Register as a Supervisor
CamCORS website: https://apps.casc.cam.ac.uk/ors/
CamCORS guides: https://www.ois.cam.ac.uk/casc/camcors/documents
Information for Supervisors
Supervisions are the core of the educational provision of the Cambridge Colleges, as a medium through which undergraduate students learn to work autonomously, to learn with and from others, to argue and to present arguments, to handle problems, to question their own assumptions, and to meet deadlines. They rely on mutual respect between supervisors and students. The number and frequency of supervisions to be given, and the size of the group, must be agreed with the relevant Director of Studies (or other designated person in the case of departmentally arranged supervisions).
You are expected to make your own arrangements for the locations of any supervisions, considering the availability of your students. Supervisions should be held in a suitable, accessible location which cannot be seen as intimate: a bed-sitting- room or private residence, as examples, are not appropriate venues. Teaching space is available in individual Colleges and in some Faculties and Departments: if you have any problem finding an appropriate place in which to supervise contact the Director(s) of Studies of the student(s) you are supervising.
Supervisors support students to thrive intellectually and prepare them to succeed in Tripos assessments. Your provision should be tailored to the needs of the students you supervise. As a supervisor, you determine and decide the best teaching for your students, and you should ensure that your preparation time is proportionate to the number of hours you will be teaching: if you find the work needed to prepare for and provide your supervisions excessive you should raise this with the relevant Director(s) of Studies.
Training
All new supervisors should take part in introductory training unless their primary employer (the University or a College) waives some or all the requirement because of their prior teaching experience.
Training is available on Moodle:
- An Introduction to Undergraduate Supervision - provided by CCTL
- CamCORS
Experienced teachers are also very welcome to engage in other teaching development programmes, such as those which are provided by CCTL.
Initial Payment for New Supervisors
The intercollegiate University recognises that supervisors require preparation at the outset to take on the role of supervising undergraduates. This will include a mixture of required online and face-to-face training, typically provided by CCTL, as well as other orientation exercises at their personal discretion. From Michaelmas Term 2023, all new supervisors will receive a payment in recognition of those tasks.
The payment for 2023/24 is £100.
New supervisors do not need to apply for this payment: eligible supervisors are identified by the date they were given access to CamCORS and must submit at least one approved supervision report to qualify for the payment. Eligibility will be checked, and payments made, towards the end of January, April, July, and October each year. Payments will be sent either directly to a new supervisor or via their College, according to their preferred payment method on CamCORS.
Current Payment Rates
The following are the 2023-24 rates used between Colleges when their employed staff or Fellows offer their supervision services for other Colleges. These intercollegiate rates may be used by Colleges to set their own payment rates for supervisions, but Colleges set their payment rates independently. Supervisors are advised to check with individual Colleges the precise rates of payment that will apply to them.
Per supervision:
- 1 pupil: £35.72
- 2 pupils: £41.94
- 3 pupils: £48.16
- 4 or more pupils: £50.92
Deadlines for Academic Year 2024-25
Details of deadlines for Academic Year 2024-25 will be available shortly.
Supervision Rooms
Supervision rooms at Fitzwilliam College can be booked by contacting our Events Office: college.events@fitz.cam.ac.uk
Email for Fitzwilliam Supervision Queries
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