Durham University Graduate School

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Durham UniversityGraduate School

• Douglas Halliday
• Dean of the Graduate School

pg.dean_at_durham.ac.uk
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The Graduate School

• Postgraduate Numbers 2007/08 figures
• 1400 Research Postgraduate Students
  
  ( continuation)
• 2631 Taught Postgraduate Students
• 2336 Full time students 58 53 68
• 1695 Part time students 42 57 32
• 2469 Home students 61 61 68
• 1562 Overseas students 39 39 32

Total Total
PGT PGR
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Postgraduate Student Demographics
Academic year 2007/2008
Research Students Taught
Students
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Increasing UK Student Numbers

• From 96/97 to 06/07
• UG 30 increase
• PG 43 increase
• From 00 to 04/05
• PGR 28 increase
• PGT 69 increase
• PG Totals
• PGT 80
• PGR 20

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Durham University Purpose

• Purpose
• Creating the future through internationally
  recognised research, scholarship and learning
  within a distinctive collegiate environment.

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Durham University Values A University

• We are committed to remaining a research-led
  institution, valuing knowledge and learning for
  their own sake as well as for the cultural,
  social and economic benefits they offer
• We are committed to the communication of
  knowledge and learning, through an environment in
  which leading academic staff teach and engage in
  dissemination of knowledge to a broader
  community
• We believe in creating an environment in which
  academic excellence can be combined with
  opportunities for personal development, so
  enabling individuals to create their own futures
• We are committed to remaining at the heart of and
  contributing to improvements in the quality of
  life of the people in the North East of England
• We seek to recruit and develop staff and students
  of the highest quality, recognizing that people
  are our primary resource
• We respect the academic freedom of all staff and
  students that they might confidently engage in
  leading-edge and innovative knowledge creation
  and debate
• We are committed to promoting diversity and
  equality of opportunity for all staff and
  students
• We will ensure that our activities are carried
  out ethically and to the highest standards.

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Disabled students by level of study
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Disabled research students
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Nature of PG student disability UK
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Nature of PG student disability - Durham