Programme requirements for University of Glasgow Lead students. The information below details the additional requirements that you must meet as students on the Precision Medicine Doctoral Training Programme, along with your annual review. To monitor your overall progress throughout your programme, you will have a Thesis Committee consisting of two external assessors, one of who will be an assigned member of the Precision Medicine Academic Steering Group. Year 1 Requirements Write a short report (1000-1500 words) which includes an abstract an introduction which provides the background to the project and puts the scientific questions being addressed in context the aims of the project the project milestones any risks the plan of work for year one the taught courses you have enrolled on relevant references As this report is written at the beginning of your PhD, the main purpose of the report is to understand what your plan is for the 1st year, not to report on your progress to date. Should you have made any significant progress this can be added as an appendix. Your report should be submitted via email to Precision.Medicine@ed.ac.uk and feedback will be provided by your Thesis Committee Chair. Document 10 Week Plan Template (80.15 KB / DOCX) Annual Review - as per guidance issued by the Glasgow University DTP Administrator. Written report Short presentation Interview with your Thesis Committee Year 2 Requirements Presentations Each student is required to present their work to the new cohort at the Induction days in early September. Each student is required to present their work in a 3 Minute Thesis style at a Precision Medicine cohort event in late Spring/early Summer. Annual Review - as per University of Glasgow guidance available here. Written report Short presentation Interview with your Thesis Committee Year 3 Requirements Presentation Each student will present [20 mins and 5 mins for questions] at an event for final year student talks to be held during the Summer [at the end of the 3rd year]. Annual Review - as per University of Glasgow guidance available here. Thesis Plan Short presentation Interview with your Thesis Committee Additional Information As University of Glasgow Lead students you will follow the University of Glasgow annual review process. Details of the University of Glasgow annual review process is available here. Please ensure you send a copy of your 10 week plan, annual reports and Thesis Plan to precision.medicine@ed.ac.uk This article was published on 2024-09-24
