• School of Computer Science
• What new research students should know
• Useful links
• Monitoring and the RSMG
• Skills Development
• Supervisors and Thesis Group members
• Submitting a thesis
• FAQ wiki

Research Student Handbook

This website, maintained by the Research Students Tutor, contains large amounts of information about postgraduate research - studying for a research degree, normally a PhD or an MPhil.

If you have come to this page through a supplied link, you may want to remember how to navigate to it. From the School home page click the "internal" tab at top right, and then "Information for Research Students".

Another extremely useful source of information is the Research students FAQ, maintained as a wiki by the research students.

• What new research students should know (This is also a good reference page for basic information.)
• Useful links - including University guidelines, codes of practice etc.
• the Thesis Group system - monitoring and the Research Student Monitoring Group (RSMG)
• Ethical review - must be done during your first year, preferably early on.
• Research students, supervisors and Thesis Group members - consult this when you are choosing your Thesis Group.
• Skills development - Training Needs Analysis
• Research conduct - good and bad - including plagiarism and Intellectual Property
• Problems impeding your research (and leave of absence and extensions)
• Conferences
• Demonstrating (paid teaching duties)
• Writing up
• Submitting a thesis - and graduating
• RSMG forms
• Documents

People dealing with research students at the School level

• The Research Students Tutor, Dr Steve Vickers, is the main person with responsibility for overseeing research students, and also chairs the Research Student Monitoring Group (RSMG), which is the School's progress panel for research students. To see him during term time, go to his office (room 215) during his weekly office hours, which can be found on his personal timetable.
• The Research Students Secretary, Patrycja Sliwa, deals with administrative matters for research students. Her office is room 224.
• The Welfare Tutor is Dr Volker Sorge.
• The Overseas Students Tutor is Dr Ata Kaban.

Some tips on research study

• "Some Modest Advice for Graduate Students" by Stephen C. Stearns
• "How not to get a PhD" by Estelle M. Phillips and Derek S. Pugh (from their book "How to get a Phd", Open University Press)
• Aaron Sloman's Notes on presenting theses.