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  • Doctoral opportunities
    • Doctoral research areas
    • Types of doctoral degree
    • Part-time doctoral research
    • PhD by Distance
    • Find a PhD
    • What to expect during your PhD
    • How to apply
    • Meet our doctoral researchers
  • Doctoral funding and fees
    • Fees
      • Fees for new doctoral students
      • Fees for continuing research students
    • PhD studentships
      • ahrc doctoral landscape awards
      • uor centenary phd bursaries
    • Doctoral loans
    • Supplement your income
    • Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding
    • Doctoral training centres and partnerships
    • Travel funding schemes for doctoral students
  • How we support your doctoral studies
    • Our research community
    • Your PhD supervisor
    • Study and research facilities
    • University support services
    • Bringing your family
  • Doctoral training and development
    • Leadership programme
    • Planning your future
    • Preparing to Teach programme
    • Reading Researcher Development Programme
    • Dedicated language support
  • Research staff
    • Employment
    • Environment and culture
      • Research Staff Committee
    • HR Excellence in Research
    • Professional and career development
      • Supporting research staff
    • Researcher Development Concordat
    • Information for research staff managers
  • Meet the team
    • Directors of postgraduate research studies
  • College events
    • Fairbrother Lecture
    • Induction
      • Induction pack
    • Doctoral Research Conference
      • Doctoral Research Conference 2024
      • Doctoral Research Conference 2023
      • Doctoral Research Conference 2022
      • Doctoral Research Conference 2021
      • Doctoral Research Conference 2020
      • Doctoral Research Conference 2019
  • Student policies and procedures
    • Code of Practice on Research Students
    • DBS for doctoral students
    • Thesis submission and examination
    • Electronic deposition of doctoral theses
    • Guides
    • Immigration information
      • Confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS)
    • Research Councils' Open Access and research data policies
    • Programme specifications
    • Researchfish: guidance for doctoral researchers
    • Forms for current research students
  • Doctoral information for staff
    • Staff training and development
    • Staff policies and procedures
    • Doctoral research studentships staff guide
    • Electronic deposition of theses: guidance for supervisors
    • Good practice guides
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Guides for current students

The Doctoral and Researcher College guide to…

You and your supervisor (PDF, 0.4MB)

Keeping on track: how we monitor and assess your progress (PDF, 0.4MB)

Surviving the viva (PDF, 0.4MB)

Becoming a university academic (PDF, 0.4MB)

Information for students with studentship funding (PDF, 0.2MB)

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