PROGRAMME 9.15am - 9.45am Registration of NRP jr 2017 Participants - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

9.15am - 9.45am Registration of NRPjr 2017 Participants 9.45am - 11.00am NRP TRAINING SEMINAR – SESSION I Etiquette of Research & Research Methodologies

• David Butler (Assoc Prof)

11.00am – 12.00pm NRP TRAINING SEMINAR – SESSION II Data Analysis Techniques

• G. Roshan Deen (Asst Prof)

12.00pm – 1.00pm LUNCH 1.00pm - 2.00pm NRP TRAINING SEMINAR – SESSION III The Art of Research Paper Writing

• Sujata Surinder Kathpalia (Dr)

2.00pm – 3.00pm Administrative Briefing for NRPjr 2017 Participants 3.00pm – 4.30pm NRP 2016 Project Showcase (9 x 10 min) 4.30pm – 5.00pm TEA RECEPTION

PROGRAMME

• Acceptance of Offer
• NRPjr Timeline
• PDPA & Parental Consent Form
• GIRO Form
• Navigating to the TO Website
• Contacting my Supervisor
• My NRPjr Supervisor
• NTU Office Hours
• Documents to Hand to my Supervisor
• Contacting my Supervisor
• Drawing up a Gantt Chart
• Who Should I Turn to for Help?
• Withdrawal from the NRPjr
• How will TO Communicate with Me?
• Monthly Progress Updating Sheet
• Attendance Log
• Research Log
• Assessment Components
• Reimbursement Claims (Consumables)
• Transport Claims

ITEMS COVERED

NRP Symposium & Training Seminar

4 April 2017

NRPjr Research

April – December 2017

Submission of Progress Report

11 September 2017

Submission of Research Paper & Research Log

1st week of January 2018

NRP Symposium & Oral Presentation Assessment

4 April 2018

Release of results for NRPjr

July 2018

TIMELINE

• You would have already received an email notification, informing you of

your successful placement into NRPjr and would have already acceptance our offer

• You were also asked to verify and check against your particulars upon

registration this morning.

• The onus is on you to ensure that your particulars and contact

details are correct and accurate.

• Do remember to update TO immediately should your contact details

(mobile number and/or email address) change.

• Send an email to TalentOutreach@ntu.edu.sg. You should clearly

identify yourself by providing us with your name, school and NRIC / FIN, along with the contact information that needs to be amended.

ACCEPTANCE

• All student participants are required to submit the following forms

before starting work on your NRPjr project.

• Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA)
• Parental Consent Form
• GIRO Form
• These forms can be downloaded from the Talent Outreach website. To

navigate to the forms: www.ntu.edu.sg/TalentOutreach

• > Nanyang Research Programme (NRP)
• > Resources for Students
• > Forms / Log Sheets

PDPA & PARENTAL CONSENT FORM

www.ntu.edu.sg/TalentOutreach

• > NRP Junior Researcher

• > Resources for Students

• > Forms / Log Sheet

PDPA & PARENTAL CONSENT FORM

Signatur nature Signatur nature

DEADLINE: 13 April 2017 (Thursday)

Form is to be submitted to your Teacher Coordinator

Signatur nature

GIRO FORM

DEADLINE: 13 April 2017 (Thursday)

Form is to be submitted to your Teacher Coordinator

• How can I obtain more information about my NRPjr Supervisor?

MY NRPjr SUPERVISOR

• How can I obtain more information about my NRPjr Supervisor?

MY NRPjr SUPERVISOR

Tan Yap Peng

• What if my Supervisor is from NIE?

MY NRPjr SUPERVISOR

• What if my Supervisor is from NIE?

MY NRPjr SUPERVISOR

• What if my Supervisor is from NIE?

MY NRPjr SUPERVISOR

• What if my Supervisor is from NIE?

MY NRPjr SUPERVISOR

• What if my Supervisor is from NIE?

MY NRPjr SUPERVISOR

• If all else fails?

MY NRPjr SUPERVISOR Mr.

• Do remember that not all Supervisors are local / native to Singapore –

many of our Professors are foreigners and some are new to Singapore.

• What does this mean?
• They may not have an understanding of the Singapore educational

landscape.

• They may not know what our school hours are like.
• They may not understand how demanding education can be in

Singapore.

• You will have to communicate clearly and not take things

for granted or assume that your Supervisor necessarily knows / understands the challenges / demands you might be facing in school.

MY NRPjr SUPERVISOR

• Mondays to Thursdays: 8.30am to 5.45pm

Fridays: 8.30am to 5.15pm Saturdays / Sundays & Public Holidays: Closed

• DO NOT assume that your Supervisor will always be at his / her desk or

in the office – he / she may be away at class, meetings or in the lab doing research. Always make prior arrangements with your Supervisor before heading to NTU to meet with him/her.

NTU OFFICE HOURS

• MOE School Calendar
• The NTU Academic Calendar differs quite significantly from the MOE

School Calendar.

