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Each Postgraduate Researcher has a named Principal Supervisor, and one or more Co-supervisors, who may share supervision responsibilities as agreed with the Principal Supervisor.

Supervisors must be:

• A full-time member of academic staff.
• A part-time member of academic staff with academic, clinical or professional experience.
• A suitably qualified member of the staff of another university or research institution.

The responsibilities of the Supervisor(s) are to:

• Participate in the selection of Postgraduate Research Candidates for research projects in their area of expertise.
• Know the requirements of funder/sponsor.
• Confirm that the candidate has received University and College/School documents relevant to their research.
• Make sure that the candidate has access to facilities and resources required for the research work and to identify ways to support disclosed disability.
• Help define and plan the research project.
• Give guidance on the nature of research and the standard expected.
• Give guidance on research methods, techniques, data collection and data storage.
• Give guidance on Intellectual Property, research integrity and avoidance of plagiarism.
• Give guidance about published literature and other sources of information.
• Give advice, where relevant, on procedures to obtain ethical or other approval.
• Make sure that risk assessments are completed and that the candidate is informed about relevant Health and Safety procedures.
• Give advice on training for research and general skills.
• Explain the roles of the Supervisory team members as appropriate.
• Provide pastoral support and refer to other sources of support eg. Personal Tutor and Student Services and check that other support used is effective.
• Liaise with Co-supervisors, External Supervisors, and Personal Tutor as appropriate.
• Make sure that the candidate is informed if the standard of work is below that generally expected.
• Explain arrangements for Progress Reviews and the role of the Review Committee.
• Maintain contact with the candidate through regular formal recorded meetings.
• Be accessible to the candidate at other appropriate times.
• Give advice on completion dates for each stage of the work.
• Return written work with constructive criticism and in reasonable time.
• Arrange, where appropriate, for the candidate to talk about their work, including at internal seminars and conferences.
• Oversee any arrangements for the candidate to attend conferences or conduct work away from 91É«ÇéƬ, including, where appropriate, arranging agreements with the hosting organisation.
• Provide progress reports to external sponsors.
• Provide guidance on suspension/interruption of study and extension requests.
• Make sure that the candidate understands the requirements of the examination process and Viva Voce.
• Provide advice on the selection of an appropriate external examiner.
• Provide advice on the timing of submission, contents and format of the thesis.
• Encourage and mentor publication and grant writing.
• Provide career guidance and support where appropriate and provide references.
• Provide supervision between the end of the period of registration and when the candidate receives the award or equivalent.
• *It is not the role of the Supervisor to examine the thesis*

Some of the Supervisor’s roles may be assigned to designated individuals within Colleges and/or Schools.