Common use of Annual Progress Monitoring Clause in Contracts

Annual Progress Monitoring. a) The student and their Supervisors are required to complete a progress report on an annual basis in accordance with UoL’s timescales during their PhD studies. Failure to do this may result in the termination of the student’s studies. b) Independent assessment of student research at the end of each year’s study will be carried out via an annual panel assessment (an APM process consisting of a report and independent interview); the Independent Progress Assessment Panel will comprise one staff member from the Partner and at least one member of UoL staff, neither of whom are part of the supervision team. In addition to the mandatory skills training required by UoL, all research students are strongly encouraged to undertake an approved programme of additional research skills training during the period of their registration. In respect of this agreement, the following arrangements for research training will apply: