Responsibilities of the Deputy Director of the Informatics for MSc matters

Note that these are distinct from those of the MSc Course Organiser, who is responsible for day-to-day administration, MSc Project Organiser, who is responsible for summer project administration and the MSc Course Student Selector, who has responsibility for selecting students for the course.

Fund Raising

1. CTAThere is an annual EPSRC Collaborative Training Account review and bidding meeting(s) where our allocations for the previous year are reviewed and those for the next year are set. This requires coordinating staff in the school to make proposals. You need to review progress with allocations to maximise usage of allocations.

Recruitment

1. AdvertisingReview promotional literature, web pages
2. AdvertisingPost MSc adverts on news groups

Outreach

1. EventsRepresent Graduate School at events

Expansion

1. Foreign PartnersHelp advance the Tsinghua/Nankai Joint MSc courses
2. Foreign PartnersHelp advance the Indian Joint MSc courses
3. CPDHelp advance new CPD scheme

Policy

1. CollegeAdvance new policy papers through college
2. Board of StudiesAdvance new policy papers through BoS
3. Teaching CommitteeAdvance new policy papers through TC
4. Reply to Univ/College/School policy proposals that affect the MSc
5. Diploma resit situation

Oversight

1. Board of StudiesRepresent MSc Affairs at the Informatics BoS
2. Teaching CommitteeRepresent MSc Affairs at the Informatics TC
3. Meet with College officers responsible for MSc matters
4. Contribute to School's Annual Plan

Other

1. Review of MSc administration, recruitment and student support web pages
2. Convene periodic (2-3 months) MSc course status reviews
3. External examiner recruitment
4. Extraordinary student situations(unusual entry,unusual progress)