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The process of progress reviews for Tyndall based students is intended to be a constructive
and positive experience for the students and thesis committee and should recognise and
acknowledge good progress made.
All research students are required to complete 3 to 6 month, 12 month, 24 month and not later
than 36month reviews. Thereafter, progress updates are required at 6monthly intervals until the
thesis is submitted. It is the responsibility of the supervisor to arrange and inform the Thesis
Committee of the progress review meetings. For further details on the supervision procedure,
please see the post-grad supervision procedure TYN-GS-PR-62 Graduate Management Process
located under Associated Documents within QT9 Software.
This progress report should accompany the reports required at each of the reporting periods as
described in the procedure.
Research student:
Centre/Department:
Supervisor:
Co-Supervisor:
Advisor(s):
Monitor:
Please provide a summary of revisions to project plan and any training recommended by the Thesis
Committee. Summary of actions required
(attach additional sheets as necessary).
Modules
UCC PhD students, registered from October 2013, are required to take a minimum of 15ECTS as
part of the structured PhD requirements
Students should include a printout of their assessed modules from the UCC student portal
Recommendations
1. Progress is good and the student should continue with the current plan
2. There are concerns about progress and some actions are required to get the
research back on track. Progress should be re-reviewed in 3-6month
List any Health and Safety training undertaken since your last review and H&S training required
in the next 6 months.
Additional Activities
List other relevant activities you have participated in since your last review and activities planned
for the next 6 months; e.g. outreach activities
Lab Safety
Are you lab based?______________
If yes, have you and your supervisor signed TYN-LAB-REC-56: Responsibilities of supervisors
and their staff/students in Tyndall labs and returned to Health and Safety manager?
Signature Student:__________________________
Signature Supervisor:_______________________
Lab Documentation - The student is required to bring their lab notebook to the review. It is the
responsibility of the supervisor to ensure that these are maintained according to TYN-SW-PR-10.
Signature Supervisor_________________
Leave Entitlement
Have you and your supervisor discussed your annual leave (20day entitlement) ______________
Signature Student:__________________________
Signature Supervisor:_______________________
For other UCC academic departments or institutes of technology, please arrange with your
supervisor that your reports are sent to the appropriate academic contact person.
Overview
This appendix is intended to provide guidelines, where required, for the 12month Progress Report.
It is not intended to be a completely prescriptive template. It is acknowledged that the supervisor,
as the person with overall responsibility for the research conducted by, and academic progress of,
the student provides clear recommendations as to what is required in each instance.
Guidelines for the production of Month 12 Progress Report for Postgraduate Students
Registered for PhD Programmes
1. Preamble
This document has been prepared to try to standardize the format of these reports and to provide
clear guidelines to graduate students as to what it is expected of them in terms of report preparation.
It is recommended that each student discusses these guidelines with their project supervisor before
commencing report writing.
2. Suggested Format
It is recommended that the report be prepared as a working document that can be updated over time
to evolve into the final thesis. It should contain the following sections, each of which is described
in more detail below:
Title page
Abstract
Contents Section
Glossary of terms used, acronyms employed etc., if appropriate
Chapter 1, Introduction
Chapter 2, Methods of Research
Chapter 3, Results and Discussion
Chapter 4, Conclusions and Further Work
References
Appendices, if appropriate
3. Section Requirements
3.2 Abstract
What the report contains and just this.
3.4 Glossary
Not always required, but if the report contains lots of acronyms or other jargon which is appropriate
to the field concerned, then it can be a very useful addition to the report.
3.9 References
All references must be correctly numbered and listed, using an appropriate style.
3.10 Appendices
If these help in terms of what you are trying to say in the report then include them. If not, don’t.
Examples of appendices include papers published. Mathematical proofs of certain important
relations, computer program code etc.