The Research Graduate School (RGS) works closely with our institutes to ensure all students have appropriate support and access to skill-building training. It also monitors student progress and experience, and processes the administrative side of a research degree, including student applications.

The RGS works closely with research institutes to ensure that all students have appropriate support throughout their studies and access to training and development programmes that will complement their research and provide a foundation for their future careers. There are currently around 250 research students in the University. These are distributed between ten research institutes

The RGS plays an important role in ensuring that the administration, the procedures for ensuring academic progression and the provisions for student support and experience are in line with the expectations of the QAA quality code Chapter B11 Research Degrees (June 2012).

The University has scored consistently high ratings in teaching assessments carried out since 1995 by the Quality Assurance Agency.

The majority of our research has been rated ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (the highest ratings possible) by the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF, 2021).

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