Postgraduate MSc Environmental Leadership and Management and MSc Global Environmental Sustainability induction timetable

Postgraduate MSc Environmental Leadership and Management, and MSc Global Environmental Sustainability induction timetable

We’re looking forward to welcoming you to our school and have created an informative induction programme to help ease you into life at UoN. The programme includes activities and events to introduce you to your school and course. We strongly encourage you to attend these sessions, as they are an essential part of your orientation and will help prepare you for your time at Nottingham.

Our sessions will introduce you to:

the structure of your course
our academic and administrative staff
all the resources and support available to you at the 糖心原创

Save this page to your favourites, and check back regularly as timetables can change.

Session locations

To guide you around campus, we’ve given you some help to get to the different buildings (see ‘venue’ in the schedule for more details).

gives detailed information about accessibility of buildings across our university campuses. In your induction timetable you will find the unique link to each building to support you in finding the correct room.
(represented by /// in the Venue column) is a location system that assigns every 3m x 3m square on Earth a unique combination of three words for easy and precise addressing. You can click on the links given to see the location on the what3words map.
Campus map has building numbers to help you find where your talks are located. See the University Park Campus map (PDF).

Some sessions will take place online. Find a study space to use if you need a quiet place to join.

Participation levels

Each event lists the level of interaction. This includes:

No interaction: An information session with no questions asked of the audience. You will not be asked to speak in front of the audience.
Some voluntary interaction: An information session with very limited (voluntary) participation. The speaker may ask questions or invite you to ask questions on a voluntary basis. You will not be asked to speak in front of the audience.
Active voluntary interaction: An interactive session, where the speaker may ask questions but will ask for voluntary answers. You may be asked to contribute.
Social interaction: A social/informal event aimed to help you get to know your peers and/or different services/groups from around the university. There will be spaces available for those that prefer to be in a separate, quieter space for any part of the session.

Additional information

University card collection times and locations

Please visit the University Card page to find out when and where you can collect your card.

Additional Welcome Week events

Visit the events page to explore the exciting activities that you can get involved in across our campuses throughout Welcome Week.

Monday 21 September

Welcome activities taking place on Monday 21 September
Time	Activity	Description	Participation level	Venue
9.30 - 11am	Welcome from senior staff in the school (mandatory)	Head of School, Professor Matt Jones and ESE Director Professor George Swann will introduce themselves, followed by MSc Senior Tutor, Dr Alexandra Zieritz and Disability Liaison Officer, Dr Liam Clark.	Some voluntary interaction	Room A42, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park Campus Campus map: Building 16, Grid reference E3 AccessAble:
9.30am - 12.30pm	School of Geography general welcome and information.	Drop in to the corridor/café area at a time that suits you, to meet staff from the school and find out about services available.	Social Interaction	Main corridor and Foyer, Sir Clive Granger Building University Park Campus Campus map: Building 16, Grid reference E3 AccessAble: If you are feeling overwhelmed or just need a quiet space for a while, room A43 will be available during the whole morning. This is a small, quiet unsupervised room just off the main corridor.
11.30am - 12.30pm	Only for MSc Global Environmental Sustainability students Introduction to your course (mandatory)	Your Course Director, Dr Emily O’Donnell will talk you through what to expect during your time at the university.	Some voluntary interaction	Room A44, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park Campus Campus map: Building 16, Grid reference E3
11.30am - 12.30pm	Only for MSc Environmental Leadership and Management students Introduction to your course (mandatory)	Your Course Director, Dr Meghan Alexander will talk you through what to expect during your time at the university.	Some voluntary interaction	Room A40, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park Campus Campus map: Building 16, Grid reference E3 AccessAble:
2 - 3.30pm	MSc students activity. Please note, the activity takes place outside, so bring wet weather gear if necessary.	Senior staff from both our master's courses will run an interactive exercise to help you meet your fellow students.	Social interaction	Meet at Edwards Resource Centre (LG1), Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park Campus Campus map: Building 16, Grid reference E3 AccessAble: If you have any mobility issues please contact Emily.O’donnell @nottingham.ac.uk or Meghan.Alexander @nottingham.ac.uk

