What are my responsibilities altogether?
You are responsible for a) Teaching your courses, b) carrying out relevant Research c) and finally for carrying out relevant Administration related to your teaching and research. In the process of carrying out these responsibilities you would be expected to comply with the College and the Department's regulations. The College's expectations are that everything you do will be excellent.
What is the difference between the MSc in Advanced Computing and the MRes in Advanced Computing degrees?
We offer two "Advanced Computing" degrees, the MSc in Advanced Computing and the MRes in Advanced Computing, both are a good preparation for PhD studies. However whereas the MSc in Advanced Computing is mainly taught the MRes has different regulations and allows students to do fewer standard courses and more independent work specifically focused on doing research.
What is an Industrial Placement?
Third Year students on the MEng Computing degrees undergo six months of industrial training in the period beginning April to the end of September . Joint Maths and Computing students do a shorter period of industrial training usually from early June to the end of September. This industrial training is referred to as an Industrial Placement.
What is a log book?
Students who are on Industrial Placement are required to produce a written account of their work in the form of an engineering logbook describing their training and technical work. The logbook is expected to include a brief description of the organisation in which the placement was spent and an account of each week's work detailing tasks, difficulties and achievements, and a conclusion outlining the skills acquired and lessons learned. There is also a requirement for students to list any ethical issues they come across whilst on placement. This logbook should be signed on completion of the placement by the company placement supervisor or manager, who should inform us if this presents any concerns regarding confidentiality.
What is an Industrial Placement presentation and who has to go?
At the start of the autumn term of the fourth year, MEng students are required to give an oral presentation of 15 minutes duration about their Industrial Placement. This should include an introduction to the company, a desciption of the projects they worked on and a conclusion about the lessons learnt and the experience gained. The company supervisor and/or other representatives of the company are usually invited to attend these presentations.
The logbook and the oral presentation are assessed by the personal tutor.
What are our expectations for undergraduate projects?
Please see: https://wiki.imperial.ac.uk/display/docteaching/Undergraduate+Projects
What is a Background paper?
MSc in Advanced Computing students are expected to complete an individual project in term 3, containing an element of original work, on a topic related to their chosen specialist area; they also carry out a background paper related to the project area in term 2. The purpose of the Project Background Paper is to give students a running start on their projects by ensuring that they have read and understood technical material which provides essential background reading. The Project Background Paper will, with suitable updates, often serve as a chapter in their MSc dissertations.
What is "CATE"?
CATE is an in house "Continuous Assessment Tracking Engine" used for the electronic administration of coursework via the web. You will need to use it when you are setting courseworks and for delivering your coursework marks. If you have a PPT or a PMT group you will also need to use it to enter both your marks and your students attendance. (see screen shot) Dates of all your coursework will also need to be entered so as to ensure that the amount of courseworks the students are set is as spread as possible, (see screen shot).
Once students have completed your work you can decide whether they can submit it electronically via CATE, or in hard copy through the Student General Office. For the latter CATE provides students with a bar-coded submission sheet which is scanned on submission and registered electronically. The system logs all submissions and marks and then makes them visible to relevant staff and students.
You are encouraged to place all your tutorial questions and lecture slides/notes etc on CATE as well. This is because it provides a central easily accessable resource for the students to access. Students are very appreciative of this facility and often mention so in Staff Student Committee Meetings. To do this you can either post the work directly onto CATE or you can place the material on your own website and then post a link to it on CATE.
What is "The Database"?
From the DOC home page the departmental database can be reached. It contains all the public information that we have on your teaching. It also holds details about your students, where your office is, and how you can be contacted. However it does not conatin any information about your research. To keep the database up-to-date it is important that you inform the Teaching Administrator of possible erroneous data in the database.
When should I start and finish my lectures?
Lectures and tutorials usually last for one hour. To ensure students get to lectures on time you need to start the lecture promptly at the beginning of the hour (i.e. 10am) and finish it ten minutes before the next hour (i.e. 10.50am). This should then ensure that students can arrive at their next lecture on time.
What is an ISO (Independent Study Option)?
On the MRes in Advanced Computing (MAC) and the MRes HiPEDS degree students study two subjects in the member of staff's research area. The aim is to cover material not in our courses and to give potential Ph.D. students and members of staff the opportunity to evaluate each other for a Ph.D. MSc Advanced Computing students may do one ISO in the second term if a willing supervisor can be found.