Opposition

• critically review the quality of the bachelor's thesis work performed and the bachelor's report.
• identify both weaknesses and strengths.
• engage in a constructive dialogue and discussion about how the work could have been done differently.
• if you need more inspiration, you can consult an external source, for example uppsatsguiden.se

Some practical details:

• Upload your own report to Lisam in the folder "Collaborative workspace/Group XX/Rapport/Opposition", where XX is your group number, along with a change log indicating which actions/changes have been made since the previous submission and where these can be found for each comment the group has received on the report from the course leadership. Agree with the groups you are opposing on when the report should be uploaded to Lisam if there is a request to upload it earlier than the deadline in the TimeEdit schedule.
• When preparing the opposition, reflect on the content and base your work on the Assessment template for bachelor's reports and answer the following questions. The opposition, including the assessment and answers, should be uploaded to Lisam in the same folder where the opponent group's report is located: "Collaborative workspace/Group XX/Rapport-opposition", where XX is the opponent group's number.
  
• Decide yourselves whether to use a PowerPoint presentation or not.
• An examination requirement is that each individual student must have attended 2 oppositions concerning a project other than their own and the one they opposed.
• Supervisors and the examiner will also make an assessment, which will be communicated to the groups (see the Sprints page and TimeEdit schedule for exact times), and the bachelor's reports approved for presentation will be presented.
• There are WebReg groups to register for. Each group has been assigned 3 WebReg groups, so each group has 3 opportunities to oppose. Each group divides itself into 3 internal subgroups. Each WebReg group involves 4 different subgroups. In each WebReg group, you can see when and where the opposition takes place and which groups are to oppose. For example, WebReg group 01: 8:00 Groups: 4,2,3,10 means that for WebReg group 01, the opposition takes place from 8:00 to 9:00 for groups 4, 2, 3, and 10, as follows:
  - group 4 opposes group 2
  - group 2 opposes group 3
  - group 3 opposes group 10.
  - group 10 opposes group 4.
  Each group member must log in to WebReg and register according to the figure below:

  The same principle applies to all WebReg groups. This means that each group receives feedback from 3 other groups.
  

  Remember that the opposition must be conducted both orally and in writing as described above. The written opposition should be uploaded to Lisam in the respondent's folder where the report is located, no later than the same day as the opposition.

• Go to WebReg to register for an opposition session.

   

Each bachelor's thesis presentation should last 30 minutes. The oral presentation must, of course, be well-prepared:

• Reports approved for presentation must be presented.
• The language of the presentation is English or Swedish. We recommend English, as sometimes the only person attending the presentation is a doctoral student with limited Swedish skills. Treat this as an exercise in presenting in English – it's not the end of the world if you stumble over a word or slip in a Swedish term when you can't recall the translation.
• The presentation focuses on the bachelor's thesis report.
• Think through what you want to say and write down key points. 30 minutes is a short time, and you need to cover a lot, so thorough preparation is essential. The presentation should serve as an engaging introduction to the bachelor's thesis report. You should present the research question, describe what you have done, the results you have reached, the problems you encountered and what you failed to solve, the findings, conclusions, what you have learned, and the experiences you are taking away. Choose carefully what you wish to cover. Do not demonstrate the application.
• Decide yourselves whether to use a PowerPoint presentation or not.
• There will be several parallel presentations during the day (see WebReg!).
• Registration for the presentation is done in WebReg and it is first-come, first-served, meaning you will get a time slot in the order you register.

• Each student must auscultate 2 different oppositions in addition to the one they performed (i.e., beyond their own report and the report they opposed). This means each student attends a total of 4 oppositions for 4 different reports: the opposition on their own report, the respondent's opposition, and oppositions on two other distinct reports.
• During each opposition session the student has registered for, there are a total of 4 reports to be opposed (the student's own report, the report the student is opposing, and two additional reports). If the student is present for the entire opposition session, they have completed the opposition auscultation. For example, for the WebReg group where groups 4, 2, 3, and 10 oppose each other, the following applies:
  • student from group 4 opposes group 2 and auscultates reports 3 and 10
  • student from group 2 opposes group 3 and auscultates reports 4 and 10
  • student from group 3 opposes group 10 and auscultates reports 4 and 2
  • student from group 10 opposes group 4 and auscultates reports 2 and 3
• The student must ensure they sign the auscultation attendance list.
• Keep in mind that technical issues are hard to avoid, so assume the times listed above are approximate; arrive a little early and plan for the session to run over time.

• Each student must attend 2 different presentations that are neither their own report nor the report they opposed.
• No prior registration is required to attend an auscultation. Simply join a presentation session before it begins. The student must ensure they sign the auscultation attendance list.
• For example, if you belong to group 1 and have opposed group 3, you must attend two other presentations that are not for group 1 or 3, but for two other distinct groups, e.g., group 7 and 9. Note that you must auscultate two different reports; attending the presentation for group 7 twice counts as only one auscultation.
• Keep in mind that technical issues are hard to avoid, so assume the times listed above are approximate; arrive a little early and plan for the session to run over time.