Information for new students

**Please note that this page is no longer up to date, as it refers to the previous year's induction week - Information for new students, starting in September 2013, will be uploaded shortly**

We hope you will find the information on this page helpful in preparing for the 2012-13 academic year. If you can't find what you need on this page or the Frequently Asked Questions, please don't hesitate to email your PG Programme Administrator:

Ian Evans for:
Publishing
MPhil/PhD
MRes

Laura Keshav for:
Archives & Records Management
Library & Information Studies

Kerstin Michaels for:
Digital Humanities
Electronic Communication & Publishing
Information Science

The Department is based on the ground floor of Foster Court (see grid ref. C/D4 on the campus map).

Frequently Asked Questions page - we hope that this page will answer many of your questions. The UCL Registry web pages contain a lot of useful information for students - please click on the links below:

If you are a national of a country outside of the EEA and Switzerland, you must not attempt to travel to the UK without a valid visa under any circumstances. The Immigration & Visas web page has further details. Please note that UCL cannot issue a Certificate of Acceptance of Studies (CAS) form unless you hold an Unconditional offer, so please make sure that you meet the Condition as early as you possibly can.

The Department of Information Studies has reading weeks in November and February.

General Information

Please download and complete the General Information form and bring it with you to departmental enrolment at the beginning of the academic year (see below for enrollment details).

2012-13 ACADEMIC YEAR
The 2012-13 academic year starts on Monday 24 September 2012. The first week (24 September to 28 September 2012) is Induction Week.

Full-time students should expect to be at UCL every day that week.

Part-time/modular students should attend at least on Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 September and are most welcome to attend as many of the Induction Week events during the rest of the week as they can.

ENROLMENT
There are several steps to complete:-

Pre-enrolment: please complete this as soon as possible via the web site at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/new-students/pre-enrolment

Departmental enrolment: on Monday 24 September 2012, between 09:30 and 10:30, please come to G20 (ground floor, Foster Court) to register with the Department, drop off the general information form (see above) and pick up handouts etc.

UCL enrolment: DIS students have a dedicated slot to complete UCL enrolment on Monday24 September 2012 at 17.00. This will take place in the main UCL building. Full details on UCL enrolment are at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/new-students/enrolment

INDUCTION WEEK TIMETABLES
The timetable for Induction Week (24 – 28 September 2012) is available HERE.

TIMETABLES
Please always check the timetables provided by the Department first and do not rely solely on the UCL online timetable.

The standard timetable starts on Monday 1 October 2012. Modules are usually taught over one term (term 1: October to December; term 2: January to March), either 10.00 to 13.00 or 14.00 to 17.00. Any exceptions will be clearly shown on draft and final timetables.

The Department operates a Reading Week in November (5 to 11 November 2012) and February (11 to 15 February 2013) during which there will be no lectures.

Draft timetables currently available. Others to be uploaded shortly:


POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
For general information on our postgraduate programmes, please click on the links below.
Archives & Records Management
Digital Humanities
Electronic Communication & Publishing
Information Science
Library & Information Studies
Publishing
MRes in Library, Archive & Information Studies
MPhil/PhD

PRELIMINARY READING LISTS
Most reading lists are currently being updated and will be made available as soon as the revision has been completed. There is no preliminary reading list for Publishing. Please click on the link for your programme below for the relevant preliminary reading list.

IT INFORMATION FOR NEW STUDENTS
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/students/new-students


....and finally
We very much look forward to welcoming you to the UCL Department of Information Studies in September.

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