Introduction and welcome

About this handbook

This handbook collects together essential information about the programme structure, assessment, University regulations and other information that you will need during your studies on the MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert Clinical Trials programme. It is intended to be a guide to what is expected of you on this programme and the academic and pastoral support available to you. The material you will find in this document may well prove to be vital information at some point. Please read it carefully. It will help you to make the most of your time on the programme. 

We encourage you to get to know and enjoy working with the other members of the programme, and so build up your own network of academic friends for the future. We would like to emphasise that you are not in competition with one another - there is, for example, no limit on the number of 'distinctions’ available. 

Every student must comply with the detailed requirements of the curriculum for the degree as set out in:

  • the appropriate Degree Programme Table (see section Degree Programme Table 2018/19 of this handbook)
  • the programme handbook
  • the courses of study, the order in which courses are attended
  • the items of assessment for the programme, which are published in the University Degree Regulations and Programmes of Study

The University Degree Regulations and Programmes of Study set out University-wide and programmes specific regulations.

http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/1819/dpt/drpsindex.htm 

The Taught Assessment Regulations set minimum requirements and standards for students and staff, expressing in practical form the academic goals and policies of the University.

https://www.ed.ac.uk/files/atoms/files/tar18-19.pdf

Disclaimer

This handbook does not supersede the University Regulations. We consider it each student’s responsibility to make themselves familiar with the contents of this handbook and the Taught Assessment regulations. The information provided in this handbook is intended to help you avoid unnecessary problems.