• Your vacation periods DO NOT MATCH those of your Supervisor’s.
• DO NOT assume that your Supervisor will be in Singapore during the

NTU Semestral vacation periods.

Period MOE School NTU May/Jun 27 May to 25 Jun 2017 8 May to 4 Aug 2017 Sept 2 Sept to 10 Sept 2017 2 Oct to 6 Oct 2017 Nov/Dec 25 Nov to 31 Dec 2017 11 Dec 2017 to 12 Jan 2018

DOCUMENTS TO HAND MY SUPERVISOR

• School Timetable & CCA Days
• You should give a copy of your school timetable to your Supervisor.
• You should also alert your Supervisor of your expected CCA days or

any other days in the week you may have other commitments to attend to and therefore will not be able to head down to NTU to work on your NRPjr project.

• Travel Time to NTU
• You may also want to alert your Supervisor of the time it would take

for you to travel from your home / school to NTU.

• Distance must NEVER be an excuse for your unwillingness

to head to NTU – you should have factored NTU’s location into your decision when you decided to accept

• ur offer.

DOCUMENTS TO HAND MY SUPERVISOR

• Your School’s Event Calendar
• You should inform your Supervisor of the dates / periods you will

not be able to work on your project because of: ¤ Common tests ¤ Mid-year and end-of-year examinations ¤ Competitions

• Holiday / Home Leave Periods
• It is also your responsibility to communicate clearly to your

Supervisor the periods you expect to go on holiday, and also the dates of your home leave and the duration you expect to be away.

DOCUMENTS TO HAND MY SUPERVISOR

• Contact Details
• Give your Supervisor your

¤ Home number ¤ Mobile number ¤ Preferred email address

• Get from your Supervisor his/her

¤ Office address ¤ Office telephone number ¤ Mobile number (don’t insist, some Profs are not comfortable sharing this number with students) ¤ Email address

DOCUMENTS TO HAND MY SUPERVISOR

• Remember to tell your Supervisor the best time for him / her to contact
• you. Similarly, you should also find out from your Supervisor the best

time for you to contact him / her as well as his / her preferred mode of communication.

• Some Supervisors may ask one of their Graduate / PhD students or a

Research Officer in their laboratory to mentor you – do check with your

• Supervisor. Find out who your immediate mentor will be and make sure

that you have the contact details of this person.

• ALWAYS copy your NRPjr Teacher Co-ordinator in all

emails that you send to your Supervisor.

CONTACTING MY SUPERVISOR

• A Gantt chart is one of the most popular and useful ways of showing

activities / tasks / events displayed against time.

• The vertical axis lists the activities / tasks you need to complete; the

horizontal axis shows the time / duration needed for each activity.

• Each activity is represented by a bar; the position and length of the

bar reflects the start date, duration and end date of the activity.

• This allows you to see at a glance:

¤ What the various activities are ¤ When each activity begins and ends ¤ How long each activity is scheduled to last ¤ Where activities overlap with other activities, and by how much ¤ The start and end date of the whole project

GANTT CHART

• List your activities / tasks
• Estimate / Anticipate the expected start time for each activity
• Estimate the time / duration required per activity
• Arrange activities in sequential order

DRAWING A SIMPLE GANTT CHART

List of activities

April May June July August September October November December January February March April

DRAWING A SIMPLE GANTT CHART

Decide methodology Submit/present proposal Finalise methodology Conduct research Analyse data Write up Submit assignment

Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk24 Wk23 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19 Wk20 Wk21 Wk22

DRAWING A SIMPLE GANTT CHART

DRAWING A SIMPLE GANTT CHART

Project-related NRPjr Supervisor Appointed Mentor NRPjr Teacher Mentor Programme-related Talent Outreach Section / NTU NRPjr Teacher Co-ordinator Communication issues Talent Outreach Section / NTU NRPjr Teacher Mentor or Co-ordinator

• Your NRPjr Teacher Mentor and Co-ordinator should always be your first

line of contact. He / She should also always be copied in all your emails to your Supervisor / Mentor / Talent Outreach.

WHO SHOULD I TURN TO FOR HELP?

• All students who wish to withdraw from the NRPjr are to fill in the
• fficial Withdrawal Form.
• You are responsible for informing your Supervisor of your intention to

withdraw as well as the reason(s) for withdrawal.

• Withdrawal Forms are to be submitted through your school’s NRPjr

Teacher Co-ordinator.

WITHDRAWAL

WITHDRAWAL

• > Forms / Log Sheet

• Talent Outreach, NTU will liaise with you primarily via email. We will

also send information through your NRPjr Teacher Co-ordinator. The

• nus is however on you to check your email regularly.
• All programme-related information and announcements will also be

uploaded to the Talent Outreach website. Do check our website regularly for updates:

www.ntu.edu.sg/TalentOutreach

GETTING IN TOUCH WITH ME

• You are to record all the meetings you have with your Supervisor /

Mentor in the course of working on your NRPjr project in your Monthly Progress Updating Sheet.

