Flexible Combined Honours FCH Welcome Talk Part 1

Flexible Combined Honours (FCH) Welcome Talk

Part 1: Welcome from the FCH team! Professor Marion Gibson FCH Director (for all Exeter University campuses) Dr Damien Gaucher Deputy FCH Director (Exeter city campuses) Dr Jeremy De. Waal Deputy FCH Director (Penryn campus) Programme administrators based at Info Points: Peter Chalk Building (Streatham campus) and Peter Lanyon Building (Penryn campus) • www. exeter. ac. uk/fch

Where can you find us on the campuses? At the Peter Chalk Info Point (Streatham) or Peter Lanyon Info Point (Penryn) • www. exeter. ac. uk/fch

At the Info Points and online/email • The Education Support Services (ESS) Teams are based on campus and virtually. • We are here to assist with administrative support relating to your programme of study • Opening hours 08: 15 -17: 00 phone and online, 09: 00 – 17: 00 in person during term time • At this current time, please do try our online services for support wherever possible • All email enquiries can be made via fch@exeter. ac. uk and fch. Penryn@exeter. ac. uk • All the subject department Info Points are listed here: • www. exeter. ac. uk/fch

Visit the website for detailed information… • www. exeter. ac. uk/fch

especially “studying” >“current students” > campus name for your modules

Part 2: Who else should you meet? Personal Tutors and module convenors • You will all have at least one, likely two, Personal Tutors • Important to build relationship with PT for academic guidance, and later for references • Some of you will be invited to group ‘Academic Tutoring’ sessions, others may have online “office hour” chats • Your Personal Tutor is not your only point of support … • Also know and contact your module convenors – we want to talk to you! • www. exeter. ac. uk/fch

Where are your Personal Tutors & module convenors? Subject department inductions/welcomes • You will also mostly have Subject department introductions this week • They will tell you specifically about studying your subject(s) with them • Go to these or engage with them! • Students on a Pathway will not have a specific welcome talk for that – because it is a bespoke path involving several subjects - but Subject departments will have a talk • www. humanities. exeter. ac. uk/flc

Who else? FCH Subject Coordinators • There is an expert FCH Subject Coordinator for each Subject we offer within FCH • You may need to speak to a Subject Coordinator about module choice, changing the structure of your programme, professional and subject-specific employability advice, etc • To find them, go to “our people” > “FCH staff and subject coordinators” • www. exeter. ac. uk/fch

People who can help with your wellbeing • Register with the doctor and familiarise yourself with the welfare services: at Streatham, based in Reed Mews and see http: //www. exeter. ac. uk/wellbeing/ or • at Penryn: http: //www. fxplus. ac. uk/studentsupport-services/counselling • http: //www. exeter. ac. uk/wellbeing/ • Visit Accessability if you need to: https: //www. exeter. ac. uk/wellbeing/accessability / • Understand mitigation – talk to the info Point team, personal tutors and see here: https: //www. exeter. ac. uk/wellbeing/studentwelf are/mitigationprocess/ • www. exeter. ac. uk/fch

Use the i. Exeter App to find services… • www. exeter. ac. uk/fch

Anyone else? Foreign Language Centre • The Foreign Language Centre (FLC) offers language modules as part of your degree or as evening classes • If you study at least 60 credits in one language, this language can be added to your degree title, e. g. ‘with proficiency in’ • Beginners to advanced levels • British Sign Language, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish etc • Speak to Professor Sonia Cunico about taking up a language option • www. humanities. exeter. ac. uk/flc

Insessional English language learning: refreshers, improving skills • https: //www. exeter. ac. uk/international/into/programmes/insessional/ • Improve confidence in spoken English for classes, improve confidence in written English for assignments • Support for all students and families of mature students, and also sanctuary scholars • Welcome to Exeter! You have so much to bring to the university!

Part 3: Your studies 120 credits are taken each year Examples: Equal Combination • Sport Science and Management (60: 60) Major-minor • Mathematics with French (75: 45) • www. exeter. ac. uk/fch/subjects

Expectations about flexibility Do expect to take all core (compulsory) modules Don’t expect all optional modules to be always available Don’t expect to change any of your subjects after the start of year 2 Don’t expect to study subjects other than your 2 or 3 UCAS choices FCH has a few subject basics, rules and standards to ensure your knowledge and qualification is deep, reliable and acceptable after graduation • they are here: “studying” > “current students” > rules box • • •

Expectations about communication • Do tell us if you have problems or questions! • Do read all our emails! • Research core and optional module choices on the website: know your subjects’ rules in advance: use module ELE pages, staff emails and office hours • Do expect to contact multiple staff across subjects for advice – there will be some complexities because your programme is unique

Do attend socially-distanced seminars, video lectures, lab work, library, fieldtrips… • www. exeter. ac. uk/fch/subjects

Learn about submissions: ELE, BART etc • The Exeter Learning Environment (ELE, “ellie”) supports you with information and teaching on all your modules; some of you may use it to submit work • Some of you will submit work via BART and turnitin – submission processes will vary by department and submission type, so make sure you check ELE sites and know what to do • Further instructions about the content of will be given to you via your module convenors • www. humanities. exeter. ac. uk/flc

Learn about Academic Honesty and Plagiarism and finally… see the next slide for contacts who can answer your questions • www. humanities. exeter. ac. uk/flc

Questions? Ask now! Exeter - info. peterchalk@exeter. ac. uk / 01392 723 788 Penryn - info. Penryn@exeter. ac. uk / 01326 371 800 can help with general admin questions For module choice questions: fch@exeter. ac. uk and fch. Penryn@exeter. ac. uk Director: Professor Marion Gibson at marion. h. gibson@exeter. ac. uk