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Welcome to the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies Postgraduate Taught Student Induction Handbook 2017-18
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Welcome to the
School of Cultures, Languages
and Area Studies
Postgraduate Taught Student
Induction Handbook
2017-18
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Languages and Area
Studies
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Contents Postgraduate Taught Student Induction Handbook ....................................................... 0
1. Welcome ............................................................................................................................. 2
2. Term Dates ........................................................................................................................ 2
3. Contact Details ................................................................................................................. 2
4. Personal Tutor .................................................................................................................. 3
5. The Quality Manual ......................................................................................................... 3
6. University Student Card................................................................................................ 3
7. University Email ............................................................................................................... 3
8. Accessing Email from a Computer or Laptop ....................................................... 4
9. Accessing Email from Mobile Devices ...................................................................... 4
10. Mailbox Restrictions ........................................................................................................ 4
11. Email Security ................................................................................................................... 4
12. Email Help and Support ................................................................................................ 5
13. Key Web Applications .................................................................................................... 5
14. Postgraduate Study Area ............................................................................................. 5
15. Accessing Software Off-campus ................................................................................ 6
16. Postgraduate Student Handbooks and Workspace ............................................ 6
17. PG Learning Community Forum ................................................................................. 7
18. Moodle ................................................................................................................................. 7
19. Facebook and Twitter .................................................................................................... 8
20. Ethics .................................................................................................................................... 8
21. The Library ......................................................................................................................... 8
22. IT and Library Services – Induction ......................................................................... 8
23. IT and Library Services – Guides for Part-time and Off-campus
Researchers ................................................................................................................................... 9
24. Accessing the Library Off-campus ............................................................................ 9
25. Out of Hours Access ....................................................................................................... 9
26. Online Resources from the Graduate School ........................................................ 9
27. MyNottingham Terminology ........................................................................................ 9
28. Any Questions? ............................................................................................................... 11
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1. Welcome
Welcome to the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies! We hope you settle in quickly and enjoy studying with us. This handbook is intended as a general guide for all new postgraduate taught students in the School and contains information you will need to ensure your first weeks run as smoothly as possible. If you require any further information or assistance do not hesitate to ask.
2. Term Dates
Term and semester information can be found on the University webpage: www.nottingham.ac.uk/about/index.aspx.
3. Contact Details
The Student Services Centres are your first port of call if you have any queries or concerns.
Alternatively, you may find the relevant information online at
www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices
The locations of the Student Services Centres are:
University Park Central, Cherry Tree Lodge (between Portland and the Trent Building)
University Park East, Physics Building
University Park West, Humanities Building
QMC, B Floor, Queen’s Medical Centre
Jubilee, Exchange Building
Sutton Bonington, The Barn
City Hospital, Clinical Sciences Building
Royal Derby Hospital, School of Medicine/School of Health Sciences
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4. Personal Tutor
The Personal Tutor of Postgraduate taught students is the respective MA Programme Co-
ordinator.
PERSONAL TUTOR
MA American Studies Dr Bevan Sewell
MA Chinese/English Translation and Interpreting Dr Yvonne Lee
MA Comparative Literature Dr Jean-Xavier Ridon
MA Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
MA Critical Theory and Politics
Dr Franziska
Meyer
MSc Cultural Industries and Entrepreneurship Dr Jack
Newsinger
MA Digital Technologies in Language Teaching (Distance Learning) Dr Cecilia Goria
MA Film, Television and Screen Industries Dr Gianluca Sergi
MA International Media Communications Studies Dr Jen Birks
MA Translation Studies Dr Jean Andrews
5. The Quality Manual
On registering with the University you agree to adhere to the University’s rules and regulations which can be found online in the Quality Manual at:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/academicservices/qualitymanual/aboutthequalitymanual.aspx
6. University Student Card
Student cards, if not available for collection when you attend Confirmation of Attendance during Welcome week, are usually available to collect from your nearest Student Service Centre (UP Central at Cherry Tree Lodge) Further information in relation to student cards can be found at: www.nottingham.ac.uk/estates/universitycard/home.aspx
7. University Email
Official University communications to staff and students are sent to University email accounts. Important: to avoid missing important messages please check your University email account frequently.
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The University provides all student users with an email address in the form of: username @nottingham.ac.uk. When you registered online you should have been allocated your university username and password. If you are having any problems with this, please contact Either Student Services or the IS Helpdesk.
8. Accessing Email from a Computer or Laptop
You should access your email account using a web browser by visiting the Outlook Web Access page (http://email.nottingham.ac.uk) and entering your University username and password.
9. Accessing Email from Mobile Devices
Should you wish to configure other devices (iPhone, iPad, Android, etc) to connect to your email account, instructions can be found at: www.nottingham.ac.uk/it-services/connect/email/index.aspx Then click on the ‘I am a student who joined the University on or after September 2012’ link.
