Resources for Current Postgraduates

Postgraduate Information - for current PhD students

Contacts

• PhD Research Tutor (Applied): Dr Thomas Wagenknecht
• PhD Research Tutor (Pure): Prof Michael Rathjen
• PhD Research Tutor (Statistics): Dr Leonid Bogachev
• PhD Secretary: Mrs Jeanne Shuttleworth - room 9.19g

• MSc Mathematics: Prof David Hughes
• MSc Mathematics & Computer Science: Prof H Dugald Macpherson
• MSc Statistics: Dr Stuart Barber
• MSc Statistics with Applications to Finance: Dr Stuart Barber
• MSc Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics: Dr Stephen Griffiths
• MSc Administrator: Miss Iwona Malinowska - room 8.19c

Student Representatives 2011/12:

• PhD Applied Maths: Mark Day
• PhD Pure Maths: David Bradley-Williams
• PhD Statistics: Anthony Riley
• MSc Rep for 2011/12: Leighton Regayre
• Faculty Graduate School Committee PhD Student Rep: Sarah Dawson

List of current postgraduate students (available for on campus users only): PhD

Handbook and Guidelines for PhD students and Staff

• Maths Research Postgraduate Student Handbook 2011/2012
• Assessed Taught Courses and Training from August 2011
• Assessed Taught Courses and Training from August 2012
• Postgraduate Development Record (PDR)
• PDR supervision meeting report instructions
• PDR Handbook for staff and students (pdf)
• Jump into >> Student section (pdf)
• Jump into >> Supervisor section (pdf)
• Jump into >> Administrators and PGR Tutors section (pdf)
• Video about the PDR
• Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MaPS) Protocol
• Transfer Guidelines for PhD students and Staff (Word Document)
• Purchasing and expenses procedures for PhD students

Forms for PhD students and Staff

• Training Plan form (Word Document)
• Monthly Record of Supervision Meeting form (Word Document)
• 6 Month Meeting form (Word Document)
• Transfer/Upgrade Recommendation form (Word Document)
• Academic Statement of Integrity form (Word Document)
• 24 Month Meeting form (Word Document)
• 36 Month Meeting form (Word Document)

Training for PhD students

• Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MaPS) Skills
• University training home page
• SDDU Graduate Training and Support Centre
• MAGIC postgraduate courses
• MAGIC - instructions for students/staff
• Links to module descriptions
• Other School of Maths Postgraduate Courses

Mathematical activities

Thesis information for PhD students

• Andrew Woods's thesis and seminar package (.tgz) README.txt
• LaTeX thesis template files (.tar.gz)
• Thesis Title Guidelines
• Thesis Examination Guidelines and Forms

Useful Links for PhD students

• Research Student Administration (RSA)
• Research Student Handbook
• Scholarship Information
• Student Support Network
• Research Ethics

Health and Safety

• Display Screen Equipment (DSE) e-training module
• Manual Handling e-training module
• Fire Safety e-training module

Products available on-line for PhD students

Certain items are now available to purchase on-line. Examples are: replacement degree certificates (£30); certified copies of degree certificates (£3 for a set of 3); award statements (available free of charge to former students for 3 months after they have appeared on the Pass List - after that deadline it will be £5 for the first copy and £3 per additional copy ordered at the same time as the first copy).

The web address for the Store is: https://store.leeds.ac.uk/.

Appeals and complaints for PhD students