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DEPARTMENTS OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY
STAFF HANDBOOK 2003-4
http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/historyintranet 2
Foreword
‘When all else fails,’ Cliff Barton, much-missed porter of the much-missed Faculty of Arts, used to say, ‘read the instructions.’ This is the nearest thing you will get to instructions. They are intended as an introduction to our ways, with newly appointed staff particularly in mind. They cannot cover every eventuality. When reading them fails, consult Heather Cullen in the History Office or Sue Bowen in the School of Historical Studies Office. They are the Keepers of Collective Memory without whom no institution can function effectively. If you are really desperate you can always ask me.
John Bourne Lately Director of Undergraduate Studies 3
CONTENTS
1. THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES 1.1 Head of School 1.2 Principal Support Staff 1.3 School of Historical Studies Office 1.4 School of Historical Studies Postgraduate Office 1.5 Web Development Co-ordinator 1.6 Committee Structure
2. THE DEPARTMENTS OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY 2.1 Heads of Department 2.2 Committee Structure 2.3 Principal Officers
3. THE HISTORY OFFICE 3.1 Office Hours 3.2 Support Staff 3.3 Post 3.4 Fax 3.5 Stationery 3.6 Photocopying 3.7 Undergraduate Student Records 3.8 Postgraduate Student Records 3.9 IT 3.10 Student Handbooks 3.11 Departmental Lecture Timetable 3.12 Campus Maps
4. NOTICE BOARDS AND PIGEONHOLES 4.1 Year Notice Boards 4.2 Personal Tutor Notice Board 4.3 Examinations Notice Board 4.4 Welfare Notice Board 4.5 Staff Photoboard 4.6 Student Notice Board 4.7 Careers Notice Board 4.8 Pigeon Holes
5. THE HISTORY INTRANET
6. UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC AND PASTORAL SUPPORT 6.1 Responsibilities of Academic Staff 6.2 Personal Tutors 6.3 Progress Review Tutorials 6.4 Student Progress Review Committee 6.5 Welfare Tutor 6.6 Feedback to Students 6.7 Module Review 6.8 Student Discipline 6.9 Changes of Programme or Module 6.10 Module Information
7. POSTGRADUATE ACADEMIC AND PASTORAL SUPPORT 7.1 Postgraduate Resource Pack 4
7.2 Personal Tutors 7.3 Research Supervision 7.4 Advisers 7.5 Progress Logs 7.6 Progress Review Panels 7.7 Monitoring 7.8 Summer Postgraduate Day 7.9 Programme Conveners 7.10 Postgraduate Research Committee 7.11 Submission of Thesis 7.12 School Postgraduate Office 7.13 Funding
8. STAFF ACADEMIC AND PASTORAL SUPPORT 8.1 Mentoring 8.2 Staff Development Review 8.3 Study Leave Arrangements 8.4 Teaching Space 8.5 Equipment for Teaching within the Medieval and Modern History Departments 8.6 Equipment for Teaching within the American and Canadian Studies Department 8.7 Equipment for Teaching within the Arts Building 8.8 Sickness and Absence Returns
9. ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 2003-4 9.1Term Dates 9.2 Assignment Weeks 9.3 Revision Weeks 9.4 Examination Period 9.5 Examination Processing and Feedback 9.6 University Degree Congregations 9.7 Supplementary Examinations 9.8 University General Holidays
Appendices 5
1. THE SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES
The Departments of Medieval History and Modern History are part of the School of Historical Studies (formed in August 1997 and re-organised in June 2002). The other departments in the School of Historical Studies are: American & Canadian Studies; Art History; Institute of Archaeology & Antiquity; Theology; and the Centre of West African Studies.
1.1 Head of School
Professor John Haldon (R352; 0121 414 5507; [email protected]).
1.2 Principal Support Staff
Fiona Gilyead (R350; 0121 414 7244; [email protected]). Principal duties: School Manager (Monday-Wednesday).
Sheena Robertson (R350; 0121 414 7244; [email protected]). Principal duties: School Manager (Wednesday-Friday).
Vicky Hyatt (R322; 0121 414 3732; [email protected]). Principal duties: Undergraduate Administrator. Vicky is line manager of the History Office.
1.3 School of Historical Studies Office
Susan Bowen (R352; 0121 414 7245; [email protected]). Principal duties: finance; stationery; equipment.
Julie Tonks (R352; 0121 414 6627; [email protected]). Principal duties: Secretary to the Head of School.
1.4 School of Historical Studies Postgraduate Office
Christine Bluck (R320; 0121 414 6049; [email protected]). Principal duties: Postgraduate Administrator.
Jenny Pooler (R321; 0121 414 2829; [email protected]). Principal duties: postgraduate records.
Linda Robinson (R321; 0121 414 3189; [email protected]). Principal duties: reception; clerical work.
1.5 Web Development Co-Ordinator
Stephen Rea (R320; 0121 414 2940; [email protected]). Principal duties: management and development of the School’s web pages.
1.6 Committee Structure1
The principal committees of the School are:
The School Executive Committee
The School Executive Committee is the principal decision making body of the School. It meets monthly between October and June. Its membership is ex officio: Heads of Department within the School and the School Manager. Chair: Head of School.
1 See Appendix 2 for Medieval and Modern History representatives on School committees. 6
The School Committee
The School Committee provides a consultative forum for the exchange of information and views across the School. It meets three times a session (once per term). All members of the School are welcome to attend. Chair: Head of School.
The Library Committee
The Library Committee is responsible for managing the School’s Library budget allocated by the Centre and for liaison with Information Services. All departments within the School are represented. The Medieval History representative is Dr Miriam Müller (0121 414 5741; [email protected]. Chair: Dr Leonard Schwarz (Modern History) (0121 414 6629; [email protected]).
The Undergraduate Programmes Committee
The Undergraduate Programmes Committee (UPC) is responsible for monitoring and enhancing undergraduate provision within the School. It is responsible for approving all undergraduate programmes and modules. All departments within the School are represented. Chair: Dr Ken Wardle (Archaeology & Antiquity) (0121 414 6867; [email protected]).
The Postgraduate Programmes Committee
The Postgraduate Programmes Committee is responsible for monitoring and enhancing postgraduate provision within the School. It is responsible for approving all postgraduate programmes and modules and for monitoring postgraduate supervision and progression. All departments within the School are represented. Chair: Professor Shearer West (History of Art) (0121 414 7331; [email protected]).
The Research & Overseas Conference Grants Committee
The Research & Overseas Conference Grants Committee manages the Research & Overseas Conference budget. All departments within the School are represented. Chair: Dr Jens Röhrkasten (Medieval History); 0121 414 5761; [email protected]). For details of how to apply for a grant, see Appendix 3, below.
