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Steve Lester will run a WeBWork Q&A Session on Wed 19 Aug 14:00 on MS Teams.  Please read the attached guidance in preparation for the session.

Recording:

https://web.microsoftstream.com/embed/video/6378b08d-cff9-42bd-8de3-492dd596eed9?autoplay=false&showinfo=true"

Alex Fink will run a QMPlus Quizzes Q&A Session on Thu 20 Aug 14:00 on MS Teams.  Please read the attached guidance in preparation for the session.

Thomas Prellberg will run a QMPlus Q&A Session on Fri 21 Aug 14:00 on MS Teams.

If you are still in a planning stage and want to peruse a broader guidance document, the QM Academy Interactive Online Teaching and Learning Guidance (synchronous and asynchronous) is attached and you may use the Q&A to discuss how one might technically execute some of the suggested practices.

Recording:

Sebastian del Bano Rollin and Justin Ward will each give 15-minute quickstart talks on using Kaltura and Blackboard Collaborate, in a Q&A/Discussion Session on Fri 28 Aug 14:00 on MS Teams.

This overview might save you a bit of time, especially if you are still debating what to use for either pre-recorded or live components of your module and want to see whether either Kaltura or BBC offer what you need.

Academic Calendar

A discussion group for internal communication within the School

Policy & Application Form to request financial support for childcare during attendance at conferences

The attached file describes the procedure for Research Centres to organise seminars, effective from the start of the academic year 2023-24.

- EPSRC

- UKRI

- European Commission -ERC

- Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research

- The Leverhulme Trust - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

- The Alan Turing Institute

- LMS

- Innovate UK

- Royal Society

- Simons Foundation

- The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851

**PLEASE NOTE: these can be shared with your colleagues or students but *NOT* uploaded on official University websites and reading lists**

Updated 10/11/2022. Updated advice and guidelines for in-term timed assessments (Section 2.4).

Updated 05/10/2022.

Updated 18/11/2022: Updated information on format of exams, and updated front page material and instructions for exams.

Updated 21/11/2022: Corrected information on exam timing in the QMPlus instructions.

This style file should be used for typesetting online assessments for the 2022/23 academic year.

Updated 18/11/2022: Updated information and instructions on front page.

This should be used in conjunction with the LaTeX style file and the user manual.

Updated 18/11/2022: Updated information and instructions on front page.

The LaTeX style file for exam papers needs this file to put the QMUL logo on the front of the exam paper.  Put it somewhere LaTeX will find it (e.g. in the same directory as your tex file).

What can I edit in QMplus?

Fora in QMplus

This is not recommended for most modules. To record marks alone it is easiest to use the gradebook directly as explained above.

Recordings of a workshop on Analytics https://qmplus.qmul.ac.uk/mod/collaborate/view.php?id=1478783 run by the E-Learning Unit.

For more information, see 

All full-time PhD students at Queen Mary are expected to take part in two weeks of transferable skills training activities per academic year (part-time students should complete a pro-rata rate of training as appropriate). Suggested activities include attending and presenting at conferences, participating in or helping to organise journal clubs, writing groups and seminar series, and attending training courses or workshops. Selection of appropriate activities and courses should form part of your relationship with your supervisor. The training and development activities you take part in should be recorded using the Skills Points System. 

See the files in the folder below for useful information on how to use the Skills Points System

• For full-time PhD students the annual holiday entitlement is 30 working days plus the eight UK public holidays and the four QMUL closure days. Holiday entitlement is pro-rata for part-time students and for parts of a year.
• PhD students should agree their holiday periods with their primary supervisor and note this in the Supervisor Log on MySIS. PhD leave cannot be approved on MyHR so should not be requested through this system.
• PhD students should also log absences other than annual leave (e.g. attendance at conferences, research visits, etc) on the Supervision Log, after agreeing these with their supervisor.

• If you require funding for travel/conference please speak directly to your Head of Group or PI to request approval for funding and agree the amount BEFORE submitting any claims to the SMS office. You may wish to do this via email so you have a record of what has been agreed.

• If you pay your for your own travel expenses, you should then reclaim this using an expense claim form (excel claim form / PDF claim form) which you will need to have signed by your HoG / PI before handing into the SMS office along with original receipts. 

• If you would prefer to have your travel booked and paid for directly by the School, please obtain your HoG /PIs approval in writing (via email) first detailing the amount approved and the budget code, after which you can forward this to Paul along with full details of booking requirements. Paul can then assist with booking your travel/accommodation/conference fees. 

• Please do not submit one of the old “absence on college business” forms as these are no longer in use.

Example 1

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APP Sample from SMS 3

APP Sample from SMS 4

Sample of successful application for HEA Senior Fellowship

Password for guest access: SEMSTLS

The E-Learning Unit offers a one-hour training session on recording yourself which includes 

• why you might want to record yourself
  
• different types of recording you might make
  
• different tools available to you at QMUL and when you might use each
  
• tips for recording yourself including how to get good sound
  
• how to plan to make your recordings re-usable.
  

Details of the session and the dates appear on the ESD Course page (https://www.esdcourses.org.uk/userlistcourse.php).  Three levels of courses (basic to advanced) on teaching in MS Teams also appear on the above page.

Additional support materials (on teaching, QMPlus, Q-Review, etc.) are also available in the links below:

• https://elearning.qmul.ac.uk/enhancing-your-teaching/video-in-teaching/
  
• https://elearning.qmul.ac.uk/learning-applications/
  
• https://elearning.qmul.ac.uk/learning-applications/qmplus-media-server/
  
• https://elearning.qmul.ac.uk/learning-applications/q-review/
  

This is the memo updated annually by the college on production of exam papers. Note that some of it does not apply to SMS – in particular, we are allowed to use our own LaTeX style file and templates. However, it is a very useful document to read. Please consult the relevant SEB chair in case of any queries.

This is the LaTeX style file to be used for all exam papers in SMS. Consult the UG SEB chair if you have any problems with this.