Ursula Hurley, Professor of Life Writing at the University of Salford, has been shortlisted for the Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year Award at the 2025 Times Higher Education Awards (often dubbed ‘the Oscars of higher education’). Ursula has been acclaimed for her unique approach enabling challenging or unconventional PhD projects and her groundbreaking application of practice-based research is constantly redefining what a PhD can be. Ursula will be heading to the ceremony in Edinburgh on Thursday 13 November and we wish her the best of luck for the evening.