A change of supervisory arrangements may be instigated either by the student or a member of the Supervisory Team, in consultation with the relevant Programme Leader and all parties concerned. This should be noted at the relevant Assessment Board. 6.2.7 Responsibilities of the Supervisory Team and Responsibilities of the Student Programme Teams are required to develop a list of responsibilities of the Supervisory Team and of the student what can be discussed at approval/review. This should be clearly communicated to students, normally though the course handbook. 6.3 Requirements for the Advanced Independent Work [AIW] 6.3.1 Language of the AIW and oral examination Except with the specific permission of the Assessment Board, the AIW shall be presented and defended in the English Language. 6.3.2 Abstracts There shall be an abstract of approximately 300 words bound into the AIW which shall provide a synopsis of the AIW. Three loose copies of the abstract shall be submitted with the AIW which should have the name of the author, the title of the course on which the student is studying and the title of the AIW as a heading. 6.3.3 Acknowledgement of sources The AIW shall acknowledge published or other sources of material consulted, including an appropriate bibliography, and any assistance received. 6.3.4 Assistance and Proof Reading The AIW must be the own work. student’s It is the students responsibility to check the accuracy, grammar, spelling and referencing in the AIW before final submission. This requirement does not preclude the student from obtaining limited assistance with proof-reading and with the routine collection and/or processing of data under guidelines and instructions clearly devised by the candidate. When such help is obtained, it should be with the prior approval of the Director of Studies who must be satisfied that the spirit of the ‘own work’ requirement is not breached. If the student has a disability/specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia, the student should be encouraged to register with Disability Services at the earliest opportunity to enable consideration of their support needs to be undertaken.
A change of supervisory arrangements may be instigated either by the student or a member of the Supervisory Team, in consultation with the relevant Programme Leader and all parties concerned. This should be noted at the relevant Assessment Board. 6.2.7 Responsibilities of the Supervisory Team and Responsibilities of the Student Programme Teams are required to develop a list of responsibilities of the Supervisory Team and of the student what can be discussed at approval/review. This should be clearly communicated to students, normally though the course handbook. 6.3 Requirements for the Advanced Independent Work [AIW] 6.3.1 Language of the AIW and oral examination Except with the specific permission of the Assessment Board, the AIW shall be presented and defended in the English Language. 6.3.2 Abstracts There shall be an abstract of approximately 300 words bound into the AIW which shall provide a synopsis of the AIW. Three loose copies of the abstract shall be submitted with the AIW which should have the name of the author, the title of the course on which the student is studying and the title of the AIW as a heading. 6.3.3 Acknowledgement of sources The AIW shall acknowledge published or other sources of material consulted, including an appropriate bibliography, and any assistance received. 6.3.4 Assistance and Proof Reading The AIW must be the student’s own work. It is the students responsibility to check the accuracy, grammar, spelling and referencing in the AIW before final submission. This requirement does not preclude the student from obtaining limited assistance with proof-reading and with the routine collection and/or processing of data under guidelines and instructions clearly devised by the candidate. When such help is obtained, it should be with the prior approval of the Director of Studies who must be satisfied that the spirit of the ‘own work’ requirement is not breached. If the student has a disability/specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia, the student should be encouraged to register with Disability Services at the earliest opportunity to enable consideration of their support needs to be undertaken.
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