• Monday 18th March to Monday 13th May 2023
  • Project descriptions available on the Projects Portal: Monday 18th March 2024
  • Dissertation Projects Lecture: TBC
  • Discuss projects with supervisors
  • Compile a shortlist of projects that you are interested in
  • Rank projects in order of preference by Monday 13th May 2024
  • Deadline for submission of student proposed projects: Monday 13th May 2024

• Monday 13th May to Monday 20th May 2024

• Staff rank the students interested in their projects by Monday 20th May 2024
• Staff can express interest in any student-proposed projects

• Monday 20th May to early June 2024 - allocation of projects

  • System is frozen for both students and staff
  • Project matching starts
  • early June - project matching completed

Allocating Projects

• COM Projects Portal 

Marking Projects

Supervisor and second markers should mark projects separately. If their individual marks differ by more than 10% or if they cross a degree boundary, they should consult together about the final mark. They should then fill in a brief account of their consultation and the reasons they decided on the final mark in the combined form.

• The undergraduate initial report is not formally marked but the purpose of these submissions is to ensure that the students are engaged with the project, have thought about the topic, and have a plan for the work they will do in the first semester. The document should be a basis for some preliminary feedback and discussion about the project direction. Although they are not to be marked formally, if the student's submission is unsatisfactory then they can be asked to resubmit.
• Project presentation: Only the second marker needs to attend the project presentation.  If you are unable to attend the project presentation, please arrange for someone else to attend in your place, and to report back to you, or arrange for a separate viva/individual project presentation.

Supervision

• Record all meetings in PATS and report any student who has been out of contact for 3 weeks to the Project Officer .
  
• Past Dissertations (staff version including failed dissertations)
  

Extensions

• Students needing an extension to their project should contact their supervisor in the first instance. How their circumstances are affecting work should be discussed, and students signposted to any relevant support.
• Student and supervisor should propose an extended deadline based on the circumstances. Student should then submit this via the ECF process for approval (links below). The proposal will be taken into account in the Scrutiny Panel's decision, alongside other factors.
• Student, supervisor and second marker will be contacted about the outcome of the request as soon as possible.

Help and support

• Project Officer: Dr Yoshi Gotoh
  
• UG and MSc project support: Lizzie Bridges
• The COM Project Portal
• Extenuating Circumstances - UG
• Extenuating Circumstances - MSc
  

More information can be found in the projects pages of the student handbooks:

UG Student Handbook - Projects

MSc Student Handbook - Projects