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Information for hosts

Information for students

General

• 29/11/2021: (2021S2) We are now processing your applications in batches. Please be patient, and check your e-mail regularly.

• 1/11/2021: (2021S1) Upload your DY reports here: link

• 9/1/2020: This article on The Guardian on CV writing might be useful for you: Link

Up-to-date host choice information

General information

The DY process (at least for maths):

Based on data collected over 2 years, your DYAs have compiled a subjective ratings on the availability of internship places vs likelihood of acceptance. Larger circles indicate more popular choices. Students have more success with hosts listed towards the top right quadrant.

Just for fun, we’ve analysed the cumulative probabilities of being accepted to hosts. The median time to successful placement seems to be about 25 days. In other words, 50% of students will have a placement within 25 days of applications. The analysis also seems to reinforce what we already know: Higher cGPAs are associated with better placement successes, and that maths students are not preferred for oil & gas companies.

2021 S2 (January 2022)

Tentative dates for DY JAN 22: 17 January 2022 to 30 April 2022 (14 weeks minimum)

The embedded AirTable below gives a live view of the placement status for your upcoming DY.

Nominations are now finalised, thank you for filling in the placement form!

I will now be making applications to host organisations based on the placements above. Applications will happen in batches. Please be patient as we process and get through everyone’s (45 of you!) applications. I will be in touch with you if there is some input required from you.

2021 S1 (August 2021)

Link to download forms.

Link to upload report.

Some of you will complete your August 2021 DY as early as 13 November 2021 (maybe some much later due to the lockdown suspensions and extensions).

1. Kindly provide the host assessment form and the employer feedback form to your host supervisors, and return the completed forms to me (online submission/hard copy). Note, sometimes your host e-mails them directly to me, and that’s fine too.

2. You are required to write an internship report—please see here for a guideline on how to write this report. This report is due one week after you complete your internship. Please submit this to me online through the DY website. If you have extended, the report is due one week after your extended date.

3. Following this, you will be assessed via an interview by one of the academic staff members at an appropriate time. Please make sure you check your UBD e-mail regularly. The timeline for this is roughly Nov-Dec, but may be delayed depending on availability of staff.

If you have any issues in the mean time, please contact us.

2020 S2 (January 2021)

15/9/2021 Interviews are now complete and DY marks submitted

2020 S1 (August 2020)

1/4/2021 Interviews are now complete, except for a very small number, all of whom have left for their second DY. Interviews will be conducated after your return.

Forms, etc.

Host Feedback forms

There are two forms that you should get your host supervisor to fill in, they are

1. DY Host Satisfaction Survey
2. DY Host Supervisor Assessment Form

Please ensure these are returned to me by your supervisor. Sometimes, hosts return them back to you and that’s fine, just forward them to me. These count for 40% of your DY marks and is an integral component to pass your DY.

OSHE and RA forms

Students undergoing local internship or COP are required to complete OSHE and RA forms before undergoing the internship. The procedure is roughly as follows:

• Download and fill in the OSHE and RA forms as best as possible.
• Edit out/delete parts not applicable to your internship and print double-sided if possible to avoid paper wastage.
• After filling in the forms, you will need to obtain signatures from three parties: 1) one of the DYAs, 2) FOS Dean, and 3) OSHE office (situated at male hostel).

Report guideline

A report is to be completed and submitted in PDF format softcopy to DYA one week after the date that you internship is scheduled to end. Here are some guidelines for preparing an internship report:

• The report must be typed on A4 size paper, with font size of 12 in Times New Roman, Arial or Calibri.
• Margins should be standard, and the length of a report should be ap- proximately between 3,000 and 10,000 words (excluding references and appendices, if any).

• The report should be written in sections incorporating the following:

  • Introduction: Outline of the internship programme.

  • Host organisation/company description: Background, objectives, working operations, and roles.

  • Nature and scope of work: Objectives of the tasks assigned during internship

  • Methodology: Equipments, techniques, methods of data collection, and the use of analytical methods/ techniques in data analyses.

  • The Internship experience: Reasons for choice of internship, results on completion of projects, acquisition of new skills, and application of theoretical knowledge in a professional context.

  • Evaluation of the internship experience: Value of the internship, contribution towards future career, and potential suggestions and innovative ideas for future improvement.

  • Summary and concluding remarks: Relevance and usefulness of the programme to the interns and the host organisations.

  • References: List of books and documents used.

  • Appendices: Subsidiary documents

Note that the above are simply guidelines. Your report will be assessed based on its content, presentation & format, conclusions & reflection of internship experience, and also evidence of workplace knowledge.

About

Information for students undergoing their Discovery Year (UBD Mathematics Majors). Check back often for DY updates and information.

Maths DYAs

The Mathematics Discovery Year Advisors for 2021/22 is Dr. Huda Ramli. The DYAs serve as your point of contact for local DY related matters (internships and COPs). For study abroad programmes (SAP) or international internships, you will be liasing with the DYC Dr. Shiawyin Yong.