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Wellbeing: general/initial 

Personal Tutor

Wellbeing: accessing student support 

Wellbeing Services

Wellbeing: reasonable adjustments 

Wellbeing Services

Wellbeing: mitigating circumstances 

Personal Tutor

Wellbeing: temporary withdrawal

Personal Tutor AND History Office 

Academic: Tabula queries 

History Office

Academic: 

  • Modules / course structure 
  • Coursework 
  • Extensions 
  • Ethics approval 
  • Marking 
  • Plagiarism 

Start with this handbook! 

Contact your Personal Tutor or the History Office with any further questions. 

Academic: Feedback on work 

Marker - if you're not sure who marked your work, contact the History Office 

Academic: Exam boards 

Year Director or the History Office 

Study Abroad

Course-specific questions

 

Course transfers

Year Director

Careers 

Senior Careers Consultant

Finance and fees 

Student Finance Team 

Visa and Immigration 

Immigration and Compliance Team 

Events, extracurricular activities, mentorship

programmes and opportunities

Student Engagement Coordinator

Matters related to equality, diversity, or inclusion in the department

Chair of Social Inclusion and Diversity Committee

 

Other

History Office

       


      Heads of Department

      Head of Department

      Professor Tim Lockley

      Overall responsibility for the Department, including all student discipline issues.

       

      Deputy Head of Department (Teaching and Learning)

      Professor Lydia Plath

      Overall responsibility for all aspects of teaching and learning in the Department.

       

      Deputy Head of Department (Research)

      Professor Penny Roberts

      Overall responsibility for all aspects of research in the Department.

       

      Deputy Head of Department (Professional Development)

      Professor Mathew Thomson

      Overall responsibility for all aspects of staff professional development in the Department.

       


      Senior Tutors

      1st Year Senior Tutor

      Dr Katayoun Shafiee

      Responsible for the personal tutor system and all issues regarding mitigating circumstances affecting student performance.

       

      Departmental / 2nd Year Senior Tutor

      Professor Susan Carruthers

      Responsible for the personal tutor system and all issues regarding mitigating circumstances affecting student performance. Overall responsibility for senior tutoring.

       

      Final Year Senior Tutor

      Professor Mathew Thomson

      Responsible for the personal tutor system and all issues regarding mitigating circumstances affecting student performance.

       


      Directors of Studies

      Director of UG First Year Studies

      Dr Thomas Simpson

      Overall responsibility for all issues relating to first-year study; approver for all essay extension requests for first-year; responsible for recording and reporting on first-year student performance; first-year exams secretary.

       

      Director of UG Second Year Studies

      Dr Camillia Cowling

      Overall responsibility for all issues relating to second-year study; approver for all essay extension requests for second-year; responsible for recording and reporting on second-year student performance; second-year exams secretary.

       

      Director of UG Final Year Studies

      Dr Anca Cretu

      Overall responsibility for all issues relating to final-year study; approver for all essay extension requests for final-year; responsible for recording and reporting on final-year student performance; dissertation coordinator.

       

      UG Final Year Exams Secretary

      Dr Rebecca Stone

      Overall responsibility for all issues relating to final year examinations and assessments; managements of the final-year exam boards for all History as a home department students.

       


      Specific Course Coordinators

      Director of Student Experience History and Politics and Joint Degrees Coordinator (Courses with History as Home Dept)

      Dr Rebecca Stone

      Responsible for the History and Politics, History and Sociology, and History and Philosophy degree courses.

       

      Joint Degrees Coordinator

      Dr Michael Bycroft

      Responsible for courses where History is not the home department:

      French and History, German and History, History and Italian, Hispanic Studies and History; GSD and History

       

      Joint Degrees Coordinator (English and History)

      Dr Stuart Middleton

      Responsible for the English and History degree course.

       

      Part-Time Degrees Coordinator

      Dr Roger Fagge and Professor Ben Smith

      Responsible for part-time students taking History modules, particularly Historical Studies students.

       

      Director of Study Abroad Programmes

      Dr Colin Storer

      Responsible for overseeing international opportunities and the Year Abroad programmes available to History and CAS students.

       


      Student Experience

      Student Voice Lead

      Dr Pierre Purseigle

      Responsible for collecting, reviewing and responding to student surveys and feedback; developing and improving on strategies to ensure a positive and holistic learning community among students in the department, including overseeing department strategies to foster student social inclusion, equality and diversity; convenor of the History SSLC.

       

      Director of Student Experience (History and Politics)

      Dr Rebecca Stone 

      Responsible for the student experience in the History and Politics degree.

       

      Student Research and Engagement Officer

      Dr Tara Morton

      Responsible for student engagement across the department

       

      Chair of Social Inclusion and Diversity Committee

      Dr Song-Chuan Chen

      Responsible for equality and diversity across the Department.

       

      Student Widening Participation and Inclusion Officer

      Dr Liz Egan

       

      Academic Writing Advisors

      Dr Natalie Hanley-Smith and Dr Jack Bowman


      Postgraduate Students

      Director of Postgraduate Research Studies

      Professor Beat Kümin

      Responsible for all postgraduate research students.

       

      Director of Postgraduate Taught Students

      Dr Claudia Stein

      Responsible for all MA students and the point of contact for enquiries about Masters degrees in the Department.


      Other Staff Contact Details

      Academic Staff

      Contact details for academic staff including information on their office hours, modules taught and research interests.

      Teaching Staff

      Contact details for teaching fellows, postdoctoral research fellows teaching modules and graduate teaching assistants.

      Administrative staff

      Contact details for undergraduate, postgraduate and research administrative staff

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