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- OGM
- OGM Minutes 28 Feb 04
- OGM 13 November 2005
- Jan 07 OGM Guide (PDF, 257.6K)
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- OGM Minutes 24 November 2007
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- Financial Accounts 04/05 (PDF, 3.23MB)
- Financial Report for September 11th 2006 (PDF, 32.8K)
- Financial Report November 10th 2006 (PDF, 33.0K)
- Financial Report for November 23rd 2007 (PDF, 36.3K)
- Financial Report June 10th 2006 (PDF, 39.1K)
- Financial Report for February 15th 2008 (PDF, 45.6K)
- Partners
- NPC in the UK
- NPC Scotland
- First pn Scotland in pdf (PDF, 195.3K)
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- Pn Scotland Election 2007 (PDF, 177.6K)
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- CIN Alba
- NPC Wales
- PCÔ-R Cymru
- pn Cymru 1 (PDF, 314.6K)
- pn Cymru 2 (pdf) (PDF, 428.8K)
- Cyfarfod PÔ-RC Cymru 011102
- pn Cymru 2, (text)
- Pwyllgor Cenedlaethol yr Ôl-Raddedigion
- Canllawiau ar Gyfleusterau Unigryw i Ôl-Raddedigion
- Canllawiau ar Gylch Gwaith Swyddog Ôl-Radd Sabathol
- Siarter Gyflogaeth AUT/UCM/PCÔR ar gyfer Ôl-Raddedigion sy'n Addysgu
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- Rhaglen ar gyfer Cynhadledd PCÔR 2004
- NPC in Northern Ireland
- Postgraduate Facts and Issues
- About Postgraduates
- Who are Postgraduate Students?
- Funding a Postgraduate Degree
- Types of Postgraduate Courses
- Why do People do Postgraduate Degrees?
- What is it Like to Be a Postgraduate Student? Two case studies.
- Postgraduate Students as Teachers
- 10 Tips for Postgraduates Wishing to Teach
- The Dictionary of Postgraduate Study
- Policy Developments and Issues
- Research Student Isolation
- Complaints and Appeals for Postgraduates
- Failing a Research Degree Viva Examination - Tackling the Frequently Asked Questions
- Breakdown with Supervisor
- Useful tips for International Postgraduates
- Being a Taught Postgraduate - What's it like?
- Supporting Postgraduates
- 20 Ways to Ensure Better Postgraduate Provision in Your Institution and Students' Union
- Setting Up a Postgraduate Society
- What Questions Should I Ask?
- Some Guidance for the Prospective Taught Postgraduate Student
- Some Guidance for the Prospective Research Student
- Common Postgraduate Problems and Possible Solutions
- Communicating to Postgraduates
- How should a student body allocate finances for its postgraduates?
- Models of Postgraduate Representation
- Representing postgraduates in small institutions
- Tips for postgraduate based institutions
- How do we involve postgraduates? - The answers
- Ideas on Postgraduate Social Activities
- Representing Part Time Postgraduates
- Postgraduate Publications
- NPC Guidelines on Codes of Practice for Postgraduate Research (1992)
- NPC Guidelines on Codes of Practice for Instructional Postgraduate Courses (1993)
- NPC Guidelines for the Employment of Postgraduate Students as Teachers (1993)
- NPC Guidelines on Accommodation and Facilities for Postgraduate Research (1995)
- NPC Guidelines for the Conduct of Research Degree Appeals (1995)
- AUT/NPC/NUS Employment Charter (2000)
- National Survey of Postgraduate Funding and Priorities (2002) (PDF, 766.0K)
- NATFHE/NUS/NPC Employed Postgraduates' Charter (2003)
- Providing for the Postgradute Market (2003) (PDF, 933.1K)
- NPC Scotland/NUS Scotland/EIS Employed Postgraduates Charter (2003)
- NPC Guidelines on the Provision of Exclusive Postgraduate Facilities (2003)
- Complaints in Practise: Complaints in Crisis (2003) (PDF, 1.67MB)
- NPC Guildelines on the remit of a Postgraduate Sabbatical Officer (2004)
- A national review of emerging practice on the use of Personal Development Planning for postgraudate researchers (2004) (PDF, 541.7K)
- National Survey on User Perceptions of Personal Development Planning for Postgraduate Research Students (2005) (PDF, 541.2K)
- NPC Guidelines on including postgraduates in the institutional audit process (2005)
- Left Behind! - Student Activities for Postgraduates (2006) (PDF, 223.7K)
