Dely Lazarte Elliot is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Glasgow, UK. With an interdisciplinary background in education, counselling psychology and psychology of education, her research specialises in the experiences of international doctoral researchers.  Søren S.E. Bengtsen is Associate Professor in Supervision and Mentoring in Higher Education at Aarhus University, Denmark. He also serves as the Deputy Director at the Centre for Higher Education Futures, a research centre at Aarhus University.  Kay Guccione is Senior Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. Her research specialises in mentoring for academic development, and she has published on trust, early supervisor development, the ‘value’ of the doctorate and supporting research writing through mentoring.  Sofie Kobayashi is Researcher in higher education research at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She specialises in PhD education and supervision, and her research is both informed and informs her teaching and development work.