London Student Handbook 2020-21 1 Welcome to Metfilm School
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Student Handbook 2021–22 Contents 1. Welcome to MetFilm School 3 2. MetFilm School Contact List 4 3. MetFilm School – London Campus 6 4. Your School: MetFilm Mission, Philosophy and Values 8 5. MetFilm School Student Support 13 6. Student Representatives and the Student Senate 16 7. Teaching and Learning 18 8. Your Facilities 23 9. Your Career 25 10. International Students 27 11. Rules and Regulations 30 12. Health and Safety 34 2 1. Welcome to MetFilm School We are delighted to welcome you to MetFilm If you are on an undergraduate or postgraduate School, where we look forward to you becoming courses, you will receive a specific course part of a community of students aiming to handbook as well as module study guides at succeed in the dynamic and ever-evolving world the start of each module. If you are on a short of film, television and screen content production. course, you will receive a student guide. All handbooks and guides are updated regularly Through your course, you will gain the core and the latest version is always posted under the creative, practical and business skills needed relevant programme and module site on Moodle. to succeed in today’s screen industries and join a community of MetFilm school students and The rules, regulations and policies alumni of whom we are justifiably proud. contained and referred to in this handbook form part of the agreement between us and All of our courses are demanding. You have should act as a guide for you throughout already declared yourself ready for the your time at the School. challenge, and we’re committed to providing you with an outstanding learning experience. We MetFilm School requires that all students have expect you to be self-directed, committed, and to read and understood this handbook. If you have seek answers beyond the classroom and we, for any questions then please do not hesitate to our part, will do all that we can to make your time contact your programme leader or course team, with us productive, enjoyable and stimulating. or come to the Help Desk in A-Block, where the Education and Student Services Team who will Above all, we look forward to supporting endeavour to answer your queries. your personal and professional development, encouraging you to collaborate with your fellow Good luck! students and get the most out of your time at the School. The MetFilm School Team This document sets out important information which you need to know as a student whilst you undertake your studies with us. Please read the handbook carefully. You should refer to this guide throughout the course of your studies. This handbook is for students on all MetFilm School (MFS) courses – both short courses and degree programmes. You can download this document, but please refer to the latest version of this handbook which can be accessed on the School’s website. 3 2. MetFilm School Contact List Director Registry Officer Jonny Persey Siobhan Breitsprecher T 020 8280 9124 T 020 8832 1956 E [email protected] E [email protected] Dean Senior Systems Administrator Katharina Koall Marco Cosentino T 020 8832 1921 T 020 8832 1931 E [email protected] E [email protected] CEO General Student or Administrative Queries David Howell E [email protected] T 020 8832 1940 E [email protected] Marking and Assessment Queries E [email protected] Deputy School Director Rachel Wood International Student Immigration Queries T 020 8832 1943 Pre-arrival queries: E E [email protected] [email protected] Post-arrival queries: Deputy School Director & Post Graduate E Programme Leader [email protected] Steve Pinhay Student Wellbeing T 020 8832 1951 E [email protected] E [email protected] Counselling Service Senior Manager – Curriculum E [email protected] Clarissa Newman T 020 8832 1922 Complaints E [email protected] E [email protected] Quality Manager General, Facilities, and Operations Sandra Bekvalac Reception T 020 8280 1264 T 020 8280 9112 E [email protected] E [email protected] Head of MetFilm Futures Kit Room / Kit Enquiries Sarah Winstanley E [email protected] T 020 8832 1932 Maintenance, AV, Health & Safety Queries E [email protected] E [email protected] Head of Planning and Development Room and Equipment Bookings Muhammad Obaidullah E [email protected] E [email protected] Student Services & Administration Head of Student Services & Administration Joanna Bott T 020 8280 9113 E [email protected] Disability & Wellbeing Advisor Nicole Bassett T 020 8092 4027 E [email protected] 4 Undergraduate Courses MA Directing Senior Tutor BA (Hons) Practical Filmmaking Simon Shore Programme Leader T 020 8832 1949 Matt Wake E [email protected] T 020 8832 1938 E [email protected] MA Screenwriting Senior Tutor Jamie Nuttgens BA (Hons) Practical Filmmaking T 020 8832 1949 Deputy Programme Leader E [email protected] James Davis E [email