- Market Failure of Postgraduate Education Survey Report (2006) (PDF, 179.4K)
- PG Employment Charter 2006 (PDF, 105.4K)
- PG Employment Good Practice Guide 2006 (PDF, 85.9K)
- NPC Submission to the House of Commons Future of HE Inquiry 2006 (PDF, 70.0K)
- NPC Submission to the House of Commons Bologna Process Inquiry 2006 (PDF, 76.3K)
- Resources
- Postgraduate Policy Responses
- Consultations 1996
- Consultations 1997
- Consultations 1998
- Consultations 1999
- NPC/99/02/A: Scottish Office Review of Postgraduate Education
- NPC/99/03/A; The Research Assessment Exercise 2001
- NPC/99/03/B: Strategic Issues for Scottish Higher Education
- NPC/99/03/C: Institute for Learning and Teaching
- NPC/99/04/A: National Qualifications Frameworks (1)
- NPC/99/11/A: ESRC Training Board Consultation Exercise
- NPC/99/12/A: Higher Education Progress Files
- NPC/99/12/B: National Qualifications Frameworks (2)
- Consultations 2000
- Consultations 2001
- NPC/01/04/A: Welsh Assembly Investigation into Student Hardship and Funding
- NPC/01/05/A: The British Academy Graduate Studies Review
- NPC/01/08/A: Review of the Supply of Scientists and Engineers
- NPC/01/10/A: UUK/SCOP Consultation on Independent Review of Student Complaints
- NPC/01/10/B: HEFCE/QAA/UUK/SCOP Consultation on Quality Assurance
- NPC/01/11/A: NUS Commission on Democracy
- NPC/01/11/B: Joint Funding Councils' Review of Research Training
- NPC/01/12/A: Scottish Executive Review of Higher Education - First Consultation Paper
- NPC/01/12/B: HEFCE - Information on Quality and Standards of Learning and Teaching
- Consultations 2002
- NPC/02/04/A: The AHRB Postgraduate Review
- NPC/02/05/A: SHEFC Consultation on Quality Assurance
- NPC/02/06/A: HEFCE Review of the Overseas Research Students' Awards Scheme
- NPC/02/08/A: Scottish Executive Review of Higher Education - Second Consultation Paper
- NPC/02/11/A: Joint Funding Bodies Review of Research Asessment
- NPC/02/11/B: Joint Funding Councils Report on Improving Standards in Research Degree Programmes
- Consultations 2003
- NPC/03/01/A: World Trade Organisation General Agreement on Trade and Services
- NPC/03/02/A : NPC's response to Eurodoc Questionnaire
- NPC/03/03/A: Response to Institute for Learning and Teaching consulation on Continuing Professional Development
- NPC/03/04/A: National Union of Students In Europe, Response to the Bologna Declaration
- NPC/03/04/B: Department for Education and Skills, Response to the Higher Education Strategy White Paper
- NPC/03/05/A: Higher Education Funding Council for England, Response to the Strategic Plan 2003-2008 Consultation
- NPC/03/05/B: Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, Response to the Joint Corporate Plan 2003-2006 Consultation
- NPC/03/05/C: Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, Response to the Joint Corporate Plan 2003-2006 Consultation on Targets for Inclusion
- NPC/03/06/A: Response to the Economic and Social Research Council Review of Allocation of Studentship Awards
- NPC/03/09/A: Response to the Joint Funding Bodies Research and Assessment Review
- NPC/03/09/B: Joint Funding Councils Improving Standards in Research Degree Programmes, Response to the Formal Consultation
- NPC/03/10/A: Enterprise Committee, Inquiry into the Impact of England´s University Fees on Scottish Higher Education
- NPC/03/10/B: Higher Education Funding Council for England, Formal Consultation on Centres of Excellence in Teaching and Learning
- NPC/03/10/C: Higher Education Funding Council for England, Higher Education Innovation Fund, Response to Second Round Funding Proposals
- NPC/03/11/A: Higher Education Funding Council for England, Review of Research Funding Methods Consultation
- NPC/03/11/B: Department for Constitutional Affairs, Respose to the Consultation on Reforms of the Lord Chancellor
- NPC/03/11/C: Department of Trade and Industry, Academic Fellowship Review
- NPC/03/12/A: Department for Education and Skills Consultation on Degree Awarding Powers and University Title
- Consultations 2004
