SMS MSc Student Handbook 2024/2025 (Sep 2024 Start)

3. Contact Information

Contact Information for SMS

The School of Mathematical Sciences comprises mathematicians who work in pure and applied mathematics, and statistics. The School is located in the Mathematical Sciences Building which is located by Mile End Road, and located in Godward Square of the Mile End Campus (number 4 on the map). The building is a short walk from Stepney Green or Mile End tube stations. You can enter the building from Mile End Road, or alternatively via the Godward Square entrance.

Postal address

School of Mathematical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
University of London
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS

General queries

Email: maths@qmul.ac.uk.

Tel: 020 7882 5470.

PGT Admission queries

mathpgadm@qmul.ac.uk

Contacting specific staff

The following links give contact details for academic staff and Professional Services staff. It is usually best to contact academic staff (at least initially) by email. You may also visit academic staff in pre-arranged meetings or telephone them. Staff may arrange regular "office hours" during which students can drop in.

Each of the eight MSc programmes has a Programme Director. If your query is administrative, please contact the Maths School Office or If your query is academic, please contact your programme director.

Director of Postgraduate Taught Studies	Dr Oscar Bandtlow (o.bandtlow@qmul.ac.uk)
MSc Business Analytics	Dr Sebastian Del Bano Rollin (s.delbanorollin@qmul.ac.uk)
MSc Financial Computing	Dr Pedro Vergel (p.vergel@qmul.ac.uk)
MSc Financial Mathematics	Dr Pedro Vergel (p.vergel@qmul.ac.uk)
MSc Mathematics	Dr Ian Morris (i.morris@qmul.ac.uk)
MSc Data Analytics	Dr Nicola Perra (n.perra@qmul.ac.uk)
MSc Risk Analytics	Dr Lei Fang (lei.fang@qmul.ac.uk)
MSc Actuarial Science and Data Analytics	Dr Melania Nica (m.nica@qmul.ac.uk)
MSc Applied Statistics and Data Science	Dr Hugo Maruri-Aguilar (h.maruri-aguilar@qmul.ac.uk)

Role	Name
Head of School	Professor Boris Khoruzhenko
Deputy Head of School	Dr Juan Valiente-Kroon
Director of Research	Dr Juan Valiente-Kroon
School Manager	Mr David Boyle
Director of Education	Dr Matthew Fayers
Senior Tutor	Dr Justin Ward
Director of Student Engagement	Dr Matthew Lewis
Deputy Director of Education	Dr Melania Nica
Placement Leads	Professor Thomas Prellberg and Dr Melania Nica
Study Abroad Lead	Professor Ilya Goldsheid
PGT Student-Staff Liaison Committee Chair	Dr Matthew Lewis
Examination Board Chair	Dr Behrang Noohi
Examination Board Deputy Chair	Dr Omer Bobrowski
Education Services Manager	Mr William Ng
Student Support Officer	Mrs Sajida Rahman
Education Services Officer	Miss Florence Nicholson
Education Services Administrator	Miss Anisha Chauhan
Education Services Administrator	Miss Chung-Hin Chan
Digital Learning Technologist	TBC
Education Services Administrator	Mrs Maria Patsou

Contact details for all academic staff in the School of Mathematical Sciences can be found here - https://www.qmul.ac.uk/maths/people/academic-staff/

STUDENT SUPPORT OFFICERS ROLE

In addition to the pastoral support provided by members of the Education Services Team, the Student Support Officer is here to help you with more complex pastoral issues.. The Student Support Officer can help with advice on the technical and bureaucratic aspects of student life, and can direct you to the appropriate Queen Mary support services, such as Advice and Counselling. The Student Support Officer provides professional support for all aspects of undergraduate and postgraduate administration and is a key member of the School's Professional Services Team, responsible for providing expert pastoral care and support to all students within the School of Mathematical Sciences as well being the link between students, the school and central college support services.

This involves:

Create and run a variety of support mechanisms to support students throughout their student journey.
Help students get the most out of life as a student and fulfil their full potential.
Be the first point of contact for all students and signpost students to relevant support services and mechanisms.
Offer advice on matters which may be impeding a student’s ability to study.
To make the student experience the best it can possibly be.
Manage and monitor the School’s engagement policy and offer support mechanisms to get students re-engaged with their programme of study.
Manage the School’s extenuating circumstances policy (circumstances that are outside a student’s control which may have a negative impact on a student’s ability).
Leading on the School’s student feedback procedures for assuring academic standards and enhancing the student learning experience.

Further information on how the School supports students can be found here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlIb9f-h2b4

Each module has a module leader or convenor, and each module generally has at least one office hour per week allocated during the teaching semester, during which students can meet with the module leader. Before travelling any distance, you should always arrange an appointment with the particular academic staff member by email or phone. Information about academic staff office hours will be available once term starts.

Summer vacation support

During the summer vacation, many academic staff will be away; you may still be able to contact them by email but not otherwise. You should contact the Maths Office or the Student Support Officer (hereafter referred to as "SSO"), if you need academic advice or assistance and cannot contact the appropriate member of academic staff. The SSO is Hamida Begum: maths@qmul.ac.uk

Contact Information for Joint Programme MSc Students

The School of Economics and Finance

The School of Economics and Finance (hereafter referred to as "SEF") is situated on the third floor of the Graduate Centre.

The postal address for the School is: School of Economics and Finance, Graduate Centre, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS.

The School of Economics and Finance website can be found at: www.qmul.ac.uk/sef/

For enquiries relating to your academic studies in SEF please use the following contact details.

Visit: http://www.econ.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/ or Mr James Kilvington: j.kilvington@qmul.ac.uk.

Telephone: 020 7882 8848.

Fax: 020 8983 3580.

The School Office is GC306 and is open Monday to Friday 9:30am to 4:30pm.

The School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

The School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (hereafter referred to as "EECS") is located on the third and fourth floors of the Peter Landin Building, the east end of the ground, first and second floors of the Engineering building and the Informatics Teaching Laboratory (hereafter referred to as the "ITL") that is next to the Peter Landin building.

The postal address for the School is:

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Peter Landin Building, 10 Godward Square, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4FZ.

The relevant contact details for the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science are as follows:

General website: www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk.

General Email: pgadmin@eecs.qmul.ac.uk.

For enquiries relating to your academic studies in EECS please use the following contact details.

The Postgraduate Taught Programmes Officer for EECS is Ms Jennifer Richards: jennifer.richards@qmul.ac.uk.

Ms Richards is based in the ITL Building on the first floor, in the office behind the Helpdesk.

Telephone: 020 7882 7332.

Fax: 020 7882 7064.