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Useful Information and Forms

Please feel free to download a copy of one of the below forms if you have been unable to attain one from the graduate office.

• Postgraduate essay cover sheet (PDF document)
• Supervisory board record of progress sheet (1st Year) (revised January 2012)
• Supervisory board record of progress sheet (2nd & 3rd Years) (revised January 2012)
• Dissertation Supervisor Consent Form (word document)
• Dissertation Submission Form (PDF document)

Requesting References

Members of staff expect to be asked to act as referees for their students.  If you would like one or more particular members of staff to act as a referee for you then please ask them in advance.  The best way to do this is either in their office hours, or in writing/e-mail.  Do not leave it until the last minute and expect a reference to be produced within the next day or so.  They do have other things to do, or may be away from the University. 

Students applying for grants from funding bodies must ensure their referees are available to write references at the required time.  Arts and Humanities Research Council applicants should ensure that completed forms reach us by 15th  March for references.  Members of staff are often away from the University during vacations, undertaking research, attending conferences, or even having a holiday. 

Every reasonable effort will be made to provide a reference for students who have studied in the Department, within a minimum period of three years following departure from the University.  Requests received outside of this time scale may be met if a member of staff is equipped with the necessary information on the student and is willing to provide a reference.  Thereafter, factual statements, including attendance dates and marks, may be provided where no individual member of staff is available to supply a reference, using records in the departmental office or central administration.

A copy of any references issued will be retained within the Department for a period of six years following your departure from the University, ten years in the case of research students.  If you would like the Department to keep a copy of your references beyond this date you will need to give your written consent. 

Requests for references should be submitted on this form.