{"id":65,"date":"2020-08-22T08:14:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T08:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2025-07-25T09:33:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:33:24","slug":"virtual-research-environment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/virtual-research-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Research Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2020\/08\/office-925806_640-2.jpg\" alt=\"laptop on desk\" style=\"width:637px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lead\">The Virtual Research Environment (VRE) is the Graduate School\u2019s online system that allows you to manage your doctoral researcher record from anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the VRE is used to manage the administrative processes associated with the doctoral researcher life-cycle which includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Examination Arrangements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research Supervision Logs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Annual Progress Reviews<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upgrade from MPhil to PhD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ethics Applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading h2--underline has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Access and guidance<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Please use your University of Westminster ID and password to log in to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/research.westminster.ac.uk\/\">the VRE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>User guides can be found within the VRE in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/research.westminster.ac.uk\/do\/activity\/guides\/all\">Guides section<\/a>. For further assistance please email the Graduate School Registry office at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:graduateschool@westminster.ac.uk\">graduateschool@westminster.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the&nbsp;<a title=\"Virtual Research Environment Privacy Policy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster.ac.uk\/about-us\/our-university\/corporate-information\/policies-and-documents-a-z\/virtual-research-environment-privacy-policy\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"94a6bac1-55d9-4f56-8195-c6358448454e\">VRE privacy policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virtual Research Environment (VRE) is the Graduate School\u2019s online system that allows you to manage your doctoral researcher record from anywhere in the world. Part of the VRE is used to manage the administrative processes associated with the doctoral&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":138,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3569,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions\/3569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/doctoralresearcherdevelopmentprogramme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}