1. PGR provision: the students perspective.

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. Departmental rep contacts
Cardiovascular science
Nikolay Ogryzko:
Infection and Immunity
Claudia Paiva:
Lorena Preciado Llanes :
Anne Robertson:
Neuroscience
Alifiya Kapasi:
Rohini Raman:
Katie Richardson:
Oncology
Sapna Lunj:
Claire Timon:
Human Metabolism
Behnia Lashkari: