department welcome back! year 2 induction department of psychology
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Department
Welcome Back!
YEAR 2 induction
Department of
Psychology
Department
Welcome Back!
Professor Kathy RastleHead of Department
Department of
Psychology
Department
Welcome Back!
Dr. Rob Hughes Director of Undergraduate
Programmes
Department of
Psychology
‘Information for current students’ page
Exam/coursework formats (you will be told about these in detail in each individual course)
Coursework submission
New Handbook
Your Year Co-ordinator: Dr. Nick Furl
Admin Office
Your timetable…
What’s new?
Yr 2 induction
Term 1 NOTE:
Where allocated to a group, you MUST attend that group’s
session
Plus Meetings with your Personal Advisor
(FIND THIS ON ‘INFO FOR CURRENT STUDENTS’ PAGE)
Plus Meetings with your Personal Advisor
NOTE: Where allocated to a group,
you MUST attend that group’s session
Note increasing emphasis on
Careers. This will also be the case in
PA meetings.
This year at a glance…
Year 2 courses‘BPS year’•7 courses:
o PS2010, Psychological research and analysis *
o PS2021, Cognitive Psychologyo PS2030, Social Psychologyo PS2050, Personality and Individual
Differenceso PS2040, Developmental Psychologyo PS2061, Brain and Behaviouro PS2080, Conceptual Issues
* compulsory - must pass course to progress
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Contribution to your degree classification
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PS2010
PS2021
PS2030
PS2040
PS2050
PS2061
PS2080
Year 3
Year 2 mark contributes 33.3% to overall degree
mark
Yr 3
Yr 2
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Seminars• One seminar per course (except PS2010) + 2 generic per term
• Aim: to develop essential academic skills in reading and critically evaluating psychological papers, considering wider issues and applying knowledge appropriately
• Not related to coursework assessment, but related to course and topic still examinable.
• Preparation: Essential to read paper(s) and address pre-seminar study questions. Timetable and all seminar details available on ‘info for current students’
• Seminar coordinator: Dr. Danijela Serbic
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Looking forward to your third-year project…
Start thinking about what sort of research project you want to do/supervisor you want to work
with
Double-weighting in third year
Essential to attend Project meetings during Year 2
(you will be notified well in advance)
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PS2010
PS2021
PS2030
PS2040
PS2050
PS2061
PS2080
Year 3
Yr 3 Yr 3
project
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Our Expectations
•Year 2 material is more advanced
•Expectations in Year 2 are higher
•Importantly you’re expected to be more independent than in Year 1
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Can you do it?• Yes! • The programme is designed with you and your skills in mind• You will have lots of support• Previous similar cohorts have met these challenges. Consider typical performance…
• Students frequently go well beyond ‘coping’ and demonstrate excellent performance.
• Remember you have learned a lot since a year ago!
Grade (%)
No. of students
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Keeping in touch with you..
• Don’t miss out on important information - we like to contact you! Please keep an eye on:
– …and keep your student portal information up-to-date
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Where to find information/who to contact…
• Technical/Procedural issues – Handbook, ‘Info for current students’ page, then Admin Office
• Usually your lecturer, course-coordinator or tutor should be your first port of call for individual course issues
• Your PA should be able to help you with most other queries and pastoral issues.
• If your query is still not resolved, contact your Year co-ordinator
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Providing us with feedback
• Course feedback forms (end of term)
• On-line (anytime)
• Staff-student committee (one per term)…
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• Submit nominations for student representatives for Staff-Student Committee.
• To become a rep, email the following info to [email protected] using SSC Reps in the subject line.
• Name:
• Student ID:
• Programme of Study:
• Year:
Represent YourselvesYr 2 induction
Equality and Diversity in our Department• Making the Department and the College more equal and diverse is a
part of our ethos (the college has won a number of awards for both gender and race equality)
• Athena Scientific Women's Academic Network (Athena SWAN): Promotes the advancement of gender equality in academia (staff and students) addressing unequal gender representation and removing the obstacles faced by women in particular.
• Process: identify inequalities, set out evidence-based plans to tackle them, show how plans have reduced inequalities. We are one of few Psychology Departments to hold an Athena Swan Silver Award for doing this (link to full details is on the Departments home page)
• What can YOU do? (i) Student representation on our Athena SWAN team; (ii) Tell us where the inequalities are, and help us to fix them (participate in our anonymous student equality survey, join our focus groups, and tell us your views)
• We want to hear from everyone: The views of both women and men on our degree programmes are important
• More information: Prof. Narender Ramnani ([email protected], Athena SWAN Chair for Psychology)
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS …
This date:
Thursday, December 10th, ~7pm – 10pm...
YES, we are planning the next PANTO!
(more information to follow…)
Careers and Employability
Dr Szonya Durant
www.rhul.ac.uk/careers
Royal Holloway Careers Service
www.rhul.ac.uk/passport
- CV and cover letter advice- mock interviews- careers advice- internships/work experience/jobs- twitter feed/workshops/fairs
https://campus-connect.rhul.ac.uk/
Dept. of Psychology Careers & Employability
MEET OUR GRADS•Thursday 29th October•Moore Building Lecture Theatre•Free pizza and wine!
Thank you –Any questions?
AND REMEMBER TO COME TO THE WELCOME (BACK) PARTYAT MEDICINE AT 2.30pm TODAY!