School of Global Studies

Welcome Week timetable

Find out what's going on in your School during Welcome Week.

Explore our Welcome Week activities

Welcome Week takes place between Monday 16 and Friday 20 September 2024. 

There are a number of Welcome Week activities for you to attend. Find details of the timetables below.

Use our campus map to locate your sessions. 

You can also find out more about the university’s wider Welcome Week activities.

CORE - Attendance is essential for students
ADVISED - Attendance is recommended for students

New undergraduate students

View the Welcome Week schedule of activities for your subject. 

UG Anthropology 

Monday 16 September

10-11am – Richmond AS3
CORE - Welcome to Global Studies from your Head of School, Professor Geert De Neve.

11am-1pm – Arts A103 Lecture Theatre
CORE - Welcome from Head of Department, Maya Unnithan, who will welcome you to your studies and run through what the coming years at Sussex will look like. To include details of the modules that make your curriculum and who your key contacts are. This is also an opportunity to meet your Academic Advisor.

2-3pm – ARTS A103 [UG Anthropology Joint Honours]
CORE - Welcome from Head of Department, Maya Unnithan, who will welcome you to your studies and run through what the coming years at Sussex will look like. To include details of the modules that make your curriculum and who your key contacts are.


Wednesday 18 September

11.30am-12.30pm – Global Resource Centre (GRC, Arts C175)
ADVISED - Drop-in Session: A social event and an opportunity to meet other students in your department.

Thursday 19 September

11am-12pm – Arts A01
CORE - Support Session: Meet the Director of Student Experience and Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion who will explain how they can support you and how to get the most out of your studies.

2-3pm - Arts A01
CORE - Visiting & Exchange (V&E) Welcome: Meet Stuart Cartland, V&E Programme Convenor, to learn about studying at Sussex


Friday 20 September

1-2.30pm - Jubilee Lecture Theatre
ADVISED - Faculty of Social Sciences Welcome Celebrations
A social event and an opportunity to meet the University's Vice Chancellor, Professor Sasha Roseneil, and the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Social Siences, Professor Rosie Cox.

UG Geography
Monday 16 September


10-11am – Richmond AS3
CORE - Welcome to Global Studies from your Head of School, Professor Geert De Neve.

11am-1pm – Fulton A Lecture Theatre
CORE - Welcome from Head of Department, Simon Rycroft, who will welcome you to your studies and run through what the coming years at Sussex will look like. To include details of the modules that make your curriculum and who your key contacts are. This is also an opportunity to meet your Academic Advisor.


Wednesday 18 September

10-11am – Global Resource Centre (GRC, Arts C175)
ADVISED - Drop-in Session: A social event and an opportunity to meet other students in your department.

Thursday 19 September

11am-12pm – Arts A01
CORE - Support Session: Meet the Director of Student Experience and Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion who will explain how they can support you and how to get the most out of your studies.

2-3pm - Arts A01
CORE - Visiting & Exchange (V&E) Welcome: Meet Stuart Cartland, V&E Programme Convenor, to learn about studying at Sussex


Friday 20 September

1-2.30pm - Jubilee Lecture Theatre
ADVISED - Faculty of Social Sciences Welcome Celebrations
A social event and an opportunity to meet the University's Vice Chancellor, Professor Sasha Roseneil, and the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Social Siences, Professor Rosie Cox.

UG International Relations

Monday 16 September

10-11am – Richmond AS3
CORE - Welcome to Global Studies from your Head of School, Professor Geert De Neve.

11am-1pm – Arts C133
CORE - Welcome from Head of Department, Kevin Gray, who will welcome you to your studies and run through what the coming years at Sussex will look like. To include details of the modules that make your curriculum and who your key contacts are. This is also an opportunity to meet your Academic Advisor.

2-3pm – Fulton A Lecture Theatre [UG IR Joint Honours]
CORE - Welcome from Head of Department, Kevin Gray, who will welcome you to your studies and run through what the coming years at Sussex will look like. To include details of the modules that make your curriculum and who your key contacts are.


Wednesday 18 September

1-2pm – Global Resource Centre (GRC, Arts C175)
ADVISED - Drop-in Session: A social event and an opportunity to meet other students in your department.

Thursday 19 September

11am-12pm – Arts A01
CORE - Support Session: Meet the Director of Student Experience and Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion who will explain how they can support you and how to get the most out of your studies.

2-3pm - Arts A01
CORE - Visiting & Exchange (V&E) Welcome: Meet Stuart Cartland, V&E Programme Convenor, to learn about studying at Sussex


Friday 20 September

1-2.30pm - Jubilee Lecture Theatre
ADVISED - Faculty of Social Sciences Welcome Celebrations
A social event and an opportunity to meet the University's Vice Chancellor, Professor Sasha Roseneil, and the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Social Siences, Professor Rosie Cox.

