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Information for New Students - Postgraduate

The School of Language & Literature is one of six Schools in the College of Arts and Social Sciences and is the home to the following departments:

• Celtic
• Centre for Modern Thought
• English (including Literature, Language and Linguistics)
• Film and Visual Culture
• French
• German
• Hispanic Studies
• Literature in a World Context
• Language Centre

It has a thriving community of doctoral students and hosts Taught Master’s Programmes in Creative Writing, Comparative Literature, ELATE, English Literary Studies, Scottish Studies and Visual Culture.

Locations

The School is situated at the heart of the King's College campus, Old Aberdeen.

• School Office: Taylor Building, A Block, room A13 (opening hours are 9.30am - 4.30pm except Tuesdays when it's 10.00am - 4.30pm).
• Head of School, Professor Cairns Craig: Taylor Building, Block B, room B13 (appointments can be made to see the Head of School by contacting the School Office).
• School Postgraduate Officer (Research), Dr Shane Alcobia-Murphy : Old Brewery F16 (sam@abdn.ac.uk; Tel: 01224 272630)
• School Postgraduate Officer (Taught), Professor Alison Lumsden: Old Brewery F03 (a.lumsden@abdn.ac.uk; Tel: 01224273925)
• Lecturers: Most of the School's lecturing staff have offices in Taylor Building, Blocks A, B & C, and in the Old Brewery. Lists of staff, with room numbers, phone numbers and email addresses, can be found on the Noticeboard outside Taylor A05 (near the School Office). The Noticeboard also has academic staff photos to help you connect names to faces.
• Language Centre: Regent Building, on Regent Walk.

Advising Week and Registration

An Induction Meeting and Welcoming Party will take place on Wednesday 19th September in Room 028 and 029 MacRobert Building from 5 – 7pm and all new postgraduate students in the School are encouraged to attend. Advising appointments for Taught Master’s students will be arranged at this meeting and the School Postgraduate Officer (Research) will advise all new PhD students on what they should expect in their first few weeks. New PhD students should also meet with their supervisors in the first week.
Before arriving at the University you should follow the joining instructions to complete pre-registration. You will not be able to complete registration until after you have met with your Advisor of Studies in Advising Week.

Classes for Taught Programmes

Classes for all Taught Master’s  Programmes  (M.Litts) will begin on Monday 24 September. Timetabling information will be given at advising sessions but you should also check the M.Litt noticeboard in the A corridor near the School Office and the School of Language & Literature MyAberdeen M.Litt site, as well as the MyAberdeen sites for the courses for which you register.

Postgraduate Community

The School of Language & Literature has a thriving postgraduate community which is co-ordinated by the School of Language & Literature Postgraduate Forum. The postgraduate representative is currently Ms Leslie Drury and she will contact new postgraduate students within the first few weeks concerning welcoming events and activities.

We look forward to meeting you in September.

If you have further questions please do not hesitate to contact the School Postgraduate Officers.

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School of Language & Literature
University of Aberdeen · King's College · Aberdeen AB24 3UB
Telephone: +44 (0)1224-272625· Fax: +44 (0)1224-272624· Email: langlit.school@abdn.ac.uk