The IT Committee
The IT Committee is responsible for managing and procuring the School’s IT equipment. The Committee distributes the IT budget allocated by the Centre. All departments within the School are represented. Individuals may make requests for IT equipment to the Committee via the History representative (Dr Jens Röhrkasten; 0121 414 5761; [email protected]). Chair: Dr Vince Gaffney (Archaeology & Antiquity) (0121 414 7632; [email protected]).
The Welfare Committee
The Welfare Committee co-ordinates the work of the School of Historical Studies’ Welfare Tutors. Chair: Dr Reg Cline-Cole (CWAS) (0121 414 5132; [email protected]). 7
2. THE DEPARTMENTS OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY2
The Department of Medieval History and the Department of Modern History manage the bulk of their activities in close collaboration, having been linked together for budgetary, administrative and teaching purposes for many decades.
2.1 Heads of Department
The Head of Medieval History is: Professor Robert Swanson.
The Head of Modern History is: Professor John Breuilly (until January 2004) Dr John Bourne (from January 2004)
2.2 Committee Structure
The principal committees of the two departments are:
The Board of Medieval and Modern History
The Board of Medieval and Modern History (aka ‘The History Board’) is the governing body of the two departments. Its task is to explain and implement University and School policies insofar as they impinge on the departments. The Board’s agenda comprises Open Business, which all members are entitled to attend, and Closed Business (mainly items on individual named students and examination matters), from which student members are excluded. The Board receives recommendations from its subordinate committees, which are chiefly the History Standing Committee, the staff-Student Consultative Committee, and the Postgraduate and Research Committee.
The History Board provides the principal mechanism of quality control for undergraduate degree programmes.
Membership: all academic staff; History support staff; and the elected representatives of the departments’ undergraduate and postgraduate students (for Open Business only).
Chair: The Chair of Medieval and Modern History (Professor Robert Swanson).
The History Standing Committee
The History Standing Committee meets monthly, although it can, if appropriate, convene at any time. The Committee was instituted two years ago to help expedite the growing volume of business of the History Board at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, and it acts essentially as a preparatory body for that Board. The Committee is answerable to the History Board and all its recommendations are subject to the confirmation of the Board. The Standing Committee’s minutes are forwarded to the History Board.
Membership is ex officio: the Heads of Department; the Director of Undergraduate Studies; the Director of Postgraduate Studies; the Examinations Officer; the Admissions Tutor.
Chair: The Chair of Medieval and Modern History (Professor Robert Swanson).
The Postgraduate and Research Committee
2 See Appendix 1 for a list of academic staff. 8
The Postgraduate and Research Committee is responsible for making recommendations to the History Board on the structure, content and organisation of the postgraduate programmes and on aspects of staff research initiatives; for noting and, as appropriate, acting on post- graduate concerns and issues; and for recognising and implementing postgraduate pro- gramme requirements in accordance with the directives of national funding bodies and the University of Birmingham. The Committee’s minutes are forwarded to the History.
Membership: the Director of Postgraduate Studies; the Heads of Department; the Postgraduate Examinations Officer; the conveners of the M Phil and MA programmes, and one representative of the postgraduate students.
Chair: The Director of Postgraduate Studies (Professor Chris Wickham).
The History Staff-Student Consultative Committee
The Staff-Student Consultative Committee meets twice a term. It provides a direct line of communication between the departments’ students and the History Board, with a view to explaining University/History Board decisions and discussing items raised by the student representatives about their constituents’ concerns. The Committee’s minutes are forwarded to the History Board and circulated in advance of its meetings; student representatives on the Staff-Student Consultative Committee are ex officio participants in the Open Business of the History Board.
Chair: To be Announced.
2.3 Principal Office Holders3
Admissions Tutor
The Admissions Tutor is responsible for History Undergraduate Admissions and for transfers into and out of History degree programmes.
Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUSt)
The Director of Undergraduate Studies has a wide brief: to ensure full and accurate record keeping of student registration; to ensure, on the basis of reports from tutors, that students are fulfilling their academic obligations; to ensure that academic staff are fully aware of their pastoral and pedagogic obligations and are fulfilling them appropriately; and to ensure, as far as possible, a fair distribution of teaching and pastoral duties among the academic staff. The DUSt is also Welfare Tutor, since the two departments agree that these two functions cannot be safely separated. The DUSt chairs the Undergraduate Student Progress Review Committee.
Director of Postgraduate Studies
The Director of Postgraduate Studies is responsible for History Postgraduate Admissions, for monitoring the ‘throughput’ of History postgraduates and for overseeing the development, approval and setting up of new postgraduate programmes. He represents the departments on the School Postgraduate Programmes Committee and chairs the History Postgraduate and Research Committee.
Examinations Officer
The Examinations Officer is responsible for the operation of the examinations and assessment process in accordance with the University’s regulations.
3 See Appendix 2 for a complete list of academic staff administrative duties. 9
3. THE HISTORY OFFICE
The focal point of the two departments is the History Office, located in Rooms 345, 346 and 347, on the third floor of the Arts Building. (Most staff use the door to Room 346 for convenience.) The History support staff operate a flexible working scheme.
3.1 Office Hours
For Students: MONDAY TO FRIDAY 10.00 A.M.-1.00 P.M. 1.30 P.M.-3.30 P.M.
3.2 Support Staff
Heather Cullen (0121 414 5752; [email protected]). Working hours: full-time; 36 hours a week. Principal duties: undergraduate and postgraduate Quality Assurance, syllabus and module review, intranet and web publicity; undergraduate admissions; committee services; files.
Carolyn (‘Caz’) Fox (0212 414 5736; [email protected]). Working hours: School Term-time only, Principal duties: reception; post; stationery.
Carolyn (‘Cal’) Sweet (0121 414 3983; [email protected]). Working hours: full-time; 36 hours a week. Principal duties: undergraduate and postgraduate student records; committee service; Centre for First World War Studies.
Leigh Tilford (0121 414 5755; [email protected]). Working hours: full-time; 36 hours a week. Principal duties: undergraduate and postgraduate examinations; Heads of Department services; committee services; bloke scaring; foraging.
3.3 Post
Incoming internal and external mail is distributed twice a day to staff pigeon-holes by Carolyn Fox, at approximately 10.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. Outgoing mail is collected twice a day from the trays below the staff pigeon-holes by Carolyn Fox, at approximately 1.00 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. There are two trays: one for internal mail and one for external mail. All outgoing external mail must be stamped on the back with the departmental stamp.
3.4 Fax
The fax machine is next to Carolyn Fox’s desk. Members of staff may send faxes themselves and record the fact in the fax book kept on Carolyn Fox’s desk. The History fax number is 0121 414 3656.
3.5 Stationery
The Stationery Cupboard is in Room 347. (Sue Bowen, in the School Office, has overall responsibility for stationery ordering, in which she is an expert, her knowledge of Jiffy bags being without peer.)