UG International Development

Monday 16 September

10-11am – Richmond AS3
CORE - Welcome to Global Studies from your Head of School, Professor Geert De Neve.

11am-1pm – Fulton G15
CORE - Welcome from Head of Department, Meike Fechter, who will welcome you to your studies and run through what the coming years at Sussex will look like. To include details of the modules that make your curriculum and who your key contacts are. This is also an opportunity to meet your Academic Advisor.

2-3pm – Fulton 202 [UG ID Joint Honours]
CORE - Welcome from Head of Department, Meike Fechter, who will welcome you to your studies and run through what the coming years at Sussex will look like. To include details of the modules that make your curriculum and who your key contacts are.


Wednesday 18 September

11.30am-12.30pm – Global Resource Centre (GRC, Arts C175)
ADVISED - Drop-in Session: A social event and an opportunity to meet other students in your department.

Thursday 19 September

11am-12pm – Arts A01
CORE - Support Session: Meet the Director of Student Experience and Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion who will explain how they can support you and how to get the most out of your studies.

2-3pm - Arts A01
CORE - Visiting & Exchange (V&E) Welcome: Meet Stuart Cartland, V&E Programme Convenor, to learn about studying at Sussex


Friday 20 September

1-2.30pm - Jubilee Lecture Theatre
ADVISED - Faculty of Social Sciences Welcome Celebrations
A social event and an opportunity to meet the University's Vice Chancellor, Professor Sasha Roseneil, and the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Social Siences, Professor Rosie Cox.

 

New postgraduate students

View the Welcome Week schedule of activities for new postgraduate students.

Postgraduate Welcome Week Timetable

Tuesday 17 September

9-10am - Chichester Lecture Theatre
CORE - Welcome to Global Studies from your Head of School, Professor Geert De Neve, and the Director of Teaching & Learning, Dr Lyndsay McLean.

10am-12pm – Arts C133 [PG International Relations]
CORE - MA Programme Convenor Welcome: Meet your Convenor, Anne Roemer-Mahler, who is responsible for the delivery of your course.

10am-12pm – Jubilee 155 [MA Social Development & PG Anthropology]
CORE - MA Programme Convenor Welcome: Meet your Convenor, Dinah Rajak, who is responsible for the delivery of your course.

10am-12pm – Jubilee 115 [MA Migration Studies & MA Migration and Global Development]
CORE - MA Programme Convenor Welcome: Meet your Convenors, Paul Statham & Sarah Scuzzarello, who are responsible for the delivery of your courses.

10am-12pm – Fulton 113 [MA Food and Development]
CORE - MA Programme Convenor Welcome: Meet your Convenor, Pedram Rowhani, who is responsible for the delivery of your course.

12-2pm - Global Resource Centre (GRC, Arts C175) [PG International Relations]
ADVISED - Drop-in Session: A social event and an opportunity to meet other students in your department.

2-4pm – Fulton 203 [MSc Climate Change]
CORE - MSc Programme Convenor Welcome: Meet your Convenor, Martin Todd, who is responsible for the delivery of your course.

2-4pm – Fulton 113 [MA Environment Development and Policy]
CORE - MA Programme Convenor Welcome: Meet your Convenor, Chris Hesketh, who is responsible for the delivery of your course.

2-4pm – Arts C233 [MA Gender Violence and Conflict]
CORE - MA Programme Convenor Welcome: Meet your Convenors, Lyndsay McLean & Melissa Gatter, who are responsible for the delivery of your course.

2-4pm – Jubilee 144 [MA Human Rights]
CORE - MA Programme Convenor Welcome: Meet your Convenor, Julia Hartviksen, who is responsible for the delivery of your course.

2-4pm – Jubilee G22 [MSc Social Research Methods]
CORE - MSc Programme Convenor Welcome: Meet your Convenor, Stefan Elbe, who is responsible for the delivery of your course.

Thursday 19 September 

3-4pm - Chichester Lecture Theatre
CORE - Support Session: Meet the Director of Student Experience and Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, Beth Mills & Paul Boyce, who will explain how they can support you and how to get the most out of your studies.

4-5pm - Chichester Lecture Theatre
CORE - Support Session: Meet Director of Placements, Su Richards, to learn about how research placements work within the School of Global Studies.

 

Friday 20 September

10am-12pm - Global Resource Centre (GRC, Arts C175) [Anth / ID / Geog]
ADVISED - Drop-in Session: A social event and an opportunity to meet other students in your department.

1-2.30pm - Jubilee Lecture Theatre
ADVISED - Faculty of Social Sciences Welcome Celebrations
A social event and an opportunity to meet the University's Vice Chancellor, Professor Sasha Roseneil, and the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Social Siences, Professor Rosie Cox.

For questions or advice about your Welcome Week timetable please email: global@sussex.ac.uk

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