Student Responsibility
Students should note that they are responsible for their work and that
the role of the supervisor is to provide guidance and advice.
Students may not expect their supervisors to provide detailed
feedback on more than one draft of each chapter or to correct
spelling, grammar, punctuation, use of English etc.
It remains the sole responsibility of the student to ensure that all
requirements of the dissertation are met.
The responsibilities of the student normally include:
- arranging meetings with his/her supervisor(s) (taking account of any periods of holiday or work-related absence during the supervision period).
- keeping appointments with his/her
supervisor(s), or informing his/her supervisor(s) where this is not
possible.
- discussing with his/her supervisor(s) the type of guidance and comments s/he finds most helpful.
- maintaining a professional attitude to
his/her
work and to the supervision process at all times.
- maintaining a suitable record of supervision
meetings, including dates, action agreed and deadlines set.
- preparing adequately for meetings with his/her supervisor(s).
- attending and participating fully in any courses related to the dissertation element of the programme provided by the School.
- discussing issues arising from feedback and taking appropriate action.
- maintaining the progress of the work as agreed with his/her supervisor(s).
- raising problems or difficulties with his/her supervisor(s).
- making his/her supervisor(s) aware of any circumstances likely to affect his/her work.
- giving his/her supervisor(s) due warning and
adequate time for reading any drafts. It is the student's responsibility to make sure that they understand the supervisor’s advice and the feedback on early drafts, and to generalise from specific pieces of advice and feedback.
- being familiar with University / Faculty / School regulations and policies that affect him/her.
- submitting the dissertation title and ethical approval form to the relevant office by the due date specified.
- ensuring that the final dissertation is written in accordance with requirements relating to the correct use of English language and presentation of tables, references, figures etc.
- where necessary, arranging for the completed dissertation to be proof-read, ensuring that this is done in adequate time to allow submission by the required date.
- checking the completeness and accuracy of the text of the dissertation / project submitted.
- ensuring that submitted work is their own (i.e. avoiding plagiarism and other disciplinary offences).
- ensuring adequate time for the binding of the dissertation.
- submitting the dissertation to the appropriate office by the submission date specified.
- informing his/her supervisor of the need for formal extensions
or interruptions to the period of study and to ensuring that such
extensions or interruptions are applied for in the appropriate way.
