In the past month I’ve been working on ensuring that all students can graduate at a time that suits them and I’m pleased to say that I’ve had some success! Earlier this year I released a survey to find out if you want to graduate in December. Some students are allowed to graduate in December, whereas […]
Earlier this year I released a survey to find out if you want to graduate in December. Some students are allowed to graduate in December, whereas others only get the option of graduating in July. You can read my previous blog here. At the Union’s AGM on Wednesday 11th June a policy was passed to […]
I can now, very proudly, present the results of the survey we deployed in March/April. I will hold my hands up and apologise that it is a month later than intended and here is the reason: originally we were intending to present the university-wide results outlining both quantitative and qualitative responses, which we were all […]
As you may remember from government’s Autumn Budget and my blog from November, loans are going to be available for those starting a Postgraduate degree that’s taught. So, if you’re considering taking on a Masters degree here’s some information that might be of some help. We thought it’d be best to put all the information […]
The Students’ Union is conducting a survey for all Postgraduate Research Students between 18th March and 10th April, with a chance of winning one of 2 sets of £50 West Quay vouchers. We want to find out what the real experience of our PGR students is like – whether you teach or not we’d love […]
Are you considering doing a Postgraduate degree? Are you currently doing a Postgraduate degree? If yes, then I want to hear from you! Currently, there are two sets of graduation: Summer (July) and Winter (December) – but these options aren’t available to everyone. Different faculties decide when they want to hold graduation ceremonies, most are […]
This year the Union has started a project in partnership with the University to look into the support available for and the wellbeing of Postgraduate Research students on all campuses in all subject areas. We want to talk to PGRs about the things that cause you to feel stressed, about where you go for support and […]
I have just received a joint response from both the current and future Vice-Chancellors, Don Nutbeam and Christopher Snowden, outlining their stance on our decision to support the #CapsOff campaign. Whilst our current Vice-Chancellor, Don Nutbeam, has done much to ensure the introduction of a structured loan for UK Postgraduate Taught students, it is the […]
What is it about? The last government decided to put an age cap of 30 on the new scheme for postgraduate taught loans, which are due to be introduced in 2016. #CapsOff is a campaign that has been set up by the NUS, which offers a number of key arguments and campaign ideas to put pressure on government and […]
Being my first blog ever I thought I’d give it an INDIAN TWIST right in the title so here we go! Given that I have months’ worth of experience to pop into my blog I apologise for it lengthiness, however I’m sure you’ll enjoy every single word of it as I attempt to make […]
