Student Handbook - The School of Language, Linguistics and Film

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.
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