1. Welcome to the Faculty of Humanities
Welcome to the Faculty of Humanities! Postgraduate Research Induction 2018/19
Professor Ben Hutchinson
Director of Graduate Studies (SECL)
Standing for
Professor Gordana Fontana-Giusti Associate Dean (Graduate Studies)
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2. The Faculty of Humanities
Culture
Literature
Arts
History

3. Faculty of Humanities

4. The Faculty of Humanities
1. School of Architecture

5. The Faculty of Humanities
2. School of Arts
Drama
Film
History of Art

6. The Faculty of Humanities
3. School of English

7. The Faculty of Humanities
4. School of European Culture and Languages
Classical & Archaeological Studies
Comparative Literature
English Language & Linguistics
French
German
Hispanic Studies
Italian
Linguistics
Philosophy
Religious Studies

8. The Faculty of Humanities
5. School of History

9. The Faculty of Humanities
6. School of Music and Fine Art (Medway)
Fine Art
Event & Experience Design
Music and Audio Art

10. The Faculty of Humanities
Centre for American Studies
Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

11. European Centres PG Research in Paris: Comparative Literature (PhD )
French (PhD)
History (PhD)

12. The Faculty of Humanities
Paris PG students visit to La Villette
Paris PG students visit to Versailles

13. … and European Centres in
Athens (Heritage Management)
Rome (History of Art and Archaeology)

14. The Faculty of Humanities
Research activities are focused through over 20 Research Centres within the Faculty:
There are also two interdisciplinary Faculty Centres:
Centre for American Studies
Canterbury Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)
…and cross-Faculty Centres:
Centre for Critical Thought (Politics, Law, SECL, Arts)
Centre for Heritage (Classics, Law, SSPSSR)
Centre for Reasoning (Philosophy, Law, Computing, Maths, Psychology

15. Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East England (CHASE)
CHASE brings together 9 leading institutions engaged in collaborative research activities including an AHRC doctoral training partnership.
These are the Universities of East Anglia, Essex, Kent and Sussex, the Open University, the Courtauld Institute of Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, Birkbeck, University of London and SOAS, University of London.
CHASE PhD studentship competition for 2019 entry will be launched shortly. Briefing will be on Monday 24 September Graduate School, Cornwallis East

16. REF 2014 results
Three of our subject areas are in the top 10 for research intensity:
Architecture
English Language and Literature
History
An additional four subjects are in the top 20:
Classics
Modern Languages and Linguistics
Philosophy
Theology and Religious Studies
Intensity takes into account the REF overall score for research quality (GPA) and the percentage of research staff submitted.

17. Progression through your research degree
Key Contacts for Research Students:
Your Main Supervisor
Your Supervisory Team
Your School Director of Graduate Studies (with responsibility for research programmes)
Your Postgraduate Student Representative
Postgraduate Administrator
Faculty Director of Graduate Studies

18. Key Information for Research Students
University and School Postgraduate Student Handbooks
University Regulations for Research Programmes of Study
Code of Practice for the Quality Assurance for Research Programmes of Study in particular:
Annex H (Supervision)
Annex K (Progression and Examination)

19. Research Students’ Responsibilities
Annex H (Supervision) of the Code of Practice outlines the responsibilities of research students (see Section 5).
Responsibilities include:
Ensuring that you are familiar with University Regulations.
Preparing adequately for supervisory and progress review meetings.
Agreeing a clear programme of work with your supervisor.
Making records of supervisory meetings.
Contributing to the research environment of your academic school and the wider University community.
Seeking advice from your supervisors in an active manner and taking the initiative in raising problems or difficulties.
Attending a Researcher Development Workshop, completing a Researcher Development Assessment and discussing this with your Supervisor.

20. Supervisory Interaction
You should have a meeting with your main supervisor at a minimum of once every 4 weeks for full-time students (every 8 weeks for PT students)
“Meeting” should generally be face to face, occasionally an exchange or telephone conversation may have to replace this.
Following the “meeting”, you should complete a supervisory record form on the Student Data System (SDS) and once this has been completed it will be sent to your supervisor for agreement.
The supervisory record template covers:
Progress made since the last “meeting”
Areas discussed at the “meeting”
Work agreed
Only one supervisory record is required for July/August.
The SDS will remind you when a supervisory record is due for completion.
See p.4 of Postgraduate Research Student Handbook for details on completing supervision reports

21. Initial Meeting with your Main Supervisor
Ensure that you have a meeting set up with your Main Supervisor within the first two weeks of registration to discuss:
How your supervisory team-student relationship will work (e.g. preferred means of contact, feedback mechanisms and turnaround times)
Your meeting schedule
Your work plan
Any initial concerns
Skills training requirements
What you will be required to prepare for your induction review (six weeks after registration)
How progression monitoring will be handled within your academic school (i.e. any school specific requirements)
Facilities/resources

22. Supervision
90% of Kent students are happy with their supervision according to our surveys
Supervisors and students are expected to treat one another with courtesy
Discuss any problems at the earliest opportunity so any issues to be resolved quickly and effectively
Should there be a more serious breakdown in the main supervisor/student relationship, the matter should be brought to the attention of the School Director of Graduate Studies who will review the situation
Concerns about supervision should be raised at the earliest opportunity

23. Progression Monitoring
Review Stages
Timing
Induction review
Within 6 weeks of registration (for both PT and FT PhD students)
Probation/end of year review
10 months for FT PhD students and 12 months for PT PhD students
End of year reviews
At the end of each year
Mid-year reviews (if necessary)
Mid-year reviews may be scheduled in cases where concerns are raised at an end of year review
Submission review
3 months prior to the minimum period of registration (e.g. 3 years for FT PhD and 5 years for PT PhD students)
Annex K (Progression and Examination) of the Code of Practice provides detailed information about the review stages and links to the review forms: 23

24. Progression Monitoring on SDS
Your review documentation will be recorded on the Student Data System (SDS). See p.4 of Postgraduate Research Student Handbook.
The SDS will provide dates by which the different reviews are due.
It will be the responsibility of the Review Panel to complete the documentation on-line but once it is completed you will be able to view this on-line.
Annex K (Progression and Examination) of the Code of Practice for Research Programmes of Study provides details of what needs to be prepared in advance of a review.

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