Handbook for CASE / iCASE Students

2017-18

1. Induction4

1.1 MacBooks5

1.2 Registration5

1.3 Pre-Arrival at Warwick (for students who will be registered at University of Birmingham or University of Leicester)5

1.4 Pre-Arrival at Warwick (for students who will be registered at University of Warwick)5

1.5 Everyone: Before you arrive at Warwick6

1.6 Registering at Birmingham (for non-Birmingham students)6

1.7 Registering at Leicester (for non-Leicester students)6

1.8 Accommodation6

1.9 Change of University Policy7

2. Taught modules7

2.1 Quantitative skills module7

3. Masterclasses7

4. Mini-project (Spring Term)8

5. Professional Internship for PhD students - PIPS or Industrial Placement9

6. Course Work information10

6.1 Marking guidelines10

6.2 Coursework deadlines, penalties and extensions11

6.3 First year score12

6.4 Information made available to potential supervisors12

6.5 Plagiarism12

7. PhD Project12

7.1 PhD projects12

7.2 PhD thesis submission12

8. Personal Development13

9. Cohort meetings and events13

10. Finances13

10.1 Core payments13

10.2 Additional support14

11. Years 2 414

12. Important Information15

12.1 Attendance monitoring15

12. 2 Personal details and e-mail accounts15

12. 3 Car parking at Warwick16

12.4 Laboratory safety and Lab coats16

12.5 Printing17

12.6 SSLC17

12.7 PG Hub17

12.8 Student Support Services17

12.9 Annual Leave and sickness18

12.10 Insurance18

12.11 MIBTP Website19

12.12 Photographs19

12.13 Researchfish19

12.14 Data Protection20

12.15 Confidentiality20

12.16 Disability Services20

12.17 Contact details:20

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Year 1 Interactive Training Programme

MIBTP recognises the need for skills training, cohort development and professional internships. Therefore, cohort training will be based in purpose-devised learning and social space and students will all start their degree with a period of hands-on training from experts in both dry and wet experimentation.

For CASE / iCASE students, placement at the non-academic partner is an essential part of the training. The placement will be a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 18 months and can be accrued through a number of shorter placements. The industrial collaborator should provide business-related training e.g. project-management, strategy or finance, equivalent to the MIBTP professional internship as part of the placement activity. There is flexibility for the student to opt to undertake a PIP with another company with the agreement of the Supervisor and MIBTP Director in addition to the business-related training offered by the industrial collaborator.

Training activities in the first year are split into two or three 3-month periods as shown below. Periods 1 and 2 are fixed. You can start your PhD in April or alternatively you can choose to a) do part or all of your 3 18 months placement with your CASE / iCASE collaborator or b) undertake a PIP prior starting your PhD or placement. Note that if you start your PhD project in April, you will still need to do at least three months with your CASE / iCASE collaborator doing activities equivalent to a PIP. You will also still need to present a poster on your research project at the September Cohort event.

Period

Activity

Location

1. October - December

Taught modules

Masterclasses

Warwick

All 3 Universities

2. January - March

Mini-project 1

Away University

3. April - June

Start PhD or PIP (optional) or placement (at a time decided by you)

Home university / Your choice (or industrial collaborator)

This is interspersed with compulsory cohort training events, which are detailed further into the handbook.

1. Induction

MIBTP students are expected to attend induction the week before Warwick term starts (note that term dates are not the same for each university). This will include pre-sessional mathematics and other training so that everyone can make the most of the modules in term 1. It will also include some team building exercises, skills training and presentation of posters by students finishing year 1 to allow contact between cohorts and a window on research opportunities. For 2017 this is w/c 25th September and will take place solely at Warwick. Final details will be sent to you before you join us. This information will also be uploaded to the induction page on the MIBTP intranet welcome pages.

1.1 MacBooks

All MIBTP students will be issued with a 13 MacBook. This is expected to support you for the duration of your PhD. The MacBook is suited to the datasets you will use in training and the large datasets which many of you will encounter during your PhD. MacBooks will be issued during induction week at Warwick (and you will be advised how you will get this accepted by your local IT servers if you are to be based at Birmingham or Leicester). They will be registered and supported at Warwick for the duration of your training. Local support will also be available from your local University.

Please note that the MacBook remains the property of the University of Warwick and must be returned on completion of the programme for software licensing requirements.

1.2 Registration

All MIBTP students will be registered at all three universities to make it simpler to access facilities during training / cohort events.

1.3 Pre-Arrival at Warwick (for students who will be registered at University of Birmingham or University of Leicester)

As you will be completing your term 1 training at the University of Warwick and visiting Warwick periodically during your studies for cohort meetings, mini-projects etc. you must register at Warwick as visiting students. Registering at Warwick will enable you to gain access to University buildings, library and IT facilities etc.

How to register

Please complete a Warwick Postgraduate Application form Select Course code: P-C1PBA: Life Sciences PhD (Leicester and Birmingham students only)

References: Please leave the reference section blank (or enter not applicable) as we do not require references to be submitted. If you enter referee email addresses an email will automatically be sent to the referee requesting a reference.

Please note that you will not be required to submit any documents. This exercise is purely to add you into the Warwick system.

1.4 Pre-Arrival at Warwick (for students who will be registered at University of Warwick)

It is important for you to have received (and accepted) an unconditional offer of a place at Warwick before your start date. If you haven't yet received an unconditional offer, please ensure that any conditions set out in your offer email are satisfied as soon as possible.

1.5 Everyone: Before you arrive at Warwick

Once you have an unconditional offer, there are a number of things you will need to do to complete your registration:

Upload a photo for your University ID Card - Online photo submission is now open.

Registration - Between 4 and 6 weeks before your course starts, you will be sent an email inviting you to begin the course registration process. Please do not try to complete the course registration process before you are asked you to. As a part of the course registration process you are agreeing to the University of Warwick's regulations. Please read these regulations. When you receive the email, please complete your online course registration. If you havent studied at Warwick before, a temporary password will be created for you so that you can access Student Records Online and begin the course registration process. To create a temporary password, you will need the following:

1. Your Warwick University ID (seven-digit number on your Offer Email)

2. Date of Birth

3. Family Name

Access the email address you have previously registered with us (well send your temporary password here)

If you already used Student Records, you can log in with your Warwick University ID and your existing password

IT Services Account - Once you have enrolled you can apply for your IT services account; you will need access to this on day 1 of induction.

The Welcome to Warwick pages may provide useful information for you.

1.6 Registering at Birmingham (for non-Birmingham students)

In order to register at Birmingham, you will need to complete the Birmingham registration form (see the welcome page for form) and return to Matt Phillips via email.

1.7 Registering at Leicester (for non-Leicester students)

In order to register at Leicester, please complete the Leicester registration form (see the welcome page for form) and return to Dr Jonathan McDearmid via email.

1.8 Accommodation

You will see from the information in this handbook that you will need to attend a university away from the one you are to be registered at for significant periods of year 1. In particular, in Term 1 you will need to be able to attend Warwick for all three elements of the quantitative skills training. You will not be able to restrict your choice of masterclass to one university and you must take at least one of your mini-projects away from your place of registration. Transport for some collective activities may be provided, but you will need to organise daily or weekly travel to suit the choices you make.

A one-off stipend uplift payment of 850 will