Record of Progress
The progress forms referred to below can be found in your Induction Folder or from your Programme Administrator.
In order to ensure that you make progress and receive good supervision, a framework of meetings is laid out and will include the following items:
- A summary of each formal meeting between the Supervisor, Adviser and student, which will be signed by all.
- Assessment of Case Presentation (completed by the assessors at the postgraduate 2 day presentation event in June)
- Completion of forms relating to meetings with the Clinical Component Director in connection with the taught component of the programme.
It is your responsibility to arrange meetings with your supervisor and/or adviser according to the framework. It is also your responsibility to ensure that the appropriate Progress Form is completed and signed. In addition, it is expected that you will have further informal meetings with your supervisor to maintain steady progress with your project.
Compulsory Requirements
Within taught MSc/PGDip programmes in the Division of Dentistry there are compulsory requirements for students to progress with their studies. All graduate students must successfully pass programme units in line with regulations as detailed above. A record of satisfying this and other specific requirements as detailed in individual Specialty Handbooks must be maintained by the student.
| Description |
| Compulsory Core Courses |
| Core Governance Seminar Series – Online |
| Face to Face Core seminar – Radiological Protection Guidelines |
| Communications Course |
| Introductory course |
| Seminars, Assignments and Assessments |
| Clinical Component Seminar Series |
| Clinical Component Assignments |
| Clinical Component Structured Oral Case Presentation |
| Research Groups – Seminars and Journal Clubs |
| Clinical Component formal examinations (written and oral examination) |
| Clinical Governance and Audit |
| Research Component (Dissertation) |
| Research Methods Unit |
| Biostatistics Unit |
| Initial Meeting |
| Protocol/Project Outline Meeting |
| Literature Report Assessment |
| Progress Report (1) and (2) |
| Final Meeting |
MSc – Calendar of Formal Meetings with Supervisor and Adviser
Within one month of arrival (three months for part-time students), and at appropriate intervals thereafter, the student will meet with the Supervisor and the Adviser. These formal meetings are additional to the informal meetings between student and Supervisor, which normally take place during the course of research. The Record of Progress summarises these meetings, and record forms for each of these meetings are enclosed.
In addition, the minimum number of meetings required is specified, and students should establish with their Supervisor and Adviser whether any additional meetings are required, and if so, the pattern that is to be followed.
MSc – Calendar of Formal Meetings with the Programme Director
Within six months of arrival, and at approximately six monthly intervals thereafter, the student will meet with the Programme Director to discuss clinical progress. These formal meetings are additional to the meetings between student and Supervisor. The Record of Progress summarises these meetings, and record forms for each of these meetings are enclosed.
PGDip/PGCert – Calendar of Formal Meetings with the Programme Director
Within one month of arrival and at approximately two monthly intervals thereafter, the student will meet with the Programme Director to discuss clinical progress. The Record of Progress summarises these meetings, and record forms for each of these meetings are enclosed.
Submission of Record Forms
It is the student’s responsibility to organise Supervisor/Adviser meetings (MSc).
Meetings will be arranged by your Programme Administrator for clinical appraisal.
These records will be checked periodically by the Programme Director.
You will be expected to keep the ORIGINAL.
The completion of record/progress forms is mandatory.
Unsatisfactory Progress
Performance in Programme Units is considered by the relevant Examination Board.
Students who are otherwise considered to be making unsatisfactory progress will be discussed at divisional level in the Consortium meeting, and if onward referral is required this will be to the School of Medical Sciences PGT Committee.
Special Permissions
‘Special permissions’ are changes to your student registration (usually as a result of a change in your personal circumstances) and they include
- Interruptions-of-study;
- extensions to the final submission deadline of dissertations,
- changes in programme or mode of attendance.
In all of these instances you should first of all discuss any of these matters with your Programme Director. Then, if the outcome of those discussions is that you will proceed to request one of the above changes to your student registration, then you should contact your Programme Administrator who can provide you with the appropriate paperwork on which you will need to make your formal written request. Your written request will then be considered by members of senior academic staff with responsibility for postgraduate matters (one of whom will be the Division’s PGT Tutor).
Your Programme Administrator will be required to advise the Accommodation Office if you are living in University accommodation and require an extended interruption-of-study. If you are in the UK subject to immigration regulations, i.e. you are a non-EU citizen and need permission to enter/remain in the UK, you must consult with the International Advice Team regarding visa implications.