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COME and FIND YOUR PLACE Undergraduate 2017 Kirkgate Market COME AND FIND YOUR PLACE Undergraduate 2017 Kirkgate Market Leeds city centre ...and all it has to offer, only a 10-minute walk from campus First Direct The Edge Arena Swimming pool, Leeds’ 13,500 capacity 250-station fitness theatre-style music suite and sports venue halls The Laidlaw Library Our brand new CitySide undergraduate library, opened in spring 2015 Parkinson Tower The iconic The Great Hall landmark building Venue for your of the University, graduation visible from miles ceremony in a few around years' time Brotherton Library Stunning historic library, one of four on campus St George's Field Beautiful green space to escape to, right at the heart of campus Hyde Park and Headingley Just a short walk or bus ride to the popular student suburbs in the north of the city www.leeds.ac.uk ■ 1 Leeds General Infirmary Located just south of campus and where much of the clinical teaching for medicine and healthcare students takes place Western Campus Home to Leeds University Business School, the School Leeds of Law, Leeds Institute University Union of Health Sciences, the Shops, music venues, Gryphon Sports Centre bars, nightclubs, a and the Marks & Spencer supermarket and the Archive home of our 300 clubs and societies SOUTH Woodhouse Moor A large park right EAST next to campus, perfect for chilling out or keeping fit WEST NORTH 2 ■ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2017 Contents Welcome to Leeds 3 YOUR CAMPUS 40 Campus life 41 YOUR LEEDS 4 A creative and cultural campus 41 Be inspired 5 Be part of our global community 42 Outstanding learning and teaching 5 Your students’ union 46 Research-based learning 5 Sport and fitness 50 Broadening your horizons 5 Student support and wellbeing 51 Research excellence 13 Leeds the city 56 Academic facilities 14 Enrichment opportunities 16 YOUR APPLICATION 60 Study abroad 16 Costs to consider 61 Work experience 16 Student funding 64 Enterprise at Leeds 17 Applying to study here 66 Clubs, societies and volunteering 17 Visit us and find out more 68 Preparing for your future 26 Leeds for Life 26 YOUR STUDY 70 Career planning 26 Single honours courses 71 Join a global network of Leeds graduates 30 International Foundation Year options 71 Accommodation 34 Part-time study 71 Choosing your new home – things to consider 34 Joint honours courses 71 Getting around Leeds 36 Extended degree courses with foundation year 71 A quick guide to our residences 37 Subjects and courses Click here Maps and how to find us 72 ■ Welcome to Leeds www.leeds.ac.uk ■ 3 Welcome to Leeds This prospectus will give you an idea of what it’s like to be a University of Leeds student. It covers everything you need to know, including details of our courses, the opportunities available to you and the groundbreaking research happening right here on campus. You’ll also find information on things such as our facilities, student accommodation and what the city of Leeds is like, as well as how to apply. You’ll learn all about what our graduates have achieved and what our students say about studying here. For the most current information on our courses, entry requirements, fees and student funding, take a look at our website at www.leeds.ac.uk or give us a call on 0113 243 1751. It’s easy to find out more The best way to find out more is to come and visit us on one of our open days. It’s a great way to explore our campus and meet some of the staff who will be teaching you. You’ll also be able to chat to current students and find out what life is really like in our city and at our University. /universityofleeds @comingtoleeds Important Information Information provided by the University such as in presentations, University brochures and the University website, is accurate at the time of first disclosure. However, courses, University services and content of publications remain subject to change. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or to keep courses contemporary through updating practices or areas of study. Circumstances may arise outside the reasonable control of the University, leading to required changes. Such circumstances include, industrial action, unexpected student numbers, significant staff illness (where a course is reliant upon a person’s expertise), unexpected lack of funding, severe weather, fire, civil disorder, political unrest, government restrictions and serious concern with regard to the transmission of serious illness making a course unsafe to deliver. After a student has taken up a place with the University, the University will look to give early notification of any changes and try to minimise their impact, offering suitable alternative arrangements or forms of compensation where it believes there is a fair case to do so. Offers of a place to study at the University will provide up to date information on courses. The latest key information on courses and entry requirements can be found at www.leeds.ac.uk/coursefinder. Fees information can be found at www.leeds.ac.uk/yourfinances. Please check these websites before making any decisions. 4 ■ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2017 YOUR LEEDS When you enrol at Leeds, you’ll join a community of outstanding academics who share your passion for your subject and are committed to helping you learn and develop and, in time, become an expert in your own right. Our size and breadth enable us to offer you an exceptional student experience. The research-based Leeds Curriculum, combined with an unparalleled range of opportunities that complement your degree, means you can make your time with us a unique experience: one that is shaped around your individual goals, interests and career ambitions. ■ YOUR LEEDS Be inspired www.leeds.ac.uk ■ 5 Be inspired We want to inspire you to be part of the next Research-based learning generation of highly skilled, critical thinkers – Whichever subject you choose to study, research will be at the heart of your learning and you’ll be close to breakthroughs that shaping the world around you in years to come. are having a real impact in the world – sometimes even before they’ve been published. We’ll explore with you how research has Outstanding learning and teaching influenced your subject area and the research methods that are We recognise that studying at university is very different to what essential to making advances. You’ll have the opportunity to use you’ve been used to, but we’ll guide you through this transition those skills and methods in your own final-year research project, and help you adjust to university life. We’ll work closely with you giving you a chance to make your own contribution to the subject. to ensure we meet your expectations, respond to your feedback and let you know what we expect in return. There are lots of opportunities for you to work alongside our academics and get involved in the research happening on Our approach to learning and teaching is to develop your campus, so you’ll experience first-hand how knowledge is knowledge and skills, so you become an enquiring and critical created. In some subjects, research placements are available thinker. You’ll learn how to define problems and how to go about right from the start of your course. finding answers – skills highly valued by graduate employers. You’ll be encouraged to engage with ethical issues in your subject Broadening your horizons area and understand its global and cultural influence. Most of our courses give you the opportunity to broaden your learning by studying discovery modules. Our extensive research activity and the funding this brings means we can invest in the best facilities and attract staff actively We have hundreds of discovery modules to choose from, which engaged in pioneering research. From day one, you’ll be taught are grouped into 10 Discovery Themes that represent the breadth by internationally renowned and inspirational academics working of our teaching. You could pursue your own personal interests, at the forefront of their fields; some will have even written your choose a module that is related to your course or try something textbooks and research articles. Our staff have been awarded completely new, while developing skills that will help prepare you more National Teaching Fellowships than any other university in for life after university. Or you could choose a discovery module the UK, reflecting the high quality of our teaching. learning a foreign language in your first year, to help you prepare for a year studying or working abroad (see page 16). You’ll be actively engaged in learning through a combination of lectures, seminars and tutorials, with additional time allocated to You can explore our discovery modules at private study, project work, laboratory practicals or fieldwork. We www.leeds.ac.uk/broadening have invested over £2m in a new state-of-the-art lecture capture and multimedia management system. This means you’ll be able to access video and audio recordings of many of your lectures and other learning activities through the University’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), so you can study at your own pace and revisit course content at any point in the year. 6 ■ UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS 2017 Richard Cruttenden 4th year MBChB Medicine and Surgery and Intercalated Master of Research in Medicine Pictured in the Leeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences at St James’s University Hospital The opportunities for research at Leeds are incredible and you can really push the boundaries of knowledge. This summer I did an eight-week internship at the Leeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences looking at Photodynamic Therapy as a means of diagnosing colorectal cancer.
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