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Brussels and BSIS

Brussels and BSIS. Who does what?. Michael Sewell – Applications and outstanding conditions. Yingqing Ben – Finance plans and tuition payments. For loans see Foreign Loans Francesca Maltauro – Registration, module choice, coursework, marks, changes FT/PT

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Brussels and BSIS

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  1. Brussels and BSIS

  2. Who does what? • Michael Sewell – Applications and outstanding conditions. • Yingqing Ben – Finance plans and tuition payments. For loans see Foreign Loans • Francesca Maltauro – Registration, module choice, coursework, marks, changes FT/PT • Inez Summers – Facilities, Moodle, The Shelf, Appointments with the Dean

  3. Getting Settled in Brussels • Accommodation – Immoweb, Orange signs • Commune Registration • Status Letter • Banks • Mobile phone • Medical Insurance • STIB • Language Schools

  4. Boulevard de la Plaine 5 • Entry cards. 09h30-18h30 Mon-Fri • Kent ID Cards • Wi-Fi and Managed Desktops • Print, copy, scan • Environment - Lights, aircon, cleanliness, kitchen, bins • Fire evacuation and first aid • Parking • Sports facilities

  5. Getting Started • Getting Started • Online enrolment, Photo, KentOne Card • Claim IT Account • Arrange Fee Payment • Choose Modules • VUB Library Card

  6. Registration • Period of registration • Status letters – FR, EN, NL • Part-time/Full-time • Change Programme • Problems – Intermission

  7. Finance • Payment plans • Return form • Account details on line • Transfer charges • Importance of dialogue • Fees for part-time students

  8. Studying • Stage 1 • 6 taught modules • 6 x 10 ECTS • Stage 2 • Dissertation • 1 x 30 ECTS • MA degree – Standard (90 ECTS) • Extended (120 ECTS) = 9 modules plus dissertation

  9. Module Selection • Emphasis on choice • Module presentation on Friday • At end of Week 13 – 1st week of term • Online or on paper • Select 6 taught modules – Jan and Sep terms • Changes allowed. ukboffice@kent.ac.uk

  10. Modules and Pathways • Check pathways, • For instance – MA ICS • Check modules - Student Data System

  11. Modules and Pathways • Check pathways, • For instance – MA ICS • Check modules - Student Data System • Taking modules outside pathway, core modules • Changing programmes – choosing modules • Auditing modules • Capped modules

  12. Assessment Patterns • Vary according to topic • For instance • 100% Coursework • 10% Class presentation • 40% Book Review • 50% Main Paper • 50% Coursework, 50% Exam

  13. Marking Criteria Distinction (70% or higher): • This class of pass is awarded when the essay reflects a breadth of reading coupled with an acute analytical facility and an exemplary skill in presenting an argument in the proper academic form. Essays in the upper range of this class (80% or higher) may make an original academic contribution to the subject under consideration. The argument must have been presented in the proper academic form and display skill and enterprise in the assembly of a bibliography. Merit class (60-69%) • This class of pass is awarded when the essay reveals that the student has conveyed a good range of reading and has been able to distil out from it the main arguments of the authors under consideration. The essay further puts forward a sound argument which shows good analytical skills and critical thought. The argument must have been presented in the proper academic form and display competent skill in the putting together of a bibliography. Pass (40-59%) • This class of pass requires of students that they display a reasonable understanding of the core literature and an ability to attempt an independent analysis of the material read even if the analysis is less than complete. The essay will be weaker in its presentation of the argument and analytical content. The essay must be presented in proper academic form and demonstrate a working ability to assemble a bibliography

  14. Failing • Coursework • 3 submissions • Module mark capped at 40. • Dissertation • 2 submissions

  15. Readers and Syllabi • Online Search through Library • Intranet • Moodle • https://moodle.kent.ac.uk/moodle/my/ • Printing • CrazyCopy • Print Shops

