Research development services shaped around your organisation

We support the design, delivery and review of doctoral mentorship programmes that help institutions provide purposeful, sustained support to doctoral researchers. Our work can include developing programme frameworks, clarifying mentorship objectives and responsibilities, planning developmental activities, and reviewing existing arrangements to identify areas for improvement.

Programmes can address key stages of doctoral research, including proposal development, methodological decision-making, data analysis, thesis writing and preparation for examination.

KSA helps organisations design, organise, facilitate and review academic writing retreats for faculty, researchers and postgraduate students. Retreats combine protected writing time with structured guidance, opportunities for feedback and realistic writing goals.

Whether participants are developing thesis chapters, journal articles or other research outputs, we tailor the retreat to their writing stage and the institution's objectives. Formats can include focused writing sessions, facilitated discussions, writing workshops and progress reviews.

We organise specially curated in-person and online training for faculty, postgraduate students and research teams. Sessions can be delivered as standalone workshops or as a coordinated programme that develops participants' knowledge and skills over time.

We work with each organisation to agree on the focus, level, format and learning outcomes, ensuring that sessions are relevant to participants' research needs.

KSA provides tailored NVivo training for faculty, postgraduate students and research teams, with sessions suited to beginners and participants developing more advanced analytical skills.

Training can cover project setup, importing and organising materials, coding, developing and refining a coding framework, writing analytical memos, running queries and presenting findings. We connect software functions to the research questions and methodological approach so that participants understand both how to use NVivo and how it supports a thoughtful, transparent analysis.