Welcome Week is a very special time for us in Education Studies. We love meeting our new students, welcoming them to the Department and helping them start to feel at home. We are a small and very friendly community and you can expect a warm welcome and the chance to meet lots of staff and find out all about your course.

You can find full timetable details of all Education Studies events during the week on the University’s Welcome webpages but here is an overview of what to expect. (We will also add any resources used here.)

Monday 23 September

10:00-12:00 - Welcome To Education Studies

Woods-Scawen Room, Arts Centre

You will receive a very warm welcome at this Welcome to Education Studies session. This is your first opportunity to meet key staff in the Department, to start to get to know other students, and to find out what to expect from Welcome Week and the start of your course.

Tuesday 24 September

10:00-12:00 - Course Leader Welcomes

• MA Education: Room S0.21, ground floor of the Social Sciences Building

• MA Drama Courses: Room S0.13, ground floor of the Social Sciences Building

• MA Childhood in Society: Room S0.50, ground floor of the Social Sciences Building

• MA Educational Leadership and Management: Room S0.19, ground floor of the Social Sciences Building

• MA Psychology and Education: Room S0.11, ground floor of the Social Sciences Building

• MA Global Education and International Development: Room S0.08, ground floor of the Social Sciences Building

• Islamic Education courses: Room S0.17, ground floor of the Social Sciences Building

Wednesday 25 September

10:00-12:00 - Postgraduate Taught Essentials

Woods-Scawen Room, Arts Centre

An Introduction to Studying in the Department of Education Studies by Dr Alis Wren, Director of Postgraduate Taught Study

10:00-12:00 - Find Out More About Being a Student in Education Studies

Warwick Arts Centre Theatre

This session is led by the Student Experience Team who'll be telling you all about the events and opportunities offered by Education Studies, including academic skills sessions, social events, career planning workshops, and the chance to gain experience in a school. You will also hear about our Education Studies community and the support we will be offering you.

12:00-14:00 - Team Orientation Challenge and Lunch Break

Follow the fun clues in teams to find your way around the beautiful Warwick campus, followed by a lunch break.

14:00-16:00 - Celebrating the New Education Studies Community

Warwick Arts Centre Theatre

Some of our returning students will share their experiences and advice with you to help you make the most of the year. You will also meet more staff from Education Studies and take part in some informal welcome activities, all designed to help you feel at home.

16:00-17:30 - Education Studies Social Event:

Rootes Restaurant

Time to relax at the end of a busy few days! Join us for pizza and drinks.

Choosing modules

You will be given all the information that you need about choosing Education Studies modules at your meeting with your course leader on Tuesday 24 September and the introductory session with Alis Wren, the Director of Postgraduate Taught Study, on Wednesday 25 September. Here is an overview though of what to expect:

1. At 09:00 on Wednesday 25 September, the module registration system, DMM, will go live and you will be able to select your modules. However, we advise you to wait to do this until after the session with Alis Wren that morning. You must select modules for both Term 1 and Term 2.

2. All students will receive an email from the University, advising them when DMM is live, and that they can select modules.

3. Full-time students will take modules totalling 180 credits. Core (compulsory modules) will have been pre-selected for you in DMM. Depending on your course, you will be able to select 1–3 optional modules. Please note that students taking joint degrees may be choosing their optional module(s) in a different department to Education Studies, and the process and timeframe may be different. Part-time students can take between 30 and 90 credits per academic year, depending on their length of study. If you have questions about your module choices, your course leader or the Postgraduate Taught Programme Officers will be able to help.

4. We advise you to select modules as soon as possible as there are limited numbers on some modules.

5. One of the Postgraduate Taught Programme Officers in the Department will review your module choices and then approve them.

6. Occasionally it is not possible to approve a module choice if:

• A student has chosen a module which is not available on their course.
• A module is already full. In this situation, the student would be asked to select an alternative.

7. Once your module choices have been approved, the Programme Officers will allocate you to seminar groups and your personal timetable will be updated. This may take two days, and we aim to do it by the end of Welcome Week where possible. Please be patient as it is a very busy time of year for everyone!

8. It is possible to change a module until Monday 14 October. However, we strongly advise you to make any changes well before this deadline (in Welcome Week or Week 1) so that you miss a maximum of one week’s teaching for your new module.

9. If you have any problems, you can email the Programme Officers at educationpostgrad@warwick.ac.uk. We ask you to please not contact them to check if they have received your module choices or able to confirm them. They will be very busy processing everyone’s choices and will confirm them as soon as they possibly can.

10. Students who are completing a joint degree should check with their Course Leader about the processing for choosing modules.

If you are unable to attend Welcome Week

Please do not worry as we know it is not always possible to be at Warwick in time for Welcome Week. We will be running a Welcome Week refresher session for everyone who is not able to attend Welcome Week, and for anyone who would like to hear key information again.