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This wiki is a repository for information useful to staff in CS; it is a community resource, please feel free to contribute.

Pages available on the CS Staff wiki include. You may also find General CS wiki for both staff and students of interest.

Miscellaneous

• REF 2020
• Green Impact Team
• Social
• Research Ethics FAQ
• Research Impact Resources (Under Construction)

Departmental procedures and links to School/Faculty/University Procedures

• Promotion Process and Documentation for academic staff, incl. Reward for Exceptional Performance for all staff
• Probation Process and Documentation for academic staff
• Performance & development reviews for academic and research Staff
• Induction for new staff
• Meeting Etiquette for all staff
• Room Allocation Policy for all staff
• Buying Computers for all staff
• Parental Leave and Flexible Working for all staff
• Travelling including Risk Assessment and Export Control
• Academic Visitors of staff and students visiting from other institutions

Boiler-Plate Text Snippets

• Research Proposal Boiler Plate
• Job Advertisement Boiler Plate

Software/IT

• Information Systems Officer Role
• GitLab Student Project Manager
• Benchmark
• IT related information for staff
• CS Systems - various systems maintained around the school
• General LaTeX Staff FAQ
• Open source software
• Oracle migration - planning migrating the Oracle database from aardvark.
• Xilinx Zynq
• Support Portal CS - working document to gather generic headings which CS require in the Support Portal
• Wednesday Waggle - some technical notes on waggle.cs.manchester.ac.uk
• Ordering Computers for PGRs

Teaching

General

• Examination Guidance
• Electronic Exams
• Peer Review
• Academic Advising
• Programme Amendment

Undergraduate

• Undergraduate Examining Rules
• Application of Mitigating Circumstances at UG (Updated 28/6/19)
• FAQ on Academic Malpractice (UG)
• Expectations as Course Unit Leader
• COMP23311:Software Engineering Course Team Information
• Placing teaching materials on studentnet
• Timetable general info

Admissions and recruitment

• UG Open days
• UG Visit days
  • Hosts
  • Tutorial activity
  • Parents talk

PGR

Here is information for PGR Programmes (in case I'm in a Train Wreck):

• PGR Handbook (Full)
• Expectations of the Student (Handbook)
• Expectations of the Supervisor (Handbook)
• PGR Home (CS Staffnet)
• Regulations & Policies (MDC)
• Code of Practice (MDC)
• PGR Student Index (eProg)
• PGRs For New Staff
• Viva Expenses
• Welcome Week
• Research Training Support Grants
• Ordering Computers for PGRs
• EPSRC Vacation Bursaries (Internships)
• CONACyT
• Internships & Placements
• EngD FAQ

Archive

• SCS Common Room Ideas - Comments & Suggestions
• SCS Courtyard - Comments & Suggestions
• Out of hours document - staff-only version for proposing updates
• Information for staff about 2013 IT changes (now superseded by the IT FAQ page above)
• Timetable changes 2014/15
• Timetable changes 2015/16
• Timetable changes 2016/17
• MATH timetable
• HCI Programme