[COMP6200-supervisors] MSc Projects: Call for Supervisor Options - by 22 January

[Maurits de Planque]

Dear MSc project supervisors,

This is a reminder about updating/adding your Options for MSc projects 
in the Choices system. We had asked to do this by 6 January, but this 
should have read 13 January, the end of week 12. Thanks to everybody who 
has done this by now. For those who have not, please do so by Monday 22 
January. See below for details.

Best regards,
Maurits de Planque
Oli Bills



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Subject: 	[COMP6200-supervisors] MSc Projects: Call for Supervisor Options
Date: 	Tue, 19 Dec 2017 11:25:43 +0000
From: 	<ofb at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
To: 	<comp6200-supervisors at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
CC: 	Ecs-Hod <hod at ecs.soton.ac.uk>, "Bills O." <o.bills at soton.ac.uk>



Dear MSc project supervisors,

We will be using the Choices system again to facilitate MSc project 
allocation. This year, each supervisor is asked to put 4 to 6 "Options" 
into the Choices database - examples of projects or research areas you 
would be interested in supervising. Students will use these options to 
help them find supervisors which match their interests.

If you entered Options into the system last year, they have been carried 
over and this is an opportunity for an update. If you did not supervise 
MSc projects last year, you need to create your 4-6 Options now.

We ask you to do this before 6 January 2018.

The link to the Choices system is:
https://mychoices.soton.ac.uk/forms/author/356
(login with your iSolutions user name and password).

 From this screen, you can choose to edit your options from last year 
and add new options.

If you have problems accessing the form, after logging in go directly to 
the URL provided again. If you continue to have problems, please reply 
to this email.

Some more information can be found below.

Best regards,
Oli Bills
Maurits de Planque

You are receiving this email because you are assumed to be available for 
MSc project supervision in the summer. If you believe this is not the 
case, please discuss with the HoD.

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1) An Option is either a description of a specific project, or it can 
briefly outline a general research theme. Options should be seen as 
examples of projects that you can supervise.

2) Once students have been allocated to you, you are expected to make 
every effort to agree on a project. It does not have to be one of your 
Options in the Choices system.

3) The Project Coordinator will review the number of Options with 
respect to the size of specific MSc cohorts. The relevant programme 
leader could ask you to make some of your Options available to their cohort.

4) Students cannot contact potential supervisors until the allocation 
has been made. Prior to allocation, programme leaders may contact you if 
their students have questions about your Options.

5) The students will have access to the Choices system from the first 
day of semester 2, and will then have two weeks to select 8 Options from 
at least 6 different supervisors.

6) Programme leaders will then refine the initial student-supervisor 
matching provided by the Choices system, which is aimed at an even 
spread of students over supervisors. The final allocation should be 
announced in week 4 of semester 2.
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