Advice by stage

These pages contain links that will support you at particular stages during your research degree.

Forms and Guidance: handbooks contain good overall guides to research degree programmes, including those for PhD, Professional Doctorate and Affiliated Research Centre.

What differs between Faculties?

Each Faculty may have its own policy and procedure around stages and actions including:

how you can spend any funds related to your training, e.g., a training grant
health and safety, including work stations and risk assessments for fieldwork
arranging travel for conferences and fieldwork
equipment and specialist software
Third Party Monitor allocation and any subject-specific buddying/mentoring.

We recommend you start by talking with your Faculty Administrator about what happens in your Faculty (mailbox address on Contact us | Graduate School Network).

Getting started

The links below will help as you are settling in after Induction. They will help you get a sense of the main sources of support and where responsibilities sit in the doctoral...

Preparing for Upgrade

This page contains links that will support you as you approach Upgrade. This is a stage that all PGRs will go through one year after start date (full-time) and two years after...

Progress reporting

This page contains links that will support you as you approach Progress reporting.

Post-Upgrade, there will be a formal Progress Review for all students prior to the...

Fieldwork and gathering data

Planning fieldwork and data collection, including travel arrangements and risk assessments, are largely managed in the Faculties. What follows are some general advice and...

Dealing with disruption and life events

Whatever support we can offer is likely to be dependent on your issue and circumstances (e.g., mode of study and funding) so it is important to talk to us early if you...