Below you will find key staff members in the Modern Languages and Cultures department with details of the areas where they can provide information and support.

Who is who in the department - directors and heads
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Director of Teaching

 Polly McMichael

Queries regarding teaching or assessment in your department

Head of Section

  • French: Paul Smith
  • German: Rachel Palfreyman
  • Language Centre: Cecilia Goria
  • Russian and Slavonic Studies: Siggy Frank
  • Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies: Par Kumaraswam
  • Translation: Alex Mével

Section specific issues which cannot be resolved by your personal tutor

Head of Department

Adam Sharman semester 1), Jean Andrews (semester 2)

Top level issues and formal complaints where none of the role holders listed have been able to help

 

Who is who in the department - undergraduate support
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Personal tutor

You can view who your personal tutor is on NottinghamHub by clicking on the ‘Support’ hexagon

Your personal tutor is your first port of call for academic, pastoral or general queries.

Senior tutor

Year 1 - Yves Gilonne

Year 2 - Alvaro Vidal

Year 4 and overall - Bram Mertens


Any pastoral issue which your personal tutor is unable to resolve  

 

Module convenors

You can find the module convenor details on the Module page on Moodle  

Queries specifically relating to a module.  

Course directors

Modern European Studies - Paul Smith

Modern Languages with Business - Polly McMichael

Modern Languages Studies - Rui Miranda

Modern Languages with Translation - Martyn Gray (semester 1), tbc (semester 2

Joint Honours with Modern Languages and Cultures partners - Ute Hirsekorn

Joint Honours with non-Modern Languages and Cultures partners - Sujing Xu

Queries with your degree/course which your personal tutor cannot help with

 

Who is who in the department - postgraduate support
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Personal tutor (MA only)

You can view who your personal tutor is on NottinghamHub by clicking on the ‘Support’ hexagon

Your personal tutor is your first port of call for academic, pastoral or general queries  

Lead supervisor (Postgraduate research) 

Details of your lead supervisor can be found on NottinghamHub 

Your personal tutor is your first port of call for academic, pastoral or general queries  

Module convenors

You can find module convenor details on the Module page on Moodle 

Queries specifically relating to a module

Director of Postgraduate Taught (MA)  

Monica White

Queries regarding teaching and assessment for your course

Director of Postgraduate Research

Monica White

Queries regarding your study that cannot be resolved by your supervisor

 

Faculty of Arts

Modern Languages and Cultures (inc. Language Centre) (CLAS)

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