3.6 Photocopying
The departments have two photocopiers. The first is located in the History Store Room (R333). All members of the academic staff are given a key to this room and a five-digit pin number for using the machine. This photocopier only uses A4 paper. The second is in Room 347. Use of this is restricted to support staff.
The departments have no colour photocopying facilities. 10
3.7 Undergraduate Student Records
Undergraduate student records are located in the History Office. They are filed in alphabetical order by student surname, colour-coded by year. The principal contents of the files, PRT forms, module reports, etc., will also be colour-coded by year, beginning with Year 1 in October 2002. These records are absolutely essential to our academic and pastoral support of undergraduates and must be treated with respect. Colleagues are reminded that their contents may often be confidential. No file may be taken out of the History Office without permission of the Student Records Officer.
All members of the Academic Staff have on-line access to the University Student Record System (SRS).
3.8 Postgraduate Student Records
Postgraduate student records are located in the School of Historical Studies Postgraduate Office (R321).
All members of the Academic Staff have on-line access to the University Student Record System (SRS).
3.9 IT
All members of the academic staff have their own PC and internet access. Technical support and assistance is provided by Arts IT (G31) ([email protected]; x43588). Problems with IT should be reported to Sue Bowen in the School of Historical Studies office.
3.10 Student Handbooks
All degree programmes have a dedicated student handbook. Copies of these can be found on the History intranet. New colleagues will find them especially helpful.
3.11 Departmental Lecture Timetable
Copies of the Departments’ year specific lecture timetables may be obtained from the History Office and the History intranet.
3.12 Campus Maps
Campus maps may be obtained from the History Office or can be found online, for example the main campus map can be found at http://www.location.bham.ac.uk/edgbaston.htm. Maps can also be printed from the location pages of the University website.
4. NOTICE BOARDS AND PIGEONHOLES
Communications between the departments and their students are via the notice boards and pigeonholes. New staff should familiarise themselves as soon as possible with the lay-out and function of notice-boards. Carolyn Sweet in the History Office is the best person to ask.
4.1 Year Notice Boards
There is a notice board for each year. The First Year Notice Board is located between Rooms 343 and 344; the Second Year Notice Board between Rooms 342 and 343; and the Third Year Notice Board between Rooms 341 and 342. Class lists for all modules will be posted on the relevant year notice boards. Academic staff are responsible for writing the times of first meetings on these class lists.
4.2 Personal Tutor Notice Board 11
Lists of Personal Tutors are posted on the Personal Tutor Notice Board, located between Rooms 327 and 328. Personal Tutors are responsible for writing the times of Progress Review Tutorials on these lists.
4.3 Examinations Notice Board
Examinations information appears on the Examinations Notice Board, located between Rooms 328 and 329.
4.4 Welfare Notice Board
Student Welfare information appears on the notice board located between Rooms 326 and 327.
4.5 Staff Photoboard
There is an academic and support staff photoboard situated to the right of Room 345 (History Office).
4.6 Student Notice Board
Student notices may be posted on the board located between Rooms 329 and 330.
4.7 Careers Notice Board
A board with information about the University Careers Centre and careers notices is located between Rooms 340 and 341.
4.8 Pigeon Holes
The pigeonholes for all students are located between Rooms 323 and 324. There are separate sets for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Staff pigeon-holes are in the History Office.
5. THE HISTORY INTRANET
The Departments’ intranet can be found at http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/historyintranet. It is split into four sections: Undergraduate; Postgraduate; Staff; and Seminars. It is an invaluable source of information at your fingertips. This includes information on programmes, module descriptions, coursework, assessment, etc. Students are encouraged to use the intranet as a source of reference about their programme and it should be accurate at all times. Please contact Heather Cullen if you find that the information contained needs to be amended is missing. Your help and feedback will be very much appreciated.
6. UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC AND PASTORAL SUPPORT
The Departments of Medieval and Modern History conform to the University Code of Practice for Monitoring and Informing Undergraduate Students of their Academic Progress.4
6.1 Responsibilities of Academic Staff
We expect all our academic staff to:
Treat each student fairly and impartially regardless of sex, race, etc. in line with University policy on Equal Opportunities; Turn up on time for classes and finish on time; Notify students, in advance whenever possible, of any changes to teaching times; 4 http://www.ao.bham.ac.uk/aps/regs/co295-1.htm 12
Keep appointments; Answer questions in class; Listen to student views (whether individually or through the structure of the Staff-Student Consultative Committee); Inform students of submission dates for assignments; Return essays and other written work promptly and with helpful written comments; Post a list on their notice boards of ‘Office Hours’ (normally 2 or 3 a week), when they will be available to see students; Take action on behalf of students who ask you to assist them with a problem (N.B. this is especially the function of Personal Tutors).
6.2 Personal Tutors
All academic staff will normally act as Personal Tutors. Personal Tutors are at the heart of the Departments’ academic and pastoral support. Each student following a single-honours or joint-honours programme is given an official Personal Tutor in History appointed by the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUSt). The person appointed will normally be the student’s Personal Tutor for the duration of his or her programme. The most common exception to this is when a Personal Tutor is on Study Leave. On these occasions the Director of Undergraduate Studies appoints a replacement Personal Tutor for the duration of the Study Leave. Requests for a change of Personal Tutor may be made to the Director of Undergraduate Studies, who - after due consideration - may appoint a new Personal Tutor. A list of Personal Tutors is posted on the Personal Tutor Notice Board in the History corridor at the start of each term. Personal Tutors must indicate on the list the time and place for the student’s compulsory termly Progress Review Tutorial (PRT). Personal Tutors are also required to make themselves available to their Personal Tutees, and others, at specific ‘Office Hours’ (normally two or three) each week and to post a list of these times on their office notice boards. Personal Tutors are required to follow the general guidelines contained in the University’s Handbook for Tutors, issued at the beginning of each session.
Some tips. First Year Personal Tutees. Personal Tutors have a major role to play in the orientation of new students. At the first meeting it is important to ensure that your Personal Tutees have successfully registered for the appropriate number of credits, that they have a copy of their programme handbook, that they know the location of their notice board and pigeon holes, and that they understand the requirement of ‘reasonable diligence’. Personal Tutors must also ensure that First Year students understand what plagiarism is, the penalties for plagiarising and that they have signed the plagiarism declaration. Second Year Personal Tutees. At the first meeting of the session it is especially helpful to remind those students whose degree programmes require them to write a dissertation of the importance of finding a good dissertation topic. Third Year Personal Tutees. At the first meeting of the session it is helpful to remind students that they will soon need a job and point them in the direction of the Careers Centre.
