Postgraduate Research Student Support
Explore the support available to you and learn how to access the help you need
As a postgraduate research student at Âé¶¹´«Ã½, you have access to a network of professionals and postgraduate research specialists throughout your degree to help you:
- stay healthy, positive and feeling well
- overcome any challenges you may face during your degree – academic or personal
- get the most out of your postgraduate research experience
- carry out admin and activities essential to progressing through your degree
- understand postgraduate research processes, standards and rules
Essential Resources
Below you'll find links to essential resources to help you understand University requirements and processes, and access support when you need it.
- Find out info about key activities like registration, project approval, annual progress review, and examination requirements here: PGR Student Activities and Processes
- Find out about basic University procedures, including academic appeals, complaints, and support to study here: Student Procedures
- Access key regulations, policies, and guidance relating to postgraduate research procedures and rules here: PGR Regulations
- Guidance on changes in circumstances, including extensions, interruptions of study, and changes to supervisory arrangements here: Changes in Circumstances
- Find out about University wellbeing services, including counselling, disability support, and access to helplines and other support services here Student Health and Wellbeing Service
Postgraduates Who Teach
Teaching offers many postgraduate students the opportunity to develop valuable transferable skills while making an important contribution to the University's teaching and learning community.
The Postgraduates Who Teach (PGWT) Policy, together with the FAQs and supporting guidance, explains how postgraduate teaching opportunities are offered, the support available to postgraduate teachers, and the principles that underpin these arrangements. The policy also supports the University's ongoing efforts to reduce casualised employment by increasing opportunities for planned, contracted teaching activity where appropriate.
Learn more about your faculty’s programme
Your Faculty research development programme will help you gain the transferrable skills and confidence to be a more effective researcher. Visit your faculty’s programme page for details of your specific programme:
Part of a Doctoral Training Centre or Partnership?
Check your programme handbook for special requirements.