Timeline for staff who act as postgraduate contacts in each of the departments

This list is meant as a reminder of key SMSTC dates and responsibilities for postgraduate advisers, so they
can help incoming postgraduate students to register for SMSTC and the opening symposium in good time.

For more information please email the SMSTC administrator: admin@smstc.ac.uk

The SMSTC web address is smstc.ac.uk

August

• Registration opens for the forthcoming academic year, for new and returning students
• Semester Dates, Draft Timetable, Core Module information & Opening Symposium details are published.
• PG contacts are informed of the above updates
• Please make sure that any changes to PG contacts are communicated to SMSTC and that you encourage all students to register / re-register

Early September

• Supplementary Module information is finalised
• Please ensure that all new PhD students register for SMSTC so that they can sign up for the Opening Symposium

Late September-Early October

• SMSTC Opeing Symposium is held in Perth
• Students receive zoom lecture details; Semester 1 teaching commences the week after the Symposium

December

• Semester 1 student questionnaires are sent out
• Semester 1 teaching concludes

January

• Assessment & marking for Semester 1 modules is completed
• Semester 2 teaching commences
• Provisional Semester 1 grades are published

March

• Semester 2 & full-year student questionnaires are sent out
• Semester 2 teaching concludes

April

• Assessment & marking for Semester 2 modules is completed
• Data is collated for the annual SMSTC meeting.

May

• Academic Steering & Management Group Meeting confirms Final Grades for all modules, considers student feedback, confirms annual departmental contributions and considers any other business
• Final Grades for all modules are issued to students, via email & website
• Information on student performance can be sent to departments upon request
• First call is made for Supplementary modules for the next academic year