Course Handbook

Master’s Programme in Micro- & Nanotechnology Enterprise

Course Handbook

2004 – 2005

Course Director: Dr Mark G. Blamire Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy Telephone: +44-(0)1223-33459 Fax: +44-(0)1223-334373/334567 E-mail: [email protected]

Co-Director & Administrator: Dr Steffi Friedrichs Nanoscience Centre Telephone: +44-(0)1223-760310 Fax: +44-(0)1223-760309 E-mail: [email protected]

Admissions Administrator: Dr Rosie Ward Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy Telephone: +44-(0)1223-331955 Fax: +44-(0)1223-33762088 E-mail: [email protected]

Secretarial Staff: Mrs. Janet Herdman Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy Telephone: +44-(0)1223-334362 Fax: +44-(0)1223-331956 E-mail: [email protected]

Mrs. Sue Murkett Nanoscience Centre Telephone: +44-(0)1223-760304 Fax: +44-(0)1223-760309 E-mail: [email protected]

Mrs. Jean Phillips Nanoscience Centre Telephone: +44-(0)1223-760314 Fax: +44-(0)1223-760309 E-mail: [email protected]

Contents

I Introduction 5

II Biographical details of course lecturers 6

III Calendar 10

IV Important dates 11

V Introduction to Micro- & Nanotechnology Enterprise 12

VI Course architecture 13

VII Examination regulations 17 1. Published examination notice 17 2. Format of the unseen written examination 19 3. Weighting of the assessed course components 19 4. Submission and Marking of coursework 20 4.1 Submission of coursework 20 4.2 Penalties for late submission 20 4.3 Feedback and marks for the coursework 20 5. Marking of the assessed course components 21 6. Marking guidelines 21 6.1 Marking guidelines for the dissertation and the viva voce examination 21 7. Overall marking 22

VIII Project guidelines and regulations 23 1. The choice of the project and the supervisor 23 2. The supervision process 23 3. Project Part I guidelines 24 3.1. Format of the project Part I report 24 3.2 Submission of the Project Part I report 24 3.3 Marking of the Project Part I report 24 4. Project Part II guidelines 25 4.1 Title and proposal of the Project Part II dissertation 25 4.2 Conduction of the Project Part II 25 4.3 Format of the Project Part II dissertation 25 4.4 Submission of the Project Part II dissertation 26 4.5 Marking and feedback of the Project Part II dissertation 26 5. Key deadlines for the Project Parts I and II 27

IX Dissertation presentation guidelines 28 1. Abstract submission 28 2. Structure of the dissertation presentation 28 3. Assessment of the dissertation presentation 28

X Plagiarism 29 1. Regulations on plagiarism 29 1.1 Co-operation and teamwork 29 1.2 Web-base plagiarism 30 2. Guidelines on plagiarism 30 2.1 Citing a source 30

XI Examination results 32

XII Student feedback procedures 33 1. Course liaison committee 33

Information about the Nanoscience Centre and the West Cambridge 34 Campus

Information about student life in Cambridge 46

I Introduction

The aim of this course is to combine cutting-edge basic science with business practice skills. This should enable students graduating from the course to make an objective judgement of the scientific importance and technological potential of developments in micro- and nanotechnology. In order to cover material over a broad range of subjects in a comparatively short time, we have had to set quite a demanding timetable and we expect students to find the course quite challenging. However, we hope it will be interesting and will provide a first-rate introduction to this exciting and rapidly moving field.

This course is running for the first time in 2004. A great deal of thought and effort has been put in to its preparation, but things are still certain to go wrong at some point in the year. We will address any problems as quickly as possible and encourage a constructive dialogue about the course structure and contents.

Above all, we hope that you enjoy your time in Cambridge and that as well as being intellectually stimulating it will enable you to make friends and contacts which will support your future career for many years.

II Biographical details of course lecturers

Mark Blamire BA (Cambridge, 1982) PhD (Cambridge, 1985) Dr Mark Blamire leads the Device Materials Group in the Department of Materials Science. His research is built around the deposition, microfabrication and measurement of thin film heterostructure devices. In particular the application of novel materials and advanced nanofabrication to create new types of functional device. His research spans a number of areas of current interest and includes studies of metals, oxides and nitrides; superconductors, ferromagnets and ferroelectrics, and device nanofabrication. Mark Blamire received both his first degree in Physics and PhD from the University of Cambridge. He has published over 250 research articles and is a frequent speaker at international research conferences. As well as directing the Master’s Programme in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise, Dr. Blamire teaches a number of undergraduate courses and supervises six PhD students.

Steffi Friedrichs, Dipl. Chem. (TU Braunschweig, 1999), DPhil (Oxford, 2002), Dipl. L.a.T.H.E. (Oxford, 2003) Dr Steffi Friedrichs has joined the Master’s Programme in Micro- & Nanotechnology Enterprise as a Lecturer in Nanotechnology and the Co-Director of the course. She did her undergraduate degree in ‘Diplom-Chemie’ at the Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany), and afterwards came to the UK to take a DPhil at the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory at Oxford University, specialising in the synthesis and filling of carbon nanotubes and their characterisation using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy techniques. After her DPhil, she worked in Oxford as a Career Development Fellow and Tutor for Inorganic Chemistry at Hertford College. During this time, she completed a Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.

Mark Welland FRS FRSEng Professor of Nanotechnology, Director of IRC in Nanotechnology, Director of the Nanoscience Centre Professor Mark Welland started his career in nanoscience and nanotechnology at IBM Research Laboratories, Yorktown Heights, USA, where he was part of the team that developed one of the first scanning tunnelling microscopes. Upon moving to Cambridge in 1985 he set up the first tunnelling microscopy group in the UK in collaboration with Prof John Pethica. Mark has over 300 publications in the nanotechnology area. In a recent award by the UK Research Councils Mark has been made Director of an Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration in nanotechnology that, along with a purpose built facility, represents an investment of $35 Million for nanotechnology research at Cambridge. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Institute of Physics journal Nanotechnology, established in 1990, and, along with many other contributions at an International level, co-chairs the recently established Co- operative Research Initiative in Nanotechnology (CORINT) between the UK and Japan. In addition to his scientific work Mark has been involved in a number of reports dealing with the societal, ethical and environmental issues of nanotechnology and is currently a member of the Royal Society/Royal Academy of Engineering Nanotechnology Study Working Group that will report to the UK Government later this year.

David Hasko Dr David Hasko is Assistant Director of Research at the Microelectronics Research Centre of the Cavendish laboratory; he came to Cambridge over 20 years ago after completing degrees in London. His research interests include the application of electron beam nanolithography to device fabrication for novel switching and circuit applications and the practical implementation of quantum information processing (www.nanotech.org).

Debdulal Roy, BTech (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1997) and PhD (Cambridge,2002) Dr Debdulal Roy has been working on development of a near-field optical microscope for microscopy as well as spectroscopy at the nanoscale. During his PhD he has studied various carbon nanostructures and thin films using Raman spectroscopy.

Ashwin Seshia, B.Tech. (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1996), M.S. (UC Berkeley, 1999), Ph.D. (UC Berkeley, 2002) Dr Ashwin Seshia is a Lecturer in MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) in the Cambridge University Engineering Department, a Fellow of Queens’ College and a member of the Micromechanics and Nanoscience research groups in the Engineering Department. His research interests include integrated micromechanical resonant structures for sensor and timing applications, micromachined devices for in-vivo monitoring, biological sensor systems and MEMS Design. He has contributed to the development of micromechanical inertial sensors, micromechanical resonator oscillators and capillary electrophoresis chips. He is a member of the IEEE.

Andrew Flewitt Dr Andrew Flewitt is Lecturer in MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) in Cambridge University Engineering Department and is a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College. He is a member of the Electronic Devices and Materials Group and his research interests include silicon-based materials deposited at low temperatures over large areas, silicon nanowires, and novel materials and processes for producing MEMS devices, with particular reference to the integration of polymers in devices.

Dae-Joon Kang Dr Dae-Joon Kang is a senior research fellow at Cambridge Nanoscience Centre, UK. He is a core project leader in nanofabrication for the IRC in Nanotechnology. His current research activity focuses on the development of novel methods of nanofabrication so as to make new types of materials and devices. He has been actively involved in a wide spectrum of projects in Cambridge Nanoscience Centre from solid state devices to bionanotechnology to nanofabrication. He manages the projects recently agreed between Cambridge Nanoscience Centre and SAMSUNG electronics. He has published over 50 SCI journal papers on a wide range of nanofabricated devices and novel structures. He has given several invited/contributed talks in the UK, Europe, and the USA - Trends in Nanotechnology 2003 et cetra.

Ian Kinloch Dr Ian Kinloch is a Royal Academy of Engineering/EPSRC Research Fellow. His research interests include the production, dispersion, characterisation and applications of carbon and inorganic nanotubes. In the course of this research, he has used high temperature molten salt electrochemistry, catalytic vapour deposition (CVD), rheology, electron microscopy and Raman Spectroscopy. In particular, he has recently been working on the scalable production of nanotubes, leading to the construction of a plant at Thomas Swan and Co Ltd.

Wilhelm Huck, MSc Leiden, the Netherlands, PhD Twente, the Netherlands. Dr Wilhelm T. S. Huck is a Reader in Chemistry in the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry. His background is in supramolecular and dendrimer chemistry, but after a post-doctoral stay with Prof. George Whitesides (Harvard University) his interests shifted towards surface, micro and nanopatterning, and polymer chemistry. His current research interest is to control polymers at the nanometer level by fabricating (instead of synthesizing) macromolecules on nanostructured interfaces. To achieve this goal, chemical functionalization at the nanometer is required as well as a clear understanding of chemistry at the interface

Trevor Rayment, B.Sc Chemistry Durham, M.Sc Mathematics Oxford, D.Phil Chemistry Oxford Dr Trevor Rayment is a Reader in Chemistry. His main interests lie in the development of novel techniques for studying interfaces and their application in nanoscience. He has particular interest in processes taking place at the solid-liquid interface of electrodes and biomolecular interactions at interfaces. The principal tools applied are synchrotron radiation and scanned probe microscopes In collaboration with Professor Chris Abell and Dr David Klenerman, he is applying scanned probe techniques to study surface chirality in order to answer fundamental questions of molecular adhesion and friction. One of the challenges of nanotechnology is to use chemistry in a localised and controlled fashion to construct well-defined architectures with spatially differentiated properties. He is pursuing the use of SPM probes (AFM and nanopipettes) as tools for prototyping nanoscale objects.

Stuart Clarke Dr Stuart Clarke is a University Lecturer in The Department of Chemistry and at The BP Institute in Cambridge. His research centres on applying novel scattering techniques to the study of colloidal and interfacial problems. His background is in Chemistry studied at Oxford before he came to the Cavendish laboratory in Cambridge (1993) and then to the Department of Chemistry in Cambridge (2000).

Colm Durkan Dr Colm Durkan is a University Lecturer in the Department of Engineering, and is based at the Nanoscience centre. He received his first degree and PhD in Physics (1996) from Trinity College Dublin. His research interests involve understanding electronic transport and magnetism in nanostructures, particularly molecules. He leads a group whose primary activities at present are Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy based characterisation of magnetic molecules. He has been involved in a wide range of topics at the heart of nanotechnology, and frequently gives invited talks at international conferences.

