Key people

Supervisor/Assistant Supervisor

The primary responsibility for supervision of your postgraduate studies lies with your supervisor. Your supervisor is responsible for overseeing your progress during your studies, ensuring that you undertake appropriate training courses, follow safety guidelines and making funds available for you to successfully undertake your studies. Further supervision may also be provided by one or more co-supervisors - typically where your research involves collaboration with another research group, or where your primary supervisor is a new member of academic staff. You can find further guidance on working with your supervisor and expectations of students.

Postdocs play an important role in helping to supervise many postgraduate students on a day-to-day basis.  Postdocs are staff who will, normally, have a PhD, and be employed to undertake research. They will also undertake a reasonable amount of teaching as part of their contract and will often supervise PhD students. Many students see postdocs as their 'go to person' and as such, they can be an extremely valuable support throughout your studies.   Postdocs who supervise PhD students can be appointed as Assistant Supervisors to help formalise their role as part of your supervisory team.