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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">To 4<sup>th</sup> Year Project Supervisors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">FYI I include at the end of this email the notice sent out to students about the 10 pages of report
feedback. The nominal date for them to send you material to give advice on is today, but I leave it up to individual supervisors to make suitable arrangements for this process as appropriate. I also reproduce the departmental guidelines on what feedback is
appropriate:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Cambria-Bold;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Guidelines on Project Report Feedback for students<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We recognise the importance of giving appropriate feedback to students preparing their project presentations and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">reports and of doing this with a level of consistency that is fair to all students. The feedback we give should<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">supplement the training that is inherently associated with the supervision of the project and this includes giving<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">students advice on how and what data are to be presented etc. The following guidelines hopefully will address this<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">point:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">1. The report should be the
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri-Bold",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">student's own work
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">and we must avoid the report including large elements of the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">work of the supervisor(s). Students undertaking computational analysis and using pre-written programs to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">generate data should be considered in the same way as students who are undertaking experimental work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">using existing equipment. It is the analysis of the data that is of importance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">2. In order to provide a suitable level of guidance in project preparation each student should receive feedback,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">covering the correctness as well as presentation style, on approximately
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri-Bold",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">10 pages
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">of material (submitted at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">least 1 weeks before the hand-in deadline). The
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri-Bold",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">feedback
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">from the staff should be in the form of a discussion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">highlighting both good points and areas that need addressing rather than a re-writing of material.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">3. In order to promote consistency across the department the supervisor(s) should
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri-Bold",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">not be involved in an<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri-Bold",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">iterative process of correction
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">of, or input to, the report material. Guidance along the lines of “I think that you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">should include these data etc.” is appropriate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">4. We do however stress the importance of
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri-Bold",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">general feedback throughout the project
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">and report writing. For<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">example, wherever practicable supervisors should point out significant mistakes (for example, this figure plots<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">the wrong quantity or this equation is incorrect). Care should be taken to avoid getting into a loop where the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">student is continually told that something is wrong but not directed on how to address the problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">5. The Department will produce a list of the
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri-Bold",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">common mistakes
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">made when producing a project report – e.g.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">labelling of figures, referencing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">6. The Department will, subject to a receiving agreement from the relevant students, post
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri-Bold",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">examples
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">of good<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">reports on MyPlace. There will be an example of a theoretical report and an experimental report.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">7. The Department will also ensure the project
</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri-Bold",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">marking schemes
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">are posted on Myplace.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Daniel.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Daniel Oi <myplace-post-notifications@strath.ac.uk>
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<b>Sent:</b> 11 March 2019 15:08<br>
<b>Subject:</b> PH450: Feedback on 10 pages and other Clarifications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>To clarify, the deadline today for the 10 pages of report for feedback is flexible, subject to the agreement with your supervisor. However, there should be enough time for them to read, comment, and feedback advice so that it can be meaningfully incorporated
in the final write-up. Please correspond directly with your supervisor for specific arrangements for handing it in, in whatever format is most convenient all parties, e.g. emailed PDF.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The Project Handbook states that the literature review “…will usually form the basis of the first chapter of your Final Report”. It is expected that the literature review is updated and expanded to turn it into introductory material for your report. It will
not be flagged on TurnItIn as plagiarism per se (unless there are other similar materials included).
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The use of the report template is highly recommended to provide a level of consistency across reports. Both LaTeX and Word templates are available. If you wish not to use the provided template, then please follow the
<em>style</em> of the template in whatever document preparation program you use. <o:p>
</o:p></p>
<p>Whether you include code as an appendix depends on how relevant it is to your project. For some projects it would be useful to have it as reference for the reader to understand and assess your work, particularly if it is a major component of the project.
Otherwise, you may still choose to include code in the appendix even if it is not strictly necessary, as it serves as a record of your work. If the code is not very long (not 10s of pages), then it should not be a problem to include it. For much longer code,
then discuss with your supervisor the best way to reference it, e.g. a code repository.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Regards,<br>
Dr Daniel Oi.<o:p></o:p></p>
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