Welcome to King’s –
Department of Informatics
Induction information for
Postgraduate Research students
2015/16
(January/April/July)
Your Programme Administrator
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Your Programme Administrator is your first point of contact for any queries related to the
Department or your programme of study. If you have a specific query but are not sure who to
ask, your Programme Administrator can help to point you in the right direction.
Postgraduate Programme Administrators:
Nikki Nayler (Telecommunications/Robotics)
Telephone: (020) 7848 2716
Nicola Parsons (Computer Science/Bioinformatics);
Telephone: (020) 7848 2588)
Email: pgr-informatics@kcl.ac.uk
Room: S5.01, Informatics and Mathematics Departmental Office (5th Floor, Strand Building)
Photo above shows S5.01 – Programme Administrators for the Department of Informatics are based
on the right hand side of the office
Office opening hours:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
09:00 – 17:00
09:00 – 17:00
09:00 – 14:00
09:00 – 16:00
09:00 – 17:00
New to King’s – where should I start?
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MyHandbook
As a King’s student you are entitled to use a range of facilities and services that the College
provides. In return, you are required to abide by its rules and regulations. To make sure you
know what we have to offer and what we expect of you, we provide you with online
information which you need to know and understand.
This information is called MyHandbook and is separated into three tiers:
 College handbook
 School handbook
 Department handbook
Each of these handbooks has a section specifically for PGR students and will be an invaluable
source of reference during your time at King’s.
 Department Handbook
www.kcl.ac.uk/nms/depts/informatics/study/current/handbook/index.aspx
You should start by reading the Department of Informatics’ online handbook. It will help you
find your way during the first few weeks and continue to be your main reference source
when you need information about your degree programme
Bookmark the index so that each time you have a question you can refer to the index and
find the relevant webpage.
The Department Handbook:
There are specific pages for
research students on general
arrangements, arranging travel to
conferences and tutorial teaching.
 The School Handbook
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/nms/study/current/handbook/index.aspx
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The School handbook provides an overview of the School of Natural & Mathematical
Sciences (which the Department of Informatics belongs to).
The information in this handbook includes:
- School-wide polices.
- School wide learning resources.
- School and College marking criteria.
The School Handbook: Table of Contents
Key pages to read
Training for research students
Student representation
Find out about the training available to
you.
The School is committed to listening
and responding to its students. Find out
how you can get involved so that we
can keep improving things for you and
our future students.
 The College Handbook
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/aboutkings/quality/academic/myhandbook/contents.aspx
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The College handbook provides an overview of King’s for students and highlights essential
information at College level – signposting you to more detailed information and related
support services.
The information in this handbook includes:
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College-wide policies, including the Student Charter, College statements on equality
and diversity and harassment, bullying and discrimination for students and the
student complaints procedure.
The College’s academic regulations.
An overview of and links to the full range of College support services available to
students.
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Key pages to read
Student Charter
Student support services
Researcher Development Framework
Core Code of Practice for Research
Degrees
Find out what you can expect of us and
what we expect of you in return.
Find out what we have on offer to ensure
that you have all the support you need
during your time with us.
Find out about transferable skills training
The College Handbook: Table of Contents
Graduate School
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/pg/school/index.aspx
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Researcher Development
Training Courses
Careers
The Researcher Development Unit in the
Graduate School has responsibility for providing
and co-ordinating training and development
opportunities for postgraduate research
students and research staff.
RDP training courses are grouped under the 4
Domains of the Researcher Development
Framework (RDF). Each Domain gives a set of
attributes and skills for all researchers to be
developing.
Careers advice can cover a wide range of issues
for research students and postdoctoral
research staff.
To do in the next couple of months:
Student/Supervisor Agreement
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Training Needs Analysis
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If you teach…
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KEATS: e-learning platform, where you can find module information.
http://keats.kcl.ac.uk/
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Timetables:
https://timetables.kcl.ac.uk/KCLSWS/SDB1415RDB/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fkclsws%2fSDB1415RD
B%2fdefault.aspx
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