Guide for Research for Postgraduate Theses, Dissertations and ...

(k)The student will also be notified of any requisite fees payable upon approval of theextension.6.0 Submission and Evaluation of Students‘Progress Reports6.1 The Purpose and Aims of Progress ReportsAll Schools with postgraduate research students should have procedures in place tomonitor the progress of their research students. The purpose of the reports is toallow Schools, to evaluate the effectiveness of their monitoring processes and toallow the Graduate School to ensure that there are consistent and robust processes inplace across the university. The reports from the Schools should be used as a basisfor a School’s self-appraisal of their research degree provision in the University’sQMS review process.6.2 Progress Reporting(a)(b)(c)Each School has the responsibility of monitoring the progress of its research students.The schools are required to provide reports on student research progress to the Schoolof Graduate Studies Office every six months using the Progress Reporting Templateprovided by the Graduate School. See Appendix F for a copy of the Progress ReportingTemplate.Schools should use the reports to highlight issues that have arisen during themonitoring of progress, and to indicate what action has been taken in relation to them.Within the school, students may present the key research findings at faculty seminarsorganised by the school.6.3 Annual Assessment of Student Research Progress(a)(b)(c)On an annual basis Schools are required to carry out a formal assessment of studentresearch progress.The purpose of the report is to allow Schools, on an annual basis, to evaluate theeffectiveness of their monitoring processes, and to ensure that there are consistent androbust processes in place across the University.The annual assessment has the following main aims:(i) Give feedback to the graduate school and assist in making formal decisionsabout current and future registration.(ii) Monitor the nature and frequency of research supervision and other facilitiesoffered to graduate research students.(iii) Assist the University in ensuring parity of provision and fair treatment ofstudents across the University.(iv) Identify problems either in a student’s research programme or in the studentsupervisorrelationship.(v) Identify weak students who may be asked to de-register.15