Stan Taylor

Stan Taylor was educated at the Universities of Oxford and Warwick. He held posts at the Universities of Warwick, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Durham, where he is currently an Honorary Professor in the School of Education.　

He formally retired in 2013, but has continued with his long-standing work in doctoral education.

He has facilitated workshops with doctoral supervisors to enhance their practice in over 50 universities in the UK and many overseas in Europe and the Far East.

In 2016, he was co-opted to the Executive Committee of the UK Council for Graduate Education to oversee the creation of the Research Supervisors’ Network, of which he was the founding chair. In 2018-2019, he authored the UKCGE Good Supervisory Practice Framework and subsequently led on the development of an associated Supervisor Recognition programme.

He remains an active researcher in the field of doctoral education. He is co-author of A Handbook for Doctoral Supervisors (3rd Ed.,Routledge, 2025) and co-editor and contributor to Gobal Perspectives on Graduate and Doctoral Education (Routledge, 2025), Doctoral Examination: Exploring Practice Across the Globe (Routledge, 2023) and The Making of Doctoral Supervisors (Routledge 2021).

He is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.