Events for postgraduate students

Postgraduate Forums (2009)

The Faculty plans to hold three Postgraduate Forums over 2009 of which the first was held on the 6th of February looking at Research Supervision, and in particular issues surrounding postgraduate induction, and probation. In addition to the discussion on the day both staff and students were surveyed about expectations of who selects the thesis topic, their level of involvement and contact with each other, and thesis management and writing. A summary of the survey results is available here.

The second forum looking at Managing the Process and Annual Reviews of Candidature will be held in the mid semester break and the third forum concentrating on thesis writing and examination will be held after the end of second semester. Dates will be confirmed by May 2009. After which a final report will be prepared and presented to Faculty in January 2010.