Physics Graduate School 
Information for New Postgraduate StudentsNew intake 2011 - Most PhD students will be expected to demonstrate in undergraduate teaching laboratories or take on other teaching duties as part of your training, this is work for which you will be paid, in order to allocation you to suitable teaching duties you will need to contact your supervisor and consult with him/her to agree on completing the form to fit in with any needs that your supervisor/group has or might have for you. The Teaching and Demonstrating form is in rich text format and pdf version. If your funding sponsor will not allow you to take on teaching/demonstrating duties please let us know. Send completed form to Briony Maitland.
You will also need to book yourself a place on the Teaching and Learning in Higher Education training - this is a 2 day course and is mandatory for anyone involved in teaching. Please note that there are now Science Specific courses so you should ensure that you book these.
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Courses
All new students should receive a pack from the Science Faculty Office telling you when and where the formal registration process is to take place. These packs are sent out in August/September - if you do not receive a pack - please see the University web pages for new students at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/newstudents/ as much of the information is listed here with downloads of the various documents you may need to download, complete and bring with you.
Physics students on registration (or shortly after if you are arriving at a date other than usual) will collect a welcome pack which we put together which contains the Postgraduate Student Handbook along with some other useful information.
Postgraduate InductionThe department will also hold a short Induction on the Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. The schedule is available here as a PDF file. You should also find some time to introduce yourself to your supervisor(s) during this first week. Updated 5 October 2011.
Demonstrating & Teaching Duties The Demonstrating Duties list is being prepared and a preliminary version is available here as a PDF file. Please note that this is not final. Please let me (Dr. Andy Young) know if there are any problems or you would like to volunteer for unassigned tasks. Updated 5 October 2011.
Postgraduate Handbook September 2011 The can be found here in pdf format, many courses are listed in the handbook or will be advertised to the phys-phd mailing list throughout the year. Updated 29 September 2011.
Safety TrainingAll Postgraduates are required to undertake a safety course in the department prior to being allowed to undertake any research. If you have not been trained in a particular aspect (eg cryogenic fluids) you will not be allowed to use it. The schedule of safety training during induction week will be posed here. Details of those trained in various aspects of Safety can be found on our Safety Pages.
Information for STFC Funded Students Application for Reclaiming Long Term Attachment forms, Travel Insurance Information and other STFC forms can be found here .
Other Useful InformationOther forms that might be needed are available from the Education Support Unit at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/esu/pg/pgforms.html.
You should retain all letters sent to you from the Faculty of Science, however, should you lose these and subsequently require a letter or copies of any certificates to confirm your student status for any purpose (Council Tax, Student Loans Company, Banks etc), can be requested from the Faculty of Science Office, Royal Fort Annex. The School of Physics is not permitted to provide confirmation of your student status.