During
Welcome Week you will be assigned to a member of the academic staff,
who will act as your Adviser. Where possible this person will
remain your adviser for the duration of your studies.
Your
adviser will help you deal with various aspects of your degree
programme such as module choices and academic progress and also provides
pastoral support, should you experience any personal problems during
your time with us.
The
role of the adviser is to guide and help you in both academic and
pastoral matters during your time here. They have a key role to play in
helping you to select your modules and to formulate a coherent
programme of study, which is in line with your own individual interests.
You
will also have group tutorials with your advisor dealing with a variety
of issues designed to both supplement formal skills acquisition but
also act as a pastoral point of contact for students. These meetings are
compulsory. More details will be provided during the Welcome Week.
A list of adviser and advisees will be posted on the School notice boards throughout the year. Your adviser’s name will also be noted on your individual MySIS record and module timetable.
SENIOR TUTOR
Senior Tutor
in the School is Dr Nicholas Hosteller.
The Senior
Tutor has set office hours that are
clearly displayed on his office door. Wherever
possible you should try to make an
appointment with him during these hours.
The Senior
Tutor is responsible for managing the School’s extenuating circumstances procedures
and chairs the sub-committee of the
Examination Board that considers
extenuating circumstances affecting the
examination period.
School Student Support
The School has Professional Services Staff whose main focus is to ensure that you have the necessary support available to you.
Jason
Salucideen is the Student Support Manager (Timetabling and Student
Engagement) and is responsible for the allocation of your adviser,
management of your module registration and production of your personal
timetable. In addition Jason provides full student support for all
first year students
Bronwyn
Murphy is the Student Support Officer (Student Experience). Bronwyn is
the member of the Professional Services Team responsible for providing
pastoral care to all second and final year students as well being the
link between students-the school-central college. Her role is to ensure
that the student voice is represented appropriately in the school
decision processes. Bronwyn assists the Senior Tutors with the
management of extenuating circumstances (EC), and together with the
Student Support Manager (Timetabling & Engagement Monitoring) is the
point of contact should students require information on extensions and
extenuating circumstances claims.
Both
Jason and Bronwyn deal with EC applications. All EC applications should
therefore first be submitted to them NOT directly to the Senior Tutor.
Their contact details are here: http://www.politics.qmul.ac.uk/staff/
