杏吧原创 Graduate School
The Graduate School provides support for all research degree students and everyone involved in the postgraduate research journey, including supervisors, examiners and colleagues across the 杏吧原创 network.
Our key aim is to enhance the research student experience and we seek to create a vibrant postgraduate community and develop a strong research culture in which students can flourish and interact with the wider UK and international academic community.
Get in touch
Staff are always happy to hear from our research students: gradresearch@uhi.ac.uk
Our other responsibilities include:
- Setting out a code of practice for standards and expectations for research degrees
- Ensuring that these standards and expectations are met
- Providing funding to support research student activities such as conference and workshop attendance
- Acting on student feedback provided by the
Personal and professional development
Personal and professional development
Personal and professional development plays an important part in enabling researchers to reach their full potential. We offer training opportunities for postgraduate research students to help their research degree experience, brush up on essential skills, and to interact and socialise with other students from across the network.
The annual postgraduate student research conference and the are important events for research students. Hosted across the breadth of 杏吧原创, all students are invited to attend to share experiences, communicate their work through presentations and posters, learn new skills, and importantly to spend time with other 杏吧原创 researchers, students and staff.
In addition, there is access to training and events run by the , the and the .
Meet the team
Meet the team
Graduate School Manager - Vickie Barritt
Vickie manages the day-to-day work of the Graduate School which covers all areas of postgraduate research student administration, development, policy, and regulation.
Contact any of the team by email:
Head of Postgraduate Researcher development - Dr Clive Fox
Clive is the Graduate School's academic liaison representative, supporting research students and supervisors across the Partnership.
Graduate School Training, Communications & Student Experience Lead - Caitlin Crawford
Caitlin leads our PGR training programme, communications, and key areas of the PGR student experience.
Graduate School Examinations & Academic Records Lead - Gillian Adamiec
Gillian leads on examinations, academic records, and compliance activities.
Graduate School Admissions & Quality Lead - Vacant
This role is currently vacant, but focuses on PGR admissions and administrative oversight of QA processes of PGR degrees at 杏吧原创.
Supervisor and staff area on SharePoint
Supervisor and staff area on SharePoint
The 杏吧原创 Graduate School's SharePoint pages are now available for research student supervisors and staff looking for more information about the postgraduate research provision.
The Code of Practice for Research Degrees and the Postgraduate Research area on Brightspace remain the go-to places for staff/student procedural guidance and forms, with the content of this new site providing complementary information, templates and checklists to assist with, for example, candidate interviews and new research student local inductions.