UCL GRADUATE SCHOOL

• More than 4000 Academic staff in 10 Faculties

• 22,000 strong Student Community

• More than 40% Graduate Students

• 2,886 PhDs and 474 Professional Doctorates in the past 5 years

• 140+ Nationalities represented among UCL students

LONDON’S GLOBAL UNIVERSITY

GRADUATE SCHOOL

GRADUATE SCHOOL

• Promote Graduate Studies

• Strategy – Standards – Support

• A Resource for Students & Staff

• Encourages the Development of a Graduate Community

• Advising SMT

• Working with Deans

• Consultations to Government

• League of European Research Universities – LERU

(chair of Doctoral Studies Community)

• Policy Documents

• Teaching Assistants, Funded Research Student Support, Postgraduate Pathways

• Committees

• Academic Committee, Scholarship Strategy, Student Welfare

STRATEGY

• Chair of Research Degrees Committee

• Regulations, communication, developments

• Quality Assurance – Codes of Practice (national and UCL)

• Appointment of examiners

• Suspension of regulations

• PhD Supervisor training – 3 levels, one mandatory

• Ethics Committee

• Chair of grievance panels

STANDARDS

ADVICE AND SUPPORT

GRADUATE STUDENT

Departmental Graduate Tutor

Faculty Graduate Tutor

Dean of Students

Graduate School

Principal or Subsidiary Supervisor Student Centre

HEAD OF THEGRADUATE SCHOOL

David Spratt Tony Harker Alison Diduck Biomedicine Built Environment / Arts / Laws / SHS Engineering / MAPS

GRADUATE SCHOOL VICE HEADS

David Bogle

Anna Witerkowska Web / IT

Helen Dougal PA and Ethics

George Printezis Funds / Finance

Jonathan Chambers Web / IT / Log

Daniela Bultoc Skills Manager

Ben ColvillGraduate SchoolAdministrator

Kasia Bronk Skills Officer

The Graduate School Handbook contains information about Graduate Study at UCL and support offered by the Graduate School

HANDBOOK

CODES OF PRACTICE

The Codes of Practicecontain guidelines for goodpractice in contrast to the regulations which give the minimum framework and requirements for completion of degrees

Home Home

Introduction / Staff Introduction / Staff

Essential Information Essential Information

Funding / Scholarships Funding / Scholarships

Events / Competitions Events / Competitions

Societies Societies

Contact Us Contact Us

Essential InformationEssential Procedures and Policies PORTICO (inc. Fund Management/Form S) Research Publications Service Upgrade from Mphil to PhD Study Leave Interruption to Study Extension to Completing Research Student (CRS) Status Examiners: Information Examination Entry [Research Degree] Thesis Submission Form For Supervisors Late Submission / Post CRS Fees Withdrawal of Study Form Sickness Absence, Maternity/Paternity Leave, Holiday

Entitlement and Interruptions . . . . . . . . .

GRADUATE SCHOOL

• Scholarships, Funds

• Skills Development Courses

• Research Student Log

• Ethics Committee

• Competitions

• Societies

• Space

Funds

Skills

Log

Ethics

Competitions

Societies

Space

GRADUATE SCHOOL FUNDS

• Research Projects Fund

• Student Conference Fund

• AHRC Study Visit and Conference Fund

• Societies Fund

• Fellowship / Hardship Fund

• Staff Conference Fund

• Bridging Fund

• Societies

• Competitions

• Union

• Space

GRADUATE COMMUNITY

• English Department Graduate Society

• Enterprise Society

• Film Studies Space – ‘Autopsies Group’

• London Evolutionary Research Network

• Medieval and Renaissance Interdisciplinary Seminar

• nUCLEAR

• Opticon 1826 – UCL's all-faculty academic journal

• Security and Crime Science Student Club

• Sophia – the magazine for academic journalism in UCL’s research community

GRADUATE SOCIETIES AT UCL

RESEARCHIMAGESAS ART

COMPETITION

December

GRADUATE SCHOOL POSTER COMPETITION

February

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GRADUATE COMMON ROOM

GRADUATE COMPUTER CLUSTER

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