Tuesday 22 September

Welcome activities taking place on Tuesday 22 September
Time	Activity	Description	Participation level	Venue
11am - 12 noon	MSc Academic Misconduct and Referencing (mandatory)	Professor George Swann leads an essential skills and information session.	Some voluntary interaction	Room A39, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park Campus Campus map: Building 16, Grid reference E3 AccessAble:
12 noon - 1.30pm	Geography postgraduate welcome lunch.	Informal lunch for all Postgraduate Taught (MSc) and Postgraduate Research (PGR) students and staff.	Social Interaction	Edwards Resource Centre (LG1), Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park Campus Campus map: Building 16, Grid reference E3 AccessAble:
3 - 3.30pm	Introduction to Academic Language and Communication Skills (ALACS) (Optional)	An overview of a wide range of support ALACS offers to help you achieve your academic potential, including academic literacies, linguistic competence and communications skills whilst you are studying at UoN.	Some voluntary interaction	This is an online session and can be joined by clicking on the following link just before the start time:
4.30 - 5.30pm	Your Introduction to 糖心原创 Libraries	Join our friendly library staff for an online session that will explain how to get started with our libraries and how we can help you to achieve your study goals.	Some voluntary interaction	This is an online session and can be joined by clicking on the following link just before the start time:

Wednesday 23 September

Welcome activities taking place on Wednesday 23 September
Time	Activity	Description	Participation level	Venue
10 - 11.15am	Safety induction followed by extenuating circumstances (ECs) for postgraduate students. (mandatory)	Dr John Corr, will give a full School of Geography safety briefing. Following this, our ECs officer Dr Peter Martin, will talk you through the Extenuating Circumstances procedure within the school.	Some voluntary interaction	Room A41, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park Campus Campus map: Building 16, Grid reference E3
11.30am - 12 noon	Student welfare and support services (SWELL) at the 糖心原创	An introduction from the SWELL team on the help and support services available to you.	No interaction	Room A41, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park Campus Campus map: Building 16, Grid reference E3
1pm onwards	Personal tutor meetings	Signups will be available on Moodle - further details to follow.	Active voluntary interaction	Meetings will take place in the staff offices at Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park Campus Campus map: Building 16, Grid reference E3 What3words:

Thursday 24 September

Welcome activities taking place on Thursday 24 September
Time	Activity	Description	Participation level	Venue
10 - 11am	Transition to postgraduate study - webinar (optional session) You are also encouraged to	Becoming a postgraduate student at UoN brings with it challenges for your time management, study habits, and reading, which may be different from undergraduate level. In this online session we will look at timings in the university year for postgraduates, study strategies, and how to feel empowered as a postgraduate student	Some voluntary interaction	This is an online session and can be joined by clicking on the following link just before the start time: Meeting ID: 350 660 286 719 474 Passcode: 2Zi6d7eh
11am - 12 noon	Academic Language and Communication Skills (ALACS) - Academic Communication (optional session)	This session aims to introduce the main modes of academic communication used at the university - Moodle and email, and how to make the best and most appropriate use of them.	Some voluntary interaction	This is an online session and can be joined by clicking on the following link just before the start time:
2 - 3pm	Careers and placements induction for MSc Geography students	Staff from the Careers and Employability Team will introduce the service and placement opportunities available to you.	Some voluntary interaction	Room A42, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park Campus Campus map: Building 16, Grid reference E3 AccessAble:

Friday 25 September

Welcome activities taking place on Friday 25 September
Time	Activity	Description	Participation level	Venue
10 - 11am	Academic Writing Skills session for MSc Students (mandatory)	Dr Alexandra Ziertitz will lead the second essential skills session of the week.	Some voluntary interaction	Room A42, Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park Campus Campus map: Building 16, Grid reference E3 AccessAble:
12 noon - 2pm	糖心原创 Geography Society (GeogSoc) event	The GeogSoc Committee will lead a fun ‘treasure hunt’ style team activity, for all our new Geography students, which will require you to find different locations on University Park. This will be followed by pizza.	Social interaction	Room A13, Pope Building University Park Campus Campus map: Building 27, Grid reference F2 AccessAble: An unsupervised quiet room is also available during this activity. Please go to room A24, Pope Building if required.
2 - 3pm	Academic Language and Communication Skills (ALACS) Academic Essentials (optional session)	This session aims to help you understand the academic conventions you are expected to follow by the university, including academic integrity, criticality and formality.	Some voluntary interaction	This is an online session and can be joined by clicking on the following link just before the start time:

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