Research students
Your Research Degree comprises four key stages of study:
- enrolment stage
- registration of the MPhil/PhD
- transfer to PhD
- approval of examination arrangements
Visit our Research Office intranet pages for full details about each stage.
The Research Office is responsible for administering your studies, from application and enrolment to examination of your thesis and conferment of your degree. The office also provides guidance and support on all matters relating to your studies.
Visit the Contacts directory for Research Office contact details.
Research Training Programme
All research degree students are required to undertake the University Research Training Programme which seeks to develop and to record relevant generic and research skills.
Visit the University Research Training Programme webpage.
Students who are engaged in teaching or related academic activity are required to undertake an appropriate training course before they start teaching. This is monitored through the University Research Training Programme. For more details, visit the ‘Supporting Learning (Training for Teaching)’ page on the Research Students Blackboard Site (note that you will need to log in to Blackboard to visit this site).
Research Committees
The University's research degree provision is overseen by a number of Committees.
Research Students’ Forum
The University has a Research Students’ Forum where you can participate and contribute to current issues affecting research students at the University. More information is available on the Research Students Blackboard Site.
School research and Research Directors
Visit our Research pages for details of current research in each school.
You can also visit Westminster Exchange, the University’s hub for interdisciplinary collaboration in pedagogic research and inquiry, and can also visit WestminsterResearch, the University’s online research repository.
Regulations, policies, codes and procedures
During your time with us, you’ll need to refer to various key documents, such as the Research Degree Regulations and related codes of practice.
Visit our Key Documents webpage for all key documents relevant to your research degree.
You’ll also need to refer to and submit a number of key documents relating to the Registration stage of your studies, eg the Application to Register Form, Ethical Approval Application Form, and Assignation of Intellectual Property Rights form.
Visit our Research Degree Forms intranet page to access key documents and related guidance notes.
