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J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics
Postgraduate Research Students, NUI Galway
National Student Survey
School of Business and Economics
2022 Action Plan
Response to 2021 Post-Graduate Research (PGR) Student Survey Results
Developed in Consultation with the PGR Student Representative, Vice Dean of Grad Studies, and PhD Programme Lead in the School of Business and Economics.
1) Research Infrastructure and Facilities
Issues: The School of Business and Economics received feedback that there is a need for better infrastructure and facilities for PGR students.
Action Points:
- Communication with supervisors regarding their responsibility to ensure that their PGR students have appropriate facilities for their work.
- Communication with supervisors regarding their responsibility to ensure that their PGR students have access to storage space, especially for confidential information.
- Continue acquiring e-books in the library.
2) Supervision
Issues: The School of Business and Economics has high rates of co-supervision across multiple supervisors. However, there is scope for more interdisciplinary supervision.
Action Points:
• Encourage co-supervision - including across disciplines, in order to potentially facilitate increased exchange of expertise and skills among supervisors and to work towards the creation of a supportive supervisory team with diverse knowledge, experience, and connections.
3) Research Culture
Issues: The School of Business and Economics received quite positive feedback on seminar programs. However, feedback indicates that there is room for improvement of research ambiance, overall. There was an indication that there is a need for more opportunities for PhD students to discuss their research with peers. In addition, there was an indication that there is a need for more opportunities for students to become involved in wider research community of the School.
Action Points:
• New PhD Conversations seminar series co-hosted with the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies (CASSCS).
4) Progress and Assessment
Issues: The School of Business and Economics received, overall, positive feedback on progress and assessment.
5) Research Skills
Issues: The School of Business and Economics received, overall, positive feedback on research skills.
6) Other Transferrable Skills
Issues: The School of Business and Economics received quite positive feedback, overall, concerning other transferrable skills – the School could work on increasing networking opportunities for students and developing effective communication skills.
Action Points:
- Email to supervisors to remind them to ask students to attend networking events.
- Research Development Centre intro to their services.
- New research fund for PGRs.
- New visiting scholars programme.
7) Responsibilities and Support/Personal Outlook
Issues: The School of Business and Economics received quite positive feedback overall - however, there is a need to do significant work on making students aware of supports available.
Action Points:
- Email to PGRs with resources.
- More information available on website.
- New PhD Conversations Series and other new seminar series to promote social connections.
- Regular coffee catch-ups – when permitted.
- Wellbeing support officer extends assistance to PGR students.
8) Development Opportunities
Issues: Development opportunities could be improved. The School of Business and Economics has lower scores than the wider university for opportunities for attending conferences. The School could also improve on supporting PGRs with publications and communicating research. In addition, the School could improve on PRG time spent abroad.
Action Points:
- Greater engagement with the Research Development Office.
- New research fund for PGRs.