- NPC/04/02/A: Response to Eurodoc 2004 Questionnaire
- NPC/04/04/A: Scottish Executive, A New Complaints Landscape for Further and Higher Education in Scotland
- NPC/04/04/B: HM Treasury, Department of Trade and Industry, Department for Education and Skills, Science and Innovation: Working towards a ten-year investment framework
- NPC/04/05/A: Joint Funding Bodies Research Assessment Exercise 2008, Panel Configuration
- NPC/04/05/B: Department for Education and Skills, Renewable Degree Awarding Powers, Discussion Paper
- NPC/04/06/B: Department for Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland, Higher Education in Northern Ireland: A consultation on proposals to introduce variable deferred fees, access arrangements and a review of the student complaints system
- NPC/04/07/A: Scottish Executive, A Changing Landscape for Tertiary Education and Research in Scotland
- NPC/04/07/B: Universities UK, Standing Conference of Principals, Towards a Professional Framework of Teaching Standards
- NPC/04/07/C: Department for Trade and Industry, 7th EU Research and Development Framework Programme Consultation
- NPC/04/10/A: Office of the Independent Adjudicator, Rules and Procedures Consultation
- NPC/04/11/A: Response to the Home Office Consultation on the Review of Charges for Immigration Applications
- NPC/04/12/A: Independent Study into the Devolution of Student Support and Tuition Fees Regime in Wales
- Consultations 2005
- NPC/05/01/A: Response to a Call for Evidence from the Select Committee on the European Union
- NPC/05/01/B: Draft Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005
- NPC/05/01/C: Higher Education Academy Stragegic Planning Consultation Document
- NPC/05/02/A: Institute of Education and Arts and Humanities Research Borad Online Survey Concerning the UK Doctorate in the Arts and Humanities
- NPC/05/04/A: Eurodoc 2005 Questionnaire
- Consultations 2006
- NPC/06/01/A Part-time HE provision in Wales
- NPC/06/01/B HEFCE Strategic Plan 2006 - 11 Consultation
- NPC/06/01/C EPSRC Postgraduate Training Strategy Consultation
- NPC/06/03/A Eurodoc 2006 Questionnaire
- NPC/06/10/A - Reform of higher education research assessment and funding
- NPC/06/12/A - A consultation on a new charging regime for immigration and nationality fees
- NPC/06/12/B - Submission by the National Postgraduate Committee of the United Kingdom to the House of Commons Education and Skills Committee Inquiry into The Future Sustainability of the Higher Education Sector: purpose, funding and structures
- NPC/06/12/C - Submission by the National Postgraduate Committee of the United Kingdom to the House of Commons Education and Skills Committee Inquiry into The Bologna Process
- Consultations 2007
- Old Policy Responses Archive
- Comments by the National Postgraduate Committee on the 1992 Research Assessment Exercise (1992)
- Response to the Funding of Research by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (1993)
- Response to Recurrent Funding for Research in Higher Education Institutions in Scotland (1993)
- Contributions to the consultation on the science and technology white paper for the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by the National Postgraduate Committee (1993)
- Response by the National Postgraduate Committee to A charter for student unions (1993)
- ABRC Nature of the PhD, Comments by the National Postgraduate Committee (1993)
- Student Union Reform Consultation, Response by the National Postgraduate Committee (1993)
- Reply to ESRC Consultation on Industrial Relevance of Higher Degrees (1994)
- Response by the National Postgraduate Committee to the Office of Science and Technology Consultation Paper: A New Structure for Postgraduate Research Training Supported by the Research Councils. (1994)
- National Postgraduate Committee Response to the HEFCE Consultation Further Development of the Method for the Assessment of the Quality of Education (1994)
- Response to the Reprot of the Working Group on Postgraduate Support (1994)
