College committee

Each College has a specific committee with responsibility for postgraduate research matters. The committee’s name may vary by College, but it will have overall responsibility for postgraduate research supervision, annual progression review decisions (based on recommendations from Schools) and authorising periods of leave or changes to study periods. In practice, Colleges may delegate some of these decision-making responsibilities to Schools (for example the Postgraduate Director or Head of Graduate School). The College Committee also acts as the Board of Examiners for postgraduate research degree awards. Throughout this document the term “College Committee” is used to refer to all these roles.