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

Academic Registrars Council

Postgraduate Practitioner Group