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The Postgraduate Experience

Date: 7 February 2007, 11.00 – 16.30

Venue:  Department of Physics, Durham University

Introduction

The last few years have seen a number of changes in postgraduate research degree programmes with the growing importance of research training and a raising of expectations through the QAA’s revised Code of Practice for Research degree programmes. While the length of PhDs in Physics is increasing with the Research Councils funding longer studentships, we are expecting our research students to undertake more teaching duties to ease the burden of increased undergraduate numbers. This meeting will bring together a number of stakeholders and practitioners in research student education to exchange views on the postgraduate experience.

Presentations

	Developing Post Graduate Researchers (2.65 MB) Dr Janet Metcalf, Director, UK GRAD Programme
	Preparing the next generation of scientists: What are the issues? (891 KB) Prof Lynn McAlpine, Director, The Centre for Preparing for Academic Practice, Oxford University
	The SUPA Graduate School (6.75 MB) Avril Manners, Director of the Graduate School, The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
	Supporting early stage researchers in their teaching (127 KB) Dr Ray Jones, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham
	A postgraduate's perspective (1.05 MB) Leon Gaillard, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham

Organiser

Dr Lowry McComb
Department of Physics
Durham University
South Road
Durham DH1 3LE

Tel. 0191 3343744
Email t.j.l.mccomb@durham.ac.uk

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