Welcome to the web-pages of the Universitas 21
Deans and Directors of Graduate Studies (DDOGS).
The U21 DDOGS have formed a network to enable us to share
ideas and information, and enhance knowledge, contacts and the skills-base
across our membership. We aim to identify ways in which U21 members can
support each other and, ideally, share resources in such areas as professional
development materials or programmes, information systems, and core policies and
procedures. To that end, we have launched a number of specific initiatives,
of which those currently running include a
Visiting Researcher Postgraduate Protocol,
a collation of Graduate
Fellowships and travel opportunities, the development of an on-line
Research Integrity Project,
Graduate Research Conferences and
the U21 Joint PhD
Project.
The U21 DDOGS have held five formal meetings. The
initial meeting took place in November 2001 in Noosa, Australia (hosted by the
University of Queensland), and involved DDOGS and Research Managers. A
second meeting was held in Glasgow, Scotland (jointly hosted by the Universities
of Glasgow and Melbourne) in July 2004. The third meeting took place in
November 2005, hosted by the University of British Columbia in Vancouver the
fourth in Lund, Sweden in May 2007 and we met most recently in Hong Kong in
November 2008. Reports from these meetings are available by clicking
below.
The DDOGS are also responsible for organising the
Graduate Research Conference Series that was inaugurated in 2008. The
first U21 Graduate Research Conference, held in
Birmingham in 2008, was on the theme of water. The
2009 U21 Graduate Research Conference will be held in Melbourne and Brisbane
and will be on the theme of Sustainable Cities for the Future
The DDOGS network is currently chaired by
Professor Christopher Thomas,
Directors of the Graduate School and Professor of Molecular Genetics at
the University of Birmingham.