MA Handbook 2011-12 (1) - Queen's University Belfast

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Wednesday 22 nd February, 1-‐2pm (week 4) Wednesday 21 st March, 1-‐2pm (week 8) Wednesday 9 th May, 1-‐2pm (week 12) We do like to hear from others when they have positive things to say about us, so please tell us when you feel that things are working well for you in the School. As part of our efforts to improve the quality of life in the School for yourself and others, we would also like to hear from you when you are aware of matters that may not otherwise get raised in the School. We list here a number of obvious ways in which you can make your views known: i. Talk to your tutors and other members of the School staff named in this Handbook. If you feel that something is wrong or malfunctioning, tell us directly! ii. Make sure you know who represents you on SSCC and make sure they know your views (why not stand for election yourself?). iii. Use the Module Evaluation Questionnaire to give Module Convenors feedback, both positive and negative. iv. Join the English Society (see below). 28
The Culture of the School Research Culture in the School: weekly seminars As postgraduate students in the School of English, you join a lively body of active researchers, of academic staff, postgraduate students, post-‐doctoral fellows, visiting scholars and teaching assistants. We are a relatively ‘large’ School, in terms of numbers of permanent staff, and this allows us to provide breadth of research coverage, across all literary periods, aspects of English language study and in creative writing. Staff profiles below give an indication of this diversity (pp.29-‐ 35). One of the most important venues for the School’s research culture are our weekly Research Seminars. Each Wednesday afternoon, in term time, the School hosts a research seminar paper or papers. This takes place on: Wednesdays, 4.15pm. Faculty (AHSS) PG Centre, College Green. Current staff and postgraduate students, in addition to visiting speakers, attend and participate in these seminars, which provide an important dimension to the introduction of research methods and potential areas of research topic to current MA students. All MA students are encourage to attend on a regular basis. In 2011-‐12, the School’s Research Seminar series is organized by David Dwan. Staff and students from the School also participate in a range of research seminars hosted by fora across the Faculty, including: Medieval Cultures, the Centre for Eighteenth-‐Century Studies, Post-colonial studies, Women’s History, and the Institute of Irish Studies. There are also regular conferences and symposia held throughout the year. Postgraduate Conferences, 2011-‐12: At least 5 Postgraduate student conferences will be held in 2011-‐12 (known to us at time of press): • 1st Interdisciplinary Linguistics Conference, 14-‐15 October 2011. • 'Collaboration, Authorship and the Renaissance: Early Modern and Post Modern Perspectives', 13-‐14 January 2012 • The 5 th Annual International Joyce PG Conference, 2-‐4 February 2012 • ‘New Voices in Irish Criticism’, 19-‐21 April 2012 • Common Grounds III, 11-‐12 June 2012 (Faculty PG Centre, College Gardens) Reading Groups In past years, the School of English has seen its PG students establish a number of initiatives, such as regular reading groups, publications (such as the recently formed Yellow Nib, a magazine of creative writing) and conferences. PG students who wish to begin new initiatives should speak to a relevant member of staff, as the School would hope to facilitate such endeavours. 29
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