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  • Doctoral opportunities
    • Doctoral research areas
    • Types of doctoral degree
    • Part-time doctoral research
    • PhD by Distance
    • Find a PhD
    • What to expect during your PhD
    • How to apply for a doctoral degree
    • Meet our doctoral researchers
  • Doctoral funding and fees
    • Fees
      • Fees for new doctoral students
      • Fees for continuing research students
    • PhD studentships
      • ahrc doctoral landscape awards
      • uor centenary phd bursaries
    • Doctoral loans
    • Supplement your income
    • Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding
    • Doctoral training centres and partnerships
    • Travel funding schemes for doctoral students
  • How we support your doctoral studies
    • Our research community
    • Your PhD supervisor
    • Study and research facilities
    • University support services
    • Bringing your family
  • Doctoral training and development
    • Leadership programme
    • Planning your future
    • Preparing to Teach programme
    • Reading Researcher Development Programme
    • Dedicated language support
  • Research staff
    • Employment
    • Environment and culture
      • Research Staff Committee
    • HR Excellence in Research
    • Professional and career development
      • Supporting research staff
    • Researcher Development Concordat
    • Information for research staff managers
  • Meet the team
    • Directors of postgraduate research studies
  • College events
    • Fairbrother Lecture
    • Induction
      • Induction pack
    • Doctoral Research Conference
      • Doctoral Research Conference 2025
      • Doctoral Research Conference 2024
      • Doctoral Research Conference 2023
      • Doctoral Research Conference 2022
      • Doctoral Research Conference 2021
      • Doctoral Research Conference 2020
      • Doctoral Research Conference 2019
  • Student policies and procedures
    • Code of Practice on Research Students
    • DBS for doctoral students
    • Thesis submission and examination
    • Electronic deposition of doctoral theses
    • Guides
    • Immigration information
      • Confirmation of acceptance for studies (CAS)
    • Research Councils' Open Access and research data policies
    • Programme specifications
    • Researchfish: guidance for doctoral researchers
    • Forms for current research students
  • Doctoral information for staff
    • Staff training and development
    • Staff policies and procedures
    • Doctoral research studentships staff guide
    • Electronic deposition of theses: guidance for supervisors
    • Good practice guides
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Guides for current students

The Doctoral and Researcher College guide to…

Guidance on the responsible use of generative AI in doctoral research

You and your supervisor (PDF, 0.4MB)

Keeping on track: how we monitor and assess your progress (PDF, 0.4MB)

Surviving the viva (PDF, 0.4MB)

Becoming a university academic (PDF, 0.4MB)

Information for students with studentship funding (PDF, 0.2MB)

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