Current postgraduates

General information

• List of academic faculties, schools and research centres
• List of Graduate Education Directors/Graduate Deans - plus other key faculty staff
• Key dates
• Student Handbook
• The University's Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations
• Postgraduate Examinations Office - contact them for any queries relating to Higher Degrees, or visit their Frequently Asked Questions page
• Degree Congregations
• Unit catalogue - list of all the taught units offered in the current session (and, from March, provisional list for next session). Units are listed by level under the school/department that offers them
• Student Info - access and update your registration and address data
• Checking or changing your UoB password
• Safer social networking

Health, welfare and student services

• Student funding - loans, scholarships, bursaries
• Funding information for: home postgraduates, EU postgraduates and overseas postgraduates
• Students' Health Service
• Infectious diseases
• Counselling - friendly, confidential support
• Students' Union 'Just Ask' Centre - information and advice
• Accommodation Office
  • Information for postgraduates
  • Property search and Bulletin Board
  • Senior Resident positions - subsidised accommodation in University residences in return for pastoral/managerial duties
• International Advice and Support
• Centre for English Language and Foundation Studies
• D/deaf and disabled students - help, advice, general information
• University day nursery
• Multifaith Chaplaincy - with links to other religious sites
• Council Tax - guidance for students and staff on exemptions/discounts (Word, 32 Kb)
• Council Tax - student exemption form - for full-time students in private accommodation in the Bristol area (not Halls of Residence)

Policies and procedures

General

• Rules and regulations for all students
• Student complaints procedure - you are urged to raise complaints about any aspect of University life with an appropriate person at the earliest opportunity. Complaints that are dealt with informally at an early stage have the best chance of being resolved.

Taught postgraduates - regulations

• Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes: rules for assessment, progression and award of a qualification
• Personal Tutor system, including Regulations for Personal Tutors and Guidelines for Personal Tutoring

Taught postgraduates - forms

• Extension to maximum period of study (PDF, 102Kb)
• Suspension of study: Please visit your School Office, who will generate the form for you.

Research postgraduates - regulations

• Regulations and Code of Practice for Research Degree programmes (all except higher doctorates)
• Regulations for higher doctorates (PDF, 85Kb)

Research postgraduates - forms

• Appointment of Research Degree Examiners (Word, 78.5Kb) - to be sent by your supervisor to reach your Head of School/Department not less than 28 days before the intended submission date of your dissertation
• Extension to maximum period of study (PDF, 87Kb)
• Suspension of study (PDF, 81.3Kb)
• UoB Thesis Deposit Agreement Form (PDF, 12Kb)

Library and computing

• Library
• Computing (IT Services)
• Training and learning resources offered by IT Services

Social

• Students' Union
• Graduate School of Arts and Humanities
• Social Sciences and Law Graduate Centre
• Sport, Exercise and Health
• UBU Sport and Health (Students' Union)
• Student societies
• Concerts and music making

Skills training and career development opportunities

Skills training

• Researcher skills development - find out about and develop the skills you will need to boost your research and employability.
• Student Skills - directory of all skills training offered by the University (including Staff Development and Information Services), and associated learning resources
• Teaching and learning in Higher Education
  • See also Employment Charter (PDF, 104Kb), University and College Union (UCU, formerly AUT), The Higher Education Academy (HEA), Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) at UoB
• Vitae - portal for doctoral  researchers (incorporates the former UK GRAD programme)
• PORT - Postgraduate Online Research Training for Romance, Germanic and Slavic languages and cultures
• Intute - internet research resources evaluated by a consortium of UK universities [Note: Intute closed in July 2011 but its website will remain available for a further three years.]

Careers

• Careers Service
• Prospects - UK graduate careers
• Graduate Jobsearch
• Latest news and job vacancies in Engineering, Mathematics and Computing
• ScienceCareers - career development for scientists
• Student JobShop - part-time work

External links

• Times Higher Education Supplement
• Education Guardian
• Eurodoc - the council for postgraduate students and junior researchers in Europe, founded by the postgraduate student associations and unions of European institutions. Useful for international students and those who wish to work abroad after a PhD in the UK
• HEFCE - the Higher Education Funding Council for England, which distributes public money for teaching and research to universities and colleges
• National Postgraduate Committee (NPC) - a representative organisation for taught and research postgraduates, run by postgraduates
• National Union of Students (NUS)
• Research Councils UK (RCUK) - funding agencies for academic research and training. There are seven research councils in the UK.
• UK Council for Graduate Education - champions the interests of graduate education, via conferences, workshops, seminars, publications and working groups
• TheSite.org - a useful source of welfare information for students