The Warwick Student Survey is an internal survey giving the opportunity to all non-finalist undergraduate students (or any undergraduate student ineligible to complete the National Student Survey this year) to submit feedback on your experience of studying philosophy at Warwick so far.

Your feedback allows us to make improvements that could benefit you through the rest of your time at the University and also helps to shape and improve teaching, learning and student support at Warwick for future generations. As a Warwick student, you're an expert on life as a Warwick undergraduate, so your experience and opinions are vital.

To say thank you for taking part, if you complete the survey you will be entered into a prize draw to win your choice of either vouchers to spend on Amazon.co.uk or at your favourite Warwick SU Retail Outlets (Curiositea, the Dirty Duck, Xananas etc). Three prizes will be awarded for the following amounts: 1st prize : £100, 2nd prize: £75, 3rd prize: £50

In response to feedback from our students, we have developed a more detailed marking criteria, with philosophy-specific descriptors, which will be used by staff in marking your work. We hope this will help you better understand how we mark your philosophy assignments and what is expected of you: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/undergraduate/exams_essays/marking_scheme/

Further advice on writing your essays is available here: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/undergraduate/exams_essays/essays/

If you’re a first year undergraduate student who’s free this Thursday (5 November) from 12-1pm you're invited to sign up for a focus group.

At the focus group we’d like to hear your thoughts on the design and content of our new undergraduate student recruitment communications. This will include the prospectus and emails.

In return we’ll give you a free lunch and a £5 credit on your Eating at Warwick account!

To sign up, please click on the link: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/students/news/newsevents/recruitmentfocusgroups

Congratulations to Joe Cunningham who has been offered an IAS Early Career Fellowship Award at Warwick. Joe recently completed his thesis on 'Visual Perception as a Source of Epistemic Reasons'.

A unique opportunity to develop your skills, enhance your CV, share your love of philosophy at Warwick and earn some money!

Job description

We are currently recruiting for a small group of ambassadors to represent the department from those in their 2nd/3rd/4th year and on any of our degree programmes at the upcoming Open Day on the 24th October 2015 and at future events. The rate of pay will be £10 per hour (approx. 4 hours for the Open day on 24th, 12pm-4pm).

Our Student Ambassadors are an important part of our Open Days, helping prospective students get a sense of what it's like to study Philosophy at Warwick and what to expect if they choose to come here. As a student ambassador, you will be expected to talk with prospective students and their parents about the department and your experience of studying philosophy at Warwick, promoting our degree programmes and answering any questions they have to the best of your ability. You will also be asked on occasion to give a short 3-4 minute presentation on your experience of studying philosophy at Warwick. It is essential that our ambassadors project a positive image of the department and the University at all times.

In addition to the 24th October Open Day, we may call on our pool of ambassadors for future open days (including our Spring term post-offer open days) and for some of our widening participation events. If you are not available for the upcoming open day but would like to be considered for future events, you are welcome to still apply. No prior experience is necessary and full training will be provided.

Person Specification

Ideally, you will have the following skills/attributes:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Professional and approachable
• Evidence of working successfully with others
• Good knowledge of the department and the University
• Good presentation skills

How to apply

Please send a covering letter detailing your experience and why you think you are suited to this role along with an up-to-date CV before 6pm on Thursday 15th October 2015 to k.d.simecek@warwick.ac.uk.

*Please state clearly whether you are available on the 24th October for the next Open Day*

Student Careers and Skills have some useful information on putting together a CV: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/scs/applications/cv/

They also offer helpful advice on how to produce a good covering letter: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/scs/applications/coveringletter/