Intro

Doctoral Services provide operational support and guidance for the University’s doctoral activities, with the needs of our students at the heart of everything we do. We provide expertise on:

  • The administration and quality assurance of doctoral degrees
  • Skills development for doctoral students and supervisors
  • Enhancements to the student experience
  • The promotion of doctoral study and funding opportunities.

Please see below for Doctoral Services and Faculty contacts. Questions regarding the administration of your doctoral studies can be directed to our enquiry helpline for non-academic matters - give us a call on 0161 247 5329 between 10am and 4pm, Monday to Friday.

You can also get in touch with us at assist.mmu.ac.uk. Face to face or Teams appointments can also be made in the Appointments section of Moodle

Doctoral Services

  • Doctoral Student Leadership Team

    The Doctoral Student Leadership Team is responsible for implementation of the student strategy.

    Justine Abbott, Head of Doctoral Services

    Charlotte Wood, Doctoral Services Operations Manager

    Anne-Marie Walsh,Doctoral Services Funding and Development Manager

    Dr Cathy Coombs,Doctoral Student Development and Training Manager 

    Dr Michael Gallagher, Doctoral College, Faculty Head (Health and Education)

    Dr Kirstie Andrews, Doctoral College, Faculty Head (Science and Engineering)

    Dr Helen Wadham, Doctoral College, Faculty Head (Business and Law)

  • Funding and development

    The Doctoral Services Funding and Development team can provide support and guidance in the following areas:

    • Providing advice, guidance and support with doctoral student funding and studentships
    • Administrative liaison with Doctoral Training Partnerships
    • Doctoral student data and reporting
    • Doctoral student mobility
    • The development of the doctoral student provision
    • Horizon scanning
    • Staff training
    • Liaison with Strategic Planning Office, departments in Research & Innovation

    Anne-Marie Walsh,Doctoral Services Funding and Development Manager

    Contact: doctoralfunding@mmu.ac.uk
     

  • Doctoral student experience

    The Doctoral Student Experience team can provide support and guidance in the following areas:

    • Doctoral student training and development programme
    • Coordination of induction
    • Coordinating doctoral student development across the University
    • Horizon scanning
    • Monitoring Vitae and UKRI
    • Doctoral student wellbeing
    • Liaison with Research & Innovation, University Teaching Alliance, Student Wellbeing Services, Faculty Doctoral Student training

    Dr Cathy Coombs,Doctoral Student Development and Training Manager 

    Contact: doctoralstudentexperience@mmu.ac.uk

Doctoral Services Operations

  • Assessment and progression

    The Assessment and Progression team can provide support and guidance in the following areas:

    • Coordinating Annual Progress Reviews and student exams
    • Assessment boards and awards (including transfer to lower award)
    • Oversight of compliance with supervisory arrangements
    • The research phase of Professional Doctorates
    • Supervisor and examiner training
    • Liaison with Disability and Inclusion Service

    Fiona Commons, Research Degrees Manager (Assessment and Progression)

    Contact: doctoralservices@mmu.ac.uk
     

  • Student administration

    The Student Records team and Engagement & Concessions team can provide support and guidance in the following areas:

    • Student records / Moodle / QLS units
    • Admissions and enrolments
    • System set up for programmes
    • Phase A of Professional Doctorates
    • Change of mode
    • Extensions
    • Interruptions
    • Exceptional factors
    • Presumed withdrawal
    • Student progress procedure
    • Liaison with Student Billings, Student Case Management

    Hannah Shaw, Research Degrees Manager (Student Administration Management)

    Contact: doctoralservices@mmu.ac.uk

  • Curriculum management

    The Curriculum Management team can provide support and guidance in the following areas:

    • Quality assurance of the doctoral student provision
    • Regulations, codes of practice and guidance
    • Concession requests
    • Doctoral student programme approval and collaboration
    • Doctoral student programme review process
    • Coordination of committee meetings
    • Liaison with International partnerships, Governance and Secretariat

    Rosie Hardwick, Research Degrees Officer (Curriculum Management)

    Contact: doctoralservices@mmu.ac.uk

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