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Contents

• Contents
• General Information
  • Contact Details
  • Welcome and General Resources
  • Discipline and Conduct
    • Tier 4 Visa Attendance Monitoring Census
  • Programme Staff
  • School and Postgraduate Student Support Staff
  • Student Support Office
  • eLearning environments: Blackboard and Moodle
  • Notice Boards, Pigeon Holes, and Social Space
  • Student Representatives and the PGSSCC
  • Key Dates in the Academic Year and Timetable for 2012/13
• Overview of the Programmes
  • Types and Lengths of Programmes
  • MSc Overview
  • Notes for Modular and Part-Time Students
• Programme Elements
  • Welcome Week (Week 0)
    • Plagiarism and Academic Malpractice
    • International Students and English Language Courses
  • Themes
  • Course Units
  • Research Projects
    • COMP60990 Research Skills and Professional Issues
    • Notes for the MSc in Advanced Computer Science and IT Management
    • Notes for Part-Time Students
• Individual MSc Programmes
  • MSc in Advanced Computer Science
    • Pathways
    • Themes and Course Units
    • Advanced Computer Science Programme Specification
  • MSc in Advanced Computer Science and IT Management
    • Advanced Computer Science and IT Management Programme Specification
    • Themes and Course Units
    • Information management pathway
  • Foundation Route
  • MRes in Advanced Computer Science
    • Pathways
    • Themes and Course Units
    • MRes Project
    • MRes in Advanced Computer Science Programme Specification
• Assessment and Examinations
  • General Requirements
    • Attendance
    • Interruptions
    • Appeals
    • Prizes
  • Taught Part
    • Coursework
    • Rules for taking MBS course units
    • Notes on Coursework Deadlines for Modular and Part-Time Students
    • Examinations
    • Resitting Examinations
    • Remarking of Examination Papers and Coursework
  • Assessment Regulations for MSc, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate
    • Taught Course Units
    • Pass rules for Postgraduate Diploma and Certificate
    • MSc Project
    • Awards by Credit Accumulation
    • Degree Classification: Distinction, Merit, Pass
    • Procedures for Students Who Fail
• Programme Management
• Student Support Services
  • Students with Additional Support Needs
  • GRADS Scheme and Personal Development Planning (PDP)
  • International Students
• University Learning Resources
• Health and Safety
  • Introduction
  • Specific Health & Safety Information
• University Regulations, Procedures and Policies
  • Ill Health
  • Mitigating Circumstances Committee
  • Student Representation and Feedback
  • Guidance to Students on Plagiarism and Other Forms of Academic Malpractice
  • Ethical Approval Mechanisms
  • Complaints Procedure
• Useful Forms
• Coursework, Reports and Academic Malpractice
  • Referencing the work of others
  • Coursework Offences
• Advice on Essay Writing
• Guide to MSc Projects
  • Introduction
  • Choosing a project
  • Allocation
  • Assessment
  • Equipment
  • Research Skills and Professional Issues Course Unit
  • Supervision
  • Student Responsibility
  • The Dissertation/Reports
    • Referencing and Citing
    • Scientific Writing
  • Assessment of the Dissertation/Reports
    • Pitfalls
  • Research Project Timetable

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