Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whatsapp Guide for Faculty/Staff UTA Request Need a helping hand? Faculty can submit your UTA request to UTOP Office via SAMS UTOP Portal during the UTA request period (refer to schedule). To qualify for UTA request, the module/subject must have run at least once, so that undergraduates who have taken the module before can be engaged as UTA. Student-initiated Workshops Faculty may be approached by students to be an advisor for their own self-initiated UTOP workshops. The role of an advisor is to provide support and advice on the students' activity. He/she may simply act as a resource, moderator or to point students in the right direction whenever necessary. He/she is also required to endorse the students' proposal plan prior to submission and student timesheet once the activity is completed. Student Evaluation Towards the end of the UTOP activity, faculty/staff advisors will be asked to verify the contact hours accumulated by each UTOPer. To qualify for the UTOP certificate, students need to fulfil 26 contact hours (defined as teaching interaction, of which up to one third of the hours can be considered towards course preparatory or administrative work). How is UTOP different from other schemes? UTOP Other Schemes Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA) Student-Initiated Projects Termed as UTAs. Non-paid & fully voluntary. UTAs need to fulfil 26 contact hours: defined as teaching interaction. Up to 1/3 of the hours can be considered towards course preparatory or administrative work. Students must have completed the subject before they can be engaged. A UTOP certificate will be issued when UTAs fulfil 26 contact hours as defined above. Termed as Student Instructors. Non-paid, fully voluntary & initiated by students. Student Instructors need to fulfil 26 contact hours: defined as teaching interaction. Up to 1/3 of the hours can be considered towards workshop preparatory or administrative work. UTOP certificate will be issued when student instructors fulfil 26 contact hours as defined above. *These schemes do not fall under UTOP. Students@Part-time Work Scheme (Office of Student Life) Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA) (Office of Graduate Studies) Termed as Student Helpers Paid positions. If your requirements do not fit under UTOP, you may consider the Students@Part-time Work Scheme. More information can be found here. Alternatively, please contact the Office of Student Life for assistance. Termed as TAs or Graduate Instructors Faculty who wish to engage graduate students, please approach the respective Pillar’s Graduate Studies Associate Programme Director for more information.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA) Student-Initiated Projects Termed as UTAs. Non-paid & fully voluntary. UTAs need to fulfil 26 contact hours: defined as teaching interaction. Up to 1/3 of the hours can be considered towards course preparatory or administrative work. Students must have completed the subject before they can be engaged. A UTOP certificate will be issued when UTAs fulfil 26 contact hours as defined above. Termed as Student Instructors. Non-paid, fully voluntary & initiated by students. Student Instructors need to fulfil 26 contact hours: defined as teaching interaction. Up to 1/3 of the hours can be considered towards workshop preparatory or administrative work. UTOP certificate will be issued when student instructors fulfil 26 contact hours as defined above.
*These schemes do not fall under UTOP. Students@Part-time Work Scheme (Office of Student Life) Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA) (Office of Graduate Studies) Termed as Student Helpers Paid positions. If your requirements do not fit under UTOP, you may consider the Students@Part-time Work Scheme. More information can be found here. Alternatively, please contact the Office of Student Life for assistance. Termed as TAs or Graduate Instructors Faculty who wish to engage graduate students, please approach the respective Pillar’s Graduate Studies Associate Programme Director for more information.