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Schedule U (Cyber Security) This schedule is suitable for candidates who intend, from the outset to submit for a final award of MPhil or CSecD CSecD
MPhil
3 Years (FT)
2 Years (FT)
6 Years (PT)
4 Years (PT)
Candidates who do not submit within the maximum period must apply for a formal extension (Research Degrees – Generic Institutional Regulations (UPR AS10, section 10.2 refers). Schedule U comprises of the following assessments: Initial Registration Assessment
Within 8 months of enrolment (FT and PT)
Doctoral Review Assessment
Within 20 months of enrolment (FT) 40 months (PT)
Where a candidate changes from full-time to part-time study or vice-versa, the time periods will be calculated on a pro-rata basis with two years of part-time study deemed equivalent to one year of full-time study. In the following, except where stated, all time periods are for full-time students, time periods for part-time students are pro-rata. Initial Registration Assessment The composition of the panel for the Initial Registration Assessment is defined in the Research Degrees – Generic Institutional Regulations (UPR AS10, section 11.2 refers). The Principal Supervisor will ensure that the Initial Registration Assessment panel is appointed within 8 months from the date of enrolment. The composition of the panel will be approved by the Research Degrees Board before the panel convenes. The candidate will submit a Research Programme Proposal and a progress report to the panel within 8 months from the date of enrolment. A candidate who does not comply with this requirement will have their enrolment under this schedule withdrawn. The Research Programme Proposal will indicate timescales for the completion of work leading to the next point of assessment. The progress report will be no more than 6,000 words, excluding appendices, footnotes and bibliography. The Initial Registration Assessment will include a viva or meeting at which all the panel members discuss the Research Programme Proposal and the Progress Report with the candidate. The viva or meeting will take place no more than 3 weeks after the candidate’s submission of their research programme proposal and progress report to the panel.
