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Postgraduate Research Study

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Information for current research students and supervisors

Support and Welfare

Any other questions? Email biol-grad@york.ac.uk

Completing Your Degree

Student Representatives 

We have Student Representatives for Masters by Research and PhD programmes. 

Please see our current rep profiles for 2023/24. 

Student feedback

Student feedback matters. If you are having issues with academic progression that you do not feel can be discussed with your supervisor, TAP members, research student reps or Director for Studies, please leave your anonymous feedback below. The more feedback we get, the better we can become. 

Anonymous feedback

Student Progress 

MSc by Research students

PhD students

Information for supervisors

Appointing research students 

Supervising PhD students 

Research student training and development

Research Programmes 

Key Contacts

  • Director of Postgraduate ResearchDr Kanchon Dasmahapatra  
  • Associate Director of Postgraduate ResearchDr Peter Mayhew
  • Director for StudentsProf Richard Waites
  • PGR Admissions Tutor:Dr Daphne Ezer
  • Student & Academic Services Manager: Ann Mathe
  • Training & Development OfficerDr James Hewitson 
  • Research Student Administrators: Monica Bandeira and Cath Ainsworth
  • Biology Graduate School Office (BiolGrad):
    • Email: biol-grad@york.ac.uk
    • Tel: 01904 328546