NEW STUDENTS REVIEW MEETING WITH MPHIL/PHD/MD(RES) CANDIDATES IN FIRST YEAR OF STUDY Report from Convener (independent of the supervisory team) following meeting with research degree student and their supervisory team Please complete the report form below and e-mail it to all participants of the meeting and the appropriate Faculty Research Degrees Sub Committee Secretary and Faculty Research Administrator, as set out below, within 5 working days of the meeting. For students in ALSS – Sara Donner-Langstone For students in HSC&E – Antoinette Mortley For students in LAIBS – Antoinette Mortley For students in S&T – Helen Van Damme (Sara.Donner-Langstone@anglia.ac.uk) (Antoinette.Mortley@anglia.ac.uk) (Antoinette.Mortley@anglia.ac.uk) (Helen.Van-Damme@anglia.ac.uk) Faculty Research Administrators are listed below: For students in ALSS – Helen Jones For students in HSC&E – Vicky Stevenson For students in LAIBS – Sandra Di Eleonora For students in S&T – Julie Lane / Sue Short (Helen.Jones@anglia.ac.uk) (Vicky.stevenson@anglia.ac.uk) (Sandra.Di-Eleonora@anglia.ac.uk) (fst-research@anglia.ac.uk) NAME OF STUDENT: START DATE: NAMES OF SUPERVISORY TEAM: FACULTY: ATTENDEES AT THE MEETING: 1. Frequency and Adequacy of Supervisory meetings Please comment on whether the frequency of supervisory meetings so far, including face-to-face supervision, is adequate and the extent to which the student has met with the supervisory team as a whole, in relation to the expectations of first supervisors document. July 2012 1 NEW STUDENTS 2. Skills Diagnostic, Personal Development Plan (PDP) and Research Training Please comment on whether the Skills Diagnostic and PDP have been completed and on the extent to which the Skills Diagnostic identified any research skills gaps and the training required. Please comment on the extent to which the student has used the PDP to record the research skills training which they have undertaken so far. Please comment on whether the candidate has completed the following compulsory training which new students are required to undertake within six months of registration: Stage 1 – Induction Intellectual Property in the Research Context – Online Epigeum Module Introduction to Research Ethics & Integrity (Human Participants) or Ethics 1: Good Research Practice – Online Epigeum Module Ethics 2: Working with Human Subjects – Online Epigeum Module (only compulsory if the research requires ethical approval) 3. Research Proposal Approval Please comment on whether the candidate’s research proposal has received approval and note any delays in obtaining this. 4. Research Ethics Approval If following submission of the research ethics checklist the research requires full ethical approval, please comment on whether this has been sought and note any delays in obtaining this. July 2012 2 NEW STUDENTS 5. Objectives and Timescales Please comment on the extent to which an agreed timetable of work has been established. You will need to ensure that objectives have been set together with a realistic timetable of work for completing tasks against specific dates and within the expected timescale for completion (see below). Timescales for Completion: MPhil Full-time Part-time PhD / MD(res) Full-time Part-time Minimum Normal Expectation Maximum 18 months 24 months 30 months 36 months 36 months 48 months 24 months 36 months 36 months 48months 60 months 72 months 6. Any Issues to be brought to the attention of the Faculty Research Degrees Subcommittee (FRDSC) Please use this section to bring to the attention of the FRDSC any concerns about the students progress or any others issues. Name of Convener: …………………………………………. Date of meeting: ………………….…… July 2012 3