James Elliott BA (Cambridge, 1995) PhD (Bristol, 1998) Dr James Elliott is a University Lecturer working in the field of Materials Modelling. His research involves prediction of the properties of materials on a molecular basis, using computer simulation techniques covering a wide range of time and length scales.

Cait McPhee Dr Cait MacPhee is a University Lecturer in Biophysics in the Cavendish Laboratory, a Royal Society University Research Fellow and a Fellow of King’s College. Her interests are in the formation and characterisation of ordered protein aggregates and their manipulation and use on the nanometre scale. She obtained her degree and PhD from the University of Melbourne, Australia, before first moving to Oxford in 1999, and then to Cambridge in 2001.

Paul Barker Dr Paul Barker obtained his D. Phil in chemistry from Oxford, working with Prof. Allen Hill. and spent his Post-doctoral work at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, in the laboratories of Profs. Grant Mauk and Mike Smith. Here he learned the molecular biological and protein chemical methods for molecular engineering of redox proteins. He returned to the UK to an MRC Fellowship at the Centre for Protein Engineering, Cambridge, where he began work on creating novel redox proteins designed specifically for the interface between solid-state devices and biology. He continued this work with a BBSRC Advanced Fellowship in the Chemistry Department at this University and was recently appointed Lecturer in Bioinorganic Chemistry and Fellow of Downing College. Current projects involve protein engineering, porphyrin synthesis, study of protein/surface interactions and protein electrochemistry. This highly multidisciplinary field involves local collaborations with colleagues in the Cavendish, the Centre for Nanoscience, as well as the Chemistry department.

Christopher M. Dobson FRS John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Chemical and Structural Biology Professor Chris Dobson obtained his doctorate from the University of Oxford and has been assistant professor at Harvard University, visiting professor at MIT and from 1996 until 2001 Professor of Chemistry at Oxford University. In 1996, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and from 1999-2001 he was President of the Protein Society. In 2001, Chris Dobson became the John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Chemical and Structural Biology in the University of Cambridge. He is based in the Chemistry Department, but has close links with the Cavendish Laboratory and the Department of Biochemistry. His research has focused on understanding the structural transitions involved in protein folding and defining the underlying mechanism of this process in vitro and in vivo. This work led him to explore the phenomenon of protein misfolding and its links to protein deposition disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, Type II diabetes and systemic non-neuropathic amyloidoses. Chris Dobson has received a variety of international honours including most recently the 2003 Stein and Moore Award from the Protein Society. He has published more than 400 papers over the last 25 years and has given a very wide range of lectures at research institutions and international meetings on the topics of his research, including the 2003 Bakerian Lecture of the Royal Society.

Robert Doubleday Dr Robert Doubleday is a research associate at the Cambridge Nanoscience Centre. His work focuses on the societal dimensions of nanotechnology. He is particularly interested in recent attempts by governments and corporations to promote citizen participation in science and technology policy. Robert has a BSc in Chemistry and an MSc in Science & Technology Policy. Before joining the Nanosciene Centre he completed a PhD at University College London on public debates about GM foods in the UK and USA.

III Calendar

The MPhil in Micro- & Nanotechnology Enterprise is a full time Master’s degree, taught over a 10 months period from October to July. During this time, students are required to be resident in Cambridge (unless working on a designated project placement) and expected to participate in all mandatory course activities outside the periods of Cambridge Terms. To enable students to plan their schedules, the course team will try and not schedule any formal activities during the following periods:

Monday 19th December 2004 – Monday 3rd January 2005 inclusive Monday 21st March 2005 – Friday 4th April 2005 inclusive

All students are expected to be available for course activities at any time outside these periods.

Most formal lectures will take place during the University Terms, the dates of which are shown below:

MICHAELMAS Tuesday 5th October Friday 3rd December LENT Tuesday 18th January Friday 18th March EASTER Tuesday 26th April Friday 17th June

However, there are significant exceptions to these timetables, including activities, which will take place outside term times, such as part of the induction programme, the Management of Technology and Innovation course and the major project and dissertation. Please consult the course timetable, available online at http://cw.caret.cam.ac.uk/cw2/index.html and at http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/nanoenterprise/index.html, for a detailed listing of the exact times and locations of the course contents.

IV Important dates:*

Event Timetable:

Induction Programme Monday 4th – Friday 8th October 2004 (please see separate programme) Introductory Site Visit (PlasticLogic) Thursday 7th October 2004 Applied Lecture Series Thursday afternoons 2.15 pm

Seminar Room, IRC in Superconductivity Management of Technology and Innovation (MoTI) (Part II) Wednesday 12th – Monday 17th January 2005 (please see separate MoTI programme) Site Visit (Oxonica) Thursday 17th March 2005 NE.02 Presentation Thursday 10th March 2005 Examination Paper 1 27th April 2005 Examination Paper 2 29th April 2005 Dissertation Presentations Thursday 7th July 2005 Course Dinner Thursday 7th July 2005

St. John’s College CMI Summer Party early June 2005 Dissertation Vivas August 2005 (exact dates t.b.a.)

Deadlines:

NE.02 Coursework Deadline Friday 18th March 2005 (5 pm) NE.03 Coursework Deadline (essay) Friday 3rd December 2004 (5 pm) NE.03 Coursework Deadline (report) within 15 days after the last laboratory session NE.04 Coursework Deadline within 15 days after the last laboratory session Societal & Ethical Dimensions of Nano- & Biotechnology Coursework t.b.a. (+ Presentation) Project Part I Deadline Friday 25th March 2005 Dissertation (Project Part II) Deadline Friday 29th July 2005

Please also check the course websites at http://cw.caret.cam.ac.uk/cw2/index.html and at http://www.msm.cam.ac.uk/nanoenterprise/index.html for the announcement of special events and an up-to-date listing of deadlines, timetables and the exact locations of the course contents.

* Please note that the information contained in this Handbook is correct at the time of going to press (August 2004) but may change during the year.

V Introduction to Micro- & Nanotechnology Enterprise

The newly launched Master’s Programme in Micrro- & Nanotechnology Enterprise is an exciting opportunity in which world-leading scientists and successful entrepreneurs are brought together to deliver a one-year Master’s degree, which combines an in-depth multidisciplinary scientific programme with a global perspective on the commercial opportunities and business practice necessary for the successful exploitation in the rapidly developing fields of nanotechnology and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). The programme is intended at those with a good first degree in the physical sciences, engineering or relevant areas of biology or biochemistry, who wish to develop focus skills and a commercial awareness of the cutting-edge disciplines of micro- and nanotechnology, and will provide an unparalleled education experience for entrepreneurs. The Master’s Programme in ‘Micro- & Nanotechnology Enterprise’ is one of six new Cambridge University Master’s Degrees developed under the auspices of the Professional Practice Programme of the Cambridge MIT Institute (CMI), an international strategic alliance between The University of Cambridge (CU) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). CMI is funded by both the UK government and by industry.

VI Course architecture

The programme is modular in structure and lasts ten months. Students take all twelve modules, which consist of 16 hours of lectures with additional discussion groups and personal study time. The modules are taught in the first two terms and will be followed by formal examinations. The modules are drawn from Science and Technology, Business Management and Innovation strands and so cover the many complexities involved in the processes of discovery and exploitation.

NE.01: Characterisation Techniques (Michaelmas Term) Steffi Friedrichs, Mark Welland, Debdulal Roy, David Hasko The characterisation of nanometre-sized structures and the determination of their size- dependent physical properties represent an enormous technical challenge to many areas of science. The main imaging techniques applied, are high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), all of which provide atomically resolved real space images of individual nano-structures, while modified approaches of these techniques, can be applied to determine their chemical composition, bonding properties and some of their physical properties. In general, the characterisation of physical properties, such as electronic, mechanical, optical or magnetic, can be achieved on two different scales: (i) the measurement of the average properties of an ensemble of nano-structures; (ii) the measurement of individual nanometre-sized objects. This lecture course aims to give an overview of a range of methods and their limitations for both structural, chemical and physical characterisation techniques, with a strong focus on those approaches that combine atomic resolution with analytic capability. Demonstration classes for each of the main microscopy techniques will provide an insight into the practical aspects and allow some hands-on experience. At the end of the course, students should know the underlying principles of electron and scanning probe microscopy, optical spectroscopy and transport measurements in nanoscale devices and understand their power and limitations on the nanometre scale. They should be able to assign a logical sequence of characterisation techniques to a given nano-composite.

NE.02: MEMS design (Lent Term) Ashwin Seshia MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) technology enables the integration of mechanical, electrical, chemical, thermal, fluidic, magnetic and optical components on a microscopic scale together with elements allowing for the interconversion of energy between these different domains using fabrication techniques leveraged off microelectronics. MEMS technology has been widely perceived as a breakthrough in the creation of microsystems for applications ranging from smart sensors, biomedical devices, displays and imagers, telecommunications, computer peripherals and the automotive and aerospace sectors. MEMS devices operate on scales that are much smaller than is conventional: minimum feature sizes for micromachining processes often measure under a tenth of a micron, forces generated by microactuators range from piconewtons to millinewtons, and the displacement of microstructures can be measured to less than a picometer. This course aims to introduce the principles of MEMS design and their application to a variety of microsystems. On completion of the module students should be able to extend the principles of microfabrication to the development of micromechanical devices and the design of Microsystems, understand the principles of energy transduction, sensing and actuation on a microscopic scale, appreciate the effects of scaling, and the similarities and differences between micromechanical assemblies and macroscopic machines and be able to analyse and model the behaviour of microelectromechanical devices and systems.

NE.03: Materials and Processes for MEMS (Michaelmas Term) Andrew Flewitt This course will introduce both the processing methods by which MEMS devices are manufactured and the properties of the material, which are employed, including traditional silicon-based technology and new materials, such as diamond-like carbon, polymers and biological thin films. Case studies will be used with particular reference to sensing and actuating applications to exemplify how materials and fabrication processes are integrated. Particular topics to be covered include silicon-, carbon- and polymer-based materials and their properties, materials selection issues for MEMS, materials characterisation methods, patterning techniques (photolithography, embossing, printing, laser micromachining), wet and dry etching, bonding and planarisation processes, process design rules and process yield issues. The course will be accompanied by laboratory projects, during which the students will be asked to apply their acquired theoretical knowledge to the fabrication and characterisation of micrometre-sized objects. At the end of the course, students should appreciate the properties of a wide range of materials used in Microsystems, be able to suggest suitable materials for given applications, understand a range of fabrication techniques applicable to the fabrication of micrometre scale structures and their limitations, be able to design a process flow for the fabrication of a device and be able to identify process steps that are likely to have the greatest impact upon yield.

NE.04: Nanofabrication Techniques (Michaelmas Term) Dae-Joon Kang, Mark Blamire The course will introduce nanofabrication techniques and explain how these can be used to fabricate nanoscale devices for technically viable applications. In addition to defining the limitations of conventional techniques, such as electron-beam lithography, dry and wet-etching, and thin film deposition, the course will review a variety of recently developed fabrication techniques including soft lithography, and bio-molecular patterning. Specific examples of fabricated devices will give the students an opportunity to examine what considerations lead to the choice of substrate and fabrication method used.

