As an Exeter postgraduate student you can be certain of a fast-track response in your dealings with the University administration. Students are actively involved in the policy-making process. For example, the postgraduate members of the Postgraduate Faculty Board and the University Teaching Committee recently made important contributions to the development of our new code of good practice for research students. We also receive student feedback from Staff Student Liaison Committees, the annual reports of postgraduate research students, and through open meetings with postgraduate students. We work closely with the student Postgraduate Association to make sure your voice is heard.
Funding is a major concern for all postgraduate students.
The Graduate School co-ordinates links with external sources of funding, particularly the Research Councils and the Arts and Humanities Research Board, and encourages proposals to ensure external recognition of Exeter's postgraduate programmes. The University has its own Graduate Teaching and Research Assistantship scheme for MPhil and PhD students which provides fees and maintenance at Research Council rates. Graduate Teaching Assistants are given full training with SEDA accreditation and are expected to teach for up to 150 hours a year. Graduate Research Assistants are required to undertake two days a week of research for a research team in addition to their own research. Many Schools also offer other scholarships and bursaries to postgraduate students.