Research Degrees Examination Management

What's new?

  • Successful launch: On Tuesday 16 September RDEM in eVision was successfully launched and access opened to students, examiners, Research Degrees Team, payroll and print room
  • Graduate Administrator Access Opening on 1 October: Graduate Administrator access will be opened in Wednesday 1 October, after a tranche of examinations have been migrated across from the current system
  • Graduate Administrator Briefings: Prior to opening Graduate Administrator access on 1 October, two Briefing sessions will be held on Thursday 25 September and Monday 29 September

Overview of Research Degrees Examination Management (RDEM) in eVision

In Michaelmas term 2025, Research Degrees Examination Management (RDEM) in eVision will be launched to better support the management and administration of postgraduate examinations.

The introduction of the new system will also enable the implementation of new postgraduate research examination regulation changes which are set to go into effect from 12 October 2025.

1 Manage examiners invitations: RDT & Examiner 2 Submit thesis: Student 3 Send documentation to examiners: RDT & Examiner 4 Complete viva notice & 5 Complete examination report: Examiner 6 Process result approval: GSA 7 Issue results letter: RDT & Student

Note: This image showcases one path through an examination journey, there are variations to this.

RDEM in eVision will be used by the Research Degrees Team (RDT), Students who will submit their theses via Student Self Service, Examiners, Graduate Administrators (GSA's), Payroll and the Print Room.

Using a single integrated platform will bring collaborative efficiencies to the teams who manage the examination processes, along with new visibility of examination progress to Graduate Administrators / Graduate Studies Administrator's (GSA's).

There will be a period of transition where some 'in flight' examination records will continue to be processed in the current systems. Over time examination records will be migrated across to RDEM and the project team will share further details about this nearer the time.

More information and training

Please visit RDEM - Timeline, Benefits and Outcomes for more information about when and how the solution will be delivered, and some of the background.

Please take a look at our training materials for more insight. Here you will find some very useful short training videos to bring the solution to life.

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Things that have happened so far?

  • Launch Date Approved: Approval was granted at the Project Board on 2 September for launch to go ahead on Tuesday 16 September
  • User Acceptance Testing Success: User Acceptance Testing concluded on August 22nd, with great feedback from real user group representatives to whom we extend our thanks
  • First look training materials: were released to user groups
  • TT 25 Briefings completed: The project team completed a round of briefings, mainly to Graduate Administrator audiences in TT25 to raise awareness of the new system and plans for launch in MT25. The reception of the new system was been very positive

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