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Published 22/01/2026 By Kerry McElroy Reading time 5 min

Making mentorship work (for the mentee and mentor)

Five practical tips to help mentees take ownership, set expectations, stay open to feedback, prepare well, and stay curious in order to get the most out of a mentoring relationship.

Published 08/12/2025 By Fiona McBride Reading time 1 minute

We’ve made some improvements

Some improvements to the Prosper portal.

Published 03/07/2025 By Fiona McBride Reading time 4 minutes

The Prosper Exchange is now live

Prosper has launched the Prosper Exchange - a framework for sustaining Prosper's impact through sharing practice. Read to learn more.

Published 03/04/2025 By Fiona McBride Reading time 5 minutes

Prosper holds first Practice Exchange Event sharing use of resources across the UK

On 6th February 2025, Prosper held its first annual Practice Exchange, marking a key milestone in its UKRI-funded sector rollout - read to learn more.

Published 16/09/2024 By Fiona McBride Reading time 2 minutes

It's National Postdoc Appreciation Week!

It's National Postdoc Appreciation Week 2024 and we're celebrating the fantastic contribution postdocs and researchers make towards research and academic life.

Published 11/04/2022 By Fiona McBride Reading time 6 minutes

Recording and reflecting on Prosper: A snapshot analysis of the cohort journals

As our first cohort of 53 postdocs from the University of Liverpool finish their year on our pilot cohort Dr Tamara West, one of our Research Staff Developers, reflects on...