6.3 Progress Review Tutorials
The main specific obligation of Personal Tutors is to hold individual Progress Review Tutorials in the first two weeks of each of the three terms and an end of year review. They must record a note of the proceedings (as of any other significant encounter with a personal tutee) in the student’s file, which is retained in the History Office, and ensure that the plagiarism declaration has been signed. This recurring opportunity is also taken to update the student’s addresses and telephone numbers and to check on the modules he or she is studying, and with whom. In the student’s first term, Personal Tutors are required to meet their First-Year tutees on the first or second day of term to explain to them the role and functions of the Personal Tutor and record that this meeting (like subsequent Progress Review Tutorials) has taken place on the PRT forms provided by the History Office and retained in the student’s file.
Personal Tutors should send a Progress Review Tutorial Reminder Letter if a student fails to attend his or her Progress Review Tutorial. (Hard or electronic copies are available from the History Office or the Intranet.) The student’s failure to attend and the dispatch of the reminder letter should also be noted on the student’s PRT file. If there is no response to the reminder the DUSt should be informed. 13
The purpose of Progress Review Tutorials is not only to maintain a watching brief on students’ general welfare but also to provide them with feedback on each term’s work on the basis of the module reports deposited in their files by their academic tutors at the end of each term, suggesting – where appropriate – possible remedial action. Personal Tutors are also responsible for giving Personal Tutees their examination results individually in the post-examination period and for conducting an end of year review.
6.4 Undergraduate Student Progress Review Committee
The Undergraduate Student Progress Review Committee (USPRC) monitors the academic progress and pastoral situation of all undergraduate students in the Departments of Medieval and Modern History. The Committee meets once in the Autumn Term and once in the Spring Term to consider students identified as a cause for academic or pastoral concern by members of staff in reply to a circular from the DUSt. The Committee is convened and chaired by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Its membership consists of the DUSt, the Head of Medieval History and the Head of Modern History. The Student Records Officer attends the Committee to take minutes and circulates the Committee’s decisions to members of staff for their action. The minutes are also reported to the following meeting of the History Board. Where problems have been identified and discussed by the Student Progress Review Committee, Personal Tutors will usually be required to initiate the necessary remedial action. Where problems are persistent or severe the remedial action will normally be initiated by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Copies of all documentation generated by these activities are normally placed in the student’s file.
‘Undergraduate Student Progress Review’ is a standing item on the Reserved Business Agenda of the History Board and any member of staff may raise the name of a student for discussion or information at any such meeting.
6.5 Welfare Tutor
The Director of Undergraduate Studies is Welfare Tutor for the Departments of Medieval and Modern History. He has no Personal Tutees of his own. He is responsible for the operation of the Personal Tutor system and is expected to deal with any problems that may arise. He is available to Personal Tutors for advice and consultation and will always be informed of serious problems afflicting an individual student. He is the formal point of contact between the University and the Departments of Medieval and Modern History on Welfare issues, attending appropriate meetings at University level and drawing students’ attention, via the History Welfare Notice Board, to Welfare provision offered by the University Student Support & Counselling Service and the Guild of Students.
6.6 Feedback to Students
Feedback to students on their academic progress is essential. It is provided in three ways. First, feedback on individual pieces of non-assessed (formative) work. This must be provided either in the form of comments written on the piece of work itself or on a pro-forma that is returned to the student together with the piece of work. (Hard or electronic copies are available from the History Office or the Intranet.) All comments are expected to address the issues of Content (quality of research and analysis), Structure (focus/relevance to the question) and Presentation (including spelling, syntax, grammar, etc.) Second, feedback on assessed (summative) work. Module tutors must provide this after the assessed work has been marked. Third, general feedback. Personal Tutors must provide this at the termly Progress Review Tutorial. Personal Tutors are also responsible for providing feedback on the sessional examinations at the end of year review.
6.7 Module Review
Students are given an opportunity to comment systematically and anonymously on individual modules. The two Heads of Department and the Director of Undergraduate Studies are responsible for establishing a Feedback Cycle, which is reported annually to the first meeting of the History Board in October. Priority is usually given to the review of new modules but care is also taken that all modules are regularly reviewed. Students are circulated with questionnaires. A high return rate is achieved by setting aside time in seminars for the forms to be filled in (in the absence of the tutor) and for their return to the History Office in sealed envelopes by a student member of the group. Returns are 14 analysed by the two heads of department and the module convener. Heads of Department are responsible for drawing praise and blame to the attention of individual members of staff. On occasions, members of staff may be advised to attend appropriate training courses offered by the Staff Development Unit. General issues arising from the analyses are discussed at the annual Programme and Module Review meeting, held on the last day of the Summer Term. Where appropriate, changes in provision are instituted before the start of the next session.
6.8 Student Discipline
According to University Regulation 5.2.5. ‘Any student who fails to perform the required work in his or her programme with reasonable diligence may, by decision of the Academic Board or other appropriate authority, be required to withdraw from the University. Any such decision shall have been preceded by an opportunity for the student to produce evidence of mitigating circumstances to the appropriate body either in writing or in person.’ Reasonable diligence means reasonable attendance. Attendance at seminars, essay classes, Progress Review Tutorials and other tutorial meetings is compulsory. Tutors should maintain an attendance register for each class. Unexplained student absences are a serious matter. Colleagues should carefully record all student absences and failures to produce written work on the termly report forms, which will be sent to them by the Student Records Officer. Students with bad reports MUST have their deficiencies pointed out to them at the following Progress Review Tutorial and the fact of the pointing out recorded on the PRT form. Colleagues will also have the opportunity to report non-diligent students to the termly meeting of the Undergraduate Student Progress Review Committee. It remains imperative for students to attend their PRTs and we must continue to chase up students failing to attend.
6.9 Changes of Programme or Module
Students wishing to change degree programme should be referred to the relevant Admissions Tutor. Students wishing to change module should be referred to the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
6.10 Module Information
It is expected that all academic staff will eventually contribute to our degree programmes across the board. This means not only contributing to team-taught modules already in existence, but also establishing modules of their own. Staff wishing to put on new modules should first discuss their plans with their Head of Department. The next step is to submit a completed Module Proposal Form to the History Board. No module can be offered without approval at a Board Meeting. The Module Proposal Form should be submitted with the Agenda and agreed at the Meeting. After that, the agreed Module Proposal Form will be sent by Heather Cullen to the secretary of the School’s Undergraduate Programmes Committee as soon as possible for School and then University approval. Heather Cullen is happy to advise on completing module proposal forms. Module Proposal Forms are available from Heather Cullen or from the web: http://www.ao.bham.ac.uk/aps/prgomod/modules/moduleproposalform.rtf.
Once a module has been approved tutors must prepare a module handout designed to facilitate students’ understanding of the module’s purpose and to further their learning. Such handouts must conform to the criteria approved by the History Board. Hard copies of existing handouts are available from Heather Cullen or from the Intranet.
