Research
Students Group (RSG)
The Research Students Group (RSG) was established at the beginning of the 1995/96 Session to fulfill the following objectives:
- to provide an academic framework for a programme each session of seminars to be presented by individual postgraduate research students
- to act as a support group to reduce the feelings of isolation and frustration inherent in research
- to promote interaction between the research students themselves, and with the staff and students of the School.
The Group is co-ordinated by Ms Jennifer Hogarth. Ms Hogarth is the School's Senior Research Fellow. She may be contacted at any time by e-mail, by 'phone on 020 8868 8946, by fax on 020 8868 7021, through the School by leaving a message on 020 7679 7204, or by putting a note in her staff tray in the School's Office.
All research graduates registered in the School for the Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.Res. degrees automatically become members of the Group. No additional registration or subscription is required. The Group comprises researchers in the fields of library, archive, and information science, including electronic publishing and communication .
Details of name, addresses, date of registration and type of research degree are kept on the College and the School's student databases. In addition, the School keeps a record of the titles of theses of past and current students.
If the details of registration or personal situation, particularly a term address, should change during the Session, the School’s Office should be informed immeadiately. This is particularly important whenever a student is obliged to leave the United Kingdom for personal reasons or in the course of field work. In this case a forwarding address should be left with Ms Kerstin Michaels, the School's Administrative Officer, either by 'phone on +44 020 7679 7024 or by e-mail.
At present two seminars are presented each term. They take place at 5.30 p.m. on a Thursday during term. The venue is notified in advance. A list of the titles of past seminars may be viewed. The seminars are open to the School's staff and students and to invited visitors from outside SLAIS or UCL. Research students are urged to support their peer group and attend as many of the seminars as they can. In this way, a suitable audience can provide a stimulating and useful discussion.
The details of each presentation, together with any other relevant information and events, are posted up on the Group’s own notice board in the first floor corridor of the School. In addition, individual members are informed by e-mail or post to their home/term address. Notices will also appear on all the other noticeboards in the School. Research students are asked to send confirmation/apologies for each seminar direct to Ms. Hogarth.. Each presentation lasts approximately one hour (20-30 minute paper followed by questions and discussion from the floor).
Research students wishing to give a seminar paper should notify Ms. Hogarth, giving her the title, date preferred, and a copy of the abstract (summary) for circulation beforehand and for posting on the RSG Web page which details the current term's programme. Adequate notice should be given to ensure a room booking and to enable the information to be circulated to other members of the Group and to the staff and students of the School.
Occasionally seminars are given by visiting researchers from elsewhere in the United Kingdom or abroad.
The information contained in these pages is also available in an information leaflet which is given to each research student as (s)he joins the School. In addition, students are given a copy of the School's Graduate Programmes handbook with the names of the staff and outlines of various courses. A series of more detailed handbooks is available from the School's office.
Facilties for research students who wish to work in UCL are provided by the School in Room H4 in Hut 34 (along the path between the Gordon Square houses and the Medawar building). The key may be collected from the School's Office, but at the same time please check that the room is free since it is also used for small group teaching.
Appointments to see supervisors should be made directly with the supervisor concerned. Failure to keep an appointment should, as a matter of courtesy, be notified as soon as possible. For any further information, please contact either Ms Hogarth or Ms Michaels.
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created by Jennifer Hogarth.
Last modified on 13 June 2000.
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