Day 1 - Departmental Welcome & PGInduction
Wednesday, 14th September 2016
12.30[Between 12.30 pm – 1 pm] Sign-in for Department Induction & receive induction pack (Colville Building Room 5.12). Students to do a self-tour of the department in level 5 and study rooms in level 2.
1.00Welcome and overview of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor Zoe Shipton, Head of Department (Room CV 5.12)
1.10Strathclyde Enterprise Pathway, Eleanor Mackay , Enterprise Coordinator (Students)
1.15Introduction by Dr Elsa João(Director of Postgraduate Studies) to post-graduate programmes and staff. Key points about theGeneral Postgraduate Handbook (Room CV5.12)
1.45Questions and Answers
[Short break – so students can go to break-out groups]
2.00Students break into separate groups to discuss course details:
Room: JW5.09aMSc Civil Engineering/ Civil Eng with IPDr Yixiang Xu
Room: JW5.05aMSc Env. EngineeringDr Charles Knapp
Room: JW8.16MSc Env. EntrepreneurshipDr Elsa João
Room: JW4.04eMSc Env. Health SciencesDr Iain Beverland/Dr Tara Beattie
Room: JW6.06MSc HydrogeologyProf Bob Kalin
Room: JW4.07bMSc Sustainability & Env. StudiesDr Girma Zawdie
Room: JW5.05gMResDr Richard Lord
Open Access/Flexible Learning students to choose most relevant MSc group.
3.15About the University, Glasgow and Scotland; Studying skills in the UK; Plagiarism; Group work (*) – Dr Elsa João–Room CV 5.12
4.00Dept PG Health & Safety Induction (*) –John Carlin –James Weir Labs, Room JW2.05
5.00Drinks Reception – KE Hub, JW5.09
6.00Social time with your new colleagues – suggestion, 8 minutes walk away: Merchant Square, housed in part of Glasgow’s Old Fruitmarket in the heart of the historic Merchant City, dating back to the 1800s: (71 AlbionStreet,Glasgow G1 1NY)
(*) This is mandatoryfor all. Students that miss this H&S induction (e.g. international students arriving late in the UK; or part-time students that cannot attend due to work commitments) need to contact the acting laboratory superintendent urgently, Mr. John Carlin (), to arrange alternative Health and Safety induction.
Day 2 - Thursday15thSeptember 2016
Morning –Studying at the Engineering Faculty, University of Strathclyde - an introductory session for MSc and Postgraduate Diploma students (draft programme below)
Venue:Royal College Building Room 667
Chair: Dr Andrew McLaren, Vice Dean Academic
9.10-9.30Sign in
9.30-9.35Welcome to the Faculty (Dr Andrew McLaren, Vice Dean Academic)
9.35-9.55Student Services(Ian MacLellan, Student Support and Wellbeing Manager)
9.55-10.05Study Skills@Strathclyde Programme (Derek Keenan, Study Skills Adviser
10.05-10.15Careers Services (Alan Robertson, Careers Adviser)
10.15-10.25University of Strathclyde Students’ Association(Raj Jeyaraj, USSA President)
20 MINUTE COFFEE BREAK
10.45-11.00Health and Safety Issues (Gillian Simcox, Safety Services)
11.00-11.55Plagiarism and Duplication (Dr David Harle, Dept of Electronic & Electrical Engineering)
11.55-12.05Library Services(Sally Bell, Faculty Librarian)
12:05-12:15Strathclyde Entrepreneurial Network (Joshua Sauter, Enterprise Manager)
12.15-12.30Studying Engineering at Strathclyde (Dr Anup Karath Nair, Lecturer in Engineering Management (DMEM); Former Postgraduate Student)
12.30-12.40Question and Answer Session
Afternoon –Library Class
Library class by Sally Bell, Faculty Librarian () specially arranged for all new MSc/PgD students in our Department. Please bring your student card if you already have one, as it also acts as a Library card; otherwise security will let you through if you explain you are attending library class with Sally Bell.
Full-time students must attend allocated slot only as follows(Open Access and part-time students can attend the slot that suits them best):
1.30 – 3.00pm
- Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Entrepreneurship - LIBRARY CLASS: Lab 315, Library, Curran Building,Level 3
3.00pm – 4.30pm
- Sustainability and Environmental Studies, Environmental Health Sciences, Hydrogeology - LIBRARY CLASSLab 315, Library, Curran Building, Level 3