• You are required to get your NRPjr Supervisor / Mentor to sign on the

form each time you meet up to work on your project.

• The original Monthly Progress Updating Sheet along with the

Attendance Log Sheet is to be submitted to your NRPjr Teacher Co-

• rdinator on at the end of each month from April to Dec.

MONTHLY PROGRESS UPDATE

MONTHLY PROGRESS UPDATE

MONTHLY PROGRESS UPDATE

To be submitted to your NRP Teacher Coordinator at the end of each month

• You are to record all trips you have made to NTU in the course of

working on your NRPjr project in your Attendance Log.

• You are required to get your NRPjr Supervisor to sign on the form each

time you meet up or make a trip down to NTU to work on your project.

• The original Attendance Log is to be submitted to your NRPjr Teacher Co-
• rdinator together with your Student Transport Claim Form by 26

January 2018.

ATTENDANCE LOG

To be submitted to your Teacher Coordinator every month and together with your transport claim, research log and research paper in January 2018

ATTENDANCE LOG

• You will be required to keep a research log.
• A research log should contain your notes, a comprehensive list of

sources, and all other information relevant to your project.

• You should also keep notes on comments and suggestions given by your

NRPjr Supervisor, ideas and questions you may have, as well as any analysis of data that you may have done, along with notes on discrepancies / anomalies identified.

RESEARCH LOG

• Your NRPjr Supervisor may request to review your Research Log from

time to time.

• It is recommended that you keep your log on loose A4 sheets that you

should file away – you will eventually have to scan all hard-copy notes / drawings / mind-maps etc. for submission to our online portal for the perusal of your Supervisor in January 2018.

RESEARCH LOG

ASSESSMENT COMPONENTS

• NRPjr

3P

s

Process

(Research Disposition)

Product

(Research Paper) Presentation (Oral Presentation)

• Supervisor (20%)
• Supervisor (30%)
• Independent

Assessor (30%)

• Supervisor
• Independent

Assessors (20%)

• All reimbursement claims for costs on consumables incurred as a result
• f your NRPjr Project will have to be claimed through your NRPjr

Supervisor.

• Claims must be supported by an official receipt or invoice bearing the

company’s / shop’s name and a clear description of the item purchased. Not all items are claimable. Details will be released to your NRPjr Supervisor.

• Original receipts or invoices must be submitted to your NRPjr Supervisor

within 2 weeks of the purchase date.

REIMBURSEMENT CLAIMS

• A one-off claim can be made for the cost of taxi fares incurred as a result
• f your having to travel to NTU to work on your NRPjr Project.
• This claim is subject to a cap of $125 per student.
• You are allowed to claim for taxi-fare of $25 per trip to NTU, to a

maximum of $125.

• You may only claim for reimbursement for the trip TO NTU.
• Your Attendance Log must be submitted along with

your Transport Claim Form.

TRANSPORT CLAIMS

Details in your Transport Claim Form must match the information reflected on the accompanying receipt as well as your Attendance Log

TRANSPORT CLAIMS

TRANSPORT CLAIMS

WHAT DO I HAVE TO GIVE TO MY NRPjr SUPERVISOR

• Contact details (home phone, mobile phone & email)
• Teacher Coordinator’s / Mentor’s contact details (contact no., & email)
• MOE School Calendar
• Holiday / Home leave periods
• Travel time to NTU
• School timetable (including CCA days and other school commitments +

best time for Sup to contact you)

• Block / Common test dates
• Mid- / End-of-year / Promotional exam dates
• Expected CCA competition dates
• Project work / oral presentation (for JC students)

SUBMISSION DEADLINES

DATE DESCRIPTION 13 Apr 2017

• Parental Consent Form
• PDPA Form
• GIRO Form

End-Apr 2017 Early-May 2017

• Gantt Chart with a working timeline for the project

(student should have worked in consultation with his/her Supervisor on this) Monthly (Apr to Dec)

• Monthly Progress Report
• Attendance Log Sheet

11 Sept 2017

• Mid-Project Progress Report

9 Jan 2018

• Research Paper
• Research Log

26 Jan 2018

• Transport Claim Form

Feb 2018

• Poster for NRP Symposium 2018

• All information on the NRPjr is available on the Talent Outreach website.
• Do check our website regularly for important announcements / updates.

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/TalentOutreach/ NRPJunior/Pages/Resources-(for-Students)- .aspx

www.ntu.edu.sg/TalentOutreach

• Direct all programme-related queries on the NRPjr to the Talent

Outreach section at TalentOutreach@ntu.edu.sg.

Remember to always copy your NRPjr Teacher Co-

• rdinator in all your correspondence / emails with

NTU and your Supervisor.

TalentOutreach@ntu.edu.sg