Postgraduate Open Day for English Studies

Date(s)
Friday 2nd December 2011 (10:00-16:30)
Description

The School of English Studies will be holding a Postgraduate Open Day for all those interested in postgraduate study.  All are welcome to this event to find out more about our Masters courses, research degrees and funding opportunities in  2012.  If you would like to attend the Postgraduate Open Day please email english-postgrad@nottingham.ac.uk or telephone +44 (0)115 951 5829.

For more information, please visit the Postgraduate Open Day webpage.

Programme of Events in A54, Trent Building, University Park Campus

Masters Students

10.00 am - tea/coffee on arrival
10.30 am - Masters welcome by the Director of PGT Courses (Dr Christina Lee) & Welcome by Head of School (Professor Julie Sanders)
10.45 am - Sectional representatives from MA programmes to give brief introductions, followed by breakout/Q&A sessions

  • Dr Zoltán Dörnyei – English Language and Applied Linguistics
  • Dr Andrew Harrison – Literature 1500 and beyond
  • Matthew Welton – Creative Writing
  • Dr Christina Lee – Medieval Literature and Language
  • Professor Julie Sanders – Drama & Education

11.15 am - Current MA students to speak

  • Madeline Robinson
  • Soudabeh Ananisarab
  • Louise Nuttall
  • Gabby Bunn

11.30 am – tea/coffee and meet current staff and students
12.00 pm - tour of PG facilities with current MA and PhD students


PhD Students

(12.00 pm - tour of PG facilities with current MA and PhD students)

2.00 pm - PhDs welcome by the Director of PGR Students (Dr Michaela Mahlberg) & Welcome by Head of School (Professor Julie Sanders)
2.15 pm - Sectional supervisory representatives to speak

  • Dr Lucie Sutherland – Drama and Performance
  • Dr Matt Green – Literature 1500 and beyond
  • Dr Violeta Sotirova - English Language and Applied Linguistics
  • Professor Judith Jesch – Medieval Literature and Language

2.45 pm - Short talk by current PhD students

  • Teva Vidal – Medieval Language and Literature
  • Laura Nixon – Literature, 1500 to the present
  • Daniel Hunt – English Language and Applied Linguistics
  • Sam Haddow - Drama

3.00 pm – tea/coffee and meet current staff and students 

School of English

Trent Building
The University of Nottingham
University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD

telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 5900
email: english-enquiries@nottingham.ac.uk