Report an absence due to illness

If you are absent due to illness you should report this to your supervisors in the first instance.

If your illness is ongoing, exceeds 4 weeks and is likely to have an impact on your research, you are expected to take an interruption. Note that the total duration of interruptions over the length of the PhD programme may not exceed 12 months.

Funded Postgraduate Researchers may be entitled to sick pay for a restricted period of time. Please ensure you have read your contract with your sponsor carefully.

For further information please refer to the Sickness Procedure for Postgraduate Research Students.