Notice strengths
Recognise approaches that already help you make progress.
Know your researcher journey
Understand how you work best as a researcher.
My Researcher Profile helps you reflect on strengths, preferences and areas for development, then turn that insight into practical ways of working.
People Purpose Progress
StrengthsPreferencesGrowth
What this tool helps you do
Practical support for a real research task.
Reflect on preferences
Consider how you plan, read, write and work with others.
See development areas
Identify practices you may want to strengthen.
Try useful strategies
Apply what you notice to a current research task.
Development, not a label
A profile is useful when it changes what you do next.
Your working preferences can help you plan a writing session, prepare for feedback or choose a way to keep track of a complex project. They are observations to test in practice, not fixed categories of researcher.
My Researcher Profile is a reflection tool. It is not a psychometric diagnosis or a judgement of research ability.
- PlanningWhat helps you begin and sustain a task?
- FeedbackHow do you make space to examine comments?
- GrowthWhich habit would be useful to develop next?
How it works
A clear sequence for your next step.
Reflect on your work
Consider your research experience, strengths and preferences.
Review the profile
Look for patterns and development areas in your responses.
Apply an observation
Choose a practical strategy for the research work ahead.
Who it is for
Master’s students
Learn what helps you work through a new research project.
PhD researchers
Reconsider habits as your project changes.
Researchers and supervisors
Use reflective observations to inform a useful conversation.
Pricing
R79 once-off
A standalone once-off purchase. My Researcher Profile is also part of GradGuide Complete.
Compare access optionsWhat you can take forward
A clearer basis for your next research decision.
A clearer picture
Name strengths and preferences you can draw on.
A development question
Notice where a different practice might help.
A strategy to test
Put an observation to work in a real research task.
My Researcher Profile questions
Is this a personality test?
No. It is a tool for reflecting on research strengths, preferences and development, not a fixed personality label or diagnosis.
Can my way of working change?
Yes. Research tasks and circumstances change. Use the profile observations as a starting point for trying and adjusting practical strategies.
How much does My Researcher Profile cost?
It costs R79 once-off as a standalone tool and is also included in GradGuide Complete.
Useful next connections
Choose another tool only when the task calls for it.
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Turn self-awareness into a useful research practice.
Start with the research work in front of you.