Current postgraduates

General information

• List of academic faculties and departments
• List of Graduate Deans - plus other key faculty staff
• Key dates
• Student Handbook, 2009/10 edition: page-by-page format (PDF, 7Mb) or more condensed format
• The University's Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations and Official Record
• Postgraduate Examinations Office - contact them for any queries relating to Higher Degrees, or visit their Frequently Asked Questions page
• Degree Congregations
• Intention to Graduate form (Word, 33Kb) - to be returned to the Graduation Office after you have submitted your thesis/dissertation
• Unit catalogue - provisional list of all the taught units offered in this session. Units are listed by level under the department that offers them
• Student Info - access and update your registration and address data
• Maintaining your UoB passwords

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
  • Student Housing Guide and fact sheets - for students in private rented accommodation
  • Hall Tutor, Senior Resident and Student Warden positions - subsidised accommodation in return for pastoral/managerial duties
• International Advice and Support
• Language Centre
• 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 (PDF)
• Council Tax exemption/discount form - for full-time students in private accommodation in the Bristol area (not Halls of Residence)

Rules, regulations and forms

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

• Code of Practice and Regulations for Taught Postgraduate Programmes - 2009/10 edition
• Regulations for Personal Tutors (PDF, 42Kb) and Guidelines for Personal Tutoring (PDF, 44Kb)

Taught postgraduates - forms

• Extension to maximum period of study (PDF, 102Kb)
• Suspension of study (PDF, 101Kb)

Research postgraduates - regulations

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

• Regulations for higher doctorates

Research postgraduates - forms

• Appointment of Research Degree Examiners (Word, 92Kb) - 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)
• Library Usage Declaration Form (PDF, 10Kb) and British Doctoral Thesis Agreement Form (PDF, 641Kb) (for doctoral degrees only) - to be completed when you submit the hardbound copies of your dissertation

Library and computing

• Information Services
• Resources for students
• Library
• Computing
• Training and learning

Facilities and activities

• Students' Union
• Graduate School of Arts and Humanities
• Social Sciences and Law Graduate Centre
• Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health
• UBU Sport and Health (Students' Union)
• Student societies
• Epigram - University of Bristol's independent student newspaper
• BURST - Bristol University Radio Station, run by Bristol University students
• Concerts and music making

Skills training and career development opportunities

• Careers Service
• Graduate Jobsearch
• Intute - internet research resources evaluated by a consortium of UK universities
• Latest news and job vacancies in Engineering, Mathematics and Computing
• PORT - Postgraduate Online Research Training for Romance and Germanic languages and cultures
• Prospects - UK graduate careers
• Researchers in Residence (RinR) (Word, 34.5 Kb) - a placement programme to encourage researchers (PhD and post doctoral) to spend time in a UK secondary school
• ScienceCareers - career development for scientists
• Student JobShop - part-time work
• Student Skills - directory of all skills training offered by the University (including the Student Development Unit, 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), e-Learning Team
• Vitae - portal for researchers (incorporates the former UK GRAD programme)

Useful links

• Times Higher Education Supplement
• Education Guardian
• Educationet (ednet) - independent forum for student news, politics, activism and discussion
• 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 - funding agencies for academic research and training. There are seven research councils in the UK
• TheSite.org - a useful source of welfare information
• UK Council for Graduate Education - champions the interests of graduate education, via conferences, workshops, seminars, publications and working groups