Further Information

THIRD SCHEDULE (STUDENT)
UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER

POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTSHIP – CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT
AGREED BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER AND THE STUDENT NAMED

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Student Name:                                                                        Student Id:

Project Title:                     An examination of the training demands of elite rugby league players

Principal Supervisor:        Craig Twist

Sponsors:                         St Helens RFC

External Advisor:              Matthew Daniels

Starting Date:                    1^st October 2018

Anticipated End Date: 31^st August 2020

DEFINITIONS

1. “Affiliate” means any organisation which directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries’ controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the University or a Sponsor.
2. “Arising Intellectual Property” means any inventions, designs, information, know-how, specifications, formulae, data, processes, methods, techniques, and other technology obtained or developed in the course of the Project and the Intellectual Property Rights therein.
3. “Background Intellectual Property” means any inventions, designs, information, know-how, specifications, formulae, data, processes, methods, techniques, and other technology, other than Arising Intellectual Property, used in, or disclosed in connection with the performance of, the Project and the Intellectual Property Rights therein.
4. “Intellectual Property Right” means any patent, registered design, copyright, database right, design right, trade mark, application to register any of the aforementioned rights, trade secret, right in unpatented know-how, right of confidence and any other intellectual or industrial property right of any nature whatsoever in any part of the world.
5. “The Project” means the programme of research with the above title which has been approved by Marketing, Recruitment and Admissions (MRA) or Registry Services as suitable for doctoral study, is undertaken by the Student and is described in the project proposal.

THE STUDENT

1. The Student is a postgraduate research student (not employee) of the University and a normal prerequisite for appointment to a Studentship is an appropriate First or Upper Second Class Honours Degree, or a Lower Second Class Honours degree and Masters Degree. The Student to whom the Studentship will be awarded is chosen following a fair and open competition which accords with the University’s Human Resources policies and procedures on recruitment and selection.
2. The Student has a commitment to investigations associated with the approved research project, to reading, to assessed work (where appropriate), to tuition via a programme of related studies and to general research training. The Student is expected to devote themselves to work related to their studies for a minimum of 35 hours per week (pro rata for part time students) over 46 weeks of the year.
3. The Student is required to register for a higher degree. In the first instance this is normally for MPhil with the possibility of transfer to PhD.
4. The Student shall familiarise himself or herself and comply with the Regulations for the Award of Degrees of Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Chester and with University Regulations concerning research and the supervision of research students. Copies of the relevant documents are made available at Induction sessions which take place three times each Academic Year.
5. The Student is permitted to undertake an appropriate amount of teaching and other Departmental duties as considered suitable by the Head of Department within which they work and by their supervisors. For such work, they will be paid as postgraduate demonstrators or part-time lecturers depending on the nature of the duties and, for a full time student, such activities should not normally occupy more than six contact hours in total per week. There is no limit on the number of hours paid work that may be undertaken by a part time student.
6. The Student will receive an annual tax-free Stipend, which will be paid in monthly instalments. For the term of the Studentship, the annual Stipend shall be a fixed £12,000 (pro rata for part time students). Additional (taxable) income, such as that deriving from teaching commitments, does not normally prejudice the tax-free status of the Stipend.
7. Payment of tuition fees by the Student up to the UK/EC rate is normally waived. Such fees are normally paid by the University. All fees due above the UK/EC rate will normally be paid by the Student.
8. The Student is eligible for membership of the Student's Union of the University.
9. The duration of the Studentship appointment is 2 years from the starting date (taking into account any periods of suspension of studies), but this is dependent upon progress made, which will be reviewed regularly. In particular, renewal of the Studentship for the second year of study is conditional on satisfactory completion by the Student of the probationary review process; renewal of the Studentship for the third year of study is conditional on satisfactory completion by the Student of the process to upgrade from MPhil to PhD.
10. No funding will be available beyond the end of the third year of study. In particular, all fees due from the start of any fourth year of study will normally be paid by the Student.
11. The University reserves the right at any time to terminate the appointment in the event of research misconduct or other misconduct on the part of the Student, and at any time after the first six (6) months of the Studentship if it does not reasonably consider that satisfactory academic progress is being made. If satisfactory academic progress is demonstrated within a ninety-day notice period, then the termination shall not take effect.
12. During any periods of suspension of studies or suspension or exclusion of the Student for other reasons, the Student shall not be entitled to receive any Studentship payments for the term of the suspension.
13. In the event that prior to the scheduled expiry date of the Studentship the Student withdraws from their programme of study or their registration is terminated by the University on account of research misconduct other misconduct on the part of the Student or for lack of satisfactory academic progress, the Studentship and all associated payments will terminate with effect from the date of withdrawal or termination of registration.
14. In the event that the Student withdraws from their programme of study on unreasonable grounds, the University reserves the right to take all necessary steps to recover an appropriate proportion of the Studentship payments made to the Student prior to termination.
15. The Studentship, and all associated payments, will normally cease upon the date of submission of the thesis if this is earlier than the scheduled expiry date of the Studentship.
16. In the event that the Sponsor does not make any of the payment due to the University for any reason, the University shall be entitled to withdraw the Studentship and to terminate this Agreement.

