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Welcome to the Research Student FAQ!
This wiki is a place where new and existing research students can come to find out about life at the School of Computer Science, and more importantly, you can edit it! As Wikipedia puts it, be bold.
Note that this is a repository for information not found elsewhere — for example, supportWeb have documentation for most of the IT systems and procedures in the school, and the introduction for new PhDs covers most of the mechanics of being a PhD student in the school.
Here are links to the various pages available within this wiki. If you add a new page, please also add a link to it here:
Practical things
| Area | Links |
|---|---|
| Finding your feet | Start-of-year social, Cookie Breaks, Mentoring Scheme Advice for new PhD students |
| SoCS Building | Building overview, Milk deliveries, Kitchen etiquette |
| School IT | Mailing lists, Email setup, Creating a web page, Using the school's Linux systems, Chromium Browser |
| LaTeX and LyX | Getting started with LaTeX, Using Lyx, Kile, Other LaTeX Editors, Rob & Greg's thesis class |
| Demonstrating and money matters | Demonstrating, how to claim for payment (do this early!), Council Tax, Discussing teaching workload |
| Chemistry West | Moving to Chemistry West |
| Your Research | Academic Practice and Organisational Development Courses, Types of absence, Doctoral Training Grant reference numbers, Submitting a thesis |
Support for students
| Area | Links |
|---|---|
| Conferences and other events | Business Cards, Preparing and printing posters, Conference and Travel Awards Form |
| Consultative Committee | Staff/Research Student Consultative Committee |
How the Wiki Works
The idea is that if there's something you know about (say, how to apply to demonstrate on a course, or how to claim for payment), you make a page, and put what you like (within reason) in it. Other people are free to change what you've written and you have no copyright of it - bear that in mind!
You might want to read a brief introduction to wiki editing to get a feel for what you're doing before starting.
Editing the Wiki
Anyone is free to edit the contents of the Wiki, as long as you are a research student or staff member. Here are some links that might help you:
Please don't duplicate information that is found elsewhere -- lots of useful information can be found in:
- The Research Student Handbook
- supportWeb
- The Resources for Staff and Research Students section of supportWeb
