COVID-19: Information for PGRs

26 June: Email from Library Services about PGR access to Aldham Robarts Library

17 June: Email from PVC (Research) and the Doctoral Academy about Covid-19 Support Scheme

13 May: Email update from PVC (Research) and the Doctoral Academy

27 March: Email update from PVC (Research) and the Doctoral Academy

20 March: Email from PVC (Research) and the Doctoral Academy with links to FAQs and updated ethics guidelines

Exceptional Support for PhD Research Severely Affected by Covid-19

Exceptional support is open to application from PGRs whose research has been severely affected by Covid-19. You may apply under this scheme if you have experienced exceptional and chronic disruptions to your research (i.e. beyond the 3 months recognised in the PGR support package of July 2020).

Exceptional support will be considered by application and on a case by case basis. All applicants should provide record of disruptions (eDoc supervisory logs, emails to supervisors, PGRAPTS, FRDSGC chairs etc.) which they should reference in the application (this cannot be undertaken retrospectively). Your supervisors are also required to add a supporting statement in your application.

The exceptional support will be for a maximum of 3 months.

You should apply by Friday 9 October using this form.

Self-funded PGRs can apply for additional fee support (up to a maximum of an additional 3 months).  The application must be submitted 3 months (minimum) prior to your next re-enrolment point.

Funded PGRs can apply for extended stipend payments and overtime fee support (up to a maximum of an additional 3 months).  The application must be submitted 3 months (minimum) prior to the date your current funding/support is due to finish.

FAQs for PGRs about disruption related to Covid-19

FAQs about the PGR Support Scheme announced on the 17 June 2020

Please remember to keep a record of your supervisory meetings on eDoc. It is your responsibility, as the PGR, to log these meetings, and then your supervisor can endorse them. If you have experienced any disruption to your research due to the pandemic, these should be logged via a Supervisory Meeting on eDoc. You can then reference the log date should you need to apply for any support.

Quickstart guide for eDoc

If you would like any one-to-one training on using eDoc, please contact DoctoralAcademy@ljmu.ac.uk to arrange a time.

PGR Guide to online Vivas

Examiner’s and Supervisor’s Guide to online Vivas

To be eligible to attend one of the University Graduation Ceremonies you must have fully completed your award AND have registered to attend the graduation by the deadline set by the Awards Team. 

For information relating to graduation please visit the following sites:

https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/academic-registry/student/registry-services/awards (this site also provides information about the issuing of degree certificates)

https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/students/graduation

Our Researcher Development Programme workshops have now all moved online. You can find details of forthcoming events here and on the calendar within eDoc. We also have a Researcher Development Canvas site with a range of asynchronous workshop resources.

Resources that may be of interest to postgraduate researchers working during the pandemic.

JISC Call for Participants: if you are looking to recruit participants for your surveys, interviews or any other research studies, you can now make use of this JISC service. Join the Doctoral Academy group before creating a study page, which is visible to thousands of potential participants around the world.

Virtual not Viral: curated links to resources for doctoral researchers, with sections on doing research, working from home, wellbeing and writing. Also hosts weekly #VirtualnotViral tweetchats every Monday. 

Doing Fieldwork in a Pandemic, a crowd-sourced document edited by Deborah Lupton. 

Doing Arts Research in a Pandemic, The Culture Capital Exchange. A crowd-sourced collection of  reflections, research activities and methods that have emerged in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic.