Research Postgraduate Information

Induction

• Programme: 3 and 4 October 2011 (Word Document)
• Slides from Induction Meeting (pptx)
• Finance (ppt)
• Health & Safety (ppt)
• IT (ppt) and IT Handbout (pdf)
• Purchasing (ppt)
• Skills Training (ppt)
  
• Outreach Opportunities for Postgraduate Students (pdf)
  Please look at http://www.environment.leeds.ac.uk/outreach/ to view Internal Pages
  
• Health and Safety Flier
• English Language Test Dates and Support
• 2010 Starters Group Photo (pdf document)
• 2011 Starters Group Photo
  

Contacts

Staff

• PG Research Tutor: Dr Sebastian Rost.
• Deputy PG Research Tutor: Dr Caroline Peacock
• PG Administrator: Ms Michelle Lesnianski
• PGR Support Assistant: Mrs Angela Gardner

Student Representatives 20011/12:

• ICAS: Amber Leeson
• ESSI: Jess Ross
• IGT: Sandra Karl, Daniel Frost
• SRI: Marco Sakai Diaz
• LUU Student Trustee: Rachel Berman
• White Rose DTC: John Buckell
  

PDR System (Postgraduate Development Record)

The new, electronic, PDR System will be launched from October 2011. It will be used by all research degrees students and your supervisor(s) and support groups, to record progress throughout your degree. A brief overview.

• PDR slide show
• Guidelines for Students
• Guidelines for Supervisors

Forms, Handbooks and Guidelines

For Students

• Training Plan (Word Document)
• Supervision Meeting (Word Document)
• 6 Months Meeting Report for Full-time Students (Word Document)
• Transfer/Upgrade Recommendation Form (Word Document)
• Transfer Report - Statement of Integrity (Word Document)
• 24 Months Meeting Report for Full-time Students (Word Document)
• 33 Month Meeting Report for Full-time Students (Word Document)
• Annual Meeting Report for Part-time and Split-Site Students (Word Document)

• Thesis Title Guidelines (PDF)
• Transfer Guidelines for Staff and Students
• Student Handbook
• Faculty Protocol
• SRI Handbook
  • SRI Internal documents - 6 and 12 month reports (log in required)
• Split-site degrees progress monitoring
• School Leavers Form
  

Staff

• PhD Project Proforma - NERC DTGs (Word)
• PhD Project Proforma - funded project (Word)
• PhD Project Proforma - SRI (Word)
• Transfer Guidelines for Staff and Students
• Approved List of Transfer Chairs
• Staff Handbook
  • Documents for staff (Including Guidelines for Supervisors)(log in required)

• Split-site degrees progress monitoring

Suspensions/Extensions

• Policy document on suspensions/extensions
• Application form for suspension/extension

Publications

• 2010 Prize Winners
• Publication Prize Nomination Form (Word document)
• Masterclass Notes

• Leeds PhD theses (from 2009)

Scholarships

• NERC Doctoral Training Grant (DTG) Summary of funding (NERC DTG circular.doc)
• NERC DTG Fieldwork/Exceptional Consumables Application Form (NERC fieldwork-consumables pro forma.doc)
• University Scholarships Summary for SEE (pdf document)
• International Student Bursary Application
• Faculty PhD Funding Opportunities - Online Information

NERC REP (Research Experience Placements)

Projects 2011

2 NERC funded 10-week summer placements will be available in our School this summer. These placements give a taster of what it's like to be a postgraduate researcher. Successful candidates will be paid £200 per week for up to 10 weeks and receive a £500 training grant.

Deadline for applications: 5pm on Friday 29 April 2011 by email, with supporting documents, to M.Lesnianski@leeds.ac.uk.

• The stability and structure of a key biomineral precursor: amorphous calcium carbonate an environmentally significant nanoparticle.  Professor Liane G Benning and Andy Brown
• Microfossils and the importance of size.  Dr Bridget Wade
• Climatology of Flow over the Antarctic Peninsula. Dr Alan Gadian and Victoria Smith
• The Role of Low-Level Clouds for the West African Monsoon. Dr Peter Knippertz
• Student Application Form

Training

• Health and Safety
• University training home page
• SDDU Graduate Training and Support Centre
• Faculty of Environment Skills
  

School Presentations

• First Year Introductory Talks

Faculty and University Conferences

• Environment Annual Conference.
• University PhD Conference

Useful Links

• Research Student Administration (RSA)'
• Research Student Handbook
• Thesis Examination Guidelines and Forms
• Scholarship Information
• Student Support Network
• Bursaries for British Women
• Research Ethics

Products available on-line

Certain items are now available to purchase on-line. Examples are: replacement degree certificates (£30); certified copies of degree certificates (£3 for a set of 3); award statements (available free of charge to former students for 3 months after they have appeared on the Pass List - after that deadline it will be £5 for the first copy and £3 per additional copy ordered at the same time as the first copy). The web address for the Store is http://store.leeds.ac.uk.

Appeals and complaints

You should make use of the University Complaints Procedure if you are dissatisfied with any aspect of your supervision or facilities available for research. In the first instance, you are encouraged to consult your supervisor or the Postgraduate Research Tutor and, after the outcome of that consultation, to make use of the University Complaints Procedure, where appropriate.

Dignity and Mutual Respect

• Roles and Responsibilities of all Students