This document is a desk-based examination of Enhancement Led-Institutional Review reports and Research Exercise Framework (REF) environment submissions (these look at the environment supporting research within UK higher education) relating to 18 Scottish higher education institutions. This work was complete as part of the Focus On: Postgraduate Student Research (PGR) student experience project.

Report on the findings of telephone interviews and focus groups with staff and PGR students from 10 institutions. Including one institution from rUK, one from the USA, one from Sweden and one from Chile. This builds on the Examples of Policy and Practice work. This work was complete as part of the Focus On: Postgraduate Student Research (PGR) student experience project.

This document is intended to help you start conversations within your institution, about how you might developing a research community. This work was complete as part of the Focus On: Postgraduate Student Research (PGR) Student Experience project.