Official URL: https://doi.org/10.37514/INT-B.2022.1466.2.08

In this chapter we report on an element of a European COST Action which set out to explore centralised models of pro- fessional learning for higher education staff across writing, research, learning and teaching. Specifically, we report on our examination of three things: the provision of professional support across writing, research, learning and teaching; the fac- tors which influence the research participants’ engagement in writing, research, learning and teaching; the sort of profession- al support that the research participants found either effective or desirable in terms of writing, research, learning and teach- ing. Based on analysis of the data, in the context of the COST Action, we suggest three themes to be considered with regard to the provision of professional learning for higher education colleagues across these four areas, namely, character, commu- nity and context. In our discussion and concluding remarks we emphasize the importance of the human component of higher education and the need for collaborative approaches which are meaningful and context sensitive.