Programme management

Doctoral Academy Academic Management Teams

Faculty of Humanities Doctoral Academy is led by the Associate Dean for PGR, Deputy Associate Dean for PGR and School PGR Directors. They are supported by other PGR academic leaders in the School as well as the Doctoral Academy professional service staff. For more information, please see: 

Alliance Manchester Business School

School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

  • Postgraduate Director: Dr Joseph McGonagle

School of Environment, Education and Development

School PGR committee

The Postgraduate Research Committee manages the Postgraduate Research Programmes in SEED.

Membership

This committee is chaired by the Director of Postgraduate Research who is responsible for the overall academic and strategic direction of the programme.

Other members of the committee include discipline co-ordinators and the PGR representative who is elected every year.

Remit

The committee meets at regular intervals throughout the academic year, where it discusses and makes decisions on key issues affecting the Programme and its students and reports on University, Faculty and School-level news (such as changes to policy and processes).

The committee is also responsible for considering and granting approval for applications of changes to a student’s programme (eg change of supervisor, research title, mode of attendance, interruption, extension, fieldwork).

Normally such applications are considered by the Chair of the Committee. However, where serious cases arise, these are brought to the full committee for consideration.

School of Social Sciences

School academic management team.

Postgraduate Director: Dr Michele Berardi

School Postgraduate Research Programmes Committee (SPGRC)

The committee consists of the Chair (School Postgraduate Research programmes Director), Department Area Postgraduate Research Programme Directors, Head of Student Support Services, Student Representation, Secretary, and representation from the Library and IT Services.

Please see more information about the terms of reference, members, and meeting dates on the School Postgraduate Research Committee (SPGRC) webpage.