Student Handbook - The School of Language, Linguistics and Film

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Terms of reference The SSLCs exist to consider and discuss matters relating to: • the content and organisation of programmes of study and any proposed changes; • the provision of academic facilities and general departmental/ School/ College facilities; • Departmental/ School social activities; • provision for student welfare including the operation of the personal tutor system; • arrangements for induction and study skills provision; • Local monitoring of academic standards through, for example, consideration of annual programme reviews on undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, external examiners’ reports, first destination statistics and results of student evaluation questionnaires; • election of student representatives to Faculty/ School Boards and College committees with assistance from the Students’ Union; • any other topics on which the SSLC wishes to express a view. Membership • One undergraduate student from each year (first, second and final) from each of the following subject areas: Comparative Literature, Film Studies, French, German, Iberian and Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Russian • One taught postgraduate student from each of the following: MA in Anglo-German Cultural Relations, MA in Linguistics, MA in Film Studies. • One research student from each subject area • One member of staff (the departmental Teaching and Learning Committee representative) from each of the following: Comparative Literature and Culture, Film Studies, French, German, Iberian and Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Russian Each department will hold SSLC meetings of its own student and staff representatives throughout the year. Election of student members The Students’ Union will be holding elections in September and October 2012. Students will be invited to nominate themselves each year to represent their subject area and year. The posts are held for one year; elected representatives may stand again for a second or third year, but must be re-elected by their peers. 9. LIBRARIES AND BOOKSHOPS The Main Library has an extensive collection of books and periodicals relating to film, linguistics and to foreign literatures and languages, as well as collections of dictionaries and reference books, and access to CD-ROM and on-line bibliographic databases. Make sure you attend the scheduled introductory talk about the Library at the beginning of your first year, to help you make efficient use of the Library’s collections and services. Mr Stuart Jones, the Subject Librarian for the School, can be found on the 2nd floor of the Library and can help you with enquiries during your studies. A range of printed Library guides is also available. Students are reminded that the Library is a place for study. It is not a social space. Please: • Always consider the needs of other users of the Library • Always be silent in the study areas on the upper floors • Always confine group working to the designated group study areas 62
• Always keep noise to a minimum in other areas e.g. the ground floor entrance and circulation area and the stairs • Never talk in anything other than a quiet voice and then only where permitted • Never allow your mobile phone to ring in the Library There is system of sanctions for non-compliance with the above, starting with one-day bans and escalating to four-week bans and worse for frequent offenders. The School fully supports these measures and we may take our own action against any student who does not respect the study environment. You should expect to take advantage of your location and status as a student of the University of London during your studies. As a student at Queen Mary, you will be able to benefit from using the other libraries of the University, and in particular, will find it useful also to join the University of London Library at Senate House in Malet Street. You simply need to produce your Queen Mary student card in order to obtain a reader’s ticket. This will give you access to an even larger collection of publications than can be found in Queen Mary Library. A reciprocal agreement between the University and its Colleges means that often publications are available at Senate House which are not available in individual College libraries; this is done deliberately to extend the range of books available. Queen Mary has several corporate memberships of the British Film Institute Library, 21 Stephen Street (off Tottenham Court Road, nearest tube Tottenham Court Road, website: http://www.bfi.org.uk). This is an invaluable study resource with a wide selection of journals and books relating to film. Opening hours are Mon & Fri 10.30 –5.30, Tues & Thurs 10.30 – 8.00, Wed 1.00– 8.00. It is free if you use one of our cards. Cards can be borrowed the morning you intend to go, from the Queen Mary Library issue desk. However, you must be prepared to buy your own copies of at least the core texts for your studies each year. You must buy the books required for close study in the modules that you are following. Language students will also need a good dictionary and a grammar book. Recommendations will be made by Module Organisers. Try to build up your own personal library. Many of the required or recommended texts together with a selection of general critical studies can be bought on campus in the Smith & Sons Bookshop, next to the Catering Block. You may also find it convenient to order the books you require from internet sites such as Amazon; foreign-language books may be cheaper from their French, German etc. sites. A very good modern languages bookshop (nearest Tube station - Oxford Circus) with a large stock is: Grant & Cutler 55-57 Great Marlborough Street W1V 2AY (Telephone: 020 7734 2012) You could also try the bookshop near Senate House: or: Waterstone’s University Booksellers European Bookshop Malet Street 5 Warwick Street London WC1 London W1R 5RA (Telephone: 020 7636 1577) (Telephone: 020 7734 5259) 63
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