Find out about the School events taking place in Welcome Week and the steps you need to take as a new student. Below you can find recordings and slides from postgraduate Welcome Week events. More material will be added as it becomes available. Please note that captions are auto-generated. What happens during Welcome Week?Welcome Week is a programme of events for new students which takes place the week before teaching commences. It marks the start of your time at Edinburgh; you will register for your courses, attend introductory sessions, explore the University and have the chance to meet fellow students. Welcome Week and School induction takes place between 11-15 September 2023. If you have any questions at any time before you arrive, please contact us. We will be happy to resolve your query if we can or, if we can't help directly, to point you to the person who can.The University's key sources of information for new postgraduates are below:Guidance for New Students The first step in Welcome Week - Start your studies!For PGR students (PhD and MScR degree programmes), your supervisor will email you with instructions on how to set up an appointment with them. They will confirm your attendance (now know as start your studies) which is a required part of the registration process. For PGT students (MSc degree programmes), the Student Support Office will be in touch ahead of the start of semester with a link on further information on how to confirm attendance. School sessions will take place throughout the week and include welcome talks from some key staff and discussions with the Programme Directors and Graduate Officers for Archaeology, Classics and History.The next step - Attend as many Welcome Week events (School and University) as you can!School welcome sessions for new students in the Graduate School of History, Classics and Archaeology (both taught and research) begin on Monday 11 September. Events for Postgraduate HCA students can be found in the Welcome Week Events webpage and app.Monday 11th SeptemberWelcome to MSc Study in Edinburgh - 09:30-11:30amG.07 Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, Old Medical SchoolWelcome session for all incoming MSc students at HCA. An introduction to everything you need to know about your degree programme with Programme Directors from each subject area, senior academic staff, a session on stepping up to MSc study and an introduction to student support and the administration team.Welcome to MSc Study in Edinburgh: Online students - 10:00-10:45 amWelcome session for all incoming History OL MSc students at HCA. An introduction to everything you need to know about your MSc History online programme with Programme Directors. This event will run again at 4pm.This event will take place on Blackboard Collaborate. Please see below for a link to the session.Join the eventWelcome to MSc Study in Edinburgh: History online - 10:45-11:15am Welcome session for all incoming History OL MSc students at HCA. An introduction to everything you need to know about your MSc History online programme with Programme Directors. The session will run again at 4:45pm.This event will take place on Blackboard Collaborate. Please see below for a link to the session.Join the eventWelcome to MSc Study in Edinburgh: Ancient Worlds online - 10:45-11:15amWelcome session for all incoming Ancient Worlds OL MSc students at HCA. An introduction to everything you need to know about your MSc Ancient Worlds online programme with Programme Directors. The session will run again at 4:45pm.This event will take place on Blackboard Collaborate. Please see below for a link to the session.Join the eventWelcome to MSc Study in Edinburgh: Online students - 4:00-4:45pmWelcome session for all incoming History OL MSc students at HCA. An introduction to everything you need to know about your MSc History online programme with Programme Directors.This event will take place on Blackboard Collaborate. Please see below for a link to the session.Join the eventWelcome to MSc Study in Edinburgh: History online - 4:45-5:15pmWelcome session for all incoming History OL MSc students at HCA. An introduction to everything you need to know about your MSc History online programme with Programme Directors.This event will take place on Blackboard Collaborate. Please see below for a link to the session.Join the eventWelcome to MSc Study in Edinburgh: Ancient Worlds online - 4:45-5:15pmWelcome session for all incoming Ancient Worlds OL MSc students at HCA. An introduction to everything you need to know about your MSc Ancient Worlds online programme with Programme Directors.This event will take place on Blackboard Collaborate. Please see below for a link to the session.Join the eventTuesday 12th SeptemberWelcome to HCA for MScR and PhD students - 10:00-12:30pmWelcome session for all incoming PGR (MScR and PhD) students at HCA. An introduction to everything you need to know about your degree programme with Graduate officers from each subject area, an introduction to the PGR administration team and the Senior Student Leaders. This will take place in G.07 Meadows Lecture Theatre in the Old Medical School, Doorway 4. Online MSc student information session - 10:00-11:00amInformation session for all HCA Online MSc students, with information on IT services (Blackboard Collaborate, Teams and VLE) and stepping up to MSc studies. This session will run again at 4:00pm. See below. This event will take place on Blackboard Collaborate. You can join the session via the link below.Join the sessionOnline MSc student information session - 4:00-5:00pmInformation session for all HCA Online MSc students, with information on IT services (Blackboard Collaborate, Teams and VLE) and stepping up to MSc studies. This event will take place on Blackboard Collaborate. You can join the session via the link below.Join the session Wednesday 13th SeptemberHCA Postgraduate Studies Information session - 10:00-12:45An introduction to important facets of postgraduate studies, with speakers from the library, and on equality and diversity, ethics, academic conduct, careers and the University's data and research support.This event will take place in G.03, 50 George Square.Thursday 14th SeptemberIntroduction to Research at HCA - 10:00-11:30amAn opportunity to find out about the latest research at HCA across all subject areas. This event will take place in G.03, 50 George Square.Postgraduate Research Students Drinks Reception – 3pm-6pmAll Postgraduate Research (MScR and PhD) students from the School of History, Classics and Archaeology are invited to our drinks reception in the Jim McMillan Room – room 1.31, in the Old Medical School, Doorway 4. This article was published on 2024-08-01
