One-to-One Support

Researcher Development Support

We offer individual thirty-minute sessions to support you in your development as a researcher. They are intended to address questions arising from a workshop, provide advice on planning your development, and review what you have done so far to signpost further appropriate support and development.

Before booking, please consider whether another University service might be more appropriate if your need is not related to researcher development:

• You can always contact your College Tutor for advice and pastoral support (get in touch with your Tutorial Office if you are unsure who your tutor is)
• The Student Wellbeing Service offer one-to-one postgraduate wellbeing appointments
• The University Counselling Service offers therapy
• The Careers Service supports you with career planning, applications and interviews

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Improve your Academic Writing

All PhD students are welcome to a one-to-one tutorial with a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow. These professional, published authors provide free support to help you strengthen your writing. This year we are hosting two Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellows, during term times. You can learn more about Rebecca Watts and Emma Strang on their respective webpages.

A tutorial could help you to express your ideas more clearly, learn how to compose fluent sentences and paragraphs, receive guidance on restructuring, and more. You should come prepared with an idea of what you'd like to work on.

Please note that this is not an editing or proofreading service!