10. Mailbox Restrictions
Research student email accounts have the following limits:
40MB – a warning will be sent to the user
45MB – mail cannot be sent from the account
100MB – mail cannot be sent or received from the account
When a mailbox reaches 100MB the system automatically moves messages which are more than 30 days old into an archive area. The messages in your mailbox are replaced by links to the archived message. Please ensure that you regularly check your email account and delete messages from your inbox, your sent items and your deleted items as these all count towards your storage limit.
11. Email Security
Measures have been put in place to prevent spam and viruses being delivered to your email account. The MySpam email filtering service scans email entering your University network for spam, phishing and viruses before delivery to your mailbox. Personal email accounts must not be used for conducting University business or communications.
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12. Email Help and Support
If you have any problems using the email system you should report them to the IT Service Desk on 0115 95 16677 (24 hours a day), www.nottingham.ac.uk/it-services/help/service-desk/self-service.aspx or email [email protected] More information about help and support is available via www.nottingham.ac.uk/it-services/index.aspx
13. Key Web Applications
To log into all of the applications listed below, please use your Nottingham username and
password.
APPLICATION WEB ADDRESS NOTES
Portal www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentserv
ices
For student related
information
Email owa.nottingham.ac.uk
Network
filestore
files.nottingham.ac.uk
Further information at:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/it-
services/services/filestore/file-
services.aspx
Password
reset www.nottingham.ac.uk/it-services/connect/account/password.aspx
Further information about
your account go to:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/it-
services/connect/account/index.aspx
Workspace https://workspace.nottingham.ac.u
k/dashboard.action
Home to the School of
Cultures, Languages and Area
Studies research student
handbook, Graduate School
training resources, etc.
Moodle http://moodle.nottingham.ac.uk/lo
gin/index.php An online learning
environment
14. Postgraduate Study Area
Computers, for student use, are available in: Hallward Library Individual postgraduate study rooms are available (seven on level 3, eight on level 4) which can be booked via UNLOC for up to two days at a time until 21:00 on weekdays and 16:00 at weekends (times my differ during holiday periods). To book on UNLOC (University of Nottingham Library Online Catalogue) (http://aleph.nottingham.ac.uk/F/NXQ9SF6TV94UAY2GQR6PCF7Y6F66R8YMRV6QK537T5A3EFXKFN-02925?func=find-b&request=%22media+booking%22), click on the
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Laptops/rooms link at the top of the basic search screen. Room keys are available from the lending desk and will be held for one hour after the start of the booked period. After that they will be made available to other users. Social Sciences and Arts Graduate Centre www.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool/graduatecentres/socialsciencesandarts/index.aspx This is located on the first floor of Highfield House, just behind the Trent Building on University Park Campus. Accessible 24/7, this space provides computer stations, a social area with informal seating and areas where students can work individually or in groups. Students also have access to a small seminar room and kitchen. You will need your University card to access the SSAGC.
15. Accessing Software Off-campus
The University has licences for a number of key software programmes, some of which are available for students when off-campus. Please refer to the University’s Software Library for a full list of programmes available, and instructions on how to download them: http://downloads.nottingham.ac.uk/Download.aspx.
16. Postgraduate Student Handbooks and Workspace
The School’s Postgraduate Taught Student Handbooks are programme specific and contain
a great deal of information that will be useful to you as a postgraduate student. We would advise you to consult your particular Handbook as soon as you can. Handbooks can be accessed via:
the School homepage: http://nottingham.ac.uk/clas/current-students/current-students.aspx
or by logging onto Workspace: https://workspace.nottingham.ac.uk/dashboard.action
Please let us know if you think something should be listed in the handbook which is currently not listed by emailing [email protected] How to use the handbook:
Click on the following link OR copy and paste it into your web browser: http://nottingham.ac.uk/clas/current-students/current-students.aspx
Click on the Postgraduate Taught Student Handbook link
Log in using your username and password
After logging in you will see the following screen where you can access generic information in addition to the programme specific handbooks
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17. PG Learning Community Forum
Postgraduate students are encouraged to become involved with their Departments and the School via representation on the Postgraduate Learning Community Forum, which convenes once per semester. The role of the committee is to offer students the opportunity to engage with other students and staff in the School and to enable them to discuss matters relating to their degree, such as course structure, research training and resources. Both full-time and part-time students should be represented and the Committee selects a Postgraduate chair. The PG LCF may discuss any of the following matters:
Issues relating to course structure and review, research training, resources and student services provided at School level, pastoral care and matters concerning postgraduates who teach.
Any other matters of mutual interest to staff and students.
Items referred to the Committee for discussion from other bodies at Departmental, School or University level.
The PG LCF is a non-decision-making body, but it identifies action points, indicating who is responsible for taking the next steps and reporting back to the next meeting.
Nominations for election will be requested at the beginning of Semester 1.
18. Moodle
Moodle is the University’s online learning system to which tutors upload and create learning
materials and activities for students. To log into Moodle you will need to use your University
username and password: https://moodle.nottingham.ac.uk/login/index.php. On the log-in
page you will find a useful ‘Introduction to Moodle for Students’ link.