7. POSTGRADUATE STUDENT ACADEMIC AND PASTORAL SUPPORT
The Departments of Medieval and Modern History conform to the University Code of Practice for Monitoring and Informing Taught Postgraduate Students of their Academic Progress and the University Code of Practice for the Admission, Monitoring and Assessment of Research Students.5
7.1 Postgraduate Resource Pack
5 For full details, see http://www.ao.bham.ac.uk/aps/regs/ 15
All new postgraduates receive a copy of the Postgraduate Resources Pack on joining their degree programme. This outlines the University-wide resources available to postgraduate students. The Pack is usually distributed at the new postgraduates party, held on the first Tuesday of the Autumn Term, or by programme conveners and supervisors. Extra copies may be obtained from the School of Historical Studies Postgraduate Office (R321).
7.2 Personal Tutors
Students on Taught programmes are allocated a Personal Tutor, whose responsibilities are the same as those at undergraduate level.
7.3 Research Supervision
Students undertaking research for a thesis are allocated a Supervisor with the most suitable expertise in the given area of research. The supervisor is responsible for offering advice on research methodologies, potential sources and advising on the writing-up process. Regular supervisory meeting should occur. The supervisor is responsible for recommending the appointment of internal and external examiners for the thesis examination process.
7.4 Advisers
Every research student at the moment of initial registration will be assigned a review panel of two people: the student’s Advisers. The first of these will be chosen from the group of staff who are closest in research area to the student; the second will be a designated member of staff who will be responsible for postgraduate review in a whole Department or a large sector of a Department. (Where the second adviser is already the supervisor, the Director of Postgraduate Studies in consultation with the Head of Department will assign another.) All research students already registered will also be assigned them, except those already writing up.
The two advisers will have these roles:
Separately, they will be available for consultation if the student needs expertise that the supervisor does not have, or if the student needs outside assessment of a problem. Separately, they may mediate informally if there are difficulties between a supervisor and a student. (Any formal changes in supervision, however, must go through the Director of Postgraduate Studies.) Together, they will serve as a review panel of assessors for upgrading from MPhil to PhD, if the student decides to upgrade (see below). Together, they will participate in Summer Term Postgraduate Days (see below) and feed back to the student their reactions to his or her presentation. If the supervisor is unavoidably absent, the first adviser may informally guide the student for a period. But any formal take-over of supervision by an adviser would mean the reassignment of advisory roles. Advisers will not be considered automatically for the role of examiners, but would not be excluded from that role unless one of them had read large parts of a student’s thesis and fed back their responses to the student.
Second Advisers will chair and convene upgrade review panels, which have to be set up ‘at arm’s length’ from the supervision process. Also, as they will be part of all or most of the review process in their Department or research sector, they will have the role of moderating the overall quality and consistency of research in their area, and will provide a short report on their overall view of that research to their Head of Department and the Director of Postgraduate Studies every Summer Term. Any other concerns can be raised informally at any other time.
7.5 Progress Logs
The departmental progress log detailing the programme, and anticipated deadlines, for the student should be completed within one month of the student’s initial registration. This will be completed by the student in consultation with the supervisor. Any slippage of more than three months on agreed deadlines requires a new progress log to be completed. These logs are available from the Departmental 16
Office. Please note that the two departments do not require the completion of the Graduate School Supervision Record (Form GRS2), normally supplied with the Graduate School Resource File.
7.6 Progress Review Panels
Progress Review Panels will be conducted on a yearly basis by the two advisers. They will provide a written report on the nature of the student’s progress for the supervisor and the tutor for postgraduates. If the candidate is upgrading from MPhil to PhD then the procedure for this will constitute a review (see below). In year two the Summer Postgraduate Day(s) will constitute the review process (see above).
Towards the end of each academic year the supervisor will be asked to complete a written report for the School of Historical Studies which will include a recommendation concerning the student’s progress to the following year (see below Monitoring).
7.7 Monitoring
In addition to the Progress Review Panels the monitoring process will take into account written reports from the supervisor and from the students indicating whether they are content with progress. This process is administered by the School of Historical Studies Postgraduate Office.
7.8 Summer Postgraduate Day(s)
This is part of the on-going mentoring process for research students. Attendance is compulsory for postgraduates. Students in their second year of full time study (fourth year part-time) will present papers lasting 20-25 minutes upon an aspect of their research followed by questions from the audience of postgraduates and staff. The student’s Progress Review Panel will evaluate these presentations. This feedback process will have the status of a yearly review, and will include a short report to the supervisor and the tutor for postgraduates. It does not have to involve a formal interview, although it should do if the report is substantially critical. Postgraduates from other years will also be able to present ‘informal’ non-assessed papers.
7.9 Programme Conveners
Each taught postgraduate programme is assigned a Programme Convener (see below Appendix 2, Staff Administrative Responsibilities). This individual oversees the running of the programme and is a point of contact/liaison for the students taking the programme.
7.10 Postgraduate and Research Board
The Postgraduate Research Committee is a sub-committee of the Medieval and Modern History Board. It oversees the running of existing programmes and the development of ‘new’ programmes. The Committee comprises the Director of Postgraduate Studies and Deputy, programme conveners and the two Heads of Department. A representative of the postgraduate community is entitled to sit on this committee.
7.11 Submission of Thesis
The student must notify the Academic Office of their intention to submit at least eight weeks in advance. Forms are available from the School Postgraduate Office. Thesis must be bound and submitted in accordance with University Regulations.
7.12 School Postgraduate Office
This office provides a point of administrative liaison and enquiry for staff and postgraduates alike. The office co-ordinates taught examinations business, retains the personal files of students and co-ordinates admissions.
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The School of Historical Studies offers annually a limited number of scholarships, for which future and existing postgraduates must apply. To be eligible applications must have sought (unsuccessfully) funding from the AHRB or one of the national postgraduate funding bodies. The Departments of Medieval and Modern History also have at their disposal a number of annual bursaries.
8. STAFF ACADEMIC AND PASTORAL SUPPORT
8.1 Mentoring
Their Head of Department will allocate a mentor all new members of the academic staff. The Mentor will be a full-time member of the academic staff with whom new colleagues can discuss problems and from whom they can obtain advice. Mentors will observe teaching and marking. Staff will be mentored throughout their probation.
8.2 Staff Development Review
Probationary staff are reviewed annually; other staff bi-annually. Reviewers are specially trained senior members of the departments. Staff Development Review offers an opportunity to reflect on career development and to secure helpful advice and support.
8.3 Study Leave Arrangements
Applications for Study Leave must be submitted through the Head of Department to the Head of School who will take a decision in consultation with the member of staff concerned and other members of the School as appropriate. An application form must be collected from the School Office (Room 352) or downloaded from the School’s intranet: http://artsweb.bham.ac.uk/shs_intranet/stdyleave.htm
Applications should indicate what research will be undertaken. Heads of Department should indicate how the teaching will be covered.
The Head of School may grant a member of the teaching staff one term’s Study Leave after the completion of a minimum of three years’ service in a teaching post in the University. Professors and non-professorial Heads of School or Department must obtain the approval of the Vice-Chancellor before submitting a formal application.
