1. Continuing your integrated “1+3” MRes/PhD programme Professor Dianne Ford MRes Degree Programme Director Director of PhD Studies Faculty of Medical Sciences

2. Current position MRes taught elements complete ~ 10 weeks into research project – In your PhD supervisor’s laboratory, in co- supervisor’s laboratory or in a laboratory that is providing training in skills/techniques required for your PhD studies

3. Requirements/expectations to complete successfully your integrated programme Satisfactory 6/7 month progress review – Currently underway – Research Project Supervisor, MRes Degree Programme Director/ Director of PhD Studies, Dean of Postgraduate Studies – Review marks for taught component and ensure progress with research project is satisfactory (and, if appropriate, that a satisfactory IELTS score has been achieved) Merit in MRes – Concessions may be requested from the Dean of Postgraduate Studies if there are exceptional mitigating circumstances. Submission of PhD thesis within 4 years of initial registration

4. Mechanism for transfer from MRes to PhD studies Formal registration will be in September 2014. – Dependent on confirmation of achieving Merit in the MRes BUT you MUST continue your research OR undertake an internship over the summer period. – You remain a registered student of Newcastle University and, if Research-Council (or perhaps otherwise) funded, are paid a stipend to cover this period.

5. Mechanism for transfer from MRes to PhD studies New Learning Agreement required Project approval by end of December 2014 (preferably earlier) Annual progress reviews

6. Continuing your research after submission of your MRes dissertation Straightforward if your MRes research was carried out in your PhD supervisor’s laboratory If your PhD research will require relocation to another laboratory, arrange with your PhD supervisor for the relocation to take place as soon as you have submitted your MRes dissertation. Holiday should be agreed with your PhD supervisor, in accordance with Faculty policy (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/fms/staff/supervisor/documents/PG RHolidayPolicy.pdf).http://www.ncl.ac.uk/fms/staff/supervisor/documents/PG RHolidayPolicy.pdf

7. Formal guidelines for the information of both students and supervisors Available at http://www.ncl.ac.uk/fms/postgrad/documentati on/documents/MRes- PhDtransitionguidelines.pdf http://www.ncl.ac.uk/fms/postgrad/documentati on/documents/MRes- PhDtransitionguidelines.pdf

8. Formal guidelines for the information of both students and supervisors Available at http://www.ncl.ac.uk/fms/postgrad/documentati on/documents/MRes- PhDtransitionguidelines.pdf http://www.ncl.ac.uk/fms/postgrad/documentati on/documents/MRes- PhDtransitionguidelines.pdf

9. Guidance on the use of material included in the MRes dissertation in your PhD “For the purpose of project approval, the PhD project title may be same as the title of the MRes research project. The title of the final thesis is agreed only on submission of the form “Application for approval of title of thesis and appointment of examiners” (see http://www.ncl.ac.uk/students/progress/assets/documents/ApprovalofTitl eandExaminersPhDMPhilAug08.doc ), and this should be different from the title of the MRes project. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/students/progress/assets/documents/ApprovalofTitl eandExaminersPhDMPhilAug08.doc – Note that the same material may not be examined as a component of the both the MRes and PhD degrees. The content of the PhD thesis must be different from (but may build on) the content of the MRes dissertation.” “Following formal registration for PhD studies, annual progress reviews will be as for a three year PhD project. For the first annual review of progress, it is acceptable for students to include in the literature review text included in the MRes research project dissertation; this practice will not be viewed as self‐plagiarism. However, it should be noted that, in such an instance, the same text may NOT be used in the PhD thesis (since that same material may not be examined as a component of both the MRes and PhD degrees).”

10. Practical considerations Consider (discuss with supervisors) if you should hold data obtained during the MRes project to include in your PhD thesis. “Preliminary” data included in the MRes dissertation may be included in the PhD thesis IF you have added to it and can thus present it differently. – e.g. included more participants in a study and combined the data analysis – e.g. carried out further biological replicates of in vitro experiments and combined the data

11. Any questions?