GRPE Joint Graduate School

Inter-institutional research will be promoted by a joint graduate school. Postgraduate students and research staff will benefit from access to leading researchers across a full range of disciplines, combined with the opportunity to use equipment and infrastructure in a more efficient and productive manner. This will promote the interdisciplinary and inter-institutional culture that is vital for a vibrant research environment.

  The Joint Graduate School will have responsibility for:

• Co-ordination of the application process and the award of GRPE research studentships
• Co-ordination of generic skills and specialist technical PGR training across the partner institutions
• Implementing postgraduate progress regulations across the GRPE
• Implementation of a trans-JRI seminar and workshop programme
• Co-ordination of joint, interdisciplinary events with the Scottish Research Partnership in Engineering and other pooling initiatives, and the sharing of best practice in PGR training

Research students awarded a GRPE postgraduate studentship will be enrolled in, and subsequently graduate from, the most appropriate partner institution. However they will, in general, be jointly supervised with one or more of the other partner institutions, and be conferred Visiting Research Student status at all other partner institutions.