Collaboration across Europe to grow capacity and meet a marketdemand

Prof Mick Fuller

Head of the Graduate School and Director of Graduate Studies

University of Plymouth structure 2011

4 Faculties Science & Technology – 5 Schools Business School – 3 Schools Education & Health – 6 Schools Art – 3 Schools Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry

University Graduate School

Directorate of Research & Innovation

Directorate of Teaching & Learning

University of Plymouth

23,000 students at Plymouth, 8,000 at associated partner colleges.

1200 academic staff 1800 professional staff (technicians + admin) 780 Research Students 4,500 Masters Students 600 academic staff involved in PhD supervision

Research at Plymouth

Main Research Themes• Marine Science & Technology• Sustainability• Health and Biomedicine• Creative Arts, Design and Technology

4 research Institutes Marine, Sustainability, Pedagogy, Health

21 research centres

Research degrees

ResM (Research Master) 1-2 yr FT 2-3 yr PT

MPhil (Master of Philosophy) 2-3 yr FT 3-5 yr PT

PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) 3-4 yr FT 5-6 yr PT

Types of PGR partnerships

Bilateral Institutional Agreements Joint degrees, sandwich arrangements, mutual

exchange of academics and students

Nodes Delegated authority to supervise PhD students

at a distance from Plymouth.

PhD nodesNode name Faculty Subject or Research

CentreCurrent student numbers

Darmstadt,Germany

Sci &Tech

Network Systems 21

Zurich,Switzerland

Arts Planetary Collegium 17

Milan,Switzerland

Arts Planetary Collegium 17

Rome, Italy

Sci & Tech Robotics & Art Intell 3

Munich,Germany

PBS Management & Technology

6

Furtwangen, Germany

Sci & Tech Network Systems 3

Duchy College, Cornwall Sci & Tech Agriculture and Rural 4

ICIPE, Kenya Sci & Tech Agriculture and Rural Under development

TransArt Institute, USA

Arts Fine Art Under development

Windsor, Canada

Arts Performance Arts Under development

Mannheim,Germany

Sci & Tech Network Systems Under development

Konstanz, Germany

PBS Management Under development

Setting up a Node Initial contact – usually a research contact Visit by Faculty/School representative Production of Rationale Document - criteria Approval from Faculty/School Institutional visit – criteria Approval by Academic Development Committee Memo of Agreement signed Recruitment Monitoring

Essential features of Nodes

Node is part of a Plymouth Research Centre Node Coordinators

one at the Node and one at Plymouth Each student has 2 or 3 supervisors

At least 1 in Plymouth (1 at node or coordinator) Students can be resident at Node or distant from

Node Supervisors meet with student regularl y

Face to face contact and virtual (email, Skype) Annual Symposium all students must attend

Munich nodeInaugural Symposium

October 2010

Core features of all students studying for a PhD at Plymouth

All students follow the guidance of the Logbook and the Research Degrees Handbook

All students must undergo some training in research specific skills and generic personal skills

The thesis must be written in English The examination follows the UK model

private defence of the thesis

MF 16