish Network for Educational Development in Higher Education (DUN), and as Vice-Chair of the national PhD School SWEAH in Sweden.