Department Welcome Back! YEAR 2 induction Department of Psychology

Department Welcome Back! Professor Kathy Rastle Head of Department Department of Psychology

Department Welcome Back! Dr. Rob Hughes Director of Undergraduate Programmes Department of Psychology

 ‘Information for current students’ pagepage  Exam/coursework formats (you will be told about these in detail in each individual course)  Coursework submission  New Handbook  Your Year Co-ordinator: Dr. Nick Furl  Admin Office  Your timetable… What’s new? Yr 2 induction

Term 1 NOTE: Where allocated to a group, you MUST attend that group’s session Plus Meetings with your Personal Advisor (FIND THIS ON ‘INFO FOR CURRENT STUDENTS’ PAGE) Plus Meetings with your Personal Advisor NOTE: Where allocated to a group, you MUST attend that group’s session Note increasing emphasis on Careers. This will also be the case in PA meetings.

This year at a glance…

Year 2 courses ‘BPS year’ 7 courses: o PS2010, Psychological research and analysis * o PS2021, Cognitive Psychology o PS2030, Social Psychology o PS2050, Personality and Individual Differences o PS2040, Developmental Psychology o PS2061, Brain and Behaviour o PS2080, Conceptual Issues * compulsory - must pass course to progress Yr 2 induction

Contribution to your degree classification Year 2 mark contributes 33.3% to overall degree mark Yr 3 Yr 2 Yr 2 induction

Seminars One seminar per course (except PS2010) + 2 generic per term Aim: to develop essential academic skills in reading and critically evaluating psychological papers, considering wider issues and applying knowledge appropriately Not related to coursework assessment, but related to course and topic still examinable. Preparation: Essential to read paper(s) and address pre- seminar study questions. Timetable and all seminar details available on ‘info for current students’ Seminar coordinator: Dr. Danijela Serbic Yr 2 induction

Looking forward to your third-year project…  Start thinking about what sort of research project you want to do/supervisor you want to work with  Double-weighting in third year  Essential to attend Project meetings during Year 2 (you will be notified well in advance) Yr 3 project Yr 2 induction

Our Expectations Year 2 material is more advanced Expectations in Year 2 are higher Importantly you’re expected to be more independent than in Year 1 Yr 2 induction

Can you do it? Yes! The programme is designed with you and your skills in mind You will have lots of support Previous similar cohorts have met these challenges. Consider typical performance… Students frequently go well beyond ‘coping’ and demonstrate excellent performance. Remember you have learned a lot since a year ago! Grade (%) No. of students Yr 2 induction

Keeping in touch with you.. Don’t miss out on important information - we like to contact you! Please keep an eye on: – –…and keep your student portal information up-to-date Yr 2 induction

Where to find information/who to contact… Technical/Procedural issues – Handbook, ‘Info for current students’ page, then Admin Office Usually your lecturer, course-coordinator or tutor should be your first port of call for individual course issues Your PA should be able to help you with most other queries and pastoral issues. If your query is still not resolved, contact your Year co-ordinator Yr 2 induction

Providing us with feedback Course feedback forms (end of term) On-line (anytime) Staff-student committee (one per term)… Yr 2 induction

Submit nominations for student representatives for Staff-Student Committee. To become a rep, the following info to using SSC Reps in the subject line. Name: Student ID: Programme of Study: Year: Represent Yourselves Yr 2 induction

Equality and Diversity in our Department Making the Department and the College more equal and diverse is a part of our ethos (the college has won a number of awards for both gender and race equality) Athena Scientific Women's Academic Network (Athena SWAN): Promotes the advancement of gender equality in academia (staff and students) addressing unequal gender representation and removing the obstacles faced by women in particular. Process: identify inequalities, set out evidence-based plans to tackle them, show how plans have reduced inequalities. We are one of few Psychology Departments to hold an Athena Swan Silver Award for doing this (link to full details is on the Departments home page) What can YOU do? (i) Student representation on our Athena SWAN team; (ii) Tell us where the inequalities are, and help us to fix them (participate in our anonymous student equality survey, join our focus groups, and tell us your views) We want to hear from everyone: The views of both women and men on our degree programmes are important More information: Prof. Narender Ramnani Athena SWAN Chair for

BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS … This date: Thursday, December 10 th, ~7pm – 10pm...

YES, we are planning the next PANTO! (more information to follow…)

Careers and Employability Dr Szonya Durant

Royal Holloway Careers Service -CV and cover letter advice -mock interviews -careers advice -internships/work experience/jobs -twitter feed/workshops/fairs

Dept. of Psychology Careers & Employability

MEET OUR GRADS Thursday 29 th October Moore Building Lecture Theatre Free pizza and wine!

Thank you – Any questions? AND REMEMBER TO COME TO THE WELCOME (BACK) PARTY AT MEDICINE AT 2.30pm TODAY!