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Prospective Occasional Postgraduate Research Students

PGR Educational Partnerships

The University has established policies and procedures for the approval, oversight and renewal of educational partnerships. In addition specific guidance for particular types of partnerships has been developed to help staff through the process of developing new partnerships and managing existing provision. 

For Doctoral programmes the Framework for PGR Educational Partnerships is a guide for the development of PGR Educational Partnerships and should be read in conjunction with Newcastle University’s Code of Practice for Research Degree Programmes and the Educational Partnership Policy. 

Any queries regarding already approved educational partnerships, or the establishing of new partnerships, should be directed to Education Policy and Governance Service on educational.partnerships@ncl.ac.uk  

In addition, the Principles for the Appointment of an External PGR Advisor and Development of Joint Supervision Arrangements provides guidance where: 

  • A student’s research programme would benefit from specialist expertise which is not available internally, the appointment of an External Advisor could be considered. 
  • The institution (or an individual academic unit) would like to develop links with another institution or an external partner (e.g. industrial partner) without entering into a formal Joint/Dual PhD, the development of joint supervision arrangements could be considered. 

 Any queries regarding the above should be directed to your Graduate School or to the Doctoral College (doctoralcollege@ncl.ac.uk)    

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/student-progress/pgr/  

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/student-progress/pgr/covid-19-mitigations/ 

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/doctoral-college/current-research-students/doctoral-college-funding/  

 

An Occasional Postgraduate Research Student is a student who has come to Newcastle University to study with a specific academic colleague for a fixed period of time in relation to a particular research topic or project.  Such students are registered with the University as an occasional student which means that there is no award following the visit period (such as a degree certificate) and they are not classed as a regular student for external bodies such as local councils. The visit is usually of short duration but can be up to 12 months if part of a longer research project.

This process is designed for PhD or MPhil students, if you are a Taught Masters student you need to contact the specific academic unit you are planning on studying with as they will have their own process.