<p>This study presents the Research Refinery Model, a framework designed to guide postgraduate students in transforming term papers into publishable research articles. Developed over ten years of teaching and supervision, the model draws on co-authored publication experiences and academic writing literature emphasizing scaffolding, iterative feedback, and publication conventions. Applied across three postgraduate courses, the model includes phases such as critical appraisal of published research, idea generation, instruction on academic writing and publication standards, peer review, and methodology development. Students were guided through a structured process that supported the development and revision of term papers into publication-oriented research articles. Data were collected through focus groups, written reflections, and records of manuscript submission and publication outcomes. Findings indicate that students perceived improvements in their confidence in academic writing, awareness of research and publication conventions, critical engagement with literature, and scholarly identity formation. Additionally, publication outcomes were documented as contextual indicators of students’ engagement with publication-oriented writing. At the time of writing, 22 manuscripts had received acceptance decisions from peer-reviewed journals indexed in Q1 and Q2 categories. These outcomes are reported descriptively and should not be interpreted as direct evidence of the model’s effectiveness. This study underscores the importance of structured writing interventions in postgraduate education and provides a replicable approach to developing research capacity, especially in contexts with emerging formal research training. The Research Refinery Model empowers students to produce and contribute to scholarly discourse.</p>