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Professional Doctorate students

This page covers any notable features of the Professional Doctorate (PD) programme and how it may differ from the other doctorates.

Abbreviations list

All those tricky acronyms and initialisms

Career guidance

Advice on enhancing your employability and securing a position after your doctorate.

Communication and engagement opportunities

The Open University provides a great platform for getting your research out there, during and after you complete your research degree.

Concerns and complaints

We want every postgraduate research student to have a positive experience at the Open University. However, we understand that sometimes things do not go as expected.

Dates and annual events

This page gives closure dates in the OU calendar and annual events run for the PGR community

GenAI: Position Statement and Guidance on Generative AI and Doctoral Education

This Position Statement and Guidance on the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in doctoral education is aimed at doctoral supervisors, researchers, and examiners.

IT support

Some information about logging in and reporting your IT issue to the Helpdesk.

Integrity

The Open University expects that all research carried out in its name is conducted to the highest standards of excellence, rigour and integrity.

Library

Find out about the range of services and support that the OU Library has to offer to research students.

OU Students Association (OUSA)

Hello from your Students Association: your link to the OU student community. Get involved and enhance your OU experience by helping to shape how the University is run!

PGR Manager Advice

PGR Manager is a bespoke system for managing your PGR student journey – bringing all information into one safe, secure and easily accessible system.

Statistics Advisory Service

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics provides a statistical advisory service for all OU researchers – both research students and staff.

Supervision and third party monitoring

This page explains how supervision arrangements are made and how to organise supervision.

Teaching opportunities

The Open University is a unique institution which has successfully developed its own style of teaching and module design; teaching opportunities at the OU are not conventional but will equip you with a distinct set of skills for the academic job market. Each Faculty offers the opportunity to get teaching experience and the schemes are outlined below.

Training and development

Whatever your plans for the future, your ongoing professional development during the next few years will be fundamental to your success.

Visiting and relocating to the OU

Getting started in a new university, city and maybe even country can be daunting. Here we've gathered together some useful links to help you find your feet.

Volunteering

The Graduate School is always in need of a range of individuals who are keen to help out with events on and off campus.

Who's who in Postgraduate Research at the OU

A list of key people in the Graduate School, Faculties and around the OU.