Resources for Research Students

A list of resources of potential use to current PhD research students is included below. Please pass on requests or updates to this page to the Director of Graduate Studies.

Essential reading

• The Mathematics Department Research Postgraduate Handbook contains information about administrative processes relevant to PhD students, as well as general guidance.
• In the College's Postgraduate Research Students page you can find a wide range of useful material for postgraduate research students, such as regulations, financial issues, training opportunities etc (note in particular the Support for Research Students, which links to a very useful booklet on where to obtain advice and support).
  Make sure you visit this page from time to time to keep yourself informed.
• The Research Degrees Website contains a lot of useful information about the MPhil/PhD examination process. In particular, the forms needed to enter for the examination (the 'Exam Entry Pack') can be obtained here. Please email researchdegrees [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk with any queries relating to the MPhil/PhD examination process.
• The Generic Skills Programme Handbook, with information about the generic skills training programme offered by the College.
• The Research Degrees Regulations.
• The Code of Practice for the Academic Welfare of Postgraduate Research Students.
• The Online Student Handbook.

Forms for Students

• Forms for Withdrawals, Interruptions, Change of Degree, and Change of Mode are all available at the Postgraduate Research Students page, under "Changes in enrolment status".
• The forms needed to enter for the examination (the 'Exam Entry Pack') can be obtained from the Research Degrees Website.
• Annual feedback questionnaire.
• Research Student Training Log
• Quarterly Review Meeting Form

Departmental Research training programme 2011/12

Information about the Department of Mathematics Research Training programme for the academic year 2011/12 will be available soon.

Research training activities and advice

• Royal Holloway’s Generic Skills Programme is recommended to all students.
• The Language Centre run in-sessional courses to develop reading and writing skills in English.
• inSTIL is Royal Holloway’s Postgraduate Certificate for PhD students involved in teaching.
• Ivan Sutherland's essay on Technology and Courage is great advice for someone starting out on a research career.
• Chris Mitchell’s training session on Preparing for your Oral Examination.
• Vitae Researchers' Portal is very useful set of research resources for students and supervisors.
• The London Taught Course Centre for PhD students in the mathematical sciences runs short graduate courses.
• Pat Cryer’s Resources for Research Students.
• Some advice on how to write a research paper .

General Resources

• Upcoming cryptography and information security conference calls from:
• Eventseer
• IACR Calendar of Events in Cryptology
• the Belgian UCL Crypto Group.
• Chris Mitchell has gathered a list of useful LaTex resources. 
• Stephen Galbraith’s PhD Information Pack contains some good advice and links for all PhD students.
• PhD Comics is the place to go if you want assurance that you are not alone!