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- Undergraduate:
- BSc Computer Science
- MEng Computer Science
- MEng International
- MEng Mathematical Computation
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- MSc CSML
- MSc CGVI
- MSc FRMan
- MSc FRM
- MSc FSE
- MSc HCIErg
- MSc ISec
- MSc ML
- MSc NCS
- MSc SSE
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- MRes Web Science
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- MSc Financial Computing
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Attendance

The department expects all research students to be in regular contact with their primary supervisors. This contact can take the form of emails, face-to-face meetings and meetings over Skype. We also expect that a reasonable level of progression occurs and that students submit or give feedback on work to their supervisors on a regular basis.

Engagement Monitoring

UCL has a responsibility to ensure that all students are attending regularly and progressing with their studies. This takes the form of an 'Engagement Monitoring' process which is undertaken at several points during the year. One of the reasons for this is to make sure that we identify students who might be experiencing problems so we can offer support; others are to make sure we comply with the new government legislation for visa nationals and to make sure our statistical returns to funding bodies such as HEFCE are correct.

In the department of Computer Science we try to carry out engagement monitoring in such a way that causes the least hassle to student and supervisor: for example, via email correspondence with students and supervisors about other matters, by noting workshops signed up for in the department and the use of the research log, and by having face-to-face contact with students.

There may be times when PG Admin have to contact you directly about this. We only do this when it is not possible to ascertain your engagement via the above means. It is important that you do respond quickly and by any deadlines set.

IMPORTANT: Engagement Monitoring is more than just another admin task and can have potentially serious consequences for students if their attendance and progression cannot be verified. If the department is not able to verify the engagement of a student they will be marked as 'not engaged' in the department's reports to Registry. Furthermore, if a student misses 3 engagement points not only will they be in danger of having their record closed due to academic insufficiency, but those on a Tier 4 visa will be reported to the UK Border Agency.

If there are genuine reasons why you are not attending UCL or progressing with your research then it is vital that you speak to your supervisor or the Graduate Tutor as measures can be taken to support you with any difficulties you are experiencing. See our pages on Extenuating Circumstances and Interruptions for more details.