1. PhD Progression Points
Dr Sonja Tomaskovic
Research & Innovation
University of Salford
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2. What are Progression Points for?
Structure!
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Progress!
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Quality Assurance!
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3. What is the Criteria?
Originality!

4. What is the Criteria?
Understanding & Knowledge!
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5. What is the Criteria?
What is the Criteria?
Project Management!
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6. What is the Criteria?
Research Skills!
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7. What are the Ph.D. milestones?
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8. Timeline - full time PhD
Annual Report
Year 1
Self Evaluation
Learning Interim
Report
Agreement: Assessment: 9-12
within 3 months months
Annual Report
Year 2
Self Evaluation
Internal
Evaluation: 12
Report
months after IA
Annual Report
Year 3
Self Evaluation
Report
Write-up and assessment period

9. Timeline - part time PhD
Annual Report
Learning Year 1
Agreement: Self-Evaluation
within 6 months
Annual Report
Year 2
Interim Assessment:
Self-Evaluation
17-23 months
Annual Report
Year 3
Self-Evaluation
Annual Report
Year 4
Self-Evaluation
Internal
Evaluation: 20
months after IA
Annual Report
Year 5
Self-Evaluation
+2 Write up and assessment

10. Learning agreement
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11. Annual Reports
Annual progress report
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12. Interim Assessment (IA)
Within 9–12 months (17–23 for PT)
Requirements - 4000 words
- oral exam (supervisor + 2 staff members)
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13. Original Clarity of
Literature Contribution research
review focus
Evaluation
Future Work
General
knowledge
Data
findings

14. Interim Assessment - Outcomes
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15. Interim Assessment - Outcomes
In 3 months
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16. Interim Assessment - Outcomes
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17. Interim Assessment - Outcomes
MPhil
PhD
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18. Internal Evaluation (IE)
12 months after IA
Requirements- 10k–15k words (i.e. chapter of your thesis)
- oral exam (2 research active staff members)
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19. Internal Evaluation (IE)
Solving Substantial
Independent
complex Knowledge
Researcher
issues
12 months after IA
Evaluation
Overcoming
Creation of
Obstacles
new
knowledge Original
Research
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20. Internal Evaluation - Outcomes
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21. Internal Evaluation - Outcomes
In 3 months
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22. Internal Evaluation - Outcomes
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23. Internal Evaluation - Outcomes
MPhil
PhD
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24. Arrangements
Your responsibility!
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25. All the forms can be found:
www.pg.salford.ac.uk/page/general_forms

26. THANK YOU!
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