THE PROJECT

1. The Student will conduct the Project under the main supervision of the Principal Supervisor. The project, supervision team and the general arrangements for the research to be undertaken are approved from time to time by Marketing, Recruitment and Admissions (MRA) or Registry Services.
2. The Student will maintain regular and frequent contact with their supervisors and in particular, will promptly submit monitoring reports at least monthly and on an annual basis, no later than given deadlines. The University, through the Principal Supervisor and the Student are required to inform the Sponsor of the progress of the Project at meetings normally held at intervals of not more than six months. At the reasonable request of the Sponsor, the University, through the Principal Supervisor and the Student, are required to supplement the meetings with written reports, and the Student is required to provide the Sponsor with a bound copy of their thesis. The Student will attend such meetings as may be necessary for the purposes of the Project.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, PUBLICATION, THESIS

1. All ideas, materials or work produced by the Student during the programme of study and all Arising Intellectual Property therein are the absolute property of the University (and/or the Sponsor in the case of intellectual property generated or developed jointly with the Sponsor) and Arising Intellectual Property is to be managed in accordance with the Postgraduate Studentship Agreement between the University and the Sponsor.
2. In accordance with normal academic practice the Student is permitted, following the procedures laid down in Clause xxvi, to publish Arising Intellectual Property or discuss Arising Intellectual Property in internal seminars, and to give instructions within the University on questions related to such work.
3. All proposed publications (including, but not limited to, scientific/academic publications, patent applications and non-confidential presentations), must be submitted in writing to the Sponsor for review at least thirty (30) days before submission for publication or before presentation, as the case may be. The Sponsor may require the deletion from the publication of any Background Intellectual property of the Sponsor, or an amendment to the publication through which commercially sensitive Background Intellectual Property is disguised to the satisfaction of the Sponsor. The Sponsor may also request the delay of the publication if in the Sponsor’s opinion the delay is necessary in order to seek patent or similar protection to Arising Intellectual Property owned by the Sponsor. Any delay imposed on publication shall not last longer than is reasonably necessary for the Sponsor to obtain the required protection; and shall not exceed six (6) months from the date of receipt of the proposed publication by the reviewing Party. Notification of the requirement for delay in publication must be received by the University within thirty (30) days after receipt of the proposed publication by the Sponsor, failing which the University is free to assume that the Sponsor has no objection to the proposed publication.
4. Any publication in a scientific/academic journal must give due acknowledgement to the financial and/or intellectual contribution of the University and Sponsor in accordance with standard academic practice.
5. The Student is required to follow the University’s regulations for the submission of the Thesis or Theses for examination. In any event, the Student must submit a draft Thesis to the Principal Supervisor at least thirty (30) days prior to the date for submission for examination.
6. The Student may not, without the Sponsor’s express written consent, include in any Thesis any Background Intellectual Property or Arising Intellectual Property belonging solely to that Sponsor, which is not directly related to the Project.
7. The Student is required to ensure that at the same time that the approved Thesis is deposited in the University’s library a copy thereof is also provided to the Sponsor.

CONFIDENTIALITY

1. The Student is required to undertake to use reasonable endeavours to keep confidential and not to disclose to any third party or to use themselves other than for the purposes of the Project or as permitted under clauses xxxi–xxxiii of these conditions any confidential or secret information in any form directly or indirectly belonging or relating to the University, the Sponsor, or their Affiliates, business or affairs disclosed to or received by the Student in the course of the Project, including without limitation any Background Intellectual Property or Arising Intellectual Property of the University or the Sponsor or any jointly owned Arising Intellectual Property (“Confidential Information”).
2. The Student will use reasonable endeavours not to disclose Confidential Information of the University or the Sponsor except to those officers, employees, students, agents and contractors to whom, and to the extent to which, such disclosure is necessary for the purposes of the Project and to ensure that all such personnel are bound by terms of confidentiality equivalent to those contained herein.
3. The obligations relating to Confidential Information contained in these conditions shall survive the expiry or termination of the Studentship for any reason, but shall not apply in relation to Confidential Information excluded by Clause of the Postgraduate Studentship Agreement between the University and the Sponsor.

LIABILITY

1. Neither the University nor the Student makes any representation or warranty that advice or information given by the Student, the Principal Supervisor or any other of the University’s employees, students, agents or appointees who works on the Project, or the content or use of any materials, works or information provided in connection with the Project, will not constitute or result in infringement of third-party rights.
2. The University and the Student accept no responsibility for any use which may be made of any work carried during the Project, or of the results of the Project, nor for any reliance which may be placed on such work or results, nor for advice or information given in connection with them.
3. The Sponsor has undertaken to make no claim in connection with the Studentship against the Student, the Principal Supervisor or any other employee, student, agent or appointee of the University (apart from claims based on fraud or wilful misconduct).

QUERIES

1. Any queries relating to the Regulations or to the conditions attaching to the Studentship or its payment should be made to the Principal Supervisor.

I acknowledge that I have read and understood the above conditions and agree to be bound by and comply with them.

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