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11 October 2010

11 October 2010. Introduction and Welcome for International Students James Clark. Orientation. Graduate School Contact: Simon Gane ( simon.gane@bris.ac.uk ) Students’ Union Contact: Xu Ying (Stella) Zheng Ypapanti ( Papi ) Chochorelou International Office

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11 October 2010

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  1. 11 October 2010 Introduction and Welcome for International Students James Clark

  2. Orientation • Graduate School • Contact: Simon Gane (simon.gane@bris.ac.uk) • Students’ Union • Contact: Xu Ying (Stella) Zheng • Ypapanti (Papi) Chochorelou • International Office • Contact: Sioned Evans (sioned.evans@bris.ac.uk) • International Student Support • www.bristol.ac.uk/international/studentsupport

  3. Financial Assistance Student Funding Office www.bris.ac.uk/studentfunding Graduate School Contact: Simon Gane www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/gradschool/current/pgresfund/ Alumni Foundation www.bristol.ac.uk/alumni/current-students/foundation/

  4. Language Centre • www.bristol.ac.uk/languagecentre/ • In-sessional English Language training • Online resources • www.bristol.ac.uk/languagecentre/saf/online.html • Self access study facilities • www.bristol.ac.uk/languagecentre/saf/

  5. Attendance and Visa Regulations • Your requirements • You must secure a visa that is valid to the end date of your programme. • You must attend at all scheduled classes for your programme (including • research supervision). • You must contact academic staff if temporary absence is unavoidable. • Should your status change, you must inform the Graduate School • immediately. • Our requirements • To register attendance at all scheduled academic appointments. • To monitor progression through your programme. • To report on unauthorised or unexplained absence to • UKBA.

  6. Plagiarism • Regulations • Any authority (supplying data, quotation, interpretation, etc.) cited in any • written work submitted for assessment must be acknowledged in full, • giving publication details (including URL) and page references. • Penalty • If any such data, quotations, interpretations, etc. are found in your • written work without due acknowledgement, you will be subject to • formal disciplinary proceedings. • If you are found to have committed plagiarism you may receive • a penalty mark • In severe cases (e.g. in dissertations) your award (MA, PhD) • may be in jeopardy.

  7. Academic Cultures • You are entering a new academic culture and it is important to understand its features: • Research: read as widely as possible • Independence of thought • Questioning received authorities • Argument: in class and on the printed page • Fluency: communicate your ideas with clarity • Accuracy: support your writing with fully formed references.

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