After an initial period of Study Leave granted under the above, further Study Leave may be granted only at the rate of one term after completion of each further three-year period of service. Every effort will be made to allow for any postponements of a period of Study Leave occasioned by illness or any other appropriate cause.
Study Leave for periods longer than one term will only be allowed in justified circumstances. Applications for longer periods of Study Leave should be accompanied by appropriate supporting documents. Note that the AHRB has a scheme for funding research leave.
The full salary of a member of staff on Study Leave and the University’s contribution to superannuation and National Insurance will normally be paid.
A limited contribution towards travel or, less typically, other specified expenses may be made from School funds, but applicants should wherever possible apply for funds from outside sources.
A member of staff is required to submit via their Head of Department to the Head of School a report on conclusion of the period of leave, indicating how the leave has been used and what has been produced.
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Rooms for teaching are at a premium in the Arts Building. In June, Carolyn Sweet will request room bookings for the following session for fixed classes, e.g. lectures, optional units, special subjects, seminars, etc. Carolyn will then request rooms from the University’s Timetabling and Room Bookings section and try to accommodate smaller classes within the department. This is an extremely frustrating and time-consuming business. Carolyn will do her utmost to ensure that you get the room you require. If you find you do not require a room you have previously booked, please inform Carolyn immediately. If you do not inform Carolyn, the Departments are liable to be charged for non-use of the room. Keys to departmental rooms are available from one of the support staff in the History Office.
8.5 Equipment for Teaching within the Medieval and Modern History Departments
History Store Room (Room 333): Three slide projectors, plus carousels, overhead projector, tape recorder.
Rodney Hilton Library (Room 335): One overhead projector.
Styles Room (336): Two televisions, two video recorders (one plays tapes other than British), one overhead projector.
If equipment is not working properly, please report the fault to Heather Cullen.
8.6 Equipment for Teaching within the Department of American and Canadian Studies
The Departments of Medieval and Modern History have an agreement with the Department of American and Canadian Studies to use their VCR facilities on an occasional basis.
Richard Shackleton Library (Room 439, Fourth Floor):- Television and video recorder (plays tapes other than British), overhead projector.
8.7 Equipment for Teaching within the Arts Building
Large Lecture Theatre (1st Floor): Beam video, large screen, 2 slide projectors and remote controls, overhead projector. There is also a High Speed Campus Network point. The key to this equipment is held at the Reception Desk in the foyer and must be signed for before it will be released to staff. The key must be returned immediately after use.
Lecture Room 1 (1st Floor): Video recorder, monitors, slide projector, screen and overhead projector. The key to this equipment is held at the Reception Desk in the foyer and must be signed for before it will be released to staff. The key must be returned immediately after use.
Lecture Rooms 2, 3, 4 (1st Floor) and Lecture Room 6 (3rd Floor): 35mm slide projectors are fixed to the back wall of the lecture room. Remote control units to operate the slide projector are also available from the Reception Desk and must be returned there immediately after use.
8.8 Sickness and Absence Returns
Heather Cullen has to inform the School Office of sickness and absence from the University. This is a University requirement. If you are away from the University for a period of time through ill-health or for other reasons, Heather must be notified. Each member of staff is entitled to three consecutive days sickness/absence before a Self-Certification note is required to be completed. Heather Cullen has these forms and she will ask you to complete one after your return. After a period of seven days, which includes the first three days, a doctor’s note must be sent to Heather immediately. After that time, a doctor’s note is required to cover the whole period until your return to work. This procedure must be followed diligently, even during vacations. It is essential that all absences due to sickness be recorded as failure to do so will lose the University a great deal of money. Compassionate leave is awarded for up to three days in the event of the death of a close relative. This should be granted by the Head of Department and recorded by Heather on your return. If any longer period is requested or if the leave is sought for any other reason, Personnel Services should be contacted. If you wish to have further clarification, please see Heather Cullen. 19
9. ACADEMIC CALENDAR6
9.1Term Dates
Autumn Term: 29 September 2003 12 December 2003 Spring Term: 12 January 2004 26 March 2004 Summer Term: 26 April 2004 18 June 2004
9.2 Assignment Weeks
There is an Assignment Week held in the sixth week of the Autumn Term and the sixth week of the Spring Terms. This is a time when scheduled teaching may be suspended in order to provide for a period of study uninterrupted by lectures and classes and to allow various pieces of work to be handed in. Normal student attendance is a University requirement.
9.3 Revision Weeks
26 April 2004 7 May 2004
9.4 Sessional Examinations7
10 May 2004 4 June 2004
9.5 Examination Processing and Feedback
10 May 2004 18 June 2004
9.6 University Degree Congregations
To be Announced
9.7 Supplementary Examinations
24 August 2004 1 September 2004 (inclusive).
6 See Appendix 4 for a detailed schedule of History meetings. 7 A detailed examining schedule for History undergraduate programmes is supplied separately to all examiners by the History Examinations Officer. 20
Appendix 1 History Academic Staff
Steven Bassett BA PhD FSA, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History: Early medieval history and archaeology with a particular interest in Anglo-Saxon England and the church. (On Study Leave Spring Term 2004.) Room: 364. Telephone: 0121 414 5765. E-mail: [email protected]
John Bourne BA PhD FRHistS, Senior Lecturer in Modern History, Head of Modern History (from January 2004) and Director of the Centre for First World War Studies: The British Army during the Great War. Football Team: Port Vale. (On Study Leave Autumn Term 2003.) Room: 337. Telephone: 0121 414 5739. E-mail: [email protected]
John Breuilly BA DPhil FRHistS, Professor of Modern History, Head of Modern History (until January 2004) and Director of Postgraduate Studies: Nineteenth-century Germany. (On Study Leave Spring Term 2004.) Room 334: Telephone: 0121 414 5747. E-mail: [email protected]
Nicholas Brooks MA DPhil FBA FSA FRHistS, Professor of Medieval History (part-time): Early medieval British history, especially of warfare and the church. Room: 341. Telephone: 0121 414 5744. E-mail: [email protected]
Caterina Bruschi BA PhD, Lecturer in Medieval History: Religious history, heresy and Inquisition, especially in Italy and France. Football Team: Parma. (On AHRB Study Leave Session 2003-4.) Room: 442. Telephone: 0121 414 5754. E-mail [email protected]
Francesca Carnevali MA MSc (Econ) PhD, Lecturer in Modern History: Twentieth-century European economic and social history, with special emphasis on regional development. Football Team: Milan. Room: 324. Telephone: 0121 414 6635. E-mail: [email protected]
Carl Chinn MBE BA PhD FRHistS, Professor of Birmingham Community History. Social history of the English working class, c.1880-c.1940, with special emphasis on Birmingham. Professor Chinn is on secondment to South Birmingham College, where he is setting up a Centre for Birmingham Historical Studies. He is based in Digbeth at the Floodgate Street campus of South Birmingham College. Football Team: Aston Villa.
