Postgraduate Research Study
Information for current research students and supervisors
Support and Welfare
- Who to ask for help/advice
- If things go wrong
- Healthcare
- Annual leave
- Leave of Absence
- The Radhika V. Sreedhar Scholarship Fund
- Student Connect
Any other questions? Email biol-grad@york.ac.uk
Completing Your Degree
- How to read your monthly financial reports
- Formatting your thesis
- Including research papers in a thesis
- Submitting your thesis
- Continuation (writing up) period
- Viva
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.
Student Progress
, 249kb)MSc by Research students
- Formal supervisory meetings
- Thesis Advisory Panels
- Role and Format of Thesis Advisory Panel Meetings
Guidance for PGR students and TAP members
PhD students
Information for supervisors
Appointing research students
- Finding funding for a PhD studentship
- Advertising stand-alone studentships
- Bidding for a DTP/ACCE/Biology studentship project
- Appointing a new research student (inc forms)
Supervising PhD students
Research student training and development
- Biology Policy on Research Student progression
- Training and Other Events
- Ethics
- PGR Training VLE site
- Demonstrating in Biology
- Building Research and Innovation Capacity Team
- Teaching opportunities
- Invigilating for the University
- Professional Development Plan
Research Programmes
- BBSRC White Rose DTP
- Programme Co-Director: Prof Katherine Denby
- Enquiries: biol-grad@york.ac.uk
- NERC ACCE DTP
- Programme Co-Director: Prof Lisa Emberson
- Training Lead: Dr Kelly Redeker
- Enquiries: biol-grad@york.ac.uk
- Biomedical Sciences (MSc by Research & PhD)
- Programme Manager: Prof Paul Genever
- Enquiries: biomed-sciences-phd@york.ac.uk
- MSc by Research & PhD (not part of a DTP)
- Programme Manager: Dr Chris MacDonald
- Enquiries: biol-grad@york.ac.uk
- Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity
- Director: Prof Chris Thomas
- Enquiries: lcab-enquiries@york.ac.uk
Key Contacts
- Director of Postgraduate Research: Dr Kanchon Dasmahapatra
- Associate Director of Postgraduate Research: Dr Andrea Harper
- Director for Students: Prof Richard Waites
- PGR Admissions Tutor:Dr Daphne Ezer
- Student & Academic Services Manager: Ann Mathe
- Training & Development Officer: Dr James Hewitson
- Research Student Administrators: Monica Bandeira and Cath Ainsworth
- Biology Graduate School Office (BiolGrad):
- Email: biol-grad@york.ac.uk
- Tel: 01904 328546