Research Internships Information in the School of Computing
Internship Contract Requirements
To complete your contract to work as an Intern in the School of Computing, successful candiates are required to provide:
- 2nd year tutor's reference (see reference guidelines)
- CV
- Passport or Birth Cerificate
- Your bank details (for the Payroll Bank Authority Form)
Final Deliverables for Research Internship
- Project Poster
- Short Personal Relection
Project Poster
The posters focus on the research work that interns have completed and are for display in the School of Computing Long Room. Two templates are provided below and previous posters can be viewed in Previous Internships
Short Personal Reflective
This deliverable is a short personal reflection on your time as an intern. The length expected is literally a couple of paragraphs (up to a page) written in the first person which give a flavour of what it meant to you to be a research intern and to be a member of staff (rather than a student) in the dept.
A list of questions below gives an idea of the sorts of things for possible reflection. You may choose to focus on just a selection of these things that reflect your experience more specifically:
- what are you hoping to extract from a research internship, intellectually and professionally?
- consider your current position and that on 1st June: summarise what you know about the School's research and its conduct that you didn't know then.
- consider your current position and that on 1st June: what do you know now that you didn't know then? some of the answer to this will be purely technical, but perhaps not all.
- if you began work again tomorrow, what if anything would you do differently?
- will your research internship influence your project? If so, how? If not, is there a particular reason?
- what was the most interesting thing you did during the research internship?
- what was the most challenging thing you did during the research internship (may be the same)?
- what would SoC do to manage research internships differently (aka "better").
- what would you say if one next years's 2nd years asked whether s/he should apply for a research internship?
- to what extent did your research internship require that you use what you have learnt in SoC modules?
- has the research internship affected your option choices for your final year?
Please note that, although quotes from the reflective pieces may be used in subsequent reports and publications, no individual will be identified at any time.
Health and Safety
As part of your Research Internship, you are expected to understand and know the health and safety procedures within the School of Computing. Further information can be located in the School of Computing Wiki under Health and Safety and the Faculty of Enginering Intranet on Health and Safety> (NB. This can only be accessed from the university computer network)
Please know who your fire warden is for the level you are working on, the current first aiders and the lab manager for your lab. This information is available on the Wiki.
Funding
- Nuffield Science Bursary: Undergraduate Research, The Nuffield Foundation, 28 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JS. Email: urb@nuffieldfoundation.org. Deadline for applications is 5pm on 9 February 2010
Annual Timeframes/Milestones
| Tasks | Timeframe |
|---|---|
| Project proposals from staff | Mid-October to Mid-November |
| Student Application for projects | Late-November to Mid-January |
| Funding allocation and applications | February to Mid-February |
| Student contracts | February to April |
| Internships running | June to September |
| Poster and Reflective Pieces | September |
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