Resources for PhD students and their supervisors
Research Students Course Handbook
Milestones
- Certificate of Postgraduate Studies (CPGS)
- First year report: the PhD proposal (required for both PhD and CPGS)
- Second year report: the dissertation schedule
- Third year report: a progress statement
- Fourth year: writing-up and completion
- Thesis formatting
- Submitting your dissertation
- Technical reports and how to submit one
Talks, seminars, conferences, expenses, research placements and researcher development
- Researcher Development previously known as Transferable Skills
- Publications and conferences
- Leave to work away, intermission and holidays - please see the Secretary of the Degree Committee for advice before applying.
- Risk assessment form to be used in all applications for Leave to Work Away applications and also when travelling abroad to conferences, workshops and graduate schools of less than 14 days in duration. Apart from annual holidays, all other periods away from Cambridge need an application for Leave to Work Away.
- University Insurance advice for conferences, and periods of leave away from Cambridge.
- Travel, Conference and other Expenses checklist and Expenses claim form
Both are required usually - Wiseman Award
- Teaching pages
Links to courses' timetables and syllabi including the M.Phil and Part II - Seminars and meetings
A weekly timetable of seminars and meetings including the Wednesday seminar series - women@cl
Provides local, national and international activities for women engaged in Computing research and academic leadership. - Talks.cam
Other seminars and talks both inside and outside the Computer Laboratory
Official statements and CamSIS
- CamSIS Log In to self-service pages
- From where you can also read your supervision reports.
- Apply for leave to work away, intermission, and much more.
- Code of Practice – Graduate research degrees and certificates of postgraduate studies, Board of Graduate Studies
All research students and their supervisors are required to read and be familiar with the Code of Practice - Departmental statement on plagiarism
- Plagiarism: Guide for Supervisors, Examiners, Assessors and Degree Committees
- Exemption from University Composition fees
Student support
The main source of pastoral support for students is provided by Colleges. Each graduate student is assigned a Tutor by the College who will be available to meet, or correspond by email, with students to discuss personal and tutorial matters. Please see Cambridge Colleges - a guide for graduate students for further information.
MPhil students are also assigned a Course Adviser by the Department who will advise on course matters.
Other sources of student support may be found from the following bodies:
- Welfare and well-being
- University Counselling Service
- Disability Resource Centre
- Accommodation advice
- Dignity@Study
- Childcare office
Complaints procedures and exam reviews
Students should also refer to the new procedures Joint Report of the Council and the General Board on procedures for student complaints and reviews, The Reporter weekly edition 6469, section 6, page 628.
The Department has appointed a Responsible Officer and a Deputy who will respond to complaints at a local level in accordance with the Procedure. Please note that a complaint must be raised with the Responsible Officer within 28 days of the complaint arising.
Requests for 'mark checks' should follow the procedure explained on Examination Review Procedure.
Supervisors and Graduate Advisers
- Guidelines for supervisors of research students
- Protocol for Graduate Advisers
- Appointment of Ph.D. Examiners form PDF
- CPGS Report form
- Cambridge Graduate Supervision Reporting System (CamGRAD)
- Graduate Education Committee Terms of Reference (PDF)
Other resources for research students
- System administration
- Building services (PAT testing, recycling,etc.)
- MPhil module syllabi
- Library
The facilities provided by the Computer Laboratory's library. - Online services
Mailing lists, newsgroups, student-operated web sites, etc. - Upper limb disorder/RSI/OOS
Information on typing-related injuries (part of the main Laboratory safety page). - Policy statements relating to students
Official policy statements released by the Head of Department. - Graduate Education Office Contacts
Contact details for the Graduate Education team - Intellectual property rights (link broken)
Copyright, patents, etc. - University Counselling Service
- Health and Safety
Provides information regarding health and safety in the building and also what to do in case of emergency.
Unofficial material
- Unofficial Guide for PhD students (PDF) – the 2005 guide written by students for students.
- Thinking of doing a PhD, MPhil or Part III Session material
- Graduate Students' Forum
External links
- Talks.cam in case you missed it above.
- Dates of the Board of Graduate Studies and Degree Committee meetings
- School of Technology
- CPPD Graduate Development Programme
- CHRIS/31 form: new student bank account details
- Student Registry: Legislative requirements
- Dignity at Study
- Student Registry: Submitting the Dissertation
- The oral examination and corrections
- Computing Service Printroom
- Student Gateway: a useful site with information for current and new graduate students.
Supervising undergraduates
Many research students at the Computer Laboratory superviseundergraduate students fortheir courses or final-year projects. Supervising is an excellent opportunity to gain someteaching experience. It also earns a bit of money.
If you are interested in supervising courses, read
Then talk to one ofthe College Directors of Studies (for Part IA/IB courses) or Teaching Administration (for Part II courses).
Would you like to propose and supervise a topic fora Part II project? Then read the Pink Book, write up your project proposal as a web page and send its URL to David Greaves for inclusion into his next suggestions list.