Guidance for supervisors

To view a students DoS or Tutors CRSID, please create a report in CamCORS.  For further contact details of Directors of Studies or Tutors, please check the colleges People page on the website.  The DoS in each subject will be able to offer support and advice regarding individuals and academic matters.

Content Requirements

Your praise, advice, and where deserved your constructive yet frank criticism, are crucial feedback on which our students depend to fulfil their intellectual potential. In all normal circumstances, this feedback includes filling in the various drop-down boxes detailing Industry, Progress, Interest, and Estimate of Term's Work, as well as providing substantive feedback in free text.  If you are unsure about how to estimate a students' supervision work in terms of a predicted Tripos Class, the student's DoS will be able to advise you; most Faculties also provide marking guidelines, which you may find useful to comment.

Release to students

Please remember to ensure reports are viewable by students unless you do not want them to see your report until released by the Director of Studies.

Pastoral and Welfare Issues

If you have any concerns regarding a student, please raise them with the students Director of Studies or Tutor in the first instance.  The college has a robust welfare system consisting of a Head of Student Wellbeing, Student Wellbeing Advisor, Pastoral Tutor and Nurse.  

Payment Dates

If you have not supervised before you may be new to CamCORS, the system whereby supervision reports are entered and then payment processed by Payroll. 

In order to create a supervisor account, you must have set up a Raven password and CRSid.  Once you are ready please follow this link to set up a CamCORS Supervisor account.  

If you continue to supervise, you will be asked to renew your supervisor account yearly.

Your College will be required to approve the new supervisor account request.  If you are a Student Visa holder, the College will complete Right to Work checks, require copies of your Visa and Passport and you will also be asked to sign a contract.  PhD students on a Student Visa or Directors of Studies/Fellows on the College Payroll must choose the payment option "Via College Payroll" when requesting their CamCORS account.  

Once your request has been approved, you must complete the payment information and then you can begin to create reports for your students. The following link takes you to the CamCORS home page where you can login and also find user manuals for supervisors, this will explain the process of setting up your account for payments and creating reports. http://www.camcors.cam.ac.uk/

The Supporting Supervisions site

• Guidance for all undergraduate supervisors, and links to College-specific resources.
• Guidance for Directors of Studies to support them, and on how they can best support their supervisors.
• Training and information for new supervisors and Directors of Studies, and examples of good practice to support College teaching.
• Information on work of the Senior Tutors’ Education Committee and Directors of Studies’ Committees.

Details on the college policies on fitness to study, freedom or speech and discipline can be found on the College policies, protocols and statements webpage.  You should also be aware of the Safe Guarding Expectations policy provided by the University.

The Moodle Site Sidney Supervisors Network, has been created where you can introduce yourselves, share resources and shape what you want this community to be. All those who are currently supervising for Sidney Sussex are welcome. Introduce yourself in the forum, checkout our meetup dates and vote on how you'd like us to use our first meet-up sessions.

Sidney Sussex College supervision and payment queries

Please direct your queries to supervisions@sid.cam.ac.uk 

Room bookings for supervisions

The College has rooms that can be booked by Sidney supervisors.  These can be booked via the Conference and Events Office. 

Technical Issue with CamCORS

help@camcors,cam.ac.uk.

Further information on CamCORS can be found on the Office of Intercollegiate Services website.