Grad School: Catch Up #1

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This morning, I had a quick catch-up at Starbucks with the Grad School.

We discussed my plans and I hope to work closely with the Grad School this year.

The Grad School do some great work for developing postgraduates at the University of Birmingham and they are a valuable source of support. They arrange networking events, guest lecturers, development opportunities and ensure postgraduates have adequate study space across campus.

However, the Grad School at this University only supports Research postgraduates. This is partly because Roberts Funding (which assists the Grad School financially) is only available for developing Research postgraduates.

Obviously, this is controversial because 5000+ of the postgraduates here are Taught students and only 2000+ of the postgraduates are Research students. Bottom line: the majority of postgrads are not given support by the Grad School.

This is why postgraduate representation in the Guild of Students is more important than ever.

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