  16. SDS Moodle

  17. Submission of Work • 1 electronic copy via Moodle • Some modules require paper copies • Late submission policy • Marks on Student Data System – coursework only. Not exams or dissertation. • Feedback

  18. Marking Procedures • Markers • Internal 1 • Internal 2 • External • Double Marking • Blind Double Marking • Moderation

  19. Boards of Examiners • Progression Board – June 2014 • Final Board – Oct 2014 • Graduation – Nov 2014

  20. Appeals and Concessions • Appeals • 21 days • academic judgement • Concessions • 5 days • Events outside of your control

  21. Intranet • www.kent.ac.uk/brussels/current • News Feed • bsis-13@kent.ac.uk • Kent email • Forward to normal email? • Thematic lists • Jobs • Social • Sports • Conference • Guest Lecture

  22. Graduation

  23. Finding Books and Articles Alastair Ross

  24. Support • Library – Brussels page • http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/students/brussels.html • Librarians • Ben Watson – Kent Law School • Anna Miller – School of Politics and IR

  25. Books • Belgian Libraries - Unicat • The Shelf • VUB - Inter-Library Loan

  26. Interlibrary Loan UniCat http://unicat.be 12M records VUB Nato Library ULB Ministry of Defence BSIS European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/libraries/index_en.htm Royal Library Foreign Ministry National Bank of Belgium Documentation Centre on Feminism, Equal Opportunities and Women’s Studies

  27. UniCat • KBR - Royal Library Belgium (Brussels) • Universities • FUNDP - FacultésUniversitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (Namur) • FUSL - FacultésUniversitaires Saint-Louis (Brussels) • KU Leuven - KatholiekeUniversiteit Leuven • UCL - UniversitéCatholique de Louvain • ULg - Université de Liège • ULB - Universitélibre de Bruxelles • UA - UniversiteitAntwerpen • UGent - Universiteit Gent • UHasselt - Universiteit Hasselt • VUB - VrijeUniversiteitBrussel • Schools Higher Education • ArtesisHogeschoolAntwerpen • EHB - ErasmushogeschoolBrussel • Groep T InternationaleHogeschool Leuven • HOGent - Hogeschool Gent • HogeschoolSint-Lukas Brussel • HUB - Hogeschool-UniversiteitBrussel • KAHO - KatholiekeHogeschoolSint-Lieven (Gent) • KATHO - KatholiekeHogeschoolZuid-West-Vlaanderen • KdG - Karel de Grote-Hogeschool (Antwerp) • KHBO - KatholiekeHogeschoolBrugge-Oostende • KHK - KatholiekeHogeschoolKempen • KHLeuven - KatholiekeHogeschool Leuven • KHLim - KatholiekeHogeschool Limburg • LessiusHogeschool (Mechelen and Antwerp) • LUKAS Sint-Lukas (Brussels) • PlantijnHogeschool (Antwerp) • WENK - HogeschoolvoorWetenschap & Kunst (Brussels) • XIOS Hogeschool Limburg (Hasselt)

