MASc Welcome Week 2025 Programme

Monday 29 September 2025

MASc GSD Welcome and Module Fair

The Director of PGT GSD, Jess Savage and the Head of School for Cross-faculty Studies, Jane Webb, will welcome you to the School, Department and programme, providing an overview and key information on the MASc and being a postgraduate GSD student at Warwick. Taught module convenors will briefly present their modules and you will have the opportunity to speak with them individually. It will also be an opportunity to get to know your fellow students and other members of the postgraduate team finishing with a Q&A session.

Tuesday 30 September 2025

MASc GSD Welcome: Capstone Modules and Research Integrity and Ethics

• 9:35-11:00 - Capstone module leaders will present their modules and answer questions.
• 11:15-12:00 - This session will explore interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in relation to the MASc programme. It will also focus on valuing the knowledge and experience of the whole cohort.

MASc GSD Welcome Lunch

Welcome Lunch in the department for you to meet each other, our other MASc students, current PhD students and the staff - served in Ramphal Building foyer.

MASc GSD Welcome: Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity in GSD + Navigating PG Systems and Processes

• 14:00-15:00 - This session will look at the ethical considerations and requirements for undertaking research, including when ethics approval must be obtained. Ethical approval facilitates and promotes ethical research that is of potential benefit to participants, science and society. It also safeguards researchers conducting the study, and protects the rights, safety, dignity and well-being of research participants.

• 15:15 - 16:00 - Key Warwick PG Systems and Processes for your time in GSD - an introduction to Tabula and Moodle and how to navigate them before classes start, including where to find timetables and assessment information.

Wednesday 1 October 2025

MASc GSD Welcome: Adapting to PG Student Life at Warwick

Adapting to life at Warwick - this session aims to highlight some key aspects of adapting to UK Higher Education at postgraduate level. It will include signposting to information on assignments, avoiding plagiarism and other key information.

In the second hour, some of our current and graduating students will join us to talk about their experiences and answer questions as well as explaining the role of the School's PG Student Staff Liaison Committee.

Thursday 2 October 2025

Make your own sustainable tote bag

Visit SCFS’s Design Studio and use our top-notch facilities to create your own sustainable tote bag—designed by you, made to keep.

Friday 3 October 2025

Ask us anything! Drop-in opportunity

This is your opportunity to ask any questions not covered in our previous welcome week sessions.

Lunch

Global Sustainable Development Treasure Hunt (optional)

Come and take part in our GSD Treasure Hunt! Starting in the Ramphal Building (where the Global Sustainable Development department is based), you will work in teams to solve clues and make your way across campus - a great way to familiarise yourself with your surroundings, learn about the department, and make friends with students from the other courses offered within GSD. Winners will receive a prize!