Information for Undergraduate Supervisors
This information is intended for those supervising courses to which the Department of Genetics contributes.
At Part I the Department of Genetics contributes to several interdepartmental courses, as detailed elsewhere in this section. Supervisions for these courses are largely organised at college level. If you are interested in supervising on these Part I courses you should contact college DoS directly to express your interest. It may also be worth contacting the relevant course organiser and course administrator for their advice.
For Part II Genetics course material, most supervisions are provided by the lecturers themselves. However, we occasionally need to recruit additional supervisors. Prospective supervisors should contact the Part II Course Organiser, Dr Christine Farr or the Part II course administrator at ugadm@gen.cam.ac.uk.
Part II Genetics research project supervision is organised within the department. The Course Organiser and Administrator will provide guidance via email and through the Part II Genetics Moodle site.
For Part III Systems Biology, most supervisions are provided by academics teaching on the course. Any enquiries should be directed to the Part III Course Organiser, Prof Gos Micklem or the course administrator at sysbiol-admin@gen.cam.ac.uk.
We expect prospective supervisors to have undergone undergraduate supervisor training (see below), as well as having the relevant academic background.
General information for undergraduate supervisors:
Faculty of Biology overview of the college supervision system:
https://www.biology.cam.ac.uk/colleges/supervisors
Guidance for supervisors from Senior Tutors website:
https://www.seniortutors.admin.cam.ac.uk/
Training for undergraduate supervisors from the Cambridge Centre for Teaching & Learning:
https://www.cctl.cam.ac.uk/programmes-workshops/supervising-undergraduates
The SharePoint site Supporting Supervisions is a general repository for general Supervision-related information that is overseen by the Colleges’
Criteria used in marking Tripos Essays (Part I and Part II):
https://www.biology.cam.ac.uk/exams/AllExams/marking-tripos-essays
If you have any queries about supervising material delivered by the Department of Genetics please contact ugadm@gen.cam.ac.uk
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