Glossary
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ALB - Arthur Lewis Building |
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AMBS: Alliance Manchester Business School |
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AQM: Advanced Quantitative Methods |
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AR - Annual Review: Meeting/Panel to discuss academic progression |
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ART: Area of Research Training |
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BB – Blackboard, the University of Manchester's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), |
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BMJ: Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence |
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BPS - British Psychology Society |
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CAS - Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (for visa purposes) |
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CDI - Centre for Development Informatics |
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CDT – Centre for Doctoral Training |
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CEP - Critical Education Policy |
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CP - Critical Pedagogies |
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CS: Campus Solutions |
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DA: Discipline area (i.e. where your programme is based - Politics, Economics, etc) |
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DDAR – Division of Development and Alumni Relations |
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DECP - Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology |
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Director of Research - responsible for all academic matters pertaining to all Doctoral students within the School |
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Discipline Coordinator (DisCo) - responsible for overseeing students within their department |
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DP - Disadvantage and Poverty (based in MIE) |
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EdD - Doctorate in Education |
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EPRG - Environmental Processes Research Group (based in Geography) |
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EPRG - Environmental Processes Research Group (based in Geography) |
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EW - Ellen Wilkinson Building |
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FoH: Faculty of Humanities |
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GTA: Graduate Teaching Assistant |
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HBS - Humanities Bridgeford Street Building |
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HCPC - Health and Care Professions Council |
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HoDA: Head of Discipline Area |
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HoS – Head of School |
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HoSA - Head of School Administration |
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Independent Reviewer - their role is to provide a view independent from the supervisory team and should therefore not be involved in any supervision of work |
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JRULM - John Rylands University Library of Manchester |
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LCSV - Leverhulme Centre for the Study of Value |
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MA: Master of Arts |
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Mid-Year Review - an interim review to discuss any issues and to prepare for the Annual Review |
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MPhil: Master of Philosophy |
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MRes: Master of Research |
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MSc: Master of Science |
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NCTL - National College of Teaching and Leadership |
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Panel - comprises the independent reviewer, supervisory team and, on occasion, Discipline Coordinator |
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PDP: Personal Development Plan |
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PGR - Postgraduate Research |
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PGRC: Postgraduate Research Committee |
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PGT - Postgraduate Taught |
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PhD: Doctor of Philosophy |
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PPS - Practice Placement Supervisor |
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Prof Doc - Professional Doctorate |
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PSS - Professional Support Staff |
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RAG: Research Area Group |
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RP1, RP2 and RP3 – Research Papers 1, 2 and 3 relevant to Professional Doctorate programmes |
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RTSG - Research Training Support Grant is additional funding available to NWDTC students that can be used for a number of research-related purposes including conference attendance, UK fieldwork and the purchase of books or other key resources |
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SALC: School of Arts, Languages and Cultures |
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SCGRG - Social and Cultural Geography Research Group |
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SEAG – School Ethics Advisory Group |
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SEAN - Special Educational and Additional Needs |
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SEED – School of Environment, Education and Development |
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Sharepoint - online collaborative workspaces that allow users to share documents and files, post announcements, organise group information, among other things, in a secure environment |
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SOSS: School of Social Sciences |
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SSO - Student System Office |
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Student Representative - students who are chosen by their peers to act as the representative for a particular programme, School or Faculty. They act as a formal channel of communication between the students they represent and the University staff involved in their programme, School or Faculty |
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TA: Teaching Assistant |
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TEP - Trainee Educational Psychologist |
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UKVI - UK Visas and Immigration |
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UREC - University Research Ethics Committee |
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