Academic Regulations: Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences
| School | Health Sciences |
| Final Award | Doctor of Philosophy With exit awards of: |
| Programme(s) | PhD Health Sciences (Full-Time CDRF students) |
| Last modified | April 2024 |
The Academic Regulations apply to and regulate the programme(s) listed above.
On occasion, programmes can be exempted from one or more of the clauses in the Regulations; one or more of the clauses can be varied; and programmes can impose additional requirements.
- Exemptions are characterised by the omission of the relevant clause.
- Variations are characterised by the replacement of the clause with alternative wording.
- Additions are characterised by requirements in addition to those detailed in the Academic regulations.
The programmes listed have approval from the Academic Quality and Standards Subcommittee for the exemptions and/or variations and/or additions to the regulations noted below.
Exemptions
The clause(s) listed below describe where an exemption to the Regulations exists.
None apply
Variations
The clause(s) listed below describe where a variation to the Regulations exists:
Students undertaking the full-time PhD Health Sciences programme through the Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship will undertake Progression Reviews in accordance with the following revised timings:
| Existing University Regulation | ||||
| Code of Practice for Research Degree Candidature and Supervision section 18: Progression Monitoring and Reviews) | ||||
| Summary of timings of progression reviews for research students who enrolled on their doctoral studies on or after 1 August 2016 (full-time programmes) | ||||
| First Attempt | Second Attempt | |||
| Submission window | Decision deadline | Submission window | Decision deadline | |
| First Progression Review | 7-9 months | Before the end of month 10 | 10-11 months | Before the end of month 12 |
| Second Progression Review (Confirmation) | 18-20 months | Before the end of month 21 | 21-23 months | Before the end of month 24 |
| Third Progression Review | 30-32 months | Before the end of month 33 | 33-35 months | Before the end of month 36 |
| Regulations for Research Degrees section 6: Duration of Research Degrees) | ||||
| Degree | Minimum Length of Candidature | Maximum Length of Candidature | ||
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time | |
| PhD – Standard Route | 24 | 36 | 48 | 84 |
| Approved variation | ||||
| Students undertaking the full-time PhD Health Sciences programme through the Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship are required to undertake Progression Reviews in accordance with the following revised timings: | ||||
| Summary of timings of progression reviews for research students who enrolled on their doctoral studies on or after 1 August 2016 (full-time programmes) | ||||
| First Attempt | Second Attempt | |||
| Submission window | Decision deadline | Submission window | Decision deadline | |
| First Progression Review | 10-16 months | Before the end of month 17 | 17-18 months | Before the end of month 19 |
| Second Progression Review (Confirmation) | 24-26 months | Before the end of month 27 | 27-29 months | Before the end of month 30 |
| Third Progression Review | 36-38 months | Before the end of month 39 | 39-41 months | Before the end of month 42 |
| Degree | Minimum Length of Candidature | Maximum Length of Candidature | ||
| Full-time | Part-time | Full-time | Part-time | |
| PhD Health Sciences Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship (CDRF) | 36 | - | 60 | - |
Additional requirements
The clause(s) listed below are in addition to the Regulations.
| 1. | Students undertaking the full-time PhD Health Sciences programme through the Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship will be required to spend 25% of their candidature in clinical practice. |
These regulations should be read in conjunction with the Doctoral Programme Profile.
Disclaimer
As a research-led University, we undertake a continuous review of our programmes to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. As a result, these regulations may be revised during a student’s period of registration, however, any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Please read our Disclaimer to see why, when and how changes may be made to a student’s programme.