NE.05: Nanomaterials (Lent Term) Steffi Friedrichs, Ian Kinloch, David Hasko The compositional and structural modification of existing materials on the nanometre scale can drastically enhance some properties and lead to unprecedented physical effects. In the case of a simple material, such as graphite, the structural modification of the graphitic layers yields the entirely new class of fullerene materials, whose chemical and physical properties are significantly different from those of bulk graphite. In the course of this programme, carbon nanotubes will be discussed as a classic example of ‘bottom-up’ approach to the manipulation of materials on the nanometre scale, and their assembly into larger-scale structures. Practical examples of ‘top-down’ fabricated nanostucture applications will be given to complement a discussion of the fabrication and characteristics of five types of nanodevice (ballistic electron, silicon SET, fullerene, superconducting, nanomagnetic) and their application to quantum information. The lecture course will furthermore introduce the construction of extended DNA scaffolds and the requirements for guided self-assembly and give an insight into the properties of some single molecule systems. The course aims to give an overview of the wide range of differently structured nanomaterials and provide some background information about the main techniques applied to manipulate materials on the nanometre scale. At the end of the course, students should be able to appreciate the applied nanometre- scaled manipulations of materials, the underlying principles of the resulting size-dependent

14 properties and the approaches to the design of functional nanostructures for research in quantum information.

NE.06: Nanochemistry (Lent Term) Wilhelm Huck, Trevor Rayment, Stuart Clarke Chemistry naturally deals with processes at the molecular scale. This programme will focus on the novel physical chemistry that arises when dealing with very large molecules, or very small objects such as colloids and clusters. These effects may include different equilibrium structures, quantum effects, conductivity and enhanced catalytic activity compared to the same materials in the macroscopic state. The programme will also cover an introduction to the preparation (more from a synthetic than a fabrication point of view) of materials with controlled dimensions at the nanometer scale. Self-assembly and self-organization are very important tools which can be exploited to design functional structures in 1D, 2D or 3D and several examples will be discussed, with an emphasis on self-assembled monolayers. In the bionanotechnology module, the role of biological macromolecules (such as DNA and proteins) as scaffolds and functional nanomaterials will be discussed. Synthetic polymers have their own very specific role in nanoscience and we will look at the role of polymers in lithography resists, as well as self- organization of more complicated polymer architectures such as block copolymers and polymer brushes. No specialised chemistry background is required, although a basic knowledge of and familiarity with physical and organic chemistry will be necessary.

NE.07: Physics at the nanometre-scale (Michaelmas Term) Colm Durkan, Mark Blamire, James Elliott Many of the physical properties which govern the operation of conventional electronic devices are strongly modified as dimensions approach the nm-scale. These changes can be exploited to provide enhanced functionality; the module will cover important examples of this including quantum size effects in semiconductor quantum dots and nanowires, and spin torque and switching in magnetic devices. As importantly, there are also fundamental limits on many physical properties as device sizes are reduced to nm-lengthscales: for example the superparamagnetic limit in magnetic data storage, and Coulomb blockade in electron transfer. The aim of this module is to provide an overview of the important physics operating at the nanometre scale and highlight examples of developments which seek to optimise physical behaviour via dimensional control. No previous mathematical knowledge of quantum phenomena is assumed. At the end of the course, students should be able to explain the basic principles of quantum mechanics, understand the origin of band structure in solids, appreciate how the nanoscale can modify the properties of conventional devices and be prepared for design and research in functional nanostructures.

NE.08: Bionanotechnology (Lent Term) Paul Barker, Cait McPhee, Christopher Dobson The field of bionanotechnology looks to biology for inspiration for the assembly of nanoscale devices and materials. Rather than the “top-down” approaches traditionally employed in device assembly, scientists are turning to the “bottom-up” approach of self-assembly that has been perfected by biology over many millennia of evolution. Bionanotechnology aims to exploit the striking ability of biology to synthesise and assemble complex structures from simple materials and with atomic precision. Researchers hope to take advantage of this property to build up nanostructures that incorporate biological molecules as components of the system. Alternatively, biological design strategies can be used as removable scaffolds and templates for the bottom-up assembly of more “traditional” materials. This module will explore the current

15 progress in bionanotechnology research, and suggest some possible pathways for future endeavours. This lecture course aims to give an insight into biological molecules and their potential use in nm-scale devices and to derive inspiration from the use of simple molecules in complex, living devices.

MoTI: Management of technology and innovation (Michaelmas Term & Lent Term) Richard Barker, Mark de Rond, Kamal Munir, Nick Oliver, Jaideep Prabhu Equivalent in weight to two modules, this programme, which will focus on the management of science and engineering-oriented businesses, is structured in (a) eight two-hour weekly sessions taught during the evenings of Michaelmas Term, (b) four intensive days before the beginning of Lent Term, followed by (c) an in-company project during the first six weeks of Lent Term. The course provides a basic grounding in the domains of strategy, organization, marketing and finance. In each area, the focus is on issues particularly relevant to managing innovation – be it innovation in products, processes or in the strategy and direction of an organization. Following a comprehensive introduction to a range of management tools, concepts and cases students work in groups on a real world problem over a six week period during the Lent term. On completing MOTI, students should have a clear pathways by which ideas and opportunities can be converted into commercially viable products and services.

T4 BBE: Building and Financing a High Tech Business (Lent Term) William Bains The lecture course is an introduction to the process of creating, setting up, and funding a new technology-based company. The programme will analyse the environment in which such companies are created, who creates them and why. At the end of the programme the student should be able to examine a new technological opportunity and evaluate whether it is practicable and sensible to use it as a component of a new start-up or whether it would be better commercialised through other routes. The programme is the equivalent of two modules.

Societal & ethical Dimensions of Nano- & Biotechnology Robert Doubleday et al. This programme will provide an introduction to the political and policy contexts for nanotechnology innovation. In recent years public attitudes to science and technology have become increasingly important to governments and corporations as they seek to manage the risks and benefits of innovation. This programme will introduce students to social science approaches to understanding public attitudes to new technologies. The programme will then explore different nanotechnology policy frameworks in the UK and EU. Particular emphasis will be paid to recent policies that seek to take account of nanotechnology’s societal dimensions by promoting public participation in policy-making. Students will become familiar with the diversity of perspectives on the risks and benefits of new technologies.

VII Examination regulations

1. Published examination notice

Examination in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise for the M.Phil. Degree, 2004-2005:

Notice On the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry, the General Board and the Board of Graduate Studies have approved 'Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise' as a subject for further study and training in research for the M.Phil. Degree (one-year course), with effect from 1 October 2004. Special regulations for the examination in that subject have been approved as follows:

Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise The scheme of examination for the one-year course of study in ' Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise' for the degree of Master of Philosophy shall be as follows:

1. The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry shall publish, not later than the end of the Easter Term each year, a list of not more than fifteen mandatory modules in 'Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise' for the examination to be held in the following academic year. In publishing the list of modules the Degree Committee shall announce the form of examination for each module, which shall be an exam, an essay, course-work, or a combination of these.

2. The examination shall consist of:

(a) two unseen written examination papers, which may cover all core scientific projects prescribed in the syllabus;

(b) no more than eight essays, each of not more than 3,000 words in length, covering the fields of science, ethics, law, and policy, and the interface of micro- and nanoscience and business as specified by the Degree Committees;

(d) a literature survey report of not more than 5000 words in length on a scientific topic, to be followed by either a major research project in the same field, see (2e), or a business-, ethics-, law-, or policy-related case study, concerning the scientific topic, see (2e);

(e) a dissertation of not more than 15,000 words in length (including tables, figure legends and appendices, but excluding bibliography) on a major project, involving (i) in-depth scientific research (following a literature survey in the same scientific field, see (2d)), or (ii) an in- depth case study concerned with a topic in science, business, ethics, law or policy (related to the topic covered during the literature survey, see (2d)), approved by the Degree Committee.

The reports submitted under (d) and (e) shall be on a topic or project, respectively, approved by the Degree Committee.

3. The examination will include an oral examination on the dissertation or other work submitted by the candidate under Regulation 2(e) and on the general field of knowledge, within which they fall.

The Degree Committee for the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry give notice, with the approval of the Board of Graduate Studies and the General Board, of the modules available for study for the M.Phil. in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise in the academic year 2004-05. The form of examination of each module is also shown.

Module Category Module Name Mode of Assessment Reference Science NE.01 Characterisation Techniques E† C‡ (design project + lab report + NE.02 MEMS Design oral presentation) Materials and Processes for NE.03 C (essay + lab report) MEMS NE.04 Nanofabrication Techniques E + C (lab report) NE.05 Nanomaterials E NE.06 Nanochemistry E NE.07 Bionanotechnology E NE.08 Physics at the Nanometre-Scale E Business Management of Technology and MOT&I C management Innovation Building and Financing a new BE.B3 C Enterprise § Societal Dimensions of - C (report + oral presentation) Nanotechnology** Project Part I - Literature Survey / Patent Search C (report) C (dissertation + viva+ oral Project Part II - Research/Business Project presentation)

† E ≡ unseen written examination ‡ C ≡ coursework assessment (as specified) § After publication of the examination notice, the module ‘Be.B3Building and Financing and new Enterprise’ was renamed ‘T4 BBE: Building and Financing a High Tech Business’; it shall hereafter be referred to by its new title. ** After publication of the examination notice, the module ‘Societal Dimensions of Nanotechnology’ was extended to include bio-ethical issues and renamed ‘Societal & ethical Dimensions of Nano- & Biotechnology’; it shall hereafter be referred to by its new title.

2. Format of the unseen written examination

All modules assessed in mode ‘E’ will be examined in TWO 3-hour examinations, in which the students are required to answer both sections A + B of the examination.

Paper 1: Characterisation Techniques, Nanofabrication Techniques, Physics at the nanometre scale

Section A: answer 3 × 20 min questions: one from a choice of two from each of NE.01, NE.04 and NE.07. Section B: answer 2 × 60 min questions from a choice of three: one from each of NE.01, NE.04 and NE.07

Paper 2: Nanomaterials, Nanochemistry, Bionanotechnology

Section A: answer 3 × 20 min questions: one from a choice of two from each of NE.05, NE.06 and NE.08 Section B: answer 2 × 60 min questions from a choice of three: one from each of NE.05, NE.06 and NE.08

3. Weighting of the assessed course components

Modules: 67% Dissertation: 33% Pass Mark: 55% (overall marks) Distinction: 70% (overall marks)

Components Maximum Mark Sum Pass Mark Exam Course Work [% overall marks] (a) Modules NE.01 5 design project (incl. oral presentation)♣: 3 NE.02 - lab report: 2 essay: 2 NE.03 - lab report: 3 NE.04 5 lab-report: pass 67 NE.05 5 (written 55 NE.06 5 exam: 30) NE.07 5 NE.08 5 MoTI - 10 T4 BBE - 10 Societal & ethical 2 Dimensions Literature Survey 5 (b) Project Project dissertation (incl. oral presentation)♣: 33 33 pass Total 100 55 ♣ the oral presentation is a compulsory part of the respective course work and needs to be conducted in order to complete it

4. Submission and marking of coursework

4.1 Submission of coursework All written work for courses, which are formally assessed must be submitted into the designated wooden box (labelled ‘MPhil in Micro- & Nanotechnology Enterprise’) in the Nanoscience Centre, by the dates and times indicated on page 11 of this handbook and on the course website at http://cw.caret.cam.ac.uk/cw2/index.html or when the work is set (in the case of the MoTI and the ‘T4 BBE: Building and Financing a High Tech Business’ course). Electronic submission is not permitted. Coursework for submission should be written legibly or printed in 12 – point type, 1.5- or double-spaced on A4 paper, using one side of the paper only, and with margins of at least 2 cm. Candidates are expected to show a reasonable command of the English language and to check their work carefully before submission. They should also keep a reference copy of any work submitted.

