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School of Philosophy and Art History Welcome Week Events

An essential start to your academic life at the University of Essex

  • Mon 3 - Fri 7 Oct 22

    10:00

  • Colchester Campus

  • Event type

    Welcome

  • Contact details

Induction into your new department is an essential part of Welcome Week.

We have organised a series of events throughout Welcome Week and look forward to welcoming you into the School of Philosophy and Art History (SPAH) and the Interdisciplinary Studies Centre (ISC). Some of these are compulsory to attend while others are optional but we hope you'll join in as many as possible and get to know more about your course, key members of staff and your fellow students.

Undergraduates

Monday 3 October

 Time    Event Location
12:00pm

Tour and introduction to ESCALA

Open to all students

  Meet outside the Library

 Tuesday 4 October

Time Event Location
9:30am - 10:00am

SPAH & ISC Sign-In

ESSENTIAL for ALL students

 TC1.6
 10:00am - 10:15am

SPAH & ISC 'Right to Study' checks

ESSENTIAL for ALL students

 Essex Sport Arena
10:10am - 11:30am

Meet Course Directors and Personal Tutors

ESSENTIAL for ALL NEW UG students

 TC.1.10, 1.11, 1.13, 1.16, 1.17
11:30am - 12:00pm Break  
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Welcome Lunch

Open to all UG students

 LTB Foyer/LTB 4
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Head of School Welcome

ESSENTIAL for ALL NEW UG students

 LTB 2
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Subject Introductions

ESSENTIAL for ALL NEW UG students

 Art History - LTB B
Philosophy - LTB 1
ISC - LTB 3
3:30pm - 5:00pm

SPAH & ISC Seminar Series (ISC)
Shapeshifting Cities: War, Infrastructure and Art in Coventry and London - Dr Ammar Azzouz and Dr Lisa Blackmore

Open to all students

 LTB 1

Wednesday 5 October

Time Event Location
3:30pm - 5:00pm

SPAH & ISC Seminar Series (PHILOSOPHY)
Love's Object, Love's Aim - Dr Daniel Watts

Open to all students

 Ivor Crewe Seminar Room
5:30pm - 7:00pm

SPAH & ISC New Student Reception

Open to all new UGs and PGs

 Network Centre

Thursday 6 October

 Time Event Location
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Women in Philosophy Lunch

Open to all students

 SPAH & ISC Common Room
1:00pm - 3:00pm

SPAH & ISC New Students Event

ESSENTIAL for ALL NEW UG students

 The Hex
3:00pm - 6:00pm

SU Squad Games Event

Open to all students

 Sports Pitches - book here!

 

6:00pm - 8:00pm

 Exhibition Launch

A Fire In My Head

Open to all students

  The Art Exchange

Friday 7 October

Time Event Location
10:30am - 1:30pm
CANCELLED due to the unexpected closure of the Wivenhoe Trail

Walk to Wivenhoe

Open to all students

 CANCELLED

Postgraduates

Monday 3 October

Time Event Location
12:00pm  

Tour and introduction to ESCALA

Open to all students

  Meet outside the Library

Tuesday 4 October

Time Event Location
3:30pm - 5:00pm

SPAH & ISC Seminar Series (ISC)
Shapeshifting Cities: War, Infrastructure and Art in Coventry and London - Dr Ammar Azzouz and Dr Lisa Blackmore

Open to all students

 LTB 1

Wednesday 5 October

Time Event Location
10:00am - 10:30am

PG Sign-in and Refreshments

ESSENTIAL for ALL new PGs

 TC2.12 + TC2.13
10:30am - 12:00pm

PGT Art History

ESSENTIAL for new Art History & Curating PGTs

 TC2.12 + TC2.13
10:30am - 12:00pm

PGT Philosophy

ESSENTIAL for new Philosophy PGTs

 TC2.14 + TC2.15
10:30am - 12:00pm

PGT ISC

ESSENTIAL for new ISC PGTs

 TC2.6 + TC2.7
10:30am - 12:00pm

PGR Meet with Director of Graduate Studies

ESSENTIAL for ALL new PGRs

 TC2.10
12:00pm

PG Lunch

Open to all PGT and PGRs

 TC2.8 + TC2.9
1:00pm

Tour and introduction to ESCALA

Open to all PGs

 Collection from TC after lunch
2:00pm - 3:00pm

PGR Meet with Supervisors

ESSENTIAL for all new PGRs

 Academic Offices 
(Calendar invites will be sent out individually to students by their Supervisor)
 3:30pm - 5:00pm

SPAH & ISC Seminar Series (PHILOSOPHY)
Love's Object, Love's Aim - Dr Daniel Watts

Open to all students

 Ivor Crewe Seminar Room
 5:30pm - 7:00pm

SPAH & ISC New Student Reception

Open to all new UGs and PGs

 Network Centre

Thursday 6 October