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Independent project work plan – template

Course information

Course code:	Click here to add text.

Main subject:	Choose a subject.

Scope:	Choose scope.

Student information

Name:	Click here to add text.

Personal identity number:	Click here to add text.

Main supervisor

Name:	Click here to add text.

Department:	Click here to add text.

Assistant supervisor (if applicable – copy the text box if more than one)

Name:	Click here to add text.

Department/external:	Click here to add text.

Contact details (if external):	Click here to add text.

Examiner

Name:	Click here to add text.

Risk assessment

The supervisor and student have reviewed	☐
potential risks related to the independent project.

The risk assessment identifies possible risks	☐
such as working with motorised tools, live
animals, dangerous chemicals, or working alone.
Accordingly, the work plan outlines specific
measures to minimise the risk of accidents.

Ethical approval of animal experiments

Ethical approval not deemed necessary:	☐

Ethical approval obtained:	☐

SLU-ID: Click here to add an SLU ID.

Processing of personal data

No personal data will be processed as part of the independent project:	☐

Personal data will be processed as part of the independent project:	☐

The supervisor and the student have read and	☐
are familiar with the information on data protection
in independent projects available on the staff web
(internt.slu.se/data-protection-manuals).

The independent project has been registered in SLU’s register	☐
of processing of personal data.

The student has informed participants of how their personal data	☐

will be processed and has obtained their consent.
A template for this, in Swedish and English, is available on the staff web (internt.slu.se/data-protection-manuals).

Other information

The independent project is carried out abroad.	☐
The outgoing student is insured.	☐

The independent project is carried out in pairs.	☐
Each student’s work plan states how the project will
be reported to assess individual student performance.

The independent project must be carried out in accordance with the SLU rules for independent projects (Chapter 9 of the Education Planning and Administration Handbook). The student must discuss their project with the supervisor before writing their work plan.

Delete any headings below which are not used. You can also add your own headings. Dates or instructions that apply to all students on a course should either be added to the work plan or referred to.

Project description

Preliminary title of the independent project

Preliminary Swedish title:	Click here to add text.

Preliminary English title:	Click here to add text.

Background/problem description

Click here to add text.

Purpose and question/hypothesis

Click here to add text.

Material and method

Click here to add text.

Implementation and delimitation

Click here to add text.

Presentation format

Click here to add text.

Supervision

The agreed number of supervision hours, number of meetings and forms of supervision

Click here to add text.

Risk assessment and measures

Click here to add text.

Schedule

Start date

Click here to enter a date.

Collection period, processing and compiling material, editing text/images

Click here to add text.

Submission of a preliminary version to the supervisor

Click here to enter a date.

Submission to the examiner

Click here to enter a date.

Preparing for presentation (assessment) and completing peer assessment

Click here to add text.

Final presentation

Click here to enter a date.

Additional work, if applicable, and submission of the final version to the examiner

Click here to enter a date.

Publishing – see next page

Signatures

Student:

I, the undersigned, hereby approve the work plan.

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Date	Signature	Name in block letters

Supervisor:

I, the undersigned, hereby approve the work plan, which has been drawn up by the student in consultation with me.

___________________________________________________________________

Date	Signature	Name in block letters

Examiner:

I, the undersigned, hereby endorse the work plan.

___________________________________________________________________

Date	Signature	Name in block letters

Department notes:	Work plan received, date: _______________________

Publishing

Independent projects (degree projects) that have received a Pass grade are deposited and published in Epsilon, SLU’s electronic publishing tool, as described in Chapter 9 of the Education Planning and Administration Handbook (internt.slu.se/education-handbook). A deposition involves registering the student’s work and uploading a full-text copy.

As a student and author, you own the copyright of your work. You need to approve the publishing of your work. You approve publishing by signing below. You can also approve publishing when you submit your work. In the library’s template for independent projects, you can indicate if your paper can be published or not.

If you choose Yes, the full-text pdf file and metadata will be visible, searchable and available for anyone on the internet to read and download. If more than one person is writing the paper, you need to agree to publish it.
Read about SLU’s publishing agreement on the library pages (slu.se/publishing-agreement).

If you choose No, only the metadata and abstract will be visible and searchable. Regardless of what you choose, the work must be deposited in Epsilon to allow electronic archiving of the full-text pdf file, as required by the Archives Act.

Signature – publishing

☐ YES, I/we hereby give permission to publish the present project in accordance with the SLU agreement on the transfer of rights to publish a work.

☐ NO, I/we do not give permission to publish the present project. The text will still be archived and its metadata and abstract will be visible and searchable.

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Date	Signature	Name in block letters