4.2 Penalties for late submission If any work is submitted after the deadlines without clear mitigating circumstances the mark for the work will be the minimum pass mark for up to 1 week late and thereafter zero. Students seeking a delayed submission on illness or other grounds must obtain a supporting letter from their College Tutors to the Course Director setting out the grounds for delay and proposing a revised submission date. All coursework from the Michaelmas and Lent Terms must be returned to the Examiners prior to the written examinations

4.3 Feedback and marks for coursework Students can expect to receive provisional marks and feedback on their coursework performance within four weeks of the submission date. Marks will be given as a grade descriptor and not as percentages (see below). All marks given out are provisional and subject to moderation by the Examiners. The nature and extent of feedback given will vary from teacher to teacher, but students may reasonably expect to receive some indication of the strengths and weaknesses of any work submitted.

5. Marking of the assessed course components

Component (a) (i.e. Modules) [% comp.] Component (b) (i.e. Project)

high pass ≥ 70% high pass pass 55% - 69% pass marginal fail†† 45% - 54% low pass fail ≤ 44% fail

6. Marking guidelines

The following are marking guidelines, which are designed primarily for the marking of the dissertation but may be adapted for coursework and examinations. Where marks are awarded using a different scale they will be adjusted by the Examiners at their final meeting to achieve comparability with the scale below. The MPhil in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise has an overall pass mark of 55% overall marks, achieved in the Module component and the Project component, and no one component can be missed or failed completely. Additional requirements: • The minimum achievement in the Module component is 45% (i.e. marginal fail), and the candidate would subsequently need to obtain a high pass mark for the project component, in order to pass the degree course.

6.1 Marking guidelines for the dissertation and the viva voce examination fail Work that is not of the standard that might be expected of an MPhil dissertation, either because of lack of original content or because it shows a poor grasp of the relevant literature or research method adopted, because the analysis is seriously flawed, because the argument is incoherent or because the standard of writing or presentation is unacceptably poor. At the discretion of examiners, special cases of poor work can be recommended for a low pass mark (i) subject to correction and re-submission of the dissertation, (ii) subject to correction and re-submission of the dissertation and further examination by viva voce. low pass Work that, while it may have minor flaws and deficiencies, shows evidence of independent thought and research, a good basic command of the subject, correct use of analytical procedures and a generally coherent argument. pass Work that shows evidence of independent thought and research, is of genuine interest as a contribution to its area of research, and maintains a high standard of argument and scholarship throughout. high pass Work of undoubted interest and originality, which combines the qualities noted above to an impressive degree and provides evidence of the suitability of the candidate for Ph.D. research. Works at its upper end of the range will be able to defend its arguments against leading scholars in the field.

†† Marginal fail in (a) (i.e. Modules): ≥ 45% (i.e. ≥ 30 % overall marks) subsequently necessary achievement in project: high pass (i.e. ≥ 25 % overall marks)

7. Overall marking

Module Grades Project Grades Final Grade High pass high pass high pass (= distinction) High pass pass high pass (= distinction) High pass low pass pass Pass high pass pass Pass pass pass Pass low pass pass marginal fail high pass pass marginal fail pass fail marginal fail low pass fail any outcome fail fail Fail any outcome fail

Failure in one component (i.e. Modules or Project) will result in an overall failure of the degree course.

VIII Project guidelines and regulations

The major research/business projects, conducted by all MPhil students during the final months of the course, are designed to be preceded by a literature survey / patent search concerned with the same area of science or technology. Both parts of the project (i.e. Project Part I: literature survey or patent search; Project Part II: research project or business project) are to be conducted under the supervision of the person offering the project (i.e. selected researcher at the University of Cambridge or the contact persons in a collaborating business or company). Note: Project Part I (i.e. the literature survey / patent search) forms part of the Course Component (a) (i.e. Modules), while the Project Part II exclusively represents the independent Course Component (b) (i.e. Project) (cf. ‘VII. 3. Weighting of the assessed course components’, page 19). In the case of a business project, an ‘observer’ will be assigned for each project in addition to the business supervisor. This observer will be an academic member of the Judge Institute of Management, whose main rôle is a superficial observation the student’s project and a personal University-base contact for the student during Project Part II only (i.e. Project Part I will be exclusively supervised by the business supervisor). The projects will be offered during Michaelmas Term in the form of provisional project titles and brief project descriptions. The deliverable coursework of the projects consist of: (a) Project Part I: a report of not more than 5000 words in length; (b) Project Part II: a dissertation of not more than 15000 words in length, an oral presentation of the project and an independent viva voce examination.

1. The choice of the project and the supervisor

It is the responsibility of each student to choose a topic for his or her literature survey from a list of potential project titles, offered during Michaelmas Term by selected researchers at the University of Cambridge or collaborating businesses or companies. By the end of the 5th week in Michaelmas Term (i.e. 10th November 2004), each student must have submitted a ranking list of the favoured project titles (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd choice etc.) to the Co-Director of the course. For the sake of clarity, this project selection should be conducted by completing a ‘Research/Business Project Selection Slip’, which will be distributed together with the list of provisional titles, and submitting it into the designated box (labelled ‘MPhil in Micro- & Nanotechnology Enterprise’) in the Nanoscience Centre. The titles will be assigned to each student by the end of Michaelmas Term (i.e. by 1st December 2004). The course team will try to assign the highest choice possible.

2. The supervision process

Students are expected to contact their future supervisors as early as possible, but at the latest by Tuesday of 1st week of Lent Term (25th January 2005). Students who choose to conduct business projects will be assigned an additional project observer from the Judge Institute of Management, whose contact details will passed on to each business project student during the 1st half of Lent Term. Business project students should contact this observer in sufficient time for the start of their respective Project Part II, and, if appropriate, arrange a meeting with both their business supervisor and their observer, in order to discuss the outline of their Project Part II and make necessary arrangements for the conduction of the project. During the first contact, the student will receive detailed information about the background of the project, the anticipated preparation procedure and schedule of both Project Parts I and II and future meetings with the supervisor. Students should spend at least two afternoons per week

23 during Lent Term the project. The end of Project Part I (i.e. submission of the literature survey / patent search report and subsequent start of Project Part II is subject to the student’s individual time management of the project, as long as the end of Project Part I does not exceed the submission deadline (see below) and Project Part II is started no later than Tuesday of 1st week of Easter Term (i.e. students must have contacted their respective supervisor(s) by this date, in order to make arrangements for the conduct of the project). It is the responsibility of students to make and maintain contact with their supervisors throughout the duration of both Project Parts, to attend supervisions when requested to do so. Supervisors cannot be expected to do the student’s work for them, or to respond instantaneously to requests for comments and advice. In particular students should agree dates for the completion of near-final drafts so that time can be set aside in advance for reading and commenting on these. It is the responsibility of supervisors to monitor their student’s work and ensure that it is progressing satisfactorily, to respond promptly to student’s requests for meetings, and to turn work around in a timely manner. A good relationship between students and supervisor is crucial to the success of the MPhil course and supervisors and students are asked to contact the Co-Director of the course as a matter of urgency if they experience any problems in this respect.

3. Project Part I guidelines

3.1 Format of the Project Part I report The literature survey / patent search report should be of not more than 5000 words in length. It should be printed legibly on A4 paper, using one side of the paper only, in 12-point type, one and a half or double-spaced and with margins of at least 2 cm. The submitted report must be accompanied by a Cover Sheet, stating the title of the report, the name of the student and the name of the supervisor.

3.2 Submission of the Project Part I report The submission deadline for the literature survey / patent search report is 12:00 noon on the 25th March 2005, and any candidate who fails to meet this deadline without advance permission from the Co-Director of the course will normally get no credit for Project Part I. Permission to defer submission will be granted only in exceptional cases, and candidates are asked to note in particular that computer-related problems will not normally be considered as grounds for deferral. Any application to defer submission must be made in writing to the Co- Director of the course in advance of the deadline and must be accompanied by supporting letter from the candidate’s College Tutor. Each candidate is required to submit three soft-bound copies of the literature survey, together with a completed Cover Sheet, ‡‡ into the coursework submission box, located in the Nanoscience Centre. Reports cannot be submitted electronically. The receipt of the submission will be acknowledge in the form of an e-mail, sent by a member of the course team.

3.3 Marking of the Project Part I report All literature survey / patent search reports are marked independently by two of the Internal Examiners of the course. In the case of a significant discrepancy of the Internal Examiners’ opinions, a third independent report will be sought by the examiners. The mark given for a literature survey report is then determined by the examiners on the basis of all the marks received. All reports are confidential and may not be released to candidates. However, supervisors are encouraged to give general feedback to their students on the quality of the work submitted.

‡‡ Please see section ‘Information about student life in Cambridge’ of this handbook for information on binding services in Cambridge.

4. Project Part II guidelines

4.1 Title and proposal of the Project Part II dissertation On selection of a research/business project from the list (in Michaelmas Term 2004), the respective title will be registered with the Co-Director of the course as a ‘provisional working title’ for the student’s project. The provisional title can be changed to a ‘final title’ during the course of the project. At any time of the duration of the project, it is the students’ responsibility to inform the Co-Director of the course of changes in the title and subject of their project, in the form of a written statement, signed by their supervisor (and approved by their observer, in the case of a business project). Titles cannot be changed at all after Tuesday of 5th week of Easter Term (31st May 2005), and any unchanged provisional title will automatically receive the status ‘final title’.

4.2 Conduct of the Project Part II Students are expected to work exclusively on their research/business projects from Tuesday of 1st week of Easter Term (3rd May 2005), until completion at the end of July. It is very important that the whole project is planned carefully and sufficient time allowed for each step of the research process, including writing up. During the course of their work, students may be expected to see their supervisors between two and four times on average (depending partly on the nature of the dissertation selected) to receive feedback and advice on the design and implementation of their research projects and to receive critical comments on draft chapters of their dissertation. It is the responsibility of students to make and maintain contact with their supervisors, to attend supervisions when requested to do so, and to keep demands on their supervisors reasonable. Supervisors cannot be expected to do the students’ work for them, or to respond instantly to requests for comments and advice. In particular students should agree dates for the completion of near final drafts so that time can be set aside in advance for reading and commenting on these. It is the responsibility of supervisors to monitor their student’s work and ensure that it is progressing satisfactorily, to respond promptly to student’s requests for meetings, and to turn work around in a timely manner. A good relationship between students and supervisor is crucial to the success of the MPhil course and supervisors are asked to contact the Co-Director of the course as a matter of urgency if they experience any problems in this respect.

