<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font face="Arial">As we approach the end of the first week of second semester teaching, it is time to remind all supervisors (and their surrogates) of the assessment criteria and timetable for the student projects. </font><span style="font-family: Arial; ">There was no official mock viva for project students this year, so do let me know if you regard any of your students to be 'at risk' at the present time.</span><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><font face="Arial">You should note the following dates in your calendar app. and let me know asap of any potential clashes with your other activities:</font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><o:p><font face="Arial"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><font face="Arial"><b>20<sup>th</sup> and 27<sup>th</sup> March 2013 </b> <o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><font face="Arial">Project Talks 1-5 pm in parallel Sessions<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><font face="Arial">Each student will be given a 15-minute slot. The expectation is that students will talk about their project for 10 minutes and then be questioned by the audience for 5 minutes.<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><o:p><font face="Arial"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><font face="Arial"><b>15<sup>th</sup> April 2013: </b><o:p></o:p></font><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Project report submission</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Arial; ">Project reports are to be submitted in PDF format through MyPlace and passed through Turnitin for plagiarism detection.</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><o:p><font face="Arial"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><font face="Arial"><b>Week beginning 29<sup>th</sup> April 2013</b> (revision week)<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><font face="Arial">Project vivas to be arranged.<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><o:p><font face="Arial"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><font face="Arial"><b>I have attached the mark sheets and guidelines used for marking the various parts of the project. </b></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><font face="Arial"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><font face="Arial">The contribution of each part to the final mark is:<o:p></o:p></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><o:p><font face="Arial"> </font></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><font face="Arial"><b>For PH450</b><o:p></o:p></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; "><font face="Arial">Project report 50%<span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; "><font face="Arial">Supervisor’s Assessment 20%<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; "><font face="Arial">Project Viva 20%<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; "><font face="Arial">Project Talk 10%<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; "><o:p><font face="Arial"> </font></o:p></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; "><font face="Arial"><b>For PH550</b><o:p></o:p></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; "><font face="Arial">Project report 30%<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; "><font face="Arial">Supervisor’s assessment 30%<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; "><font face="Arial">Project viva 30%<o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; "><font face="Arial">Project talk 10%</font></p><div><br></div><div>The projects form an important part of each student's education and development as a physicist, and can occasionally teach supervisors a thing or two. I'm looking forward to the completion of another successful round.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Good luck,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kevin</div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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