Key Doctoral School academic staff:
Key Doctoral School services:
The Doctoral School is here to help you with many of your non-academic queries (click here for services which the Doctoral School does not provide).
View a Who's Who of the Doctoral School administration team.
The Doctoral School:.
The Doctoral School currently supports Schools and departments with room bookings / registers of attendance etc.
The Royal Holloway Doctoral conference 2023 took place on 2 November.
The Doctoral School provides administrative support to academics / students organising the School conferences e.g. room booking / catering.
If you are not sure who your reps are on your School's PGR Staff-Student Action Meetings, please check here
The Doctoral School Open Meeting runs once a term and gives you the opportunity to:
- find out what is happening across the University and in your School to support postgraduate researchers
- raise questions with the Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (PGR), the Doctoral School managers and the School Directors of PGR Education
- feedback your suggestions and opinions on a range of topics affecting postgraduate researchers
The Doctoral School:
- maintains the Doctoral School microsite with up to date news and events of interest to PGR students as well as details of the RDP progamme and relevant administrative process
- sends all PGR students the fortnightly 'Researcher Newsletter', which collates news, events and articles for PGR students from across the University and beyond
- maintains the Twitter feed @RHULDocSchool
The Doctoral School Helpdesk can help you by providing documents and advice on non-academic matters e.g.
Documents:
Advice on:
- Change of start date / interruption / change of mode / withdrawal
- Deadline extensions
- Your student record
- Tuition fee billing
- Studentships
- Annual review process
- Upgrade process
- Exam process
Find out more
You are asked to complete a 'Start of Session' form when you arrive at Royal Holloway. If there are any subsequent changes to your supervisory team, please inform doctoralschool@royalholloway.ac.uk.
For any queries regarding your record, contact doctoralschool@royalholloway.ac.uk.
For any queries regarding a suspension of regulations request, contact doctoralschool@royalholloway.ac.uk.
For any queries regarding the regulations or Code of Practice, contact doctoralschool@royalholloway.ac.uk.
The Doctoral School works closely with many areas of University to help provide a cohesive service to Royal Holloway PGR students e.g:
Services provided elsewhere in the University for postgraduate researchers
Your School's Helpdesk - contact them if you have queries about:
- Your HR contract (for those of you who are teaching)
- Study space within your department / School
- Expenses (except techne expenses, which the Doctoral School deals with)
The Student Services Centre - contact them if you have queries about:
- Applying to live in Halls
- Replacement Student ID cards
- Travel concessions including the 18+ Student Oyster Photocard
The following also provide services for postgraduate researchers: