Committee
Postgraduate Research Sub-Committee
Updated on 14 September 2023
Information about the remit and membership of the Postgraduate Research Sub-Committee which is a committee of Senate.
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Remit
- To provide institutional leadership and promote best practice on all matters relating to research degrees and research students;
- To consider strategic issues in relation to research degrees and students;
- To provide a forum for the discussion of external policy issues relating to research degrees and students, for instance from the Research Councils or other funding bodies;
- To oversee generic degree regulations for all research degrees;
- To oversee programme approval mechanisms for new research degrees;
- To oversee the content and implementation of the Code of Practice for Supervised Postgraduate Research, including determining institutional mechanisms for monitoring student progression on research degrees;
- To oversee quality assurance arrangements for research degrees including the periodic review of research programmes in individual Schools and/or Colleges;
- To ensure the appropriate training and development of research supervisors.
The Sub-Committee reports to the Research Committee
Members 2023-24
Convener: Professor Michael Gratzke - Doctoral Academy Director
- Dr Sandra Oza - Doctoral Academy Manager
- Dr Shaleph O’Neill - School of Art & Design
- Dr Sarah Jones - School of Dentistry
- Dr Ed Hall - School of Humanities, Social Sciences & Law
- Professor Carol MacKintosh - School of Life Sciences
- Dr Lisi Gordon - School of Medicine
- Dr Anna Gavine - School of Health Sciences
- Dr Alan Cuthbertson - School of Science & Engineering
- Dr Sudharshan Reddy Paramati- School of Business
- Dr Euan Black - Director of Quality & Academic Standards
- Gordon Spark - Student Services
- Katy Scott – Director of Future Students
- Moya Fox – LLC
- Dr Lisa Anderson – Head of Talent and Development
- Judith Miller - Registry
- Dr Kirsty Stewart - Student Services
- Ajit Trivedi – Head of ED&I
- Vice-President - DUSA
- Lorraine Robertson - School Manager Membership
- Professor Susie Schofield – QASC/Distance Learning
- Cat Dunn – PGR DJCAD
- Motahareh Asgari – PGR Medicine
- Sarah Crowe – PGR HSSL
Committee Secretary: Dr Martin Glover
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