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I need proof of my studentship, where can I get this?
For UCL students, you should be able to access confirmation of funding听through your portico, along with a statement of student status. For those students who are not based at UCL, please contact your individual universities to provide similar documentation. If you have any further queries, please contact听DTP office.听
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I need to spend some of my Research Training Support Grant (RTSG), how do I access it?
Your RTSG is administered by your academic department, please contact their finance administrator directly听for guidance.
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I鈥檓 registered at one of the partner Universities, do I still need to complete UCL re-enrolment every year?
Yes. Please complete UCL re-enrolment each year (you will receive an email reminder to your UCL email address when it is time to re-enrol). This will allow you to retain access to the facilities at UCL and to ensure that you stay registered on the Environmental Science programme with the DTP
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I鈥檓 re-enrolling for my second or third year, and it says I鈥檓 registered as a Geography student, but I鈥檓 not. What should I do?
The re-enrolment task automatically assigns the home of the degree, which is the geography department, rather than the department you are actually registered in. This also ensures that your fee level is correct for the London NERC DTP. Please go ahead and re-enrol, this doesn鈥檛 need to be changed.
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What are the DTP鈥檚 rules regarding employment alongside the PhD?
UKRI-NERC advise that PhD students are permitted to do a small element of paid work outside the academic sector, as long as it does not affect their ability to complete their PhD on time. The amount of time is at your and your supervisor鈥檚 discretion but it is recommended that this is no more than six hours in any week.
Please note: Students in full-time employment are not eligible for a stipend of any kind from UKRI. A Student in part time employment may be eligible for a part time award, which should not be less than 50% of full time.
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I am in the process of publishing a paper, how should I acknowledge the DTP/grant?
Please contact the DTP office for your grant number which you should acknowledge as follows in publications:
This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council [grant number xxxx]
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What are the UKRI-NERC/DTP leave requirements?
- For annual leave, you should follow directions on this from your lead institution.
- For illness, anything under 2 weeks is expected to be absorbed into the duration of your PhD. If there is illness extending past 2 weeks, the DTP would require a doctor鈥檚 note at the time of the illness in order to request an extension commensurate to the amount of time from UKRI-NERC.
- Please see sickness section below for further information.
- For parental leave, please do get in touch with the DTP at the time and we can advise of the current rules/procedures.
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Sickness
DTP students are permitted to take up to 13 weeks鈥� funded sick leave per 12 months.
Please contact the DTP team in the first instance should you be unwell and need sickness leave (for illness extending past 2 weeks), for guidance on the process.
All sick leave needs to be supported by a doctor鈥檚 note.
Under UKRI-NERC regulations you are not required to interrupt from your studies and stipend will be paid for up to 13 weeks leave, An extension commensurate to the amount of sick leave would be awarded.听 However after 13 weeks you would need to interrupt your studies and take unfunded leave.
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I would like to speak to a member of the DTP team about concerns I have, how can I听do this?
The DTP team is always here to support our students and the office is currently open Mondays, and Thursdays 10-12 & 2-4 for student drop ins. If you wish to speak to us online, please do contact the team directly and we can set up a meeting.