Student Evaluation and Feedback

We take your views on your experience within the department and University very seriously. This is an important part of the University’s programme of quality assurance and enhancement, and in the appraisal of members of staff. As such, there are points during your degree where you will be asked to give detailed feedback on your experiences as a postgraduate researcher; for example, a Review of Supervision form is completed as part of each meeting of your Thesis Advisory Panel and you may be asked to complete the sector-wide Postgraduate Research Experience Survey (PRES). Your support of this process, by providing relevant and constructive feedback, is critical in delivering the best possible postgraduate researcher journey, as well as in facilitating the continued success of postgraduate research at York.

The school holds termly Staff Student Forum (SSF) meetings, whereby research students can discuss matters arising with members of the department, including the student support team and Director of Postgraduate Research. This gives staff and students an additional point of contact for ideas and suggestions, and to provide feedback based on previous meetings. The student representative would attend the SSF, and would be a point of contact between the department and the students.