When an organisation requests a reference on a student applying for a placement, the Extra-Mural Year Coordinator will request a reference from the student's tutor, consult the tutor if modifications are needed, and forward it to the organisation. Among other things, these guidelines will explain the role of the supervisor and will in general terms indicate the required length, scope and style of the student's written report on the extra-mural year, and the deadline for submission of this report. In consultation with the School Office, the Extra-Mural Year Coordinator will check that students on placements receive College accommodation forms relating to their accommodation for the following academic year. In practice the granting of academic approval is delegated by the College to the department, and the department subsequently informs the College Registry of its decisions. Departmental approval for individual placements will be granted by the Head of the Department of Computer Science in consultation with the Extra-Mural Year Coordinator.
Departmental approval is to be requested by completion of the following form.
Applications must reach both the Extra-Mural Year Coordinator and the School Office by the deadline of the last day of the first term of the second year. I hereby apply for an extra-mural year placement as shown on this form. A letter from the organisation or institution outlining the plan of work for the placement , in not less than half a page and not more than one page of single-spaced typed A4, must be attached to this form.