Poster presented at the 2012 ARC conference

1. Academic Registrars Council
Postgraduate Practitioner Group
Our remit is:
• To consider and give advice to appropriate bodies on all
aspects of postgraduate matters
• To share best practice in the administration and enhancement
of postgraduate programmes
• To enhance the postgraduate student experience
• To support practitioners
• To engage with the wider postgraduate sector through expert
speakers
How we support our postgraduates and each other
Recent meeting themes:
• What not to do with research students
• Graduate school models
• The nature and characteristics of the UK Doctorate
• The IRENI method and postgraduate programmes
• Skills training post-Roberts
• Surveys for enhancement – PRES and PTES
Chair: Dr Michael Gilmore (Durham University) academic.registrar@durham.ac.uk
Deputy Chair: Dr Barbara Pittam (Institute of Cancer Research) barbara.pittam@icr.ac.uk
Secretary: Shane Dowle (University of Surrey) S.Dowle@Surrey.ac.uk