- Response to "The Education Service in Northern Ireland: A Strategic Analysis" (1994)
- Response to Department for Education: Review of Higher Education (1994)
- Response to the ESRC Consultation Exercise Summer 1995 Postgraduate Training Policy (1995)
- HEFCE/CVCP/SCOP Review of Postgraduate Education (1995)
- Impact of the Research Assessment Exercise Response by the National Postgraduate Committee (1996)
- The Scottish Charity Law Review Commission (2001)
- Higher Education Funding Council for England Review of research (2001)
- Scottish Higher Education Funding Council Review of Research Policy and Funding: Second stage Consultation (2001)
- The Office of Science and Technology Quinquennial review of the grant awarding Research Councils (2001)
- The Scottish Executive Review of funding for the voluntary sector: Direct funding from the Scottish Executive (2001)
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- Money
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- Postgraduate Courses and Careers
- Complaints and Appeals
- International Students
- UK Postgraduate Education
- Useful Documents
- Redefining the Doctorate (PDF, 200.5K)
- Review of literature on the doctoral experience (PDF, 351.6K)
- Features
- National Postgraduate Committee OGM, 31st May, University of London Union
- NPC Annual Conference 2008, Open University Milton Keynes, 14th - 16th August 2008
- Glasgow OGM 16th - 17th February 2008 - Schedule
- Features Archive
- Concern over new private loans scheme
- The NPC Supports the Continuation of ORSAS
- Let's Talk Research: The Stirling Way!
- Getting the Most Out of Your Tutor
- NPC Endorses HEQC Research Guidelines
- The London Consortium: A Virtual Institution
- Don't be Afraid of the ESRC
- An Obituary to Baroness Seear
- New Tax Relief on Vocational Courses
- Postgraduate Typology and Awards
- Seeing it Through
- Save Our Wardens!
- Equity and Postgraduate Funding
- Postgraduate Starting Dates and Induction
- Don't Forget Your Passport: Reflections on an International Conference
- The Big Brother Cashcard?
- A Small Question of Pay
- Complaints and Codes of Practice
- Postgrads and the DSS
- The Teaching and Higher Education Bill
- "Goodwill" Hunting
- Beyond Assumptions
- Mission: Impossible
- PiNet Gathers Momentum
- The Future Wellbeing of Postgraduate Communities
- Why postgraduates can't get tube and bus discounts in the Capital
- Equal Opportunities - An Issue or Not?
- New Academic Sub-Committee for the NPC
- The NPC's New Web Site
- NUS Commission on Democracy
- NPC builds links with Northern Irish student bodies
- Martin Harris appointed Honorary President of the NPC
- NPC relaunches newletter
- Postgraduate Online Survey
- Initial results of research into postgraduate facilities
- Intital results of the postgraduate online survey (PDF, 62.2K)
- Links to institution facilities (PDF, 15.2K)
- Significant change in postgraduates from 1995-2000 (PDF, 6.7K)
- Significant change in FT postgraduates from 1995-2000 (PDF, 6.5K)
- Report on NPC Wales' first meeting
- Institution Survey on Postgraduate Facilities
- Institution Survey (PDF, 30.7K)
- NPC Wales plans to petition on Assembly Learning Grants
- Petition in English (PDF, 6.2K)
- Petition in Welsh (PDF, 6.4K)
- NPC Funding Charter
- NPC Wales writes to the Assembly Minister about Rees
- pn 1.2 is out
- Report on NPC Wales´s Second Meeting
- NPC Wales petitions the National Assembly for Wales
- Key findings of the NPC National Survey of Postgraduate Funding and Priorities
- NPC achieves charitable status
- The Thirteenth NPC Conference
- PN Wales Issue 2 Released
- UK pn v2.1 now available
- Report on NPC Wales Meeting, 1 November 2002
- NUS Wales Lobby National Assembly for Wales
- Exclusive Postgraduate Facilities: Is this an emerging trend?
- York: The Future of Postgraduate Provision in the UK?
- Journal of Graduate Education, volume 3 issue 2 now released
- Responses sent by NPC for November 2002
- RAE Review Response (PDF, 83.9K)
- Resesarch Degree Programmes Response (PDF, 75.4K)
- NPC's Response to GATS