"leadership" blog posts
Why facilitation matters for research excellence
Alys Kay, Senior Researcher Developer, explores why facilitation matters, how it enhances research, and practical ways to integrate it into team practices.
Posted on: 25 February 2025
Leading without a crown: a journey into horizontal leadership
Alys Kay, Senior Researcher Developer, looks at the benefits and challenges of adopting a horizontal leadership model.
Posted on: 28 January 2025
Team-led research: Exploring inclusive leadership with Thrive
Research teams are increasingly exploring new approaches to leadership, moving beyond traditional Principal Investigator (PI)-centred models towards more inclusive, team-led structures. This shift aims to foster a collaborative, diverse, and innovative research culture.
Posted on: 17 December 2024
Thrive: sharing insights to build more inclusive and collaborative leadership structures
Alys Kay, Senior Research Developer (Leadership) on the Thrive project explains how her interview work is yielding important information that is helping to shape our understanding of the challenges and opportunities for positive, inclusive research culture.
Posted on: 22 October 2024
Thrive as part of Research Leadership Development Programme (RLDP)
In this blog, Dr Ireen Litvak-Zur, Senior Consultant, Research at Advance HE, talks about the similarities between Advance HE’s Research Leadership Development Programme and Thrive.
Posted on: 20 May 2024