4.3 Format of the Project Part II dissertation The dissertation should be of not more than 15000 words in length. It should be printed legibly on A4 paper, using one side of the paper only, in 12-point type, one and a half or double- spaced and with margins of at least 2 cm. The dissertation title page should bear, at the top of the page, the author’s name, the approved title of the dissertation and the degree for which it is submitted. The supervisor’s name should appear at the bottom right hand corner of the page. All submitted copies must be at least soft bound, *** Candidates should take particular care to ensure that the correct version of the text appears in each copy of a dissertation submitted, that the title corresponds to that approved by the Degree Committee, and that an identical copy is retained for reference. A dissertation must be a connected account of an MPhil student’s work, written by himself/herself. The form in which the dissertation is presented and the care with which it has been prepared and illustrated are in themselves evidence of the candidate’s capabilities and will receive consideration as such. Apart from quotations (where appropriate) and recognised technical formulae, dissertations must be written in English and candidates are expected to show a reasonable command of the English language, to use a spell-check facility, and to check their

*** Please see section ‘Information about student life in Cambridge’ of this handbook for information on binding services in Cambridge.

25 work carefully before submission. In submitting a dissertation, each candidates must state, generally in a preface and specifically in notes or in a bibliography, the sources from which his or her information is derived, the extent to which the candidate has availed himself or herself of the work of others, and the portions of the dissertation which the student claims as his or her own original work. The following declaration of originality should appear on the page following the title page:

“This dissertation is substantially my own work and conforms to the University of Cambridge’s guidelines on plagiarism. Where reference has been made to other research this is acknowledged in the text and bibliography.”

4.4 Submission of the Project Part II dissertation The submission deadline for dissertations is 12:00 noon on Friday 29th July 2005 and any candidate who fails to meet this deadline without advance permission from the Co-Director of the course will normally be awarded no marks for Project Part II and risks failing the entire MPhil degree. Permission to defer submission will be granted only in exceptional cases, and candidates are asked to note in particular that computer-related problems will not normally be considered as grounds for deferral. Any application to defer submission must be made in writing to the Co-Director of the course in advance of the deadline and must be accompanied by supporting letters from the candidate’s College Tutor (and approved by the observer, in the case of a business project). Each candidate is required to submit three soft-bound copies of the dissertation, together with a completed Cover Sheet, ††† into the coursework submission box, located in the Nanoscience Centre. Reports cannot be submitted electronically. ‡‡‡ The receipt of the submission will be acknowledge in the form of an e-mail, sent by a member of the course team.

4.5 Marking and feedback of the Project Part II dissertation All dissertations are marked independently by two project examiners (i.e. one Examiner chosen by the project supervisor and one Internal Examiner of the course), and assessed by viva voce examination between the student and both examiners. The examination will take place in August (exact date to be arranged). In the case of a significant difference of opinion between the two examiners, or in the case of a borderline mark (i.e. pass/fail) the examiners will usually ask for a third independent report. The mark given for a dissertation is then determined by the examiners on the basis of all the marks received and, where appropriate, of their own readings of the dissertation. All dissertation reports are confidential and may not be released to candidates. However, supervisors are encouraged to give general feedback to their students on the quality of the work submitted. The primary purpose of the viva voce examination is to assess the student’s depth of understanding of the subject area and interpretation of the results obtained. If a student is unable to explain the concepts or thinking underlying the text of the dissertation, the mark awarded for Project Part II is likely to be substantially reduced.

††† Please see section ‘Information about student life in Cambridge’ of this handbook for information on binding services in Cambridge. ‡‡‡ One copy will be kept by the student’s supervisor, one will remain with the Director of the course and the remaining copies will be sent back to the student.

5. Key deadlines for the Project Parts I and II

Choose a research/business project from a list 4th & 5th week of Michaelmas Term of provisional project titles

Deadline for the submission of the Friday of 5th week of Michaelmas Term ‘Research/Business Project Selection Slip’ (10th November 2004)

Deadline for the submission of the Project th Part I report (literature survey / patent search) 12:00 noon on the 25 March 2005

Final date for applications to change the Tuesday of 5th week of Easter Term research/business project title (31st May 2005)

Deadline for the submission of the Project th Part II dissertation 12:00 noon, Friday 29 July 2005

IX Dissertation presentation guidelines

The purpose of the dissertation presentation is to provide each student with the opportunity to deliver an interim oral report on the work in progress towards their Master’s Dissertation. In many cases the work will not yet be complete and so the exercise should generate a useful review of what has been achieved so far, and any general discussion, which is stimulated, may help to provide a useful steer for the final writing up of the thesis. For this reason it will be understood if conclusions are loosely drawn at this stage. The event will be used to allow the Examiner to “sample” the nature of the dissertation work and see students in action. Please be reassured that his role is to judge the quality of the MPhil as a whole, and not to examine individual students.

The main aims of the dissertation presentation are: • To communicate effectively on a chosen research topic • To demonstrate the ability to defend a presentation in public • To provide evidence of satisfactory progress with the Master’s Dissertation.

1. Abstract submission

Prior to the actual presentation, students are required to submit an abstract of their presentation, not exceeding one sheet of A4 paper (written in 12-point font, with margins not smaller than 2 cm). The submission deadline for this abstract is 12:00 noon on Monday, 29th May 2005). Two versions of each abstract should be submitted: one printed and one electronic version.

2. Structure of the dissertation presentation

On the dissertation presentation day, students will be required to provide an oral presentation of their research work to date, not exceeding 25 minutes. This time will be strictly adhered to, and students exceeding 25 minutes will be asked to stop. Afterwards, 5 minutes will be used for questions and a general discussion of the work with the audience. The final programme for the day will be generated shortly before the day and made available online at http://cw.caret.cam.ac.uk/cw2/index.html. Data projection facilities will be available, together with an overhead projector. Special requirements (e.g. video, DVD etc) will have to be communicated to the Co-Director of the course at least one week before the presentation day. If using PowerPoint presentations, students can either use their own lap-top, provided they make sure that the presentation can be started on time, or load their file onto a laptop provided by the Co-Director of the course at least two day in advance of the presentation.

3. Assessment of the dissertation presentation

The dissertation presentation represents a mandatory contribution to the overall dissertation requirements. Characteristics of a good presentation are: • Clarity of delivery (organisation of material, engagement with audience, effective use of visual aids) • Technical depth (relevance of material, critical awareness and grasp of the problem, nature of conclusions) • Response to questions (factual probity, depth of reply, understanding of issues)

X Plagiarism

In response to growing concerns over plagiarism in all University courses, each piece of submitted work must be accompanied by a standard cover sheet, including a signed declaration to the effect that the work is the student's own unaided effort and meets the University’s guidelines and regulations on plagiarism. These guidelines are given below.

1. Regulations on plagiarism

Plagiarism is presenting the work of others as if it were one's own. If discovered by the Examiners, it will be treated as an attempt to gain credit under false pretences and may be referred to the University Court of Discipline. Plagiarism is treated by the University with the utmost seriousness, and severe penalties are imposed whenever it is detected. This may result in a candidate failing the degree, for which he or she is entered. The Examiners will normally consider as plagiarism any instance, in which the work/ideas of another person have been included in the submission of examinable work, whether or in paraphrase, without full acknowledgement to their author. This acknowledgement must include detailed bibliographic references (including Internet addresses where appropriate) to any sources from which information or ideas have been derived. It is appreciated that candidates will often perform practical exercises together, and that they may wish to study in groups in order to learn from each other and to solve problems together. However, it is essential that any material finally submitted for marking is the work of the candidate or candidates making the submission, written in their own words, and presented in their own way, with proper acknowledgement of all sources from which information has been derived, and a clear indication of the extent to which use has been made of the work of others. Each candidate who submits a project report, essay, dissertation or any other work for examination will be required to sign a declaration that the submission is his or her own work, unaided except as may be specified in the declaration, that all sources are fully acknowledged and referenced, and that the submission does not contain material that has already been used to any substantial extent for a comparable purpose. If two or more candidates submit work in collaboration, they will each be required to sign the declaration and will be held jointly responsible for adhering to it. Any marks awarded will be conditional on the above requirements having been met. Coursework marks contribute significantly to your overall mark. Because this work is not carried under examination conditions the distinction between beneficial co-operation and deliberate cheating should be clear in everyone’s mind.

1.1 Co-operation and teamwork It is perfectly acceptable to discuss continuously assessed work with other students or supervisors. Such discussions are beneficial and we wish to encourage them. It is right that effective use of such discussions can lead to higher marks, always provided that it is the student who has made the main contribution to the work submitted and understands all of it. Cooperation can go too far, however, especially if one student is effectively carried by another. Thus, while it may well be beneficial for students to discuss a problem, it is unacceptable for two students to submit effectively identical essays or other assignment work. The named author must have made the main contribution to the work submitted and the report must be in his or her own words. Any attempt to pass off the work of others as being produced by the named author is cheating.

1.2 Web-based plagiarism With the proliferation of easily accessible information on the internet there has been a steady rise in students using cut and paste techniques to import non-attributed material into their own work. Under no circumstances is this practice allowed and it is expressly forbidden. Sophisticated search engines are now available to staff to match passages suspected as having been plagiarised with the original source material. In circumstances where this confirms plagiarism from the internet the offending student will be immediately reported to the University authorities for disciplinary action. The course team treats the issue of plagiarism very seriously. Integrity and responsibility in fulfilment of all course requirements is expected from all course participants.

2. Guidelines on plagiarism

In some cultures it may be seen as a form of flattery or respect to use someone else’s words or ideas as part of your own material. However in many parts of the world, words and ideas are considered to be intellectual property, owned by the individual who created them, in the same way he might own land or a lap-top computer. In these communities it is believed that a person’s intellectual property must not be used without permission. Deliberate and conscious copying is unethical and against the high standards set by scientific researchers, academic authors and professional engineers. In constructing a written piece of work it is therefore essential that the reader is clearly informed where the source material has been derived from, and identify any ideas or forms of expression that are not your own. This means all sources must be accurately cited so that the person owning the intellectual property is given proper acknowledgement for the work they have done. These are the high standards, which are strictly adhered to at both Cambridge University and MIT, and even if you try and express someone else’s ideas in your own words, this too is considered plagiarism.

2.1 Citing a source This means including a reference in your text to show that material such as words, data, ideas, diagrams, software, etc has been extracted from another source. This can be done easily by including in parenthesis the authors last name and date of publication e.g. (Smith, 2002). This reference is cross-referenced to a complete list at the end of your paper or report in the form of a Bibliography, which directs the reader to the location of the material (book, Journal, web-site page etc). This information must be complete and accurately presented so the reader can find the source for himself. Not only does this approach properly acknowledge the work of others it allows the reader to judge how much you are relying on information from perhaps just one or two, as opposed to many, authors and how recent and up to date this information is. In general, any specific information, which is not common knowledge, must be cited. If in any doubt whether a fact or other information is common knowledge then a source must be cited. Other people’s ideas can be included in two ways: either by quoting the source directly within quotation marks, or by paraphrasing in your own words the idea. In both cases, the reference to the source material must be cited. However direct quotes should not be overused and it is best to only include them in your work if the author has made a point in a particularly insightful way. These quotations can complement, but cannot be a substitute for, your own line of reasoning. It is possible to fall into the trap of unconscious plagiarism, usually arising from an over zealous direct use of notes when preparing written assignments and reports. It may also occur if an essay is based too closely on the highlighted passages of marked up texts or photocopies. Including un-referenced material downloaded directly from the internet also constitutes plagiarism. Any web-based information should be respected and cited like any other

30 more traditional source. Also there is far less quality control applied to much information which is posted on the internet and so the veracity of material obtained in this way should be treated with greater caution, doubt and uncertainty. A piece of work, which merely cites the ideas and results of other author’s endeavours, is not transformed into “original” work simply by the use of extensive referencing and footnotes. It is vital that your work adds a critical dimension to this material through your own judgement and analysis. If in any doubt make it clear to the reader by citation and references where the original idea, material or data has come from. If you don’t, it will be considered as lying, cheating, stealing and an insult to the original author.

