EPSRC University Doctoral Landscape Awards 2025 - 2027 - Assurance Questions

What the assessors are looking for in your response:

Explain how your doctoral landscape award programme will:

• follow a clear governance structure for delivery of the doctoral landscape award, with responsibilities outlined, and processes in place to ensure the award is well governed with effective engagement of relevant partners and the student community
  • Demonstrate a clear governance structure, including mechanisms to enable student engagement in the governance of the doctoral landscape award
  • present how you will use the resources and bring value for money to deliver the vision
  • provide evidence that you have an appropriate research environment for students in terms of location, services, facilities, equipment, supervisory expertise, partnerships, student services and work culture
• strategically manage partnerships between and within organisations, including collaborating non-academic partners
  • show how partnerships add value to the breadth and provision of high-quality doctoral training and development.
  • If applicable ensure the partner organisations also offer such suitable environment for students who spend part of their studentship time there
• follow an effective approach to risk management, continuous improvement, monitoring and evaluation
  • follow a robust approach to monitoring and evaluation maintaining records in preparation for annual monitoring as requested by UKRI-EPSRC