Induction for New Students 2024-25
Welcome to the Department of Film and Television Studies!
-- THURSDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER IMPORTANT INDUCTION EVENTS --
4.30pm: FTV Studies Student Orientation Meeting (FAB0.08, ground floor of the Faculty of Arts Building)
5.15pm: FTV Quiz (FAB 0.08)
6pm: Welcome Pizza and Drinks (FTV Academic Studio, floor 1 of the FAB)
Information for Incoming Undergraduate Students
We’re delighted that you’re joining us this year and hope that you’ll settle in quickly, find new friends and be intellectually challenged and stimulated by your course. Film and Television Studies is a small, close-knit community of film and television scholars and we’re glad that you’ve found your home here with us.
Starting a new course can be daunting – so we hope to make this process as easy and enjoyable as possible. The university’s Welcome to Warwick site has lots of essential information on it about settling into university life. In Film and Television Studies, there are a number of people who are here to look out for you: Tracey McVey is our Administrator for Student Experience. Please do contact her if you have any concerns at all. Her email address is T.A.Bale@warwick.ac.uk. Any general enquiries should be sent to SCAPVCenquiries@warwick.ac.uk.
You will be assigned a personal tutor who will look after you over the next three years. You will first meet your tutor at our social events on the Thursday of Welcome Week, and then should schedule a meeting with them so you can get to know each other better in the first couple of weeks of term. You’ll be told all about how your personal tutor will support you. You will also be assigned a student mentor (one of our lovely second years) who you’ll meet during welcome week. They’ll be able to answer any questions you might have too, and give you useful advice from a seasoned Warwick Film and Television Studies undergraduate perspective! We’ll let you know who your mentor is when you arrive.
Dr Rick Wallace is Director of Film and Television Studies, Dr Chris O'Rourke is Director of Undergraduate Studies and Dr Julie Lobalzo Wright is Director of Student Experience. They will all be around to meet you in your first week. You might be directed to talk to Chris about any course-based queries – his email address is Chris.O-Rourke@warwick.ac.uk. Please contact him if want to make an appointment to talk with him. From the start of term, Julie is available to answer any wellbeing related queries. Julie’s email address is: J.Wright.4@warwick.ac.uk
Some preparatory information, such as a provisional timetable and summer reading list can be found in the tab to the right hand side of this page.
Information for Incoming Postgraduate Students
There are a number of people in Film and Television Studies who can guide you: our Postgraduate officers deals with postgraduate matters and is a great first port of call for any questions you have. They can be contacted via the email address is: SCAPVCenquiries@warwick.ac.uk. Please do contact them if you have any concerns at all. Tracey McVey is our Administrator for Student Experience and can also help. Her email address is: T.A.Bale@warwick.ac.uk. You will be assigned a personal tutor (or mentor for PhD students) on the Film and Television Induction Day on Thursday 26th September at 10.00am within days of term starting who will advise you in the Department. You should email your assigned personal tutor/advisor and request a meeting in the first couple of weeks of term.
Dr Rick Wallace is the Director of Film and Television Studies, Dr Tiago de Luca is the Director of Graduate Studies, and Dr Julie Lobalzo Wright is the Director of Student Experience. They will all be around to meet you in your first week. If you have any course-based queries – Tiago's email address is T.de-Luca@warwick.ac.uk. Please also contact him if you wish to make an appointment to talk with him. From the start of term, Julie is available to answer any wellbeing related queries. Julie’s email address is: J.Wright.4@warwick.ac.uk