More detailed advice on plagiarism is provided on the following web-sites: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html http://sja.ucdavis.edu/avoid.htm

XI Examination results

The examiners for the MPhil in Micro- & Nanotechnology Enterprise will meet in September and make recommendations, on which students should be approved for the MPhil degree. These recommendations will then be considered by the Department of Materials Science Degree Committee and by the Board of Graduate Studies. Candidates should note that arrangements for the receipt of degrees are the responsibility of the Colleges, and that only candidates whose Colleges are able to present them may graduate at any particular congregation. In the course of reaching their recommendations, the examiners will agree final marks for each student on each examinable part of the degree (Modules and Project). These marks are computed solely for the purpose of arriving at a recommendation and are not published, the degree itself being awarded on a distinction / pass / fail basis. A distinction will be awarded to students who achieve an exceptional performance by achieving greater than 70% in the Modules component and greater than 75% in the Project component.

XII Student feedback procedures

The Master’s Programme in Micro- & Nanotechnology values and very strongly encourages feedback from students on the performance of its academic and administrative staff and other aspects of the MPhil programme. Feedback forms, with provision for both quantitative and qualitative comments, are distributed at the end of each term and completion of these is a very high priority. Unless they get feedback in a standardised form and from a statistically significant sample of the class the staff cannot determine how the quality of their provision is changing from year to year and from module to module and are severely hampered both in addressing problem areas and in meeting their objective of continuing quality improvement. In addition to the formal mechanisms, informal feedback is welcome at any time, through any medium (e.g. spoken, e-mailed, anonymous letters) and through any route (through student representatives, directly to the Co-Director of the course, to other staff members, or to the Chairman of the Department of Engineering’s Degree Committee). Any serious or potentially serious problems should be communicated as quickly as possible so that action can be taken to correct them.

1. Course liaison committee

A course liaison committee will be established before the end of November 2003, allowing sufficient time for the student group to get know each and elect TWO student representatives. The committee will consist of the following: ♦ Dr Steffi Friedrichs (Co-Director of the course) ♦ Dr Colm Durkan ♦ TWO student representatives (substitutes may attend in place of a course representative by prior agreement of the student group). ♦ ONE of the course secretaries

This group will meet on a regular basis to discuss aspects of the course operation and to receive suggestions from students, and to deal with any aspects of the MPhil programme, with which the students have concerns. The student representatives will be invited to participate in the end of year review of the course operation (held in May 2005).

Information about the Nanoscience Centre and the West Cambridge Campus

The West Cambridge Campus

Students of the Master’s Programme in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise will be based in the Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) in Superconductivity, next to the NanoScience Centre, on the West Cambridge Campus, where they will receive the major part of their lectures, carry out their practicals, and find contact persons for the Programme (e.g. the secretaries and the Co-Director of the M.Phil. course). The West Cambridge Campus furthermore provides a Study Room for the M.Phil. Students (incl. computing facilities, telephones for internal use, etc.) and closely situated library facilities (i.e. the Rayleigh Library in the Cavendish Laboratory). (Maps of the West Cambridge Campus and its facilities can be found at the end of this Chapter.)

1. Lectures Unless stated otherwise, all lectures will take place in the seminar room at the IRC in Superconductivity. This room is located on the ground floor of the IRC in Superconductivity building (on the right hand side, next to the main entrance).

List of Lectures and their locations

Module/Lectures Location NE.01: Characterisation Techniques Seminar Room, IRC in Superconductivity NE.02: MEMS Design Department of Engineering, Lecture Room 5 NE.03: Materials and Processes for MEMS Department of Engineering, Lecture Room 6 NE.04: Nanofabrication Techniques Seminar Room, IRC in Superconductivity NE.05: Nanomaterials Seminar Room, IRC in Superconductivity NE.06: Nanochemistry Seminar Room, IRC in Superconductivity NE.07: Physics on the Nanometre Scale Seminar Room, IRC in Superconductivity NE.08: Bionanotechnology Seminar Room, IRC in Superconductivity Building and Financing an High Tech Business The Judge Institute Management of Technology and Innovation The Judge Institute Societal & ethical Dimensions t.b.a. Applied Lecture Series Seminar Room, IRC in Superconductivity

2. Study room for students of the M.Phil. in Micro- & Nanotechnology Enterprise The student study room (SSR) in situated on the 1st floor of the IRC in Superconductivity (room number 32). The room is equipped with computers, to be used by students for the conduct of course work (e.g. the design-practical for NE.02, see (3) below) and to support their studies (e.g. literature survey, database searches, etc.). Students are expected to create and maintain an undisturbed working atmosphere in the study room, and should refrain from any activity inside the study room, which may cause a disruption to fellow students’ concentration.

3. Computing facilities Personal PCs for M.Phil. students are located in the SSR (see (2)).

4. Practicals All practicals/laboratory classes will be carried out in the Nanoscience Centre; the labs for modules NE.03 and NE.04 will be conducted in the Nanoscience Centre cleanrooms, in small students groups under the supervision of the course leader or a senior demonstrator. Students are

35 not permitted to enter the Nanoscience cleanrooms without a supervisor or demonstrator. The deadline for the submission of course work (i.e. reports, essays, etc.) will be set by the Lecturer of the course module, respectively. The practical for module NE.02 (i.e. design project), has to be carried out using the personal computers in the SSR (see (2) above). After the initial introduction to coursework NE.02 (in the 3rd or 4th week of Lent Term), the conduction of the design project has priority above other usage of all computers in the SSR, until the deadline for the submission of the NE.02 coursework (i.e. Friday 16th March). For this limited period of time, all students are required to arrange their use of the computers by signing up for their planned sessions in advance on a list provided and displayed in the SSR.

5. Library facilities Students are entitled to use the Rayleigh Library, which houses one of the Nation's foremost physics collections and is situated in the Cavendish Laboratory of Physics, on the first floor of the Bragg Building next to the Museum. It has study places for more than 70 readers, some of which are reserved for undergraduates. There is a common reading area next to the display of current periodicals. Although the primary role of the Library is to support research and teaching in the Department, it also caters for a wide base of users. The growing importance of interdisciplinary research is recognised, and the Library therefore tries to take the varying needs of all its users into account. For more details on holdings, borrowing and other services, please see: http://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/cavendish/library/.

6. Telephones The student study room is equipped with a telephone (extension number: (7)64545) that can be used for telephone calls within the University network only. Other internal telephones can usually be found in all room/lecture theatres.

7. Internal and University mail Letters, parcels and other mail item can be sent within the University free of charge, by clearly stating ‘UMS’ (‘University Messenger Service’) on the properly addressed envelope. Outgoing UMS mail can be left in the NanoScience Centre pigeon hole stand, placed in the shelf labelled ‘Out’.

8. Car parking Students of the M.Phil. course are advised to use a bicycle, in order to travel between different locations of their lectures/practicals/seminars/etc., as West Cambridge Campus has a very limited amount of parking spaces. Within the Cambridge city centre, NO parking space are available (except expensive car parks), and most people who work in Cambridge, never bring a car anywhere near the narrow streets of the city centre, as traffic is known to grind to a complete standstill at certain times of the day.

9. Bus transfer between the West Cambridge Campus and the city centre Stagecoach (one of the national bus companies) operates the bus service ‘Citi4’ that connects the West Cambridge Campus with the city centre (i.e. it runs between the Madingley Road Park&Ride and the Addenbrook’s Hospital). The service runs every 15 minutes and is free of charge to all members of the University (on display of their University Cards). Please see the map below for the Citi4 route.

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4 4 Route of the Citi4 bus service, connecting the main location relevant to the M.Phil. programme.

A timetable can be found at http://www.stagecoachbus.com/dam/publib/publib/ index_html?id=root_10_1_2_4, on the course website at http://cw.caret.cam.ac.uk/ cw2/index.html or via links on most Departments’ websites with Institutes located on the West Cambridge Campus.

10. Lunch breaks Some Departments/Institutes on the West Cambridge Campus have Canteens that serve hot food over lunch (e.g. the Cavendish Laboratory of Physics); please ask experienced members of the respective Departments about the usual procedure (i.e. charging, opening times) in those canteens. Another popular destination for lunch breaks is ‘West’, a canteen/cafe, located at the corner of Madingley Road and Thomson Avenue, where hot main courses, snacks and hot and cold drinks can be purchased from 10 am. Small kitchen facilities for tea- and coffee-making and microwave-reheating of meals are provided on the first floor of the IRC in Superconductivity (room 37).

The Nanoscience Centre

1. Access to the Nanoscience Centre The Centre is protected by an electronic security system that will only allow access with swipe card. No access is permitted outside of working hours (07:30 – 22:00). If unauthorised persons attempt access outside these hours the University Central Security Centre will be alerted. If you accidentally set off the alarm please call Security on 31818 and explain the situation. In addition to electronic access the Centre is also covered by CCTV. Details of the system and Codes of Practice are available from the Lab Manager or http://micro/info/Nanoscience Surveillance System.pdf.

2. Health & Safety in the Nanoscience Centre When you register to use the Centre you will be asked to attend a brief Safety Induction talk specific to the Nanoscience Centre. At the talk you will be issued with a copy of the Nanoscience Centre's Safety Book, which contains detailed information on all aspects of Health and Safety relevant to working in the Centre.

3. Cleanroom regulations Please see the separate ‘Nanoscience Centre's Safety Book’.

4. Submission of written work All written work (i.e. coursework, reports, dissertations, etc.) should be submitted into the designated wooden box, entitled ‘MPhil in Micro- & Nanotechnology Enterprise – Work Submission Box’, which can be found in the NanoScience Centre. Work submitted electronically or by post will not be accepted.

5. Contacts

The Director of the IRC in Nanotechnology: Professor Mark Welland (mailto:[email protected])

Administrator: Rebecca Convey (mailto:[email protected])

Lab Manager: Dave Roberts ([email protected])

Deputy Lab Manager and Safety Officer: Liz Hawkins ([email protected])

Computer Officer – mornings only Kevin Bradley ([email protected])

PA/Secretary: Sue Murkett ([email protected])

Administrative Assistant: Jean Phillips ([email protected])

The IRC in Superconductivity

1. Access to the IRC in Superconductivity The IRC in Superconductivity has two entrances. Both are open: Mondays to Fridays, 8am to 6 pm; for access to the building outside these times, access cards are required; the access cards can be obtained for a deposit of £10 from the secretary (see below for contact details), who’s office can be found on the 1st floor of the building.