  28. UniCat • Heritage librariesErfgoedbibliotheekHendrik Conscience (Antwerp) • Letterenhuis (Antwerp) • Felix Archief (Antwerp) • KADOC (Leuven) • LiberaalArchief (Gent) • AMSAB InstituutvoorSocialeGeschiedenis (Gent-CaGeWeb) • BGc Conservatorium Gent (Gent-CaGeWeb) • DienstMonumentenzorg en Architectuur (Gent-CaGeWeb) • DocumentatiecentrumvoorStreekgeschiedenis Dr. MauritsGysseling (Gent-CaGeWeb) • Gidsenbond van Gent en Oost-Vlaanderen (Gent-CaGeWeb) • Stadsarchief Gent (Gent-CaGeWeb) • KoninklijkeAcademievoorNederlandseTaal- en Letterkunde (Gent-CaGeWeb) • Koninklijke Bond derOost-VlaamseVolkskundigen (Gent-CaGeWeb) • OCMW-archief Gent (Gent-CaGeWeb) • Museum librariesMPM - Museum PlantinMoretus (Antwerp) • KBIN - KoninklijkBelgischInstituutvoorNatuurwetenschappen (Brussels) • KMSKA - Koninklijk Museum SchoneKunstenteAntwerpen • KMKG - KoninklijkeMuseavoorKunst en Geschiedenis (Brussels) • KMMA - Koninklijk Museum voorMiddenAfrika (Tervuren) • DmG - Design museum Gent (Gent-CaGeWeb) • MIAT - Museum voorIndustriëleArcheologie en Textiel (Gent-CaGeWeb) • Museum Arnold vanderHaeghen - Bibliotheek Maurice Maeterlinck (Gent-CaGeWeb) • MSK - Museum voorSchoneKunsten Gent (Gent-CaGeWeb) • STAM - Stadsmuseum Gent (Gent-CaGeWeb) • ALIJN - Huis van Alijn (Gent-CaGeWeb)

  29. UniCat • Religious librariesBSML Scheut Memorial Library • GBSB GrootSeminarie Gent • GBSJ JezuïetenHeverlee • GGSB GrootSeminarieBrugge • GMML Montfort Marian Library • GOCB KarmelietenBrugge • GOSA AugustijnsHistorischInstituut • GPAR Abdij van Park • GROL GrootSeminarieRolduc • GSDB Don BoscoBibliotheek • GSMM Montfort Bibliotheek • TPC Theologisch en Pastoraal Centrum Antwerpen • GOP Bibliotheca dominicana (Gent-CaGeWeb) • GPOCD Klooster Paters OngeschoeideKarmelieten (Gent-CaGeWeb) • Government librariesBelgian Parliament • FOD Financiën • SERV - Sociaal-EconomischeRaad van Vlaanderen • Vesalius Documentatie en Informatie Centrum • Flemish Parliament • Other librariesAcademia Belgica - Rome • ACV - AlgemeenChristelijkVakverbond • BB - BelgischeBoerenbond • FARO - VlaamsSteunpuntvoorCultureelErfgoed • LVOK - BibliotheekVlaamsOmroeporkest-Kamerkoor • IMEC • NBB - National Bank of Belgium • Orde van Advocaten Antwerp • StichtingLezen - FocuspuntJeugdliteratuur

  30. Interlibrary Loan UniCat http://unicat.be 12M records VUB Nato Library ULB Ministry of Defence BSIS European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/libraries/index_en.htm Royal Library Foreign Ministry National Bank of Belgium Documentation Centre on Feminism, Equal Opportunities and Women’s Studies

  31. The Shelf

  32. Inter Library Loanhttp://biblio.vub.ac.be/vubissmartweb/ill.html

  33. Journal Search • Templeman Library – Canterbury • http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/ • VUB Library - Article Database • http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/index_en.html • ULB Periodicals Library, Building AX

  34. Journal Search •  Arne Tostensen and Beate Bull, Are Smart Sanctions Feasible? World Politics: 2002, Vol 54, num 3, pp 373 • J. David Singer, World Politics, Vol. 14, No. 1, The International System: Theoretical Essays (Oct.,1961), pp. 77-92

  35. Subject guides http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/subjects/index.html • Law – Lawlinks • Politics and International Relations • Social Policy, Sociology & Social Research (SSPSSR) • http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/resources/ebooks/index.html • Academic Library – Paradise Lost • Oxford Handbooks – Realism • Dawsonera– Public International Law

  36. IBSS The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is an essential online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951. • www.kent.ac.uk/library • Resources • Databases

  37. Tutorials • Helpful further guidance • http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/support/tutorials/index.html • Brussels • http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/support/tutorials/brussels/index.html • Athens • http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/support/tutorials/athens/index.html

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