(12-1pm UK time) SDRG - 28th July 2026

Dr Kay Guccione (University of Glasgow, UK), Dr Sian Vaughan (Birmingham City University, UK), Tasha Kitano (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) and Prof. Rachel Spronken-Smith (University of Otago, New Zealand/Aotearoa) host a monthly reading group on Zoom, especially for the research supervisor developer community.

NOTE: this is a reading group best suited to members who are researcher developers, or academic developers, or academic staff with a remit or interest in developing good cultures of supervision.

Paper: Matheka, H.M., Jansen Ellen P.W.A., Suhre, C.J.M., Hofman, A.W.H. (2025). The influence of supervisors and peers on PhD students’ sense of belonging and their success at Kenyan universities. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education; 16 (1): 25–39. https://doi.org/10.1108/SGPE-09-2022-0059

Our intention for the group is to host is a collegial meeting of the supervisor development community across disciplines and role types, and to support each other to engage with the literature regularly. Our meetings have been consciously designed to be developmental, inclusive and cooperative.