Impact of COVID on PGE

A resource from the UKCGE concerning the impact of Covid-19 on doctoral research and any consequential impact on the final examination.

A bibliography of available research into doctoral supervision at a distance

The UK Council for Graduate Education issued this guidance to assist institutions who, in the light of Covid–‐19, were rapidly adapting to making online vivas available to larger numbers of candidates who by necessity could not attend a face to face assessment with examiners. 

Traditionally doctoral candidates studied on campus and, fieldwork apart, were in close proximity to supervisors throughout their studies. But in recent years there has been a rapid growth in the numbers of students undertaking most of their studies off-‐campus, often at a very considerable distance from the institution