About

Our Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) blog is a community space for UofG PGRs to share experiences. Written by PGRs for PGRs: whether you are a reader, one of our future writers, or a member of the higher education sector, this blog is for you.

Dear reader, our blog is a place where you can find out what it is really like to be a researcher at the University of Glasgow. Here you will find other PGRs sharing their experiences of doing and sharing research, and of life and wellbeing in Glasgow.

Dear writer, this is an opportunity to create impact beyond your discipline in a less formal way and engage with a wide audience. If you are a UofG PGR who would like to write for us, check out our guidelines here and email Timothy.Amaglo-Mensah@glasgow.ac.uk to submit/discuss your blog.

Dear member of the Higher Education Sector, our blog cultivates and supports the hidden curriculum through fostering community, sharing experience, building awareness of opportunities, and enriching researchers’ skills and working relationships. You can find out more about how the PGR experience is embedded in wider HE conversations on other Researcher Development blogs that the University of Glasgow contributes to, including The Auditorium and Supervising PhDs.

The Blog’s Strategy

Our strategy is built on inclusivity. Every PGR deserves a space to contribute and be seen, and the University of Glasgow’s postgraduate community is remarkably diverse, made up of multicultural, talented and highly experienced researchers whose knowledge deserves a wider audience. The blog is designed to be an open space where that knowledge can be shared without the hurdles of the formal publication process. Here, you can write in your own voice, in a semi-formal style different from academic journals, and share what you know in ways that are accessible, personal, and useful to other PGRs. We want every voice and every discipline, background and stage of the doctoral journey to find a home here.