Modern Languages

Academic Orientation Programme for the Department of Modern Languages. 

Information for new undergraduate students

Time

Activity 

Location 

25/09/2023 - 30/09/2023

 

All information for pre-registration can be found on Blackboard. Please see First Year Pre-registration. Contact details and procedures are all listed in the fact sheet and in the specific info sheets for each language. 

Pre-Registration
(Online) 

25/09/2023

  

09:15-10:00

Faculty Welcome Talk

Great Hall, Arts Centre

13:00-13:15

Head of Department Welcome

Hugh Owen D5  Compulsory 

13:15-14:30

Year 1 Induction
This will cover all necessary year 1 information: registration; learning and teaching in Modern Languages; use of Blackboard and timetable.  

Hugh Owen D5  Compulsory  

14:30 - 16:00

Part One Advising 

Departmental foyer

26/09/2023 

11:00-13:00

Personal Tutor Sessions

Please contact your personal tutor for a general meet and greet or for any problems you might still have with the registration process, any academic questions or problems you might have. You can find your personal tutor on your student record. Give them a call on MS Teams or pop by their office. 

In-person or
MS Teams

14.00-16.00

Personal Tutor Sessions

Please contact your personal tutor for a general meet and greet or for any problems you might still have with the registration process, any academic questions or problems you might have. You can find your personal tutor on your student record. Give them a call on MS Teams or pop by their office.

In-person or
MS Teams

27/09/2023

13:30-14:30

Library Induction

Hugh Owen D5 

14:30-16:00

Language Learning Workshop

Hugh Owen D5 

28/09/2023

13:30-16:30

‘Welcome to Modern Languages’.  Social session and introductory day.

Please check Blackboard for updates in the Registration Week folder.

Hugh Owen D5 

16:30-18:00

Reception for all first-year students

Departmental foyer

Please note that the above schedule is subject to change

Departmental Contact: modernlangs@aber.ac.uk 

 

Information for returning students

Please contact the Part 2 tutor Roberta Sartoni (rrs) for issues related to registration.

There will be a general Year 2 and Final Year meeting during Week 1-2 of teaching.

Departmental Contact: modernlangs@aber.ac.uk 

Information for postgraduate students

Date

Time

Event

Location (Online or physical location)

25/09/2023

13:00-15:00

Graduate School - Welcome & Induction for new Research Postgraduates 

English medium event held in Hugh Owen A12

Welsh medium event held in Hugh Owen C64

You must attend either the Welsh medium or the English medium event

26/09/2023

09:00-11:00

Graduate School - Welcome & Induction for new Taught Postgraduates

English medium event held in Hugh Owen A12

Welsh medium event held in Hugh Owen C64

You must attend either the Welsh medium or the English medium event

26/09/2023

17:00-19:00

Students’ Union Postgraduate Meet & Greet session

Main Room, Student’s Union 

29/09/2023

10:00-12:00

Graduate School - Welcome Back meeting for Years 2 and 3 Research Students (English medium event with Welsh medium support) 

Medrus Mawr

Please note that the above schedule is subject to change