Wednesday 7 December 2011
The Advisory Day is designed to give applicants for postgraduate study at the University of Nottingham an introduction to the School and its postgraduate community and to offer advice on applying for funding.
Important – If you are an external applicant, please contact Susanna Ison on pg-funding@nottingham.ac.uk to book a place on either of the below workshops.
Masters Applicants 2012 (UK and EU students only)
9.00-10.15 (Great Hall-Trent) - Arts funding application workshop for current final-year undergraduate students who plan to undertake a Masters course in an Arts subject, as preparation for further research at PhD level. If you are planning to submit an application for University or AHRC funding, this event will provide practical advice on how to plan your application.
Arts funding application workshop for current final-year undergraduate students who plan to undertake a Masters course in an Arts subject, as preparation for further research at PhD level. If you are planning to submit an application for University or AHRC funding, this event will provide practical advice on how to plan your application.
Places are limited, so if you would like to attend, please book here.
Doctoral Applicants 2012 (UK and EU students only)
10.30-12.00 (Great Hall – Trent) - Arts funding application workshop for current Masters students who plan to study for a PhD in an Arts subject and for first-year PhD students who may be applying for funding to support them from their second year. If you are planning to submit an application for University or AHRC funding, this event will provide practical advice on how to plan your application and improve your research proposal.
Arts funding application workshop for current Masters students who plan to study for a PhD in an Arts subject and for first-year PhD students who may be applying for funding to support them from their second year. If you are planning to submit an application for University or AHRC funding, this event will provide practical advice on how to plan your application and improve your research proposal.
Places are limited, so if you would like to attend please book here.
12.00-12.15 (B65, Trent Building) Registration and coffee
12.15-12.45 Dr Nicki Hitchcott, School Director of Postgraduate Studies
• Welcome and introduction
• AHRC funding 2012
• SMLC Studentship competition 2012
• Other funding possibilities
12.45-13.15 Being a postgraduate at Nottingham. Question and answer session with current students.
13.15-13.45 Buffet lunch (B65, Trent Building)
14.00-16.00 Individual consultation with Departmental Directors of Postgraduate Studies and Course convenors:
• French and Francophone Studies
• German Studies
• Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
• Russian and Slavonic Studies
• Critical Theory and Cultural Studies
• Film and TV Studies
• American and Canadian Studies
Between 14.00 and 15.30 some Nottingham postgraduates will be available to take visitors to Hallward Library, to see the postgraduate accommodation in Trent Building and visit the Arts Graduate Centre.
Booking a place on the Advisory Day
Please email pg-clas@nottingham.ac.uk by Friday 2nd December