SSEES Postgraduate Enrolment and Induction 2024/25

Welcome to SSEES and congratulations on achieving your place at UCL! This page contains important information on enrolment and induction. Please take time to read it carefully.

Welcome 

We are delighted to welcome you to UCL's School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES). Below you will find key information about important things you need to do and know and details about induction activities that will be taking place across UCL.

To begin with, there are some helpful resources which we would like to direct your attention to such as the Programme Handbooks, module listings and other useful resources which are also available on our current student pages. Our SSEES Student Handbook will be a very important source of information regarding your time and studies at SSEES, this will be availble via the Student Information Hub that will be accessible on Moodle here.

In the coming weeks, we will send you information on student support, module and syllabus information, and how to get involved - so do look out for this information!

If you want to see what kind of support we have available for you regarding your wellbeing, and learning adjustments and support please visit the UCL Student Support and Wellbeing page here

If you feel that you would benefit from having reasonable adjustments made to your assessments, we encourage you to consider looking into this as soon as possible so that arrangements can be confirmed in good time before any assessments that may take place during term 1. The page can be found here. 

Pre-arrival Information

There are some important resources to access prior to arriving at UCL and commencing your studies. We've put these together below for you to access. 

Download the UCL Go App

We suggest downloading the UCL Go App for your ongoing studies, so begin by downloading it here 

Checklists

Starting University is a significant life step and there can be too many things to remember sometimes. This helpful pre-arrival checklist can help you make sure you are making the most before and after you arrive at UCL. Click here to access the checklists.

Pre-enrolment

Pre-enrolment is an important part of your first few steps to studying at UCL. If you haven't done so already please see the information on how to pre-enrol here. 

International Students

Most of the information above applies to our International Students also however we know that there are also a number of unique aspects of the international student experience including vital information about study visas to navigating the new cultural environment in the United Kingdom. To help our international student community settle into UCL we suggest reading about all the important information and support available to you here and about pre-arrival orientation here.

Enrolment

The enrolment process confirms your arrival and registration at the university. It also allows you to collect your campus ID card which will allow you to identify yourself on campus grounds and access areas such as libraries. To ensure you enrol successfully you will need to make sure that you have followed the neccessary steps depending on your student status as a Home or International student. Once you are on campus please see this page which helpfully outlines what you need to do. 

SSEES Induction Week Programme 

Induction Week starts on Monday 23rd September and contains a number of important scheduled sessions with members of staff and students on your programme and beyond. It is important that you are familiar with what is going on in the week and what you need to attend - depending on the programme of study you are registered on. 

The below timetable shows the sessions being run for SSEES Students however UCL will be running sessions and activities across campus during induction week which include campus tours, wellbeing information and much much more. You can see information about Welcome events here.

SSEES Society Events

Your SSEES Student Society is hosting events during induction week - please follow them on Instagram at @sseessoc and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/sseessociety. 

How we contact you and how to contact us

The preferred and most effective form of communication with the office is via email. The contact email for all enquiries relating to your programme, module choices, etc. depends on the programme you are registered on. 

SSEES will use primarily use email to contact you about various matters. When you register with ISD you will be allocated a UCL email address - this is the address which will be used to contact you. It is very important that you check your UCL email regularly during term time.

Once your email has been set up, please ensure that you have set up a standard signature that shows your name, student number, year of study and programme. This will speed responses to your queries up when you email the Programme Administrator or other departments at UCL.

When e-mailing please always include the following information in all emails to enable a prompt response:

Full Name I Student Number I Year of Study I Degree Programme

Please see the drop-down menu below to find out the contact details for your programme. 

Economics & Business

Sasha Aleksic

e-mail: ssees-eb@ucl.ac.uk Tel: 0207 679 8773

Languages & Culture

Ben Chatterley 

e-mail : ssees-lc@ucl.ac.uk Tel: 0207  679 8771

Politics & Sociology

Angela Nnamchi

e-mail : ssees-ps@ucl.ac.uk Tel: 0207 679 8778

History, Politics and Economics (HPE) 

Alice Dove

email ssees-hpe@ucl.ac.uk Tel: 0207 679 8778

History

e-mail : ssees-history@ucl.ac.uk Tel: 0207  679 8771

Research 

Svetlana Smirnova

e-mail : ssees-research@ucl.ac.uk Tel : 0207 679 8754

IMESS

Svetlana Smirnova

e-mail : ssees-imess@ucl.ac.uk  Tel : 0207 679 8775

If your enquiry relates to a departmental enquiry please contact ssees-student@ucl.ac.uk 

Beside e-mail students can drop by and speak to one of the team at the Education and Student Support Office (ESSO). The office is located in Room 341 in the SSEES building (see here) on front desk is open during the following times in term-time:

10:00am until 16:00pm from Monday to Friday; however please note that as staff work alternately from home and in the office you may not always see staff in the ESSO office but will be able to contact them at all times via e-mail/phone during these opening hours. 

Please note: the office will be closed for lunch 12:00 - 13:00

Location

Located in the heart of the UCL Bloomsbury Campus, SSEES is situated at 16 Taviton Street close to London Euston Station, Euston Square and Warren Street Underground Stations. It is well served by TfL transport services. If you want to plan your route please see the TfL Journey Planner.

The SSEES building is located at:

16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW.

For correspondence, the address of the Department is:

School of Slavonic and East European Studies I University College London

Gower Street I London I WC1E 6BT

Telephone : +44(0)207 679 8700