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|Ask Supervisor to check if PC workstation has been ordered, new PhD and EngD students are entitled to a new machine, intended to last the length of their programme. | |Ask Supervisor to check if PC workstation has been ordered, new PhD and EngD students are entitled to a new machine, intended to last the length of their programme. | ||
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| − | |Using the portal service check that you have entered your bank account details, this allows your Studentship to be paid each month. | + | |Using the portal service, check that you have entered your bank account details, this allows your Studentship to be paid each month. |
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|Meet with supervisors. | |Meet with supervisors. | ||
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| − | |Once set-up with a new machine, ask to be given a username for the group Linux server. Contact [[ | + | |Once set-up with a new machine, ask to be given a username for the group Linux server. Contact [[Matt Clark]] or [[Rikesh Patel]]. |
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| − | | | + | |Join the optics mailing list, this allows you to keep update date with news and events within the research group. |
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| − | | | + | |Log in to Moodle and and search through the self-enrollment modules. Useful modules will likely include, The Laser Safety Course and Introduction to MATLAB for Engineers. |
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| + | |Collect key for building from the [https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/chris.finch Facilities Manager], this requires a £20 deposit to be paid to The Science and Engineering Finance Office. | ||
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| + | |Following this it is also important to get a health and safety induction from the [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/people/mark.rose Area Safety Officer for the Faculty of Engineering]. You will be provided with a questionnaire to fill in after which you will be issued with any required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). | ||
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| − | | | + | |As part of the questionnaire you will be asked if you deal with lasers and if so to get in touch with [http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/advanced-manufacturing-technology-research-group/people/paul.butler-smith Paul Butler-Smith] for further laser training. |
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| − | | | + | |Register for an account on the [[Applied Optics]] Wiki. Once approved, familiarize yourself with the wiki help pages, before adding yourself to the people index and creating your own personal page. |
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|Contact the Business Operations Officer for the faculty of Engineering to request a copy of the Postgraduate Studentship Acceptance form. This must be completed and returned in order to be eligible for your studentship. | |Contact the Business Operations Officer for the faculty of Engineering to request a copy of the Postgraduate Studentship Acceptance form. This must be completed and returned in order to be eligible for your studentship. | ||
Latest revision as of 08:51, 7 August 2018
This page is intended as a guide for new PhD and EngD students joining the Optics and Photonics group.
Prior to your first day
| Ensure registration at The University of Nottingham has been completed successfully. | |||||||||||
| Collect student card from registration. | |||||||||||
| Ensure you can access your University emails, on-line guides are available to assist with setting up university email on mobile devices. | |||||||||||
| Arrange to meet with supervisors. | |||||||||||
| Ask Supervisor to check if PC workstation has been ordered, new PhD and EngD students are entitled to a new machine, intended to last the length of their programme. | |||||||||||
Using the portal service, check that you have entered your bank account details, this allows your Studentship to be paid each month.
First week
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