2. Contacts Secretary Mrs. Alicia Kelleher (+44-(0)1223-337076) ([email protected])

2. Health and Safety in the IRC in Superconductivity

Accident Book An Accident Book is located with the Senior Technical Officer, Doug Astill on the ground floor. Details of any accidents or 'near misses' occurring, however minor and trivial they may seem, are to be reported to him without delay.

Emergency Procedures Outside Normal Working Hours In the event of an emergency outside normal working hours, other than a fire (see below), the immediate action to take is to go to the source of the problem and try to rectify the situation if it appears safe to do so. Then ring one of the persons shown on the emergency call-out list secured to every door.

First Aid Procedure In an emergency when first aid is needed, the procedure is to make immediate contact with one of the IRC's first aid officers. If neither is available, ring the Cavendish emergency number (Ext 37499) and request the paging of one of their first aid officers. Do NOT call an ambulance unless instructed to do so by a first aid officer or there are exceptional circumstances for which such action can be subsequently justified.

First Aid Officers The first-aid officers, whose names and telephone numbers are posted on the administrative notice board and on the doors of the rooms in which first aid kits are located, are: Alicia Kelleher - Ext 37076 Eric Robinson - Ext 37038/37039

First Aid Kits In addition to those held by the first aid officers, first aid kits are located in the Kitchen, Synthesis Laboratory, Processing Laboratory, Processing office and Measurement Laboratory.

Other Emergency Facilities An emergency shower is situated in the Synthesis Laboratory next to the door leading to the central corridor of the building. There are also eyewashes available in the Synthesis Laboratory, the Processing Laboratory and the Samples Preparation Room.

Fire: If You Discover a Fire Immediately operate the nearest alarm call-point and ensure that the Fire Brigade has been called by dialling 1999 on any network telephone. There is a call-point by every exit and at the top of every stairs. If trained in the use of the appliances provided, you should also use them to attack the fire, but without taking personal risk. There are fire extinguishers at the top and bottom of every stairs.

Evacuation of Building • Intermittent Alarm: If there is an emergency in another building on the site, a series of short signals will sound on the alarm system. DO NOT EVACUATE THE BUILDING AT THIS STAGE

• Continuous Alarm: When a continuous alarm is heard, all personnel are to evacuate the building IMMEDIATELY by the nearest available exit and proceed to the IRC assembly point 4 by the pond.

DO NOT USE THE LIFT

DO NOT STOP TO COLLECT PERSONAL BELONGINGS

DO NOT RE-ENTER BUILDING

ASSEMBLE AT ASSEMBLY POINT 4, BY THE POND

Fire Wardens: Doug Astill and Alicia Kelleher

(NOTE: The alarms are tested between 8.30 and 9.00 am on the FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH and no response from personnel is required)

Maps

The following maps should give you sufficient information about the location of all Departments and Institutes, relevant to the M.Phil. course. For more map, please visit: http://www.cam.ac.uk/map/.

1. Cambridge University

2. The West Cambridge Campus

22 Department of Physics Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics Napier Shaw Library Rayleigh Library 23 Department of Chemical Engineering - Magnetic Resonance Research Centre 44 Microelectronics Research Centre 46 (IRC in Nanotechnology) Nanoscience Centre 57 IRC in Superconductivity 69 Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory

3. The Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy

AB Austin Building AS Arts School BB Balfour Building CB Cockcroft Building EH Old Examination Hall MB Mond Building PB Phoenix Building

2 Centre of African Studies & Centre for Family Research 3 Austin Lecture Room & Gordon Laboratory, Department of Materials Science 4 Babbage Lecture Theatre 5 Department of Zoology & Balfour Library, Department of Zoology 6 Department of Biological Anthropology & Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies 7 Cambridge Philosophical Society & Scientific Periodicals Library 8 Central Site Technical Services & Godwin Institute for Quaternary Research 9 Department of Chemical Engineering 10 Cockcroft Lecture Theatre 11 University Computing Service 12 Examinations Office 13 Goldsmiths Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy 14 Heycock Lecture Theatre 15 Department of History and Philosophy of Science & Whipple Museum of the History of Science 16 Hopkinson Lecture Theatre 17 Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy 18 Maxwell Lecture Theatre 19 Phoenix User Area, University Computing Service 20 Photography and Illustration Service 21 Rayleigh Lecture Theatre 22 Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre 23 Department of Social Anthropology 24 Faculty of Social and Political Sciences 25 Faculty of Social and Political Sciences – Library 26 Telecommunications Office 27 Museum of Zoology 28 Security Office

4. The Judge Institute of Management

1 Council of the School of Arts and Humanities & Motor Proctors Office 2 Disability Resource Centre & Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics & The Judge Institute of Management - Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning 3 Department of Biochemistry - New Building & Bioinformatics Service & Cambridge Centre for Molecular Recognition 4 Institute of Biotechnology & Wellcome Trust/CRC Institute for Cancer and Developmental Biology 5 Bridget's 6 ESRC Centre for Business Research &The Judge Institute of Managemen 8 Cambridge Admissions Office (CAO) 9 Cambridge Programme for Industry 10 Cambridge University Students Union & Varsity, University Newspaper 11 Central Delivery Building 12 Counselling Service 13 Dental Service 14 Development Office 15 Faculty of Education 16 Faculty of Education 17 Faculty of Education 18 Department of Engineering - Research offices 20 Department of Architecture - Moving Image Studio (CUMIS) 21 Childcare Office & Personnel Division, University Offices 22 Department of Pharmacology 25 Faculty of English & Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic 26 Health and Safety Division, University Offices

Information about student life in Cambridge

Visas Overseas students from countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) should make sure that, when they arrive in this country, their passport is stamped by the UK immigration officials with a student entry stamp. (EEA countries are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.) Some students will also require an entry visa, which should be applied for from the nearest British Embassy, Consulate or High Commission in the country concerned. Original documentation is required when a visa application is being made, as faxed or photocopied documents are not acceptable. Students might therefore need a letter from the Course Director. Please note that sometimes, due to career requirements, you need to stay more than thirteen months in the UK. Thus, when you submit your applications (or for those who will receive the final visa upon arrival at the British airport), please allow plenty of time. Further information can be found on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s visa website: http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk.

Accommodation If your college is unable to provide accommodation for you, or if you prefer to find your own, then the first place to contact is the Cambridge University Accommodation Service on: Tel.: +44 (0)1223 353518 or +44(0) 1223 338099 Fax: +44 (0)1223 338098.

The Graduate Union may also be able to help: Tel.: +44 (0)1223 33312 E-mail: [email protected].

Those of you, who may be arriving early and require accommodation before being able to take up your College accommodation, can find useful information at the website mentioned below, giving details of Hotels and Bed & Breakfast establishments in and around Cambridge: www.cambridge.gov.uk/leisure/TICWEB/accommodation.html.

Accommodation may also be booked through the Tourist Information Office, Wheeler Street, Cambridge: Tel.: +44 (0) 1223 457581 E-mail: [email protected]

Further helpful websites reagrding accommodation: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/classified/ http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/tourism/ http://www.cambridgeletting.co.uk http://cusu.cam.ac.uk/support/selfare/accommodation/whowhatwhere.html

The majority of rental agencies are located on Regent Street, just south of the entrance to Downing College.

Married students and students with children Some colleges have accommodation for married students – early notification that you need married accommodation is advisable. For information about childcare please look at the following website: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/childcare/ or contact the Childcare information clerk, Cassie Marks: Tel.: +44 (0)1223 332249 E-Mail: [email protected].

Medical and dental treatment All overseas students on a course lasting over six months are entitled to free medical treatment under the National Health Service. The spouses and children of overseas students are also eligible for free treatment under the National Health Service. Overseas students who will be in the United Kingdom for less than six months are not entitled to free NHS treatment and should take out a health insurance policy. Students from overseas, especially if currently suffering from a medical complaint, are advised to bring with them a letter from their doctor about their medical history to assist the medical authorities in the UK. All students are advised to register with one of the Cambridge doctors’ practices ON ARRIVAL in Cambridge; your College will give you names and addresses. Each College has a nurse who is available for consultation about minor ailments and injuries. ‘Free medical treatment’ means no fee payment to the doctor. However, you have to pay a prescription fee for medication. Each prescription costs £6, but it is always advisable to check with the Chemist whether or not it is cheaper to buy the prescribed items. If you are prescribed medicines, they can be collected from city centre stores such as Boots or Superdrug, or alternatively from the Lloyds Pharmacy situated on Trumpington Street opposite The Fitzwilliam Museum.

English language and writing support

The University of Cambridge Language Centre The University offers an English course for foreign students, which runs each Michaelmas Term Participants of this course will study at the University of Cambridge Language Centre, close to the University Library and the city centre, and stay at a College or with an English family. The course aims to improve the accuracy and style of academic writing, extend the ability to listen and participate effectively in lectures, enhance the efficiency of note taking and improve communication within a social environment. For further details of this course including the cost and entry requirements please contact Anny King: Tel.: +44 (0)1223 335040, E-mail: [email protected], or by writing to: EAP Course, The Language Centre, University of Cambridge, 11 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DA, UK. Please inform the Course Administrator if you are considering this course.

Private language support Cathy Taylor, is a private language teacher who specialises in helping students with their academic writing. Tel: +44 (0)1223 700685, E-mail: [email protected]

Photographs It is a good idea, to bring several passport-sized photographs of yourself - they are used for many ID cards, discount cards etc..

Food

College College food varies in quality, depending on your College. The meals are, however, inexpensive. Since many students live in rented accommodation or in graduate houses that have kitchens, you may have the option of preparing your own food. ‘Formal Hall’ is an Oxbridge institution and should be exploited. It is usually a three course meal, served at the table, usually of better quality than the normal "cafeteria style" food. You may have to wear a gown, say grace (i.e. a prayer) in Latin and other such strange procedures, but this is all part of the fun! You should try and go to as many other Colleges’ Formal Halls as possible. Organise this informally within the class, or your Graduate Society may organise exchanges. Note that Cambridge Colleges operate a rather antiquated system of charging and that in most cases you will be expected to pay more for a meal if you are not a member of that College.

Grad Pad / The University Centre Grad Pad (The University Centre) is located by the river (i.e. close to the ‘The Mill’ pub and ‘The Garden House Hotel’. It offers College-style food, as well as having a bar (with ‘happy- hour’) and a café which is open from 08:00 until about 22:00.

Food (town) There are lots of restaurants in Cambridge catering for varied tastes and pockets. A (not exhaustive) list can be found at the web address below: http://www.localsecrets.com/home.cfm.

Insurance Room Insurance for your possessions can be obtained from Endsleigh Insurance, situated on the Market Square. They also provide a quotation over the web (http://www.endsleigh.co.uk) Basic insurance costs £27, and you can add on computers and mobile phones etc..

Lectures / The language laboratory Graduates may attend any lectures in the University. It is, however, courteous to contact the respective lecturer, in order to let them know that you would like to attend. The Michaelmas special edition of the University Reporter is a good source of information about what lectures are being offered in the university during the year. The university language laboratory, on the Sidgwick site, is open to all students all year if you want to try to learn a language. Courses are generally run in term so it is best to investigate the possibilities before the courses have run for too long, In addition, the Sidgwick site has other language resources.

