Faculty of Arts and Humanities

For students

The move to a stronger faculty structure within the University will probably have little immediate effect on the life of students, as like the University, the faculty is committed to the idea that the 'academic home' for students is their discipline and their department.

However, the new structure does offer us the opportunity to explore where the faculty can add value to the student experience by bringing departments more closely together. This will enable us, for example, to provide a more coherent experience for dual honours students and for our postgraduate students.

The faculty is also committed to ensuring that the new Jessop Quarter provides a top-quality learning environment for our students, both now in the early stages of development of the area, and with any future developments.

Key to this exploration is the involvement of our students in the key decision-making committees of the faculty:

• the Learning and Teaching committee
• the Postgraduate committee
• the Research and Innovation committee

How you can influence things?

The Faculty Student Forum is an informal group where students from across the FCAH come to discuss shared issues. It comprises undergraduate, taught and research postgraduate students. Though a member of staff is present, this is a student-centred group. The Forum elects student representatives onto the Faculty Learning and Teaching and Postgraduate Committees. At the Forum, students discuss a range of issues, often arising from departments. These are taken by the Faculty Student Reps to the Faculty Committees. This is the way that our students engage in the formal Faculty structures.