However, much of our work involves giving advice on postgraduate issues and providing a forum for postgraduates to debate matters of common interest. Our services include advice to affiliated students' unions and postgraduate societies, a series of guidelines and draft codes of practice intended to promote improved quality of postgraduate provision, and two electronic mailing lists. We are funded by subscriptions from affiliated institutions. These are all elected at the Conference held each summer. In addition, we hold meetings at least every four months at venues around the country.
Every affiliated institution is entitled to vote, and all postgraduates are welcome to attend.
These meetings decide on Committee policy, and also act as a national forum for postgraduates. We have a Scottish subcommittee which meets regularly, and a network of regional contacts covering the rest of the country. Each booklet provides a set of draft guidelines on which institutions can base their own guidelines. They provide a basis for the promotion of good practice within institutions, and support for individual postgraduates or their representatives to argue for improved provision. All are kept under review, and are revised and updated as a result of the latest developments.