Centre for Communication

Systems ResearchPostgraduate Research

Students21 January 2010

Current Students Total number of students: 82

Status Full time Part time

Home 5 3

Overseas 55 1

Continuing 7

Collaborative

0

Part time/staff

8

Suspended 0

Submitted 3

Income from Tuition Fees

Estimated income from fees for 09/10 at beginning of year (including I Lab) – – Home/EU 30,510– Overseas 729,600

Total £760,110 Estimated income from fees for 09/10 CCSR

(including 2 for April)– Home/EU 25,425– Overseas 652,450

Total £677,875

Admissions

Our priority is to admit academically high achieving students who will produce top quality work

The admissions process is lengthy and prompt action by all would ensure we do not lose good students to other universities

Proposed actions– A new research area interest form to include:

Details of each academics specialist areas 2 or 3 specific project titles for each area Standard ATAS statements for each project Displayed on CCSR and Faculty webpage

– Admin to continue to chase weekly the status of applications

Funding For those Students who achieve well academically

but are unable to fund their own research funding is available

There are several projects where funding can be used to enable good students to take up places in CCSR

For EU projects a maximum of £18,000 per year is paid to the student as a bursary. £6,000 of this is then paid towards overseas fees with the Centre paying the rest.

– Once an applicant has been identified as having a good academic record, they will be offered a project

– In order to apply for funding each applicant will be asked to provide a Research Proposal relating to the project offered

– The Research Proposal will be considered and full or partial funding awarded as appropriate

Supervisors Responsibilities

The principal Supervisor is responsible for the overall direction and development of the student’s programme of study and research and the welfare of the student

In July 2009 Senate agreed: – That postgraduate research students would be required

to meet with their supervisors once a month to discuss their academic progress; these meetings would be recorded;

– Any non attendance to be reported to Registry

It is proposed that all academics and senior research fellows supervise at least 4 Research students each as 1st Supervisor.

Supervisor First Second

T Brown 2

F Carrez 4

H Cruickshank 11 9

M Dianati 3 2

B Evans 10 7

A Gluhak 1 1

R Hoshyar 6 4

M Howarth 4

M Imran 2 7

Y Ma 3 3

K Moessner 16 4

A Quddus 1 1

Z Sun 7 8

R Tafazolli 17 14

P Thompson

N Wang 2

Supervisors Number of Students

Additional Second Supervisors

Supervisor First Second

A Awoseyila 3

K Arshad 4

M Ghader 1

P Barnaghi 1

P Navaratnam 1

Students

Conference attendance– It is important that each student has the

opportunity to attend at least one international conference in the duration of their PhD

– These will be funded by the Centre or through projects

– Records will be kept of these attendances

PhD Confirmation Process (Transfer)

The purpose of the transfer exam is to– Evaluate the approach to the research problem in terms

of the theory and proposed or adopted research methods, in order to establish that the future objectives are feasible.

– Provide the student with an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the research and its presentation

The transfer report should include– A definition of the research problem– A brief statement of any courses or training undertaken– A summary of progress to date including a literature

review– Any material already published– An outline of future plans for research

Now to include a survey paper which would be published and available to industry to purchase

PhD Completion Process

The length of time taken to complete a PhD will vary but students taking 4 or 5 years to complete is not acceptable

At the 3½ years mark a first warning letter will be issued indicating that the writing up process should begin

Subsequent letters will follow detailing the action required

Applications to transfer to continuing status will be carefully considered

At least one journal paper will be required before the student is allowed to submit their thesis

A list of publications will also be required upon submission