Annex X Doctoral School Management Group                                                                

The Doctoral School Management Group is a sub-panel of Research & Enterprise Committee.

Membership

The membership of the Doctoral School Management Group will comprise

• Chair:
  • Head of Doctoral School
• Ex-Officio:
  • Associate Directors for Research
  • Doctoral School Manager
  • Research Skills Trainer/Coordinator (PGRSs)
  • Careers Consultant (PhD and ECRs)
  • Other Members:
  • Student Representative for MPhil/M(A)Res
  • Student Representative for PhD

• Secretary:
  • Doctoral School Coordinator (Secretary)

Terms of Reference

• The Doctoral School Management Group will have the following terms of reference:
• To lead the management of the School’s Postgraduate Research Students:
• Develop processes and policies relating to postgraduate research students and research training, including the research training element of M(A)Res degrees;
• Operate as a forum to inform the School’s Research Strategy;
• To represent SOAS in relation to the ESRC-funded Bloomsbury Doctoral Training Centre for the Social Sciences;
• To support the management, processes and reporting to the AHRC (including consortia networks);
• To represent the School in relation to research student issues between the Bloomsbury Colleges;
• Review and oversee the postgraduate scholarships management and policy;
• To advise on the management of the SOAS Doctoral School Hub building at 53 Gordon Square, and other PGRS facilities;
• To receive Doctoral School finance reports.

Meetings

The Group will meet monthly in term time, with additional meetings if business so dictates at the beginning of the academic year.