MSc Dissertations Q&A

13/12/2024

Agenda

  • General Info about the dissertation allocation, supervision process and timeline

  • Questions to me

  • Academic English Language Provision
    - Deak Kirkham  

  • Coffee and Cake!

 

Allocation Process

  • Projects are shared with you by end of Feb 2025

  • Majority led by School of Mathematics Supervisors

  • Minority externally led and competition based

  • Students submit their ranked preference list of 6 projects by the end of March via a MS Forms (to be shared)

  • We match you with a project within your ranked choice

  • If you applied for a CRDC or Competition Based project and you did not get answer by the expression of preference deadline, please submit your choices anyway

  • Promptly let me know of any Competition Based outcome

  • Dissertation allocation communicated to the students at the beginning of May 2025

Supervision Info

  • Dissertation work starts in early June, after your last exam
  • Contact your supervisor before June to arrange an informal meeting  
  • You and your supervisor(s) should arrange up to 6 hours of meetings (modalities to be agreed) - do this as soon as possible
  • Consecutive meetings should not be more than 2-3 weeks apart
  • Your supervisor will monitor your progress
  • Students are expected to be on campus during their dissertation work

Good Practice

  • Share a short report with your supervisor(s) ~2 days ahead of every meeting
  • Practice on using latex with the provided template on Minerva. A very good online tool is overleaf
  • Create a project on GitHub to share with your supervisor(s). (ABC for a Data Scientist!)
  • Learn how to use GitHub. Very good tutorials here: Atalassian and Software Carpentries

DSA Timeline & details

 

  • There will be a poster session to assess the ongoing students work
  • The poster session will take place between Wed 10th and Tue 16th July
  • We are planning to trial a mini viva after your submission (details TBD)
  • All students must be available on campus throughout this period
  • Deadline for submission of completed dissertations is end of August (TBD)

Sta./Appl.Fin. Timeline & details

 

  • Deadline for submission of completed dissertations is the end of August (TBD)
  • The oral examinations and presentations are usually be held in the first half of September
  • ​Arrangements are flexible and to be agreed promptly with assessor and supervisors (more details in the handbook to follow)

Useful Resources

 

Previous Year Projects Description and other useful resources will be uploaded shortly on Minerva

 

 

 

Talk: Academic English Language Provision for PGT students

 

 

Deak Kirkham
Lecturer in English for Academic Purposes
for the School of Mathematics

 

 

 

Time for Coffee& Cake!!!!

Merry Christmas!!!!