Learning and Teaching
The University has an international reputation for its high-quality and innovative learning and teaching, delivered by staff who are both committed to providing an outstanding student experience and who are at the cutting edge of research in their own disciplines.
The Arts and Humanities encourage us to reflect on what it means to be human, helping us, and our students, to become active citizens in our various communities. We foster openness to enquiry and independence in asking and answering questions to enable all members of our academic community to make a positive impact on our disciplines.
Departments in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities are located in the newly-developed Jessop Quarter, situated immediately opposite the landmark Information Commons, the University's brand new learning resources centre.
We offer a broad portfolio of programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including many dual degree combinations both within the Faculty and with departments in the Faculty of Social Science.
Postgraduate taught programmes cover both research-preparation MA courses reflecting our research strengths, and also professional qualifications. Our departments perform consistently well in the National Student Survey with five disciplines in the top ten nationally in 2008. We also have a recent winner in the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme.
The faculty also plays a key role in the activity of the HEFCE-funded Centre of Excellence, the Centre for Inquiry-based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences (CILASS), located in the Information Commons.
Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee
Learning and Teaching matters are the responsibility of the Faculty Director of Learning and Teaching, Dr Penny Simons; she is supported by two Assistant Directors, Dr Stephanie Pitts (Music) who has responsibility for Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, and from 2009-10 Dr Karen Harvey (History) who will take on responsibility for Student Affairs.
There are two faculty committees overseeing learning and teaching: the Learning and Teaching Committee has responsibility for the management and strategic development of undergraduate teaching, and the Postgraduate Committee for taught and research postgraduate teaching.
Both committees are supported by the Faculty officer from Learning and Teaching Services, James Goldingay.
Faculty Postgraduate Committee
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