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Welcome
• Expectations, hopes & questions
• Course Learning Outcomes
• Course Structure
• APEL and Assessment Schedule
• What happens if something goes wrong……
• Student reps
• Contacts
• Using the library and NOW
4. Course structure
• 180 credits
• Core modules:
– Social Justice in Education
– Research skills (30 credits) or Research in a Professional Context (20 credits)
– Dissertation (40 or 60 credits)
• Optional modules:
– Educational leadership and change management
– Perspectives in SEN
– Social justice in Education
– Coaching and mentoring in an educational context
– Curriculum innovations
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6. Assessment schedule
Handing in dates for assignments:
Term one – 17th January 2020 – 2pm
Term two – 17th April 2020 – 2 pm
Term three – 30th August 2020 – 2 pm
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7. The University has clear expectations about how all
members of its community treat, and are treated by,
others. We all have a part of play in Respect at NTU – if
you want to experience it, you need to be it and do it.
Click on the image opposite to view our short video.
Respect is in your hands:
www.ntu.ac.uk/respect-at-ntu
10. What happens if something goes wrong……
• Student Handbook
• Notification of Exceptional Circumstances (NEC)
• Complaints procedure for students
• Intercalation (Leave of absence)
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12. Your library
Supporting teaching and learning across all NTU
campuses
www.ntu.ac.uk/library-bookings
one-to-one
appointments
workshops
study skills
Skype
appointments
‘get my book’
requests
Maths and
stats
support
research
skills
13. Student Support Services
Information, advice and help on each
campus
Online
self-help
guides
and
advice
Contact
personal
tutor or
subject
admin
one-to-
one
appoint
mentsIncluding:
disability wellbeing mental
health
Internation
al student
support
financial
silvercloud.com
and more
14. At the end ….
• Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey
• Employability support
• Graduation!
• MA Dissertation Award linked to BERA Award
• Alumni
• Doctoral study:
– Professional doctorate
– PhD
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Academic skills
NOW Help has guides on all aspects of your academic studies
Book an appointment with the Learning and Teaching team for one-to-one support
Sign up for workshops on topics including finding information, dissertation research and, study skills
Increased support for Maths and Statistics
We have maths and stats tutors working across all three campus sites who can provide help with R, SPSS, Minitab, and Excel
Book a one-to-one appointment for individual help, or sign up for one of workshops
Finding it difficult to see us?
We now offer appointments via skype!
Need something we don’t have?
Use the ‘Get My Book’ / ‘Get My Journal Article’ links to request items not in the library stock – we aim to supply them in three days