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What administrators would like supervisors to know

This article provides PGR administrators with essential information on degree regulations, policies, supervision, interruption, extension, withdrawal and termination, record-keeping, review and monitoring, and completion of postgraduate research programs.

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What administrators would like supervisors to know

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  1. What administrators would like supervisors to know Alison GouldManager, Postgraduate Research Programmes

  2. Let’s work together Supervisors PGR Director Student PGR Administrators

  3. What do you need to know? • Degree regulations • Policies • Supervision • Interruption, Extension, Withdrawal and Termination • Record Keeping • Review and Monitoring • Completion http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/ http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/researchoffice/graduate/

  4. Years 1 – 3 Submission Pending What is a PhD? Research training Transferable skills training Supervised research

  5. Weeks Supervisors Way Supervision

  6. Supervision • Expected standards • Academic advice and guidance • Pastoral advice and guidance • Progress review and monitoring • Reasonable access

  7. Interruptions, Extensions, Withdrawal and Termination of Registration • All changes to programme of study must be agreed by School • Interruption means temporarily ceasing to study (and leaving UK if international student) • Extension means additional time to complete • No retrospective requests

  8. Mitigating Circumstances • Exceptional situations (limited) • Personal difficulties, illness, extreme situations • Interruptions, Extensions and Withdrawal/Termination from research programmes http://www.campus.manchester.ac.uk/medialibrary/researchoffice/graduateeducation/p-change-to-prog-pgr.pdf

  9. Record Keeping • Why? PBS visas, academic reviews, complaints/appeals, references • What? All supervision meetings, targets, concerns, recommendations • How? As required by School. (EProg in future) • Content? Detailed, specific, accurate, say what you mean.

  10. Review and Monitoring • Every student reviewed every 6 months • Annual Review with supervisors and independent academic • Annual Review is formal progression review • 6 month/interim review is formative.

  11. Completion • KPI for 2015/2020 Agenda • Expectation is for students to complete in a maximum of 4 years (3 + 1 submission pending)

  12. Let’s work together Supervisors PGR Director Student PGR Administrators

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