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the assignment: Student signs safety rules provided by the secretary of the research group (if necessary) The secretary of the group registers the contact information of the student. The daily supervisor appoints a working space to the student, introduces the other staff members and plans the assignment.
During the assignment o Student and daily supervisor have (a weekly) consultation. o Student and daily supervisor make interim colloquium plans. o Student and Master’s assignment committee plan at least two one meetings. At completion o Student sets date and time for colloquium after consult with Master’s assignment committee. o Student returns “application form Mater’s exam” to S&OA at least one month before the planned colloquium. See appendix 5 for an example. o The colloquium is announced internally by the secretary of the group and externally by S&OA by announcements in TNW news, the University newspaper etc.. o Student / S&OA arranges room for colloquium and presence of required audio-visual materials. o Student invites guests for colloquium and may plan a drink. o Student (with help of secretariat) takes care of reproduction and distributed of the report at least two weeks prior to the colloquium. o Student hands over an electronic version of the thesis (PDF format) to S&OA. o S&OA sends admission with unsigned diploma, temporary grade list and empty grade slip to the daily supervisor and informs student. o Student clears desk, possibly dismantles experimental set-up, returns books and backs up data. After colloquium o Student signs diploma. o Daily supervisor sends filled-in grade slip to S&OA. o S&OA sends final grade list to student’s home address. o Student signs out of programme at CSA (and IBG). o Student turns in Master’s exit survey of the Quality Assurance Committee at S&OA
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