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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 personal tutor or the 

History Office for 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 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)

      Dr Lydia Plath

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

       

      Deputy Head of Department (Research)

      Professor Anne Gerritsen

      Overall responsibility for all aspects of research in the Department.

       

      Deputy Head of Department (Professional Development)

      Professor Christoph Mick

      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 Sophie Mann

      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 Simon Peplow

      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 (Courses with SMLC as Home Dept)

      Dr Guido van Meersbergen

      Responsible for language courses: French and History, German and History, History and Italian.

       

      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 Jonathan Davies

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

       


      Student Experience

      Student Voice Lead

      Professor Mathew Thomson

      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 Engagement Co-ordinator

      Dr Rosie Doyle

      Responsible for student engagement across the department and student ambassadors.

       

      Chair of Social Inclusion and Diversity Committee

      Dr Rosie Doyle

      Responsible for equality and diversity across the Department.

       


      Postgraduate Students

      Director of Postgraduate Research Studies

      Professor Mark Knights

      Responsible for all postgraduate research students.

       

      Director of Postgraduate Taught Students

      Dr Colin Storer

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

       


      Administrative Staff

      Head of Administration

      Claudia Gray

      Responsible for overseeing all administrative support.

       

      Academic Administrator

      Jennifer Whittam

      Responsible for overseeing all academic support matters in relation to taught degrees.

       

      Undergraduate Coordinator (Year abroad; Visiting exchange)

      Rebecca Rosser

      First point of contact for all UG students, visiting exchange students and year abroad programmes.

       

      Undergraduate Coordinator (Student IT systems)

      George King

      First point of contact for all UG students, and departmental IT systems.

       

      Undergraduate Coordinator (Special Exam Arrangements & Mitigating Circumstances & Disability Contact)

      Rebecca Rosser

      First point of contact for all UG students, special exam arrangements and mitigating circumstances and the disability contact for the Department.

       

      Postgraduate Coordinators

      Sophie Shilliday

      First point of contact for all PG taught students.

       

      Kay Jones

      First point of contact for all PG research students.

       


      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