PGR provision: the students perspective.

Committee structure Departmental Student representatives Medical School post graduate Students committee (MSPGSC) Student Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC) School Graduate Research Committee (SGRC)

Role of the student committees: Provide a student voice to raise any concerns or issues related to PGR teaching and provision Provide another route alongside personal and year tutors for pastoral support Help collect data on the availability of basic student facilities, such as desk space and computing requirements Organize socials and create a more welcoming atmosphere to new incoming students

Views on the new TNA structure and DDP’s No compulsory credit requirements, allowing more freedom to develop over the course of the PhD Yearly monitoring to keep up to date with training needs Allows many personal as well as professional development opportunities Skill based and career based options Students may want to follow a different career from academia Allows the student to pick up a lot more skills relevant to career development, which are not necessarily relevant to their PhD

Social aspects of a PhD A PhD is much more than just a project. Quite a big change from undergraduate study A huge change in life and possible culture shock A PhD is much more than just a project.

Departmental rep contacts Cardiovascular science Nikolay Ogryzko: mdp08no@sheffield.ac.uk Infection and Immunity Claudia Paiva: c.paiva@sheffield.ac.uk Lorena Preciado Llanes : mdp08lp@sheffield.ac.uk Anne Robertson: mdp09alr@sheffield.ac.uk Neuroscience Alifiya Kapasi: mdp09ak@sheffield.ac.uk Rohini Raman: r.raman@sheffield.ac.uk Katie Richardson: mdp09kr@sheffield.ac.uk Oncology Sapna Lunj: mdp08sl@sheffield.ac.uk Claire Timon: mdp08ct@sheffield.ac.uk Human Metabolism Behnia Lashkari: b.lashkari@sheffield.ac.uk