Project work must be planned to take account of your other workload (e.g. module coursework). You may need to spend several weeks in each vacation on project work, catching up on experiments/design/computing and drafting your reports. Experimental work and any substantial computing should be completed before the beginning of the Easter term, leaving the Easter term for consolidation and writing up. 

During weeks 7 or 8 of the Michaelmas term, you are required to give a short oral presentation to staff and other students working on projects in the same general subject area.

At the beginning of the Lent term, you are required to submit a brief technical milestone report. 

A technical abstract and final project report are submitted at the end of week 5 of the Easter term.  You make a final presentation of your project work in weeks 6 or 7 of the Easter term.  These usually take the form of ‘mini-conferences’ with all presentations in a subject group taking place on the same day, with all staff and students in that group in attendance, and in some cases external guests (e.g. from industry).