Postgraduate Research Study
Information for current research students and supervisors
Support and Welfare
- Who to ask for help/advice - email biol-pgr@york.ac.uk
- If things go wrong
- Healthcare
- Annual leave
- Leave of Absence
- The Radhika V. Sreedhar Scholarship Fund
- Student Connect
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
Student Feedback Matters
You can provide feedback through your supervisor, TAP members, research student reps or Director for Studies. If you prefer please leave your anonymous feedback below (click on the pink box). The more feedback we get, the better we can become.
Student Progress
- REVIEW OF SUPERVISION FORM 2026/27 (coming soon)
- BIOLOGY PGR HANDBOOK 2026/27 (coming soon)
- BMS PGR HANDBOOK 2026/27 (coming soon)
- Biology/BMS request to delay a TAP meeting 2026/27
- York Graduate Research School
- SkillsForge
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PhD students
- Formal supervisory meetings
- Thesis Advisory Panels
- Formal Reviews of Progress
- Personal Development Plan (template and guidelines)
Information for supervisors
Appointing research students
- Finding funding for a PhD studentship
- Advertising stand-alone studentships
- Bidding for a YBDTP/ACCE+/Biology studentship project
- Appointing a new research student
Supervising PhD students
- Supervising research students
- Policy on Research Degrees (PORD)
- York Graduate Research School (YGRS)
- SkillsForge
- REVIEW OF SUPERVISION FORM
- BIOLOGY PGR HANDBOOK 2026/27 (coming soon)
- Biology PGR Committee
Research student training and development
- Biology Policy on Research Student progression
- Training and Other Events
- Ethics
- PGR Training VLE site
- Demonstrating and Teaching
- Research Culture and Researcher Development Team
- Teaching opportunities
- Professional Development Plan
- Upcoming Seminars
Research Programme Leads
- Biology (MSc by Research & PhD)
- ACCE+ DLA
- Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity
- PBD DTP
- YBDTP
- Biomedical Science (MSc by Research & PhD)
- DiMeN DTP
Key Contacts
- Director of Biology Postgraduate Research: Dr Andrea Harper
- Deputy Director of Biology Postgraduate Research: Dr Chris MacDonald
- Co-Chairs of BMS Postgraduate Research: Dr James Hewitson & Dr Ioannis Kourtzelis
- Director for Students: Dr Katie Smith
- Training & Development Officer: Dr Noémie Hamilton
- Biology PGR Admissions Tutor: Dr Benjamin Lichman
- BMS PGR Admissions Tutor: Dr Han-Jou Chen
- Research Student Administrators: Monica Bandeira & Cath Ainsworth
- Biology & BMS PGR Office:
- Email: biol-pgr@york.ac.uk and biomed-sciences-phd@york.ac.uk
- Tel: 01904 328546