BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON ANNUAL MONITORING OF POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH DEGREE PROVISION COLLABORATIVE PROVISION This report must be considered at the Departmental Academic Committee. Please attach any relevant updated pro-forma for tracking of recommendations/actions from Quality Audits if applicable. Form Completed by Monitoring Year All questions refer to the monitoring year (i.e. the most recent completed academic year). 1 Matters of concern Were there any matters of concern in relation to Postgraduate Research Degree provision in the monitoring year? If Yes, please comment and identify remedial action taken below 2 Examination outcomes Please comment on examination outcomes V1.0 June 2015 Maintained by: Quality and Standards Committee Approved by: Postgraduate Research Degrees Location: https://intra.brunel.ac.uk/s/QSO/Team/Monitoring and Review/Annual Monitoring/PGR AM YES/NO 3 Management of and support for students who are beyond their expected submission date Please comment on the number of students who are beyond their expected submission date but within their maximum period of registration. This section should address how these students are going to be supported to ensure submission before the end of their maximum period registration and confirm that there is a schedule for completion with milestones identified and in place for each student. Please comment on the number of students who have been granted extensions to their maximum period of registration. This section should address how these students are going to be supported to ensure submission and confirm that there is a schedule for completion with milestones identified and in place for each student. 4 Issues arising from previous annual monitoring report Are there any unresolved matters arising from annual monitoring of the previous academic YES/NO year? Where the response is YES, record the issues and indicate responsive action below V1.0 June 2015 Maintained by: Quality and Standards Committee Approved by: Postgraduate Research Degrees Location: https://intra.brunel.ac.uk/s/QSO/Team/Monitoring and Review/Annual Monitoring/PGR AM 5 Issues arising from the Examination Process Were there any matters arising from examinations and reports of examiners requiring YES/NO consideration and action? Where the response is YES, record the matters of concern and indicate responsive action below 6 Feedback from employers, sponsors and other external funders If there has been any feedback from employers, sponsors and external funders, please comment here 7 Issues raised by Students Were there any significant matters of concern raised by students, either via formal or YES/NO informal feedback mechanisms, including the PRES survey? Where the response is YES, record the matters of concern and indicate responsive action below V1.0 June 2015 Maintained by: Quality and Standards Committee Approved by: Postgraduate Research Degrees Location: https://intra.brunel.ac.uk/s/QSO/Team/Monitoring and Review/Annual Monitoring/PGR AM 8 Issues raised by Supervisors Were there any significant matters of concern raised by supervisors? YES/NO Where the response is YES, record the matters of concern and indicate responsive action below 9 Good Practice and Enhancement Please provide details of enhancement activities or excellent practice which could be shared across the Department/College/University V1.0 June 2015 Maintained by: Quality and Standards Committee Approved by: Postgraduate Research Degrees Location: https://intra.brunel.ac.uk/s/QSO/Team/Monitoring and Review/Annual Monitoring/PGR AM V1.0 June 2015 Maintained by: Quality and Standards Committee Approved by: Postgraduate Research Degrees Location: https://intra.brunel.ac.uk/s/QSO/Team/Monitoring and Review/Annual Monitoring/PGR AM