protected] MA Cinematography Senior Tutor Martin Bray BA Practical Filmmaking Course Manager T 020 8832 1949 David McDonald E [email protected] T 020 8832 1938 E [email protected] MA Post Production Senior Tutor Michael McHugh BA (Hons) Screen Acting Programme Leader T 020 8832 1949 Justin Trefgarne E [email protected] T 020 8832 1938 E [email protected] MA Film and Television Production Programme Leader BA (Hons) Screen Acting Justin Trefgarne Deputy Programme Leader T 020 8832 1949 Krishna Dubasiya E [email protected] T 020 8832 1938 E [email protected] MA Film and Television Production Course Co-ordinator BA (Hons) Screen Acting Stephan Mirre Course Coordinator E [email protected] Christabel Clark E [email protected] Short Courses Head of Short Courses ScreenSpace Courses Veronique Sambe Head of Screenspace T 020 8280 9114 Lisette Johnston E [email protected] T 020 8832 1953 E [email protected] Garden Studios Garden Studios Centre Manager ScreenSpace Deputy Programme Leader Hannah Fawcett Alexandra Ferguson T 020 8092 4038 T 020 8832 1953 E [email protected] E [email protected] Postgraduate Courses MA Producing Senior Tutor and MA Programme Leader Steve Pinhay T 020 8832 1951 E [email protected] MA Deputy Programme Leader Alice Guilluy E [email protected] MA Course Manager Natalie Jeans T 020 8832 1949 E [email protected] 5 3. MetFilm School – London Campus 6 7 4. Your School: MetFilm Mission, Philosophy and Values Mission Since its launch in 2003, MetFilm School has been committed to educational excellence with powerful links into industry. To date we MetFilm Futures is our student and graduate have educated over 12,000 students with a opportunities team, focused on providing support, high proportion of those on courses of six industry advice, and employment opportunities months or longer now working in the creative within the curriculum and after graduation. screen industries. Our mission is to inspire a new generation of screen professionals, educating them for today’s world of multi-platform storytelling and ever-expanding opportunities. Our goal is to nurture smart thinking, sharp skills and talent, MetFilm Production is an award-winning creating a great school with students at the production company creating high quality heart of all that we do. fiction and documentary films for theatrical audiences worldwide. The MetFilm Ecosystem MetFilm Sales is a boutique agency, MetFilm brings together passionate, experienced specialising in the financing and sales of and creative specialists at the forefront of the single documentaries and series, in close screen industries. It is comprised of individual but collaboration with MetFilm Production. mutually supported teams, united by a collective interest in the growth and development of the Unique Educational Approach screen industries. MetFilm School has taken the lead in screen education by bringing learning into an industry setting, encouraging smart storytelling and technical excellence. MetFilm School’s goal is to select students with the passion and tenacity to succeed in the creative screen industries, and to prepare them for the opportunities that lie ahead. MetFilm School’s education is complemented by: MetFilm School has campuses in London and Our location – a working studio with historic Berlin. Under the tuition of experienced, award- • and contemporary significance winning tutors, students learn how to become employable and engaged professionals within a Dedicated tutors who are industry wide range of contemporary media. • practitioners An innovative graduate opportunity • programme 8 Our Values MetFilm School Student Charter MetFilm School is committed to the values MetFilm School’s mission as an educational of equality, diversity, fairness, academic and institution is to provide students with a practical, personal integrity, collegiality, ethical behaviour, high-quality learning experience grounded in and welfare of individuals within the MetFilm professional industry practice and preparation. School community. To achieve these values, Our courses equip students with the knowledge, we call upon students and staff to carry out skills and mindset to prepare them for careers their activities in an environment of mutual within the screen industries. respect, inclusion, professional practice, and a positive attitude towards work. We seek to foster an inclusive environment in which creative, mature, focused, and MetFilm School is committed to promoting considerate individuals are valued as equality of opportunity for students and staff from members of a dynamic community. We believe all backgrounds, and nurturing an environment collaboration is the bedrock of professional which is free from discrimination based on race, practice that is reflected across the creative disability, gender, age, religion, belief, sexual screen industries, and students are required orientation, or gender reassignment.