There is also CLAS PG Community Forum area on Moodle where PG students can find information pertaining to forthcoming research events, PG LCF minutes, etc. Please make use of this valuable resource.
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19. Facebook and Twitter
Before your arrival at Nottingham you might like to join our PG Facebook group
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/nottsclaspg/) and start to follow the School on Twitter
(https://twitter.com/CLASUoN).
20. Ethics
The University considers research ethics to be a fundamental part of good practice for all its members, including students. As a result all student work that involves the participation of human subjects (other than the student directly involved in the assessment) or their data must be subjected to ethical review. This includes data from interviews, focus groups, questionnaires, ethnography and online data (emails, message board posts, tweets, etc.), for example, in Dissertations. Guidelines for how to produce an informed consent form can be found here: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/fabs/rgs/research-data-management/creating-data/confidential-data/informed-consent.aspx The Ethics Officer for 2017-18 in the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies is: Autumn semester: Paul McGarr ([email protected]) Spring semester: Jen Birks ([email protected])
21. The Library
The University has eight libraries. Hallward Library supports the learning, teaching and
research needs of the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Social Sciences and includes the
subject areas of arts, humanities, law and social sciences, and a European Documentation
Centre.
If the Library does not stock a particular article or a book which you would like to borrow, you can, for a small charge, arrange for an Inter Library Loan by speaking to someone on the loans desk. During term time the library is open 24/7. Further information on opening times can be found at: www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/using/libraries/index.aspx
22. IT and Library Services – Induction
For an introduction to the library and information services new students should attend the
Library session which has been arranged by the School and takes place in the first week of
the new academic year.
This interactive guide might also be helpful: www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_1311
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If you are unable to attend the School session please see the ‘Getting Started’ web pages for advice on how to get up and running: www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/help/gettingstarted.aspx If you are having difficulties finding what you need, you can always call into Hallward Library and speak to a librarian when you are on campus. The Faculty of Arts has a dedicated Faculty Library Team: [email protected]
23. IT and Library Services – Guides for Part-time and Off-campus Researchers
Information about accessing online journals can be found here:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/studyingeffectively/reading/findingresources/journals/index.aspx . It
provides details of online catalogues and access to electronic resources, and includes a
section dedicated specifically to part-time and distance learners:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/using/borrow/distance-learners.aspx
24. Accessing the Library Off-campus
Log into the University Portal using your University username and password
(http://portal.nottingham.ac.uk/), select the ‘Library’ tab and then go to eLibrary Gateway
where you should be able to access online journals.
25. Out of Hours Access
If you are accessing, or leaving, the Trent Building out of normal working hours, the main entrance will be locked. Alternative access is through Security. Security is on the same side of the courtyard as the main reception and the Trent Café.
26. Online Resources from the Graduate School
A numberof online training resources are also available via the Graduate School:
workspace.nottingham.ac.uk/display/ResearchTrainingResources/Resources+for+taught+postgraduate+students (don’t forget to log in)
www.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool/traininganddevelopment/masters/index.aspx
27. MyNottingham Terminology
The University of Nottingham is introducing a new student records system across its
campuses in the UK, Malaysia and China. Students will access the new system through a
web portal called MyNottingham.
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When MyNottingham is launched in the UK it will introduce some new terminology that you
will need to understand and become familiar with. The guide below has been developed to
help prepare you for this change. You will receive more information about MyNottingham and
what this means for you before we launch the system to UK students.
MyNottingham Language
Current Language
Definition Examples
Academic Plan Course or Programme
of Study
An approved plan of study that provides a coherent
learning experience and leads to a qualification.
BSc Nursing – Adult; Chemical Engineering
MEng; Music and Philosophy BA; Brewing Science MSc; Law with French and French Law BA.
Accommodation Reasonable adjustment
Learning adjustments for a student’s particular circumstances (not a reference to living accommodation).
Alternative examination arrangements.
Advisee Tutee/ Student
A student receiving advice from a tutor, supervisor or advisor.
N/A.
Career No direct equivalent
Qualification level. Undergraduate, Postgraduate.
Class No direct equivalent
An umbrella term for specific units of teaching.
Lectures, seminars or labs.
Course Module A self-contained, formally-structured unit of study, with a coherent and explicit
set of learning outcomes and assessment criteria.
Applied Ethics, Advanced Financial Economics, Biochemistry of Disease,
Public Health and Epidemiology.
eDocs No direct equivalent
Electronic document repository for documents that are uploaded and attached to a student record
Evidence in support of an extenuating circumstances claim etc.
Financial Aid No direct equivalent
An umbrella term for any scholarships, stipends or
other funding awards given to students.
Core bursaries, Aspire scholarships, industry
scholarships etc.
Session No direct equivalent
A specific teaching period, usually one semester but other defined teaching periods may exist.
Autumn Semester, Spring Term etc.
Term Academic Year
A defined period of time, refers to the academic year,
which runs from September to August.
September 2017 to August 2018.
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28. Any Questions?
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask either your MA Convenor or your
nearest Student Services Centre.
