Student Handbook - The School of Language, Linguistics and Film

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10. IT, AUDIO-VISUAL AND LANGUAGE LEARNING FACILITIES 10.1 IT SERVICES Computing Facilities in the Arts One Building The Arts Computing Unit is run by Mr Joe Elwood. There are workstations and printing facilities on the ground floor of the Arts One Building. The Arts One Building also has extensive WiFi access in many areas. The computer network has a number of Computer Assisted Language Learning packages (available on CD-ROM) for self-access: to use one of these simply type CLL then [Enter] and follow the menu. Central College Computing Facilities It is possible to use workstations at a number of locations outside the Arts Faculty Building. Present term time availability is below: Lab Building Rooms Term time Term time Vacation Vacation Weekdays Weekends Weekdays Weekends PC Labs Queens’ W207 0800 - 1000 - 0800 – 1000 - Midnight Midnight Midnight Midnight PC Labs Francis 1.15a & 0900 - 0900 - Closed Closed Bancroft 1.23 1700 1700 Learning Joseph LRC2 0800 - 1000 - Closed Closed Resource Centre Priestley 1800 1800 Library Main Ground, 0900 - As advertised Library opening times Library 103 2345 The Hive Catering First floor 0830 - 0830 - As advertised Hive Building 2000 2000 opening times Halls of Maurice Basement 0900 - 1200 - see Closed Residence Hall Room 2300 2300 notices 10.2 AUDIO-VISUAL FACILITIES The Library houses a large collection of foreign and English language DVDs and video tapes, which may be viewed at the various viewing terminals in the Library, or may be borrowed for a limited period of time. The collection is entered on the library catalogue. 10.3 LANGUAGE LEARNING FACILITIES The School now runs a virtual language learning project. Material will be available on the internet for access both in College and externally, and you will be given more information by your language teachers about using this resource. The Multimedia Language Resource Centre in the Bancroft Building is timetabled for classbased sessions and may be used for self-access study when not in use for teaching. There are satellite-viewing facilities for foreign-language television channels. 11. POSTGRADUATE STUDIES If you are interested in the possibility of continuing your studies at postgraduate level, you should consult your Adviser in the first instance. Further information can be obtained from the Administrator (Postgraduate and Research), Miss Sharon Bernor, in the School Main Office. Admissions to doctoral research are the concern of the Director of Graduate 64
Studies, Professor Galin Tihanov. Applications for studentships to cover some of the costs often have to be made early in Semester 2, so you should initiate discussions in the School about your proposal early in your final year. 12. CAREERS The Careers Service has a wide range of careers literature on display, and its advisers and information officers will be glad to help you. It is located in the Queens’ Building on the ground floor (Room WG3), extension 5065. It often runs careers development talks for students of all years, and you are encouraged to attend these throughout your studies. Further information can be found on their website: www.careers.qmul.ac.uk. If you envisage making your career abroad, the year abroad can be put to especially good use. Take advantage of it to make valuable contacts, and find out where to go and what to do once you graduate. The School organises a personal development planning session at the start of your final year, in conjunction with the College’s Learning Institute, to allow you to consider the benefits you have gained from the time spent abroad. 13. QUEEN MARY EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES The University of London, to which Queen Mary belongs, has an Equal Opportunities Policy, the principles of which extend to all members of the College, staff and students alike. 14. PRIZES The College awards prizes, normally to the value of £100, on the recommendation of Faculties, to final year students who show outstanding academic achievement. In addition, the School awards annual prizes to one first year and one second year student with the best performances in each of Comparative Literature, Film Studies, French, German, Linguistics and Russian, and also to one second year with the best performance in Iberian and Latin American Studies. Prizes are also offered to one student with the best final year language performance in German and Russian, and the best overall final year performance in Comparative Literature, in Film Studies, in French and in Linguistics. In addition, the department of Iberian and Latin American Studies offers the following funded prizes: The Kate Elder Prize was founded by a benefaction in memory of a former student of the Department. It is awarded to the most distinguished academic performance by a firstyear student studying Hispanic Studies as a main subject or in a joint degree programme. Lynn Ingamells Prize is funded in honour of Lynn Ingamells, former deputy head of the Department of Hispanic Studies. It is awarded to the most outstanding progression in Spanish through the degree by a final-year student studying Hispanic Studies as a main subject or in a joint degree programme. The Catalan Prize is awarded to the degree student with the most outstanding performance in Catalan Studies. The Portuguese Prize is awarded to the final year student with the best performance in Portuguese language across the degree. 65
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