School of somethingFACULTY OF OTHER

School of MathematicsFACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Briefing meeting for outgoing students2015-2016

John Paul Gosling

Industrial Placement Co-ordinator (from August)

matindp@leeds.ac.uk

Important points

YII Handbook

Everything from today is covered in the MATH8001 student handbook.

Don’t leave the handbook at home.

Forms

A Health & Safety agreement must be completed before a placement can commence.

There are 3 forms in Section 3 of the handbook that must be completed at the start of your placement.

Important points

We must be able to contact you during your placement year. This means that you should be checking your University email regularly or you should forward your email to another inbox that you will be checking.

Email forwarding

https://support.office.com/en-au/article/Forward-email-to-another-email-account-1ed4ee1e-74f8-4f53-a174-86b748ff6a0e

http://tinyurl.com/ngbngc9

Timetable

When What

Before placement Tripartite health & safety agreement completed

Before placement Change-of-programme form and extend student card

June Allocation of academic supervisor

June-October Start placement

1st week of placement Return “Section 3” forms

1st week of placement Set initial objectives as required by the company

1st month of placement Contact from academic supervisor for initial update

December/January Will University accommodation by needed?

December/January Contact from academic supervisor for mid-term update

April/May Visit from academic supervisor to assess progress

May onwards Module enrolment for next academic year.

End of placement Prepare for assessment

Academic supervisor

Everyone will be allocated an academic supervisor who will be their main point of contact throughout the placement year.

It will probably not be your personal tutor.

They will arrange a visit sometime in April or May next year.

Assessment

MATH8001 is an 120 credit module that is passed or failed.

Your placement year is assessed through

•a report,

•a presentation,

•your placement profile,

•your academic supervisor’s visit.

Assessment – report

The 7000-8000 word report will be due in at the end of October when you come back to the University.

The report should give a comprehensive account of your placement year:

from how you got your placement,

to what you got from your placement.

Part of the report should focus on a substantial project you have undertaken.

Assessment – presentation

You will be required to give a 15-minute presentation on your placement year.

Think of it as a marketing tool to advertise the year-in-industry and your particular employer.

The best presentations will be selected for Oktoberfest 2016.

Assessment – more forms

During your placement, you need to complete the “placement profile” forms that are included as part of the handbook.

You are asked to review progress at several points.

Your industrial supervisor needs to complete some reviews too.

These forms will be appended to your report and will form part of your overall assessment.

Finances

Remember that you retain your student status.

Council tax – you might need a letter to support exemption.

Travel – some cities have reductions on public transport– in London, you can get a reduced-fee

Making it worthwhile

You’ve got a superb opportunity to

•Try out a potential career,

•Make contacts,

•Build up experience,

•Secure your first job out of uni.

Remember that you are representing the university(a top ten university in terms of recruitment targeting)

Coming back to Uni

A year is not a long time…

Consider accommodation for your final year(s).

Think about how you are going to cope with lectures.

Final slide

No forms = No transfer to the industrial placement programme.

Remember that you need to have an average of 55 and have passed 100 credits in your second year.

If you are having any problems or you need our help with anything, don’t hesitate to contact your academic supervisor or me: communication is important.

Questions/Concerns:

John Paul Gosling, matindp@leeds.ac.uk

Heather Ugarte, h.j.ugarte@leeds.ac.uk