As student’s supervisory team is appointed to provide guidance and assistance to PGR students through their entire student journey. The Quality Manual outlines in detail the responsibilities of supervisors at different points during the student’s journey.
Supervisors are responsible for providing appropriate and regular supervision for their PGRs until submission of their thesis and any subsequent period of corrections, until such a point that examiners have reached a final decision on the award of the degree. They are also responsible for being accessible at mutually convenient times to listen and offer advice.
Supervision meetings must be at least monthly for full time candidates and two-monhtly for part time candidates, and they must be recorded on NottinghamHub at the earliest opportunity. Further guidance on attandance, including system instuctions, is detailed on staff sharepoint, here. Please also refer to PGR engagement code of practice.
Supervisors should also advise on and assist students with any change of circumstances requests that they may need to make.
When a student is close to submitting, we will request that the supervisors appoint the examiners for the examination, as detailed in the Quality Manual. The link to the Nomination of Examiners form will be provided to Supervisor(s) once student's "Intention to Submit" is approved. When appointing an examiner, all due care must be taken to avoid the nominated examiner having a conflict of interest that could impact the examination.
School Handbook insert is available here for sharing with your student(s). Please note additional/local information may be available from School-specific sources.