CO600/CO620 – Briefing – 1 Final Year Projects  Some basic information  CO600/CO620 – Final Year Projects  CO650 and Kent IT Clinic (John Crawford)

Hani Ragab-HassenCO600/CO620 – Briefing – 2 Final Year Projects Some facts  Project counts as 25% (30 credits) of your final year  It is a compulsory element of the programme  Deadline for registration:  Stage 2 students: Friday 1 st of June at 16:00  Industrial placements: 1 st week of the 2012/2013 academic year (Friday 28 September)

Hani Ragab-HassenCO600/CO620 – Briefing – 3 Final Year Projects Some warnings  Loss of project time due to late project registration will not constitute a concessions plea  Failure to register for a project could result in academic disciplinary procedures

Hani Ragab-HassenCO600/CO620 – Briefing – 4 Final Year Projects Some clarifications  Module registration (includes Project, but there is more)  Project registration  Find a project, find a group, find a supervisor, and get all the necessary signatures

Hani Ragab-HassenCO600/CO620 – Briefing – 5 Project Acceptance Form

Hani Ragab-HassenCO600/CO620 – Briefing – 6 Project Acceptance Form

Hani Ragab-HassenCO600/CO620 – Briefing – 7 Final Year Projects Some advices  Sort out your project before the end of the academic year!  It is time consuming to start up a collaboration, identifying responsibilities, and to plan and detail the work  Perform some ground research during holidays

CO600/CO620 – Briefing – 8 CO600/CO620 Final Year Projects Hani Ragab Hassen (convenor)  Some details about the different types of projects  Introduction to research methods

Hani Ragab-HassenCO600/CO620 – Briefing – 9 Types of Project  CO600 – Group Project  Students can propose a project, but have to find a supervisor that is willing to supervise  Industrial placement students can suggest projects related to their working experience (One student group)  Involves industrial collaboration  Groups of 3+ (maximum 5)  There is no point of having groups of 2  There are exceptions for groups of 1  E.g., year in industry, project involving confidentiality

Hani Ragab-HassenCO600/CO620 – Briefing – 10 Types of Project  CO620 – Research Project  For students who are considering postgraduate research  Achieving at 2(i) level or above (ie have an overall Stage 2 average of at least 60%)  Usually the topic is chosen by supervisor  Need to give a presentation to the research group  These are challenging projects  Aiming for submitting a paper to a conference, workshop, etc.

Hani Ragab-HassenCO600/CO620 – Briefing – 11 Choosing the Project Two ways for choosing the project  Propose a possible project yourself (Only for CO600)  You have to find a member of staff who is willing to supervise your project  Select it from a list of project proposals suggested by staff members  select a couple of proposals, contact the supervisor by  Use the forum to form your group  Group Group

Hani Ragab-HassenCO600/CO620 – Briefing – 12 Forming Groups Groups should be between 3 and 5 members  The larger the group, the more difficult it is to manage its members  Also, more members does not mean less work!!  Individuals are assessed, not the groups Finding partners  Advertise and interview potential candidates  Use the wiki to advertise your project

Hani Ragab-HassenCO600/CO620 – Briefing – 13 Further Information & Resources  Module web pages and list of projects:  CO600 (Canterbury) Group Project  Proposals-(Canterbury) Proposals-(Canterbury)  CO600 (Canterbury) Group Project  Proposals-(Medway) Proposals-(Medway)  CO620 Research Project  Proposals Proposals