What is expected of Students?
This summer school is for postgraduate students and young researchers in both academia and industry working in biomedical engineering, biophysics or related areas. The course is aimed at participants who have either a physical or life science background and multidisciplinary activities will be an important feature of the Summer School. Tutorial activities will be managed so that these are appropriate to the knowledge and experience of the individual participants. The school aims to teach students to apply mathematical principles learnt as undergraduates to real world biomedical problems, which can be complex and not routinely performed. A certain amount of mathematical knowledge is expected before starting the course, and applicants are expected to know most of the following mathematical concepts. If in doubt please contact us: • Functions: graphing, function of a function, inequality, discontinuity, symmetry, multi-valued functions, trigonometric and hyperbolic functions, inverse func
In the U.S., many subscribe to what Bamburg dubs a philosophy of “educational predestination.” That is, innate ability is viewed as the main determinant of academic success. The role played by effort, amount and quality of instruction, and parental involvement is discounted (Bamburg). Poor performance in school is often attributed to low ability, and ability is viewed as being immune to alteration, much like eye or skin color. Therefore, poorly performing students often come to believe that no matter how much effort they put forth, it will not be reflected in improved performance. This view contrasts sharply with the predominant perspective in many other cultures, where hard work and effort are considered key to students’ academic achievement. In these cultures, high expectations are maintained for all students, and if a student is not succeeding, it is attributed to lack of effort and hard work, not to insufficient intellectual ability. Tracking and ability grouping can also affect ex
The summer REU program is a core part of the research and education mission of CBG. While every student, mentor and project is different, we place high expectations on all the students and their mentors to ensure everyone has an excellent albeit demanding research experience. These expectations are stated explicitly for mentors and students to ensure all participants understand them and act within this spirit. Students are expected to comply with the Code Of Conduct that they sign as part of their acceptance materials.