Libraries (see also section on the Nanoscience Centre and the West Cambridge Campus)

University Library (http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/) The University Library contains one of the greatest collections of books and manuscripts in the world. They provide a number of services, some of which are only available to members of the University. West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR, Tel (01223) 333030. Opening hours: please see website.

The Judge Institute of Management Library (www.jims.cam.ac.uk/library/library_f.html) The journals collection is ‘tiered’ across different media, using print subscriptions, full text electronic databases and document delivery services. Term time opening hours: Mon-Fri 8.45-19.00; Saturday 10.00-13.00.

The Marshall Library (Faculty of Economics and Politics) (www.econ.cam.ac.uk/marshlib/) Has substantial book and periodical holdings in the areas of economics and finance. Term time opening hours: Mon-Fri 08.30-21.00; Saturday 09.00-13.00.

The Betty and Gordon Moore Library (www.lib.cam.ac.uk/BGML/) The Moore library holds the University Library’s working collections in pure and applied mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, materials science and engineering . Opening hours Mon-Fri 09.00-17.00; Saturday 09.00-13.00. (24 hours access to those with validated University Cards)

The Scientific Periodicals Library (www.lib.cam.ac.uk/SPL/) Together with the Moore library, this library provides the University Library’s primary service supporting physical sciences, mathematics and technology. The SPL has specific responsibility for the biological, chemical, earth and environmental sciences. Term time opening hours: Mon-Fri 09.00-20.00; Saturday 09.00-13.00.

Statistical and Official Publications A wide range of statistics and official publications are available. The main collection is in the University Library, which has a special department devoted to Official Publications.

Cambridge Central Library (www.camcnty.gov.uk/library/ver1/cam.htm) A good source of non-academic books; you can also borrow videos, DVDs and CDs

Thesis binding services The Graduate Union (http://www.gradunion.cam.ac.uk/) and the Computing Service (http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/) offer binding services.

Societies’ Fair Whatever your interests, there is likely to be a Cambridge club, where you can mix with the like-minded. Early each Michaelmas (Autumn) term, all Cambridge clubs converge at the Societies’ Fair at Kelsey Kerridge Hall to recruit new, unsuspecting members. It’s worth the trip. See: http://www.cam.ac.uk/societies/ for a list of student societies.

Sports College sport is extremely enthusiastic and great fun. Some Colleges have graduate only teams, which are more laid back; otherwise the standard is usually higher at undergraduate level.

Many students are tempted to join College rowing crews; it’s possible, but can be quite a time- consuming commitment. Discuss your schedule with the team captain before you make a commitment. Several Colleges have graduate boats; in many cases these are your best option. Several students will represent Cambridge University at various sports. The pinnacle of the sporting season is the match against Oxford. Players that participate in this match receive a ‘blue’, so named because Cambridge University colours are light blue and Oxford play in dark blue. Squash is popular with students, in part because of the late closing hours of the courts, and also touch rugby. Punting must be tried before you leave (either early in September/October or after Easter – punting in the winter is no fun). If you are expecting visitors, then you must be able to punt them down the Backs. During the summer, picnics on Grantchester Meadows can be idyllic. Most Colleges have their own punts (even those not backing onto the river).

Student Cards While you should get an ID Card from your College, you may find it useful to get a NUSU Student Card from the Graduate Union (Old DAMTP Building, Silver Street, [email protected]) or an International Student’s Identity Card (from the Graduate Union, STA Travel or Endsleigh Insurance ). You should also get from your College a University card, which enables you to use the Judge Institute Library, among other things.

Telephones Most College-maintained housing facilities are equipped with pay phones; students either have private lines in their Colleges or a cellular telephone if they are in a College that does not have the facility for private lines. Some students have been successful in convincing their sponsoring organisations that a cellular telephone is a necessity - it’s worth a try.

Land line NTL offers a student package (£7.50 per month with voicemail), with free local calls if the called party is on NTL too. (This is the provider for all the University and Colleges). See http://www.ntl.co.uk/locales/gb/en/at-uni/cambridge/default.asp for details. It is very strongly recommended that you set this up as soon as you arrive in Cambridge, because as soon as the undergraduates arrive, NTL will be deluged with students wanting to set up their telephone. If you have problems, then the time taken to get a technician out to service the problem jumps from two days to three weeks.

Mobile Phones There are several providers including Orange, Vodaphone, O2, T-mobile. You can get a ‘pay as you go’ mobile phone, which is less onerous in terms of commitment, but you will pay a lot more in terms of access charges. Over the whole course you might find that a 1-year contract is more economical if you are going to use it frequently. Free text messages (up to 10 a day) to any mobile phone in the UK through this website: http://www.lycos.co.uk. For international calls check out www.just-dial.com. You can also buy cards from newsagents or convenience stores, which will enable you to make international calls for as little as 2p per minute, but please read the small print for details of connection charges etc..

Town For a bird’s eye view of Cambridge look at www.seecambridge.com.

Banking Most High Street banks will offer an account to international students. The accounts available differ from bank to bank and are dependent on your own individual circumstances. A selection of local banks is listed below together with their web addresses. This is only a sample and it is advised that you shop around to find what best suits you. Check the websites before arrival to ensure you have the necessary documentation to open an account. (In any case, opening an account can be a tedious and nerve-wracking experience in the UK.)

♦ Lloyds TSB: http://www.lloydstsb.com ♦ HSBC: http://www.hsbc.com ♦ Royal Bank of Scotland: http://www.rbs.co.uk ♦ Barclays: http://www.barclays.co.uk ♦ NatWest: http://www.natwest.com

Shopping The centre of Cambridge contains plenty of shops, although it will probably take you a while to get used to the small streets and to find them a second time after having stumbled upon them once. Please note that most non-food shops in the city are closed by 6.00pm. Sainsburys and Marks and Spencer stay open later. Stores and places worth knowing about: ♦ Argos (hidden away in Bradwells Court, off St. Andrew’s Street): a catalogue store, offering a wide selection of household and small electrical goods at reasonable prices. ♦ Sainsbury’s (Sidney Street): supermarket, an essential source of food and groceries in the town centre. ♦ WH Smith (Market Street): newsagent, wide selection of newspapers and magazines, and books as well. ♦ HMV (Lion Yard) – Music CD’s, Videos ♦ Boots and Superdrug (St. Andrew’s Street & Sidney Street) - toiletries, cosmetics and medicine. ♦ Ryman (Sidney Street) - specialist stationery store, pricey but gives discount to students. ♦ Maplin Electronics (St. Andrew’s Street) - a specialist electronics store, 5% discount for students. ♦ Jessops (Green Street) – Photographic Supplies. ♦ Robert Sayle –limited range and can be expensive but it’s Cambridge’s only department store. ♦ The open-air street market (in Market Square) is a good source of fresh fruit and vegetables. ♦ Grafton Centre (East Road) – all-purpose shopping centre. Close to the Warner Village cinema.

Many shops (e.g. clothes and record stores) offer a discount on production of your student card.

Bookshops As can be expected of an academic city, Cambridge has a large number of bookshops. Books for the course should be available from Heffers, Waterstones and Borders, as well as most online booksellers. A student discount is available on all books published by Cambridge University Press: these can be purchased at their bookshop, located on the corner of Trinity Street and Market Street. Other bookshops in the city are a good source of discounted and second-hand books (e.g. Galloway and Porter).

Transport (see also section on the Nanoscience Centre and the West Cambridge Campus)

Car Parking There are no parking facilities at most University Departments in the centre of Cambridge. However, there is short-term parking available on Trumpington Street on parking meters. Beware of Traffic Wardens if you overstay the allotted time, as there is a £40 fine imposed for parking offences.

Taxis Taxis are fairly widespread but not cheap. For example, a taxi from the City Centre to the railway station will cost you about £5.00. These are just a few of the several companies: ♦ Diamond 523523 ♦ Camtax 313131 ♦ A1 Taxis 525555

Buses (for local and short distance travel) The main coach and bus station is situated on Drummer Street, but there are bus stops all around Cambridge. For further information on timetables and fares phone Stagecoach: +44 (0)1223 423554 or visit their website: http://www.stagecoachbus.com/cambridge /index_html/index_html.

Coaches (for long distance travel) Coaches are cheaper than trains, although they can often be long, slow journeys. There are services between Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted airports and Cambridge and frequent services between London and Cambridge. National Express 24 hour fare booking and timetable enquiry line: Tel: +44 (0)8705 808080, website: www.nationalexpress.com.

Trains The railway station is 20 minutes walk from the city centre, situated on Station Road, off Hills Road. There are extensive links from Cambridge to the rest of the country. Although this is not the cheapest mode of transport, it can often be the quickest. For example, Cambridge to London (King’s Cross) on the express service is 45 minutes. If you are planning a trip outside Cambridge, it is advisable to book well in advance, as some discounts are available. As a full time student you may also be eligible for a Young Persons’ Rail Card which gives you about one third off normal fares-apply at the railway station. 24 hour fare booking and timetable enquiry line: +44 (0)8457 484950, website: www.railtrack.com.

Bicycles Bicycles are probably the best way to get around Cambridge, particularly if your college is some distance from the city centre and/or the nanoscience centre. Cambridge drivers can sometimes be inconsiderate towards cyclists, and students who ride bicycles, especially those from overseas who are not yet familiar with English traffic, are urged to take particular care. Make sure that your cycle is in good condition (i.e. that the brakes work, that it is equipped with light and reflectors, etc.). Please make sure that you can be seen at night (i.e. wear reflective clothing) and wear a cycle helmet. You will also need a secure padlock, as bicycle theft is a big problem in Cambridge. Please make yourself familiar with the Highway Code http://www.tso.co.uk/highway_code.html to brush up on your rules of the road.

Career Services

Career service for female graduate students Cambridge University runs a career service for women, called Springboard. This development programme which is run at Cambridge jointly by the University and Colleges to encourage the personal and professional development of undergraduate women in the University (there is a separate programme for women staff and graduate students). For more information, please see: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/staffdev/springboard/intro.html and http://www.springboardconsultancy.com/springboard.htm

Career service for male graduate students Cambridge University runs a a personal development programme for men, called Navigator; it is designed for those who wish to progress and to develop themselves. The programme is held over a three-month period. It is available to all men employed by the University and to all men graduate students. For more details, see: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/staffdev/programme/induction/in0372.html ( and http://www.springboardconsultancy.com/navigator.htm).

Alumni organisations

CMI MPhil alumni organisation CMI is currently setting up an alumni organisation for students of the M.Phil. courses; details about this will be made available within the academic year 2004/05.

University of Cambridge Alumni Membership is free and automatic on graduation. For further information please contact Jenny Jardine, 10 Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1QY, Tel.: +44 (0)1223 330240, website: www.foundation.cam.ac.uk/alumni/alumni.

The Cambridge Society For further information please contact Bill Kirkman, 32 Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1QY, Tel.: +44 (0)1223 741211 or look at the website www.cam.ac.uk/cambuniv/cambsoc. There is a charge for membership.

Cambridge in America (formerly American Friends) This is principally a fundraising body. Further information available at www.cantab.org.

United Oxford and Cambridge University Club A London club with, among other facilities, dining and overnight accommodation in London. Further information from The Membership Secretary, 71 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HD or look at the website http://www.oxfordandcambridgeclub.co.uk where you will find details of membership rates.