In this podcast we discuss the changing landscape of doctoral education, and the implications of this for PhD supervisors.

Professor Stan Taylor was educated at the universities of Oxford and Warwick, and has held posts at the universities of Warwick, Newcastle and Durham. He is a specialist in doctoral education and has worked with doctoral supervisors to enhance their practice in universities in the UK, Eastern and Western Europe, and the Far East. He is an active researcher in the field and has a number of publications including (with Margaret Kiley and Robin Humphrey) A Handbook for Doctoral Supervisors (Routledge, 2018). He is a former member of the Executive of the UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE) and Chair of its Research Supervisor Network. He is an Honorary Professor of the School of Education at Durham University, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

The Academy’s Developing Practice Podcast is produced by The Academy, University of Liverpool. The role of the Academy is to promote and enable organisational excellence through the strategic development of the University’s people and practices. The podcast hosts Matt Davis and Alex Owen are based in the Academy. Matt is an Organisational Developer and Alex is an Academic Developer. To find out more about the work of The Academy check out: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/the-academy/

Reading List:

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Music & FX:

This podcast uses sounds from https://freesound.org/s/417560/ and music from https://www.purple-planet.com