RF014
THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
Application to Proceed to Continuation Status
Before completing this application form please read the following notes:
Students are permitted to register with continuation status on the understanding that they need only limited access to University facilities in order to complete their studies and a reduced fee is accordingly charged.
Students must have completed their miniumum period of registration AND very substantial progress towards completion must have been made in order for continuation status to be granted. For PhD students, continuation status is not normally approved before the completion of three years full-time study or five years part-time study.
In particular, continuation students are not entitled to attend seminars, classes or tutorials, nor to make use of work-rooms, laboratories or similar facilities, nor to have close or regular contact with Supervisors. They are not entitled to University accommodation or to membership of, or election to, University Committees and they will not normally be allowed use of a study space or locker.
Students who proceed to Continuation status will continue to receive the same level of use of facilities of the Library and Computing Service that they have at present until their maximum date of registration.
Continuation students are not entitled to use the counselling and other social facilities of the University, other than the Career Development and Employment Centre.
1. TO BE COMPLETED BY THE STUDENT AND SENT TO THE MAIN SUPERVISOR
Name: ……......Registration Number: ...... / Research Programme: ......
Degree: ...... / School: ......
Correspondence Address: ......
......
What constitutes very substantial progress to completion will depend on the nature of the research and the discipline in which this is conducted. Further guidance will be provided in Programme Handbooks. After consulting your Programme Handbook, you should tick the relevant box in section A and provide supporting comments for your application in section B.
I wish to apply for continuation status with effect from ...... as I:
(this must be the date of the beginning of the term for which you wish to be registered as a continuation student):
A) (i) have completed my research work and I am currently writing my thesis OR
(ii) will have completed my research work by the end of the ...... Term 20 ......
and will be working on the writing up of my thesis with effect from the beginning of
the ...... Term 20......
OR
iii) have completed a full, well-worked draft of my thesis and had this reviewed and commented on by my supervisors.
B) Supporting comments:
Signature: ...... Date: ...... Student (I have read and understand the notes above) over/
TO BE COMPLETED BY THE RESEARCH & ENTERPRISE CO-ORDINATOR : FOR USE BY SUPERVISORS/ACADEMIC OFFICERS WHEN MAKING DECISIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS APPLICATION
This student will have completed the minimum period of research registration by
......
2. TO BE COMPLETED BY THE MAIN SUPERVISOR
I have reviewed the current state of research of the student named overleaf and recommend that he/she be permitted to proceed to continuation status with effect from the beginning of the ...... Term 20......
Please give below the reasons for your recommendation:
Signature: ...... Date: ......
Main Supervisor (I have read the notes overleaf)
3. TO BE COMPLETED BY DIRECTOR OF DOCTORAL STUDIES
A) I approve the recommendation for continuation status as stated above
OR
B) I do not approve the recommendation. This student's registration status
will remain unchanged.
Signature: ...... Date: ......
Director of Doctoral Studies
On approval, please forward this form to the Research Progress Section, Student Progress and Assessment Office, Sussex House.