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.
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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:
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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.
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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:
………………….……
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