| Welcome to the Medical School’s pages for Postgraduate Research Students. From this page you should be able to find the information you need to pursue your higher degree. |
Upon Arrival
There are several things you will need to do upon arrival and after you register with the University there are some things you should do before you start work in the lab. See the pages Year 1 - Month 1. If you will be working out of normal office hours you are obliged to complete an out of hour’s course. See the Heath and Safety pages for further details. |
During your PhD
During your PhD you are required to have a number of formal meetings with your supervisors. Your progress will be monitored. Further details can be found in the Progress Monitoring and ‘Requirements at a glance’ pages. At the end of your first year you will be required to transfer registration from MPhil to PhD. The decision to transfer will be based on your progress with the Doctoral Development Programme (DDP), production of a mini-thesis and your performance at a transfer interview. You are also required to give a poster presentation in your 2nd year and oral presentations in your 1st and 3rd years. At the end of year 2, PhD students are, in addition, required to produce a one page outline of their proposed PhD thesis. You will also be monitored during your writing up period and will be expected to provide regular progress updates. When you have completed writing up you will have a Viva voce exam. We expect our students to submit within four years. |
Graduate Research Committee
The Graduate Research Committee deals with issues regarding development, monitoring and assessment of postgraduate research students in the Medical School. Should you like to raise any concerns or issues you have with this committee please do so via your Student Committee. |
Student Committee
As a postgraduate research student in the Medical School you automatically belong to the Medical Postgraduate Society. A small group of students oversee the Society and have a student ‘voice’ on a number of School Committees. Should you have any issues or concerns you would like to raise with the School’s Graduate Research Committee you may do so via your Departmental Student representative. If you would like further details about this, or to get involved, please see the Medical Postgraduate Society pages. |
