1. Create your PURE profile
2. Consider your training and development - It is important that you consider your training and development needs at the outset of your degree, and discuss them with your supervisor to development a training and development plan. This should be completed within the first month of your start date. Please visit the Doctoral School training programmes, and complete the brief Training Needs Analysis (TNA) form with your supervisor. Your progress review committee will check that you have undertaken a TNA, and you can use this as evidence that you are engaging with Training and Development.
3. Literature review and project plan - these should be ready by the time of your first Progress Review
Guidance for preparing your literature review and project plan
Year 1 (MSc Res, MPhil, PhD)
| Assignment | Deadline |
| 1. Literature review* & project plan | To be discussed with your supervisors and submitted to your committee by your first review meeting |
| 2. Training Needs Analysis (TNA) | To be discussed with your supervisor within the first month of your start date – then review before every progress review |
| 3. Create an online web profile on PURE | Within the first three months of your degree |
| 4. Year 1 project presentation | May |
| 5. Progress review | MScRes: by 4-5 months post registration PhD: by 9 months post registration |
*As well as sending to your supervisor, lit reviews can be uploaded through Turnitin on the CoSE Research Postgrad Blackboard site (plagiarism check). Your supervisors should look at the Turnitin report with you if there are any issues.
Year 2 (MPhil, PhD)
| Assignment | Deadline |
| 1. Poster presentation at PhD conference | May of 2nd year, or equivalent if part time |
| 2. Progress review | 21 months post registration, or equivalent if part time |
Year 3+ (PhD)
| Assignment | Deadline |
| 1. Oral presentation at PhD conference | May of 3rd year, or equivalent if part time |
| 2. Progress review | 33 months post registration, or equivalent if part time |
All Postgraduate Researchers (PGRs) need to complete a progress review every year during their time in the College of Science and Engineering (CoSE).
This is a general guide for the whole College. There may be small differences between Schools, in which case you should follow any School-specific guidance.
If you have any questions, please contact:
School of Environmental and Natural Sciences: Aaron Comeault
School of Computer Science and Engineering: William Teahan
School of Ocean Sciences: James Waggitt
For any issues with your details on the system, contact: PGR Student Administration
All PGRs in CoSE are encouraged to play an active part in one or more research groups or themes. Find out more by visiting the Schools webpages.
All PGRs are invited to take part in the Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES) every year (around March-May). The survey consists of 9 themes, where you can take an overview of your course as well as commenting after each section if you wish to do so. It takes only 10 minutes to complete online, through a link on your to do list, Based on the PRES results, each School prepares a PRES action plan in consultation with PGRs. The action plans are available to staff from July and will be used to enhance postgraduate and prospective student’s experiences. Please share your experience with us!
It is important that PGRs conduct appropriate risk assessments for all their work.
Please note that these pages are in the process of being updated, but still show useful information.
All research by PGRs must be screened using the CoSE ethics form, and if necessary approved by the ethics committee.
Please note that these pages are in the process of being updated, but still show useful information.
Training opportunities for PGRs
The Finance Services team provides a central service for university for activities like procurement, travel and subsistence claims and help with advances for international fieldwork. Here you will find guides for procedures and contact links
Finance ServicesPolicies and FormsFAQs for CoSE PGR Students
The CoSE PhD Conference is held in May. Third year PhD students (or equivalent) are required to present a talk (15 mins + 5 mins questions), second year PhD students (or equivalent) are required a speed talk (3 mins + 2 mins questions) and host a poster. You have to register to take part in the event, therefore, keep an eye on your inboxes for the link to register. This is usually circulated in February. Any questions, contact PGR Events.
First Year's PGR Conference: First year PhD and MScRes students are required to present a talk (10 mins + 5 mins questions) during their first year. An opportunity to present will be organised. You have to register to take part in the event, therefore, keep an eye on your inboxes for the link to register. Any questions, contact PGR Events.
You may access recordings and slides from the ‘How to give a good talk’ and How to make good abstracts, speed talks and posters’ training sessions by logging into and visiting the CoSE Postgraduate Research Blackboard Centre and accessing the CoSE PGR training resources folder.
Further useful tips on talk and poster creation:
When you are ready to submit your thesis, you need to submit this through , on Blackboard.
- Supervisors: your first port of call for most things while a PGR.
- Your fellow PGRs can be a mine of useful info, advice and support during your research degree.
- Chair/Personal Tutor: If you want to discuss something with someone other than your supervisor, perhaps because it concerns your supervisor, or is a personal issue that might affect your research and you'd rather not discuss it with your supervisor, your chair/personal tutor is your next port of call.
- School PGR Director. If you can't resolve things with your supervisor and/or chair, you should talk to your school PGR Director (CSE: Bill Teahan, SOS: James Waggitt, SENS: Aaron Comeault).
- College Director of Postgraduate Research: If options 1-4 don't work (or your school PGR Director is also you supervisor or chair), contact the College Director of PGR, Alex Georgiev.
For queries about admin issues, e.g. registration, suspension, withdrawal, correcting issues with your record on MyBangor/Banner etc, please contact CoSE PGR Admin support.
For questions about inductions or PGR conferences, please contact CoSE PGR Events.
Other services and support:
Useful forms for PGRs including: suspension of studies, withdrawal from studies, visa extension etc. are located on the Student Administration webpages. This contains, amongst other things, a list of useful contacts and a FAQ guide.
Thesis Deadline Extension requests are made on My Bangor Request Centre. Any queries, contact the PGR student admin team.
Other useful inks
College and Schools Directors of Postgraduate Studies:
Dr Alexander Georgiev, College Director of Postgraduate Research
Dr Aaron Comeault, Post Graduate Research Director for the School of Environmental and Natural Sciences
Dr Willian Teahan, Postgraduate Research Director for the School of Computer Science and Engineering
Dr James Waggitt, Postgraduate Research Director for the School of Ocean Sciences
PGR Representatives:
School of Computer Science & Engineering
Aron Owen
Ben Winter
Glory Ogbonda
Leena Farhat
Preben Vangberg
School of Environmental & Natural Sciences
Amelia Harvey
Joe Roy
Lucas Jack Le Brun
Perpetua Ifiemor
Pooja Padmakumar
Ruby Richards
School of Ocean Sciences:
Edward Roome
Megan O'Hara
Sijing Shen
Administration:
Chris Parry PGR Administrator within Student Administration
Dr Emma Green College Research Institute Administrator
