WEB SITE ASSESSMENT

• WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE EXAM PERIOD• WEB SITES SHOULD BE READY FOR ASSESSMENT BY 16 MAY• PLEASE INCLUDE THE GROUP PRESENTATION• CONSIDER “SLIDESHARE” WHICH HAS A FACILITY TO EMBED PPT

PRESENTATIONS IN WEB SITES

PROJECT ALLOCATION

THE PROCESS

• THE PROJECT MODULE• REGISTRATION• DEFINING YOUR OWN PROJECT• SELECTION• ALLOCATION• PROJECT START

THE PROJECT MODULE

• EG-353 RESEARCH PROJECT• TAKEN BY MOST LEVEL 6 (YEAR 3) ENGINEERS (APPROX 450 STUDENTS

NEXT YEAR)• 30 CREDITS (¼ LEVEL 6)• PASS IS A PRE-REQUISITE OF PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION!

REGISTRATION

• VIA proman.swan.ac.uk• Call for all students goes out towards the end of the exam period• You need to be registered to be sure of receiving messages during

summer• Use an email address that will be reachable in summer• Your registration will be approved and you’ll get a login link via email• When logging in first time, please ensure that you set a password

SELECTION

• STAFF WILL BE ASKED FOR PROJECT TITLES IN LATE MAY• YOU CAN ALSO DEFINE YOUR OWN PROJECT … SEE NEXT SLIDE• ONCE WE HAVE SUFFICIENT PROJECTS, WE WILL OPEN PROMAN FOR

SELECTION.• ONCE SELECTION IS OPEN, YOU CAN BROWSE THE PROJECTS, SELECT

AND RANK THOSE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN• YOU WILL HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER TO DO THIS

DEFINING YOUR OWN PROJECT

• YOU CAN DEFINE YOUR OWN PROJECT• NEED TO CREATE A PROJECT DEFINITION VIA PROMAN• PLEASE SEEK ADVICE ABOUT TYPES OF PROJECT• IF YOU CAN, TRY TO PITCH YOUR IDEAS BEFORE THE END OF TERM• STAFF GET TO CHOOSE FROM THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN

PROPOSED

ALLOCATION

• ONCE SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMS ARE COMPLETE, WE HAVE A FULL PICTURE OF WHICH STUDENTS WILL BE PROGRESSING TO LEVEL 6 (YEAR 3)

• WE WILL ALLOCATE PROJECTS SO FAR AS POSSIBLE ACCORDING TO YOUR PREFERENCE

• ONCE A PROJECT IS ALLOCATED TO SOMEONE IT BECOMES UNAVAILABLE• IF YOUR ENTIRE LIST IS EXHAUSTED, WE MAY NEED TO REQUEST THAT YOU

MAKE A NEW SELECTION• CONSTRAINTS ARE: STAFF LOADING, YOUR POSITION IN THE MERIT ORDER,

NEED TO BALANCE SUPERVISION LOAD

PROJECT

• INDIVIDUAL WORK OF APPROX 1 DAY A WEEK FOR 18 WEEKS• STARTS IN OCTOBER• FOUR WEEK’S PLANNING, EMPLOYABILITY AND ETHICS ASSESSMENT• PROGRESS REPORT (DECEMBER)• DRAFT PAPER (MARCH OR APRIL)• FINAL PAPER (MAY)• VIVA (MAY)

CALL TO ACTION

• GET REGISTERED ON proman.swan.ac.uk• CONSIDER DEFINING YOUR OWN PROJECT• IF POSSIBLE, PITCH YOUR PROJECT IDEA TO A POTENTIAL SUPERVISOR

BEFORE END OF TERM• QUESTIONS: EMAIL ME! c.p.jobling@swansea.ac.uk• FOLLOW eg353project ON TWITTER.