In this episode, Dr John Turnpenny discusses his latest research on postgraduate researcher (PGR) wellbeing, focusing on policy implementation and practice. He highlights the Courage Project at the University of East Anglia, funded by the UK's Catalyst Fund, which aimed to support PGR wellbeing through various interventions. John introduces the policy capacity framework, which examines political, operational, and governance capacities at individual, organizational, and systemic levels. He notes many of the challenges to policy implementation, such as organizational marginalization, low political capacity, and fragmented governance. John also indicates how future research could explore analytical capacity and co-creation processes to improve PGR wellbeing interventions.

What motivated research into PGR wellbeing?

What are the main challenges for PGR wellbeing?

What framework was used to analyze PGR wellbeing?

What are the future research directions?

Catalyst fund: Supporting mental health and wellbeing for postgraduate research students - Office for Students 

Music by Matthew Sillence