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What administrators would like supervisors to know

What administrators would like supervisors to know. Alison Gould Manager, Postgraduate Research Programmes. Let’s work together. Supervisors. PGR Director. Student. PGR Administrators. What do you need to know?. Degree regulations Policies Supervision

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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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