In line with calls in the higher education sector for the development of prevention strategies to promote mental health and wellbeing in doctoral researchers, researchers at the University of Lincoln have recently shared findings from research that explored how to best support doctoral researchers in the transition to doctoral study.

The project team, led by Dr Trish Jackman in collaboration with colleagues Lisa Jacobs and Rebecca Sanderson, worked with doctoral researchers and higher education stakeholders to co-design principles to inform the design of doctoral researcher induction programmes. The findings were recently shared via a webinar run by the project funder, the Student Mental Health Research Network (SMaRteN), and a summary of the good practice principles can be accessed via the LILI Impact blog: