Teaching delivery

Each individual module has a Convenor, who is responsible for its overall organisation. You can consult them on any general matters concerning the modules. More detailed queries should be taken up with seminar leaders and/or Personal Tutors, as appropriate.

The module descriptions include the name of the tutor who convenes the module, assessment method, teaching schedule, reading list and other information about the module. Here are the module descriptions for

• 1st year modules
• 2nd year modules
• Final year modules

For some modules there are printed module packs with teaching materials. These can be bought from the Department Office at the beginning of each semester.

Teaching materials are available on blackboard for some undergraduate modules.
You will be automatically registered for each module. If you find you cannot access the pages for a module you are registered for please contact the
Department Office

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Towards the end of each semester you will receive a Module
Evaluation Form and a Teaching Evaluation Form, which
you will be asked to complete anonymously.
The Module Evaluation Form asks you to express views
about the particular module as a whole. The Convenor
discusses the responses with the rest of the teaching team
for the module considers any modifications, and writes a
report. This is a vital feature of feedback on the quality of
our work. Your replies will help to shape the structure and
content of modules for future students.
The Teaching Evaluation form asks you to evaluate the
quality of the individual teacher who has led your seminar
etc. It is used as part of an ongoing self-appraisal process
for teaching staff. The forms remain confidential between
teacher and appraiser, usually one of the Professors.
• module evaluation forms are distributed in LECTURES during the penultimate week in each semester.
• teaching evaluation forms are distributed in SEMINARS during the penultimate week in each semester.
One student returns the forms to the department office after the seminar.

Students are invited to nominate teachers for the Award
for Excellence in Teaching (worth £1,000) granted by
the College each year. This scheme is student driven.
Students typically submit their nomination to either the
Head of Department or the Head of the School of Arts &
Humanities in March. Winners are announced in May. Full
details are posted in advance of these deadlines each year.
Recent winners of this award include Dr Pat Palmer of this
department.