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Supervision of Portfolios and Dissertations

Protocol Governing the Writing / Supervision of Portfolios

Students
It is the students’ responsibility to:

  • decide on the texts to be included in the portfolio;
    • present their work in the stipulated format (see ‘House Style’ PDF);
    • submit draft translations accompanied by draft briefs in a timely fashion (a minimum of three working days in advance of meeting with their supervisor);
    • ensure that they acknowledge any assistance or influence they may have drawn on, whether from an individual or a published source. Students should familiarise themselves with College regulations on plagiarism: http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. They should complete the ‘Ready, Steady, Write’ online tutorial on plagiarism at http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism/ready-steady-write. Completing the tutorial is compulsory for all students. If students are found guilty of plagiarism, they risk being awarded a mark of zero and/or not being awarded their degree.

Deadlines:

  • It is the responsibility of the students to submit drafts of their work by the deadline agreed in consultation with their supervisor.
  • It is the responsibility of the students to submit the final version of the portfolio by the published deadline.

The supervisor and student together agree a timetable for meetings, and processes for the submission and return of work. Some feedback may be provided in electronic form. The maximum number of hours a student may legitimately expect to spend in face-to-face meetings with their supervisor is six in the course of the year.
Supervisors
It is the role of the supervisor to:

  • have an overview of the student’s work and, where necessary, seek specialist advice;
  • respond to the student’s questions regarding the scope of the portfolio;
  • encourage students to think critically about possible translation strategies and choices in the portfolio;
  • provide feedback (this includes lexical, syntactic, stylistic etc. feedback on the sources and target contexts).

Deadlines:

    • It is the responsibility of the supervisor to provide feedback on the days agreed in consultation with the student. It would be expected that the turnaround for returning work to the students would not exceed 10 working days.

The Translator in Residence may also be available to provide supervision in the second term.

Markers

It is the marker’s role to:

  • read through the material;
  • asses the work on the basis of the criteria provided;
  • provide comprehensive feedback for the external examiner, which indicates how the final mark has been reached, including in-script annotations.

Deadlines:

  • It is the responsibility of the marker to return work within 30 working days (before the end of Statutory Term).

Protocol Governing the Writing / Supervision of Dissertations

Students
It is the students’ responsibility to:

  • decide on the research question of a theoretical dissertation / the text to be explored in a translation with commentary;
    • present their work in the stipulated format (see below);
  • ensure that they acknowledge any assistance or influence they may have drawn on, whether from an individual or a published source. Students should familiarise themselves with College regulations on plagiarism: http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism. They should complete the ‘Ready, Steady, Write’ online tutorial on plagiarism at http://tcd-ie.libguides.com/plagiarism/ready-steady-write. Completing the tutorial is compulsory for all students. If students are found guilty of plagiarism, they risk being awarded a mark of zero and/or not being awarded their degree.

Deadlines:

  • It is the responsibility of the students to submit drafts of their work by the deadline agreed in consultation with their supervisor.
  • It is the responsibility of the students to submit the final version of the dissertation by the published deadline.

The supervisor and student together agree a timetable for meetings, and processes for the submission and return of work. Some feedback may be provided in electronic form. The maximum number of hours a student may legitimately expect to spend in face-to-face meetings with their supervisor is six in the course of the year.

Supervisors
It is the role of the supervisor to:

  • have an overview of the student’s work and, where necessary, seek specialist advice;
  • respond to the student’s questions regarding the topic and scope of the dissertation;
  • discuss structure and development of arguments in the dissertation;
  • provide feedback.

Deadlines:

    • It is the responsibility of the supervisor to provide feedback on the days agreed in consultation with the student. It would be expected that the turnaround for returning work to the students would not exceed 10 working days.

Markers
It is the marker’s role to:

  • read through the material;
  • asses the work on the basis of the criteria provided;
  • provide comprehensive feedback for the external examiner, which indicates how the final mark has been reached, including in-script annotations.

Deadlines

  • It is the responsibility of the marker to return work within 30 working days.