Key Information

Associated Procedures and Guidance

Associated Forms / document templates

• Postgraduate Prospectus
• Code of Practice for Postgraduate Admissions - html, pdf, Word
• Scholarships and funding
• English language requirements
• Pre-arrival Guide (for international students)
• Staff Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme
• Adjustments to Academic Processes for Disabled Students
• Disclosure Assessment Code of Practice
• Matriculation
• Registration of PG Workers and Postdoctoral Fellows (Word doc)

• The appointment of supervisors
• ‘Home and Away’ Registration (Word doc)
• Admission with credit for time and fees spent elsewhere (ie transfers from another institution) (Word doc)
• Guidance on  German qualifications (Word doc)
• Guidance on consecutive registration and progression from Masters by Research to PhD (to follow)
• The admission of visiting postgraduate students (Word doc)
• Information on recent changes to bench fees (Word doc)

• Postgraduate Application documentation
• Fee Status Enquiry Form

• Curriculum framework for Masters by Research programmes (pdf)
• Collaborative degrees
• Joint PhD degrees
• Sharing fee income from PG students with other instutitions
• Viability of taught PG programmes
• Guidelines on collaborative provision in teaching
• Non-standard fees for taught PG programmes (Word doc)

• Code of Practice for Supervisors and Research Students -  pdf

• Guidance on annual progress reviews (Word doc)
• Maternity leave for postgraduate students (Word doc)
• Working guidelines for the granting of interruptions or extensions (Word doc)
• Periods of study (Word doc)
• The appointment of supervisors

• First year report form, Word, pdf
• Annual report form, Word, pdf

• Postgraduate (Research) Assessment Regulations
• Guidelines for the examination of research degrees - pdf
• Plagiarism

• Checklist for the internal examiner of a PhD thesis (Word doc)
• Student checklist for the examination of research degrees
• Staff guidance on the avoidance of plagiarism (Word doc), pdf
• Plagiarism checklist, Word, pdf
• Guidance notes/checklist for examinations by video link
• Submission of final thesis (See also the Code of Practice for Supervisors and Research Students)
• Guidance Notes for Research Degree Appeals 2005/06 - Word, pdf

• Notice of intention to present a thesis for examination, Word, pdf
• Abstract of thesis, Word, pdf
• Access to a thesis form, Word, pdf
• Cover for CD version of final thesis
• New nomination of examiners form (Word doc)
• Examiner's Report on Thesis - PhD Word, pdf
• PhD Part III form
• Examiner's Report on Thesis - MPhil Word, pdf
• MPhil Part III form
• Certificate of Corrections form (Word doc)
• Examiner's Report on Thesis - PhD - Resubmission Word, pdf
• Examiner's Report on Thesis - MPhil - Resubmission Word, pdf
• Masters dissertation report form, Word, pdf

• Postgraduate questionnaire activities
• Postgraduate Skills
• Code of Practice for Supervisors and Research Students - pdf
• QAA Code of Practice (EXTERNAL LINK)
• Quinquennial Review web pages
• Postgraduate (Research) Assessment Regulations
• Guidelines for the examination of research degrees - pdf

• The appointment of supervisors
• Supervisor briefing sessions:-
  • Humanities and Social Science
  • Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
  • Science and Engineering
• Guidance on annual progress reviews (Word doc)

• School annual review form for research programmes (Word doc)
• First year report form, Word, pdf
• Annual report form, Word, pdf

• Tutoring and Demonstrating Code of Practice
• Code of Good Practice in Research
• Procedure for Allegations of Research Misconduct

• Associated Institution status (Word doc)
• Guidelines on the disclosure of information about students (link to Registry web site)
• Statement on the use of personal data by student