Nicholas Crowson BA PhD FRHistS, Senior Lecturer in Modern History: British political history, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, especially that of the Conservative Party. (On AHRB Study Leave Session 2003-4.) Room: 446. Telephone: 0121 414 5485. E-mail: [email protected]
Richard Cust BA PhD FRHistS, Senior Lecturer in Modern History: Seventeenth century England, especially the reign of Charles I. Football Team: Nottingham Forest. Room: 344. Telephone: 0121 414 5764. E-mail: [email protected]
Aysu Dinçer BA MA MPhil PhD, Teaching Fellow in Medieval History: Medieval English social and economic history; crusading. Room: 231. Telephone: 0121 414 5743. E-mail: [email protected] 21
Elaine Fulton MA MLitt PhD, Temporary Lecturer in Modern History: Catholic religion in sixteenth- century Europe, with particular reference to the Austrian lands. Room: 348. Telephone: 0121 414 46632. E-mail: [email protected]
Julian Greaves BA PhD, Lecturer in Modern History, Deputy Director of Undergraduate Studies and Deputy Examinations Officer: British economic history in the twentieth century. Room: 240. Telephone: 0121 414 5760. E-mail: [email protected]
Armin Grünbacher PhD, Temporary Lecturer in Modern History, Deputy Director of Postgraduate Studies and Postgraduate Examinations Officer: The history of [West] Germany since 1945. Room: 325. Telephone: 0121 414 5759. E-mail: [email protected]
Matthew Hilton BA MA PhD, Senior Lecturer in Modern History: British social history 1800-present, history of consumer society and material culture, popular culture, history of smoking and the tobacco industry. (On Leverhulme Funded Research Leave, 2003-5.) Room: 327. Telephone: 0121 414 7697. E-mail: [email protected]
Peter Jones BA DPhil, Professor of French History and Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUSt): French history in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with special emphasis on the Revolution and the peasantry. Room: 330. Telephone: 0121 414 5746. E-mail: [email protected]
Sabine Lee Staatsexamen PhD, Lecturer in Modern History (half-time): Twentieth-century European history. (On AHRB Study Leave Session 2003-4.) Room: 328. Telephone: 0121 414 5749. E-mail: [email protected]
Jerzy Łukowski BA PhD, Senior Lecturer in Modern History: East-European history in the eighteenth century, with special reference to Poland. (On British Academy Research Fellow Leave, 2003-5.) Room: 343. Telephone: 0121 414 5742. E-mail: [email protected]
Robert Mallett BA PhD, Teaching Fellow in Modern History: Italian history in the twentieth century, especially the fascist era. Football Teams: Nottingham Forest and Lazio. Room: 441. Telephone: 0121414 3203. E-mail: [email protected]
Terry Mandrell BA M Litt M Ed, Teaching Fellow in Modern History: Modern British social history, 1870-1990; European and British labour history and politics, 188-1945; English popular radicalism, 1780-1850; European fascism, 1981-45; gender and the British labour movement. Room: 325. Telephone: 0121 414 5759. E-mail: [email protected]
Peter Marsh BA PhD D Litt, Honorary Professor of Modern History: Modern British political history; the Chamberlain family. Room: TBA. Telephone: TBA.. E-mail: [email protected]
Kieran McGovern BA, Teaching Fellow in Modern History: British political history in the twentieth century. Room: 446. Telephone: 0121 414 5485. E-mail: [email protected]
Alex Mold BA, Teaching Fellow in Modern History: The history of drug addiction treatment in twentieth-century Britain. Room: 231. Telephone: 0121 414 5743. E-mail: [email protected]
Miriam Müller MPhil PhD, Temporary Lecturer in Medieval History (half-time): The peasantry in Medieval England. Room: 342. Telephone: 0121 414 5741. E-mail: [email protected]
Graeme Murdock BA DPhil, Senior Lecturer in Modern History and Admissions Tutor: European Reformation. Room: 429. Telephone: 0121 414 6996. E-mail: [email protected] 22
Duncan Probert BA PhD, Medieval History Research Fellow: Early medieval English and British history and place-name studies. Room: 442. Telephone: 0121 414 5754. E-mail: [email protected]
Adrian Randall BA MA PhD, Professor of English Social History and Dean of Arts & Social Sciences: British social and labour history, c.1700-1850, particularly social protest and community politics; popular radicalism. Football Team: Swindon Town. Room: 349. Telephone: 0121 414 6626. E-mail: [email protected]
Catherine Richardson BA MA PhD, Lecturer in Modern History: Social, cultural and material history of Early Modern England. (Dr Richardson’s is a joint appointment with the English Department. She is based at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon.) Room: 328. Telephone: 0121 414 5749. E-mail: [email protected]
Jens Röhrkasten MA Dr Phil, Lecturer in Medieval History: Medieval legal and religious history, especially of England. Room: 430. Telephone: 0121 414 5761. E-mail: [email protected]
Corey Ross BA MA PhD, Senior Lecturer in Modern History and Examinations Officer: Twentieth- century European history, particularly the social and cultural history of Germany; European reconstruction after 1945. Football Team: Liverpool. Room: 329. Telephone: 0121 414 5757. E-mail: [email protected]
Alec Ryrie MA MLitt DPhil, Lecturer in Modern History: The early English Reformation. Room: 339. Telephone: 0121 414 5738. E-mail: [email protected]
Leonard Schwarz BA DPhil, Senior Lecturer in Modern History: English social history, mid-17th-mid- 19th century; 20th-century inter-war French and German economic history. Room: 326. Telephone: 0121 414 6629. E-mail: [email protected]
Robert Swanson MA PhD FRHistS, Professor of Medieval Ecclesiastical History and Head of the Department of Medieval History: Late medieval ecclesiastical history with special emphasis on England. Room: 340. Telephone: 0121 414 5748. E-mail: [email protected]
Robert Thompson BA, Teaching Fellow in Modern History: 20th Century military history. Football Teams: Manchester United and Parma. Room: 441. Telephone: 0121414 3203. E-mail: [email protected].
Katherine Watson BSc MA DPhil, Lecturer in Modern History: Nineteenth and twentieth century British economic history, especially industrial finance. Football Team: Norwich City. Room: 323. Telephone: 0121 414 6631. E-mail: [email protected]
Christopher Wickham MA DPhil FBA FRHistS, Professor of Early Medieval History: Early medieval social and economic history, with special emphasis on Italy and the development of social structures. Room: 425. Telephone: 0121 414 5756. E-mail: [email protected] 23
Appendix 2 Academic Staff Administrative Responsibilities
1. PRINCIPAL OFFICE HOLDERS
Chair of Medieval and Modern History: Professor Robert Swanson
Head of Medieval History: Professor Robert Swanson
Head of Modern History: Professor John Breuilly (until January 2004) Dr John Bourne (from January 2004)
Admissions Tutor: Dr Graeme Murdock Deputy Admissions Tutors: Dr Francesca Carnevali Dr Elaine Fulton Ancient & Medieval History: Professor Chris Wickham Medieval English and History: Dr Philippa Semper (English Department)
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Professor Peter Jones Deputy Director: Dr Julian Greaves
Director of Postgraduate Studies & Research: Professor Chris Wickham Deputy Director and Postgraduate Examinations Officer: Dr Armin Grünbacher
Examinations Officer: Dr Corey Ross Deputy Examinations Officer: Dr Julian Greaves Examinations Assistant: Dr Miriam Müller
Quality Assurance Committee: Professor Robert Swanson (Chair) Mrs Heather Cullen Dr Alec Ryrie Dr Katherine Watson
Research Co-Ordinator: Professor Chris Wickham
Departmental Library Officers: Dr Leonard Schwarz Dr Miriam Müller
President of the Rodney Hilton Library: Professor Nicholas Brooks
2. UNDERGRADUATE MODULE CO-ORDINATORS
Historical Focus (Medieval): Professor Robert Swanson Historical Focus (Modern): Dr Elaine Fulton Research Seminar: Dr Leonard Schwarz Social History of Modern Britain: Dr Leonard Schwarz Economic History of Modern Britain: Dr Katherine Watson 24
Group Research: Dr Richard Cust Historical Perspectives: Dr Jens Röhrkasten Medieval Societies: Offa & Charlemagne Professor Chris Wickham Germany & England Dr Miriam Müller Reshaping Societies: England & Scotland Professor Robert Swanson Byzantium Dr Leslie Brubaker Reviewing History: Dr Jens Röhrkasten Dissertation Preparation: Professor Peter Jones Dissertation Supervision: Professor Peter Jones Historical Reflections: Professor Chris Wickham
3. POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATORS
M.Phil B in English Local History: Dr Richard Cust M.Phil B in Modern European History: Dr Corey Ross MA in Social research (ESH): Dr Leonard Schwarz MA in Shakespeare Studies: Dr Catherine Richardson M.Phil in Medieval History: Professor Chris Wickham M.Phil in Early Modern History: Dr Richard Cust M.Phil in 20th Century British History: Dr Francesca Carnevali
4. SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES
Undergraduate Programmes Committee: Dr Alec Ryrie Professor Robert Swanson Postgraduate Programmes Committee: Professor Chris Wickham Dr Richard Cust IT Committee: Dr Jens Röhrkasten Library Committee: Dr Leonard Schwarz Dr Miriam Müller Research & Overseas Conference Grant Committee: Dr Jens Röhrkasten Welfare Committee: Professor Peter Jones Quality Assurance Group: Dr Alec Ryrie Research Strategy Group: Professor Chris Wickham 25
Appendix 3 Dates of Meetings
1. SCHOOL OF HISTORICAL STUDIES MEETINGS
The School Committee meets on Wednesdays at 2.00 p.m.: 26 November 2003; 10 March 2004; 26 May 2004. Open to all.
2. DEPARTMENTS OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN HISTORY MEETINGS
2.1 Medieval and Modern History Board
The History Board meets on Wednesdays at 2.00 p.m. in The Rodney Hilton Library (R335): 22 October 2003; 19 November 2003; 28 January 2004; 18 March 2004; 5 May 2004; 26 May 2004 (if required).
2.2 History Standing Committee
The History Standing Committee meets on Tuesdays at 9.00 a.m.: 7 October 2003; 11 November 2003; 9 December 2003; 20 January 2004; 10 February 2004; 2 March 2004; 4 May 2004; 25 May 2004; [Monday] 21 June 2004; 13 July 2004 (if required).
2.3 Staff-Student Consultative Committee
The Staff-Student Consultative Committee meets on Wednesdays at 1.00 p.m.: 15 October 2003; 12 November 2003; 21 January 2004; 10 March 2004; 12 May 2004.
2.4 Departmental Meetings
The Department of Medieval History meets on the first day of each term at 10.00 a.m. in R364: 29 September 2003; 12 January 2004; 26 April 2004.
The Department of Modern History meets on the first day of each term in R334 at 1.00 p.m.: 29 September 2003; 12 January 2004; 26 April 2004.
2.5 Ancient and Medieval History Board
The Ancient and Medieval History Board meets on Wednesdays at 2.00 p.m.: 10 December 2003; 24 March 2004.
2.6 Undergraduate Student Progress Review Committee
The Undergraduate Student Progress Review Committee meets on Mondays at 2.00 p.m.: 3 November 2003; 16 February 2004.
2.7 Dissertation Consultation Days
The Dissertation Consultation Days are Friday, 21 November 2003, and Monday, 24 November 2003.
2.8 Programme and Module Review Meeting
The Programme and Module Review Meeting takes place on the morning of Friday, 18 June 2004. 26
3. EXAMINATION MEETINGS
3.1 Draft Examination Scrutiny Committee
The Draft Examination Scrutiny Committee meets on Wednesday, 18 February 2004 (provisional).
3.2 Group Research Presentations
Group Research Presentations take place on Wednesday, 28 April 2004, and Thursday, 29 April 2004.
3.3 Sessional Examinations
The Sessional Examination period is 10 May 2004-4 June 2004 (inclusive).
3.4 Supplementary Examinations
The Supplementary Examination period is 23 August-1 September 2004 (inclusive).
3.5 First Year Examinations Board
The First Year Examinations Board is on the morning of Thursday, 10 June 2004.
3.6 Scrutiny Committee
The EHIS Scrutiny Committee meeting is on the afternoon of Thursday, 10 June 2004; the History Scrutiny Committee in the morning of Monday, 14 June 2004.
3.7 Second Year Examinations Board
The Second Year Examinations Board is on the afternoon Monday, 14 June 2004.
3.8 Final Examinations Board
The Final Examinations Board is on the morning of Tuesday, 15 June 2004.
3.9 Examiners’ Dinner
The Examiners’ Dinner is on the evening of Monday, 14 June 2004.
3.10 Annual Review of Office Procedures
The Annual Review of Office Procedures is on Tuesday, 22 June 2004, at 10.00 a.m. in the Rodney Hilton Library.
4. ADMISSIONS
4.1 School and Colleges Open Days
The School and Colleges Open Days are on Friday, 23 April 2004, and Saturday, 24 April 2004.
4.2 Admissions Days
The Medieval and Modern History and Economic History Admissions Days are on Wednesday afternoons: 3 December 2003; 21 January 2004; 11 February 2004; 25 February 2004; and 10 March 2004.
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4.3 Admissions Open Forum
Saturday, 18 September 2004.