ASC 13/25

University of Glasgow

Academic Standards Committee - Friday 15 November 2013

Proposal for In-Principle Consideration: MRes/PhD Programme in Economics

Cover Sheet

Helen Butcher, Clerk to the Committee

 
Brief description of the paper 

An outline proposal for a new MRes/PhD programme in Economics which differs from the standard PGR arrangements by presenting a 5 year programme with an MRes award after two years, plus a PhD award after a further three years of study/research. The MRes programme involves a significant number of taught courses, plus a working PhD proposal which is presented as being equivalent to the MRes dissertation.

Action Requested 

ASC is invited to consider the proposal for an in-principle agreement to be recommended to EdPSC for the development of the proposed five year programme.

Recommended Person/s responsible for taking action(s) forward 

Clerk of ASC.

Resource implications 

None identified requiring approval by ASC.

Timescale for Implementation 

If approved through the programme approval process it is anticipated that the programme would commence in September 2014.

Equality implications 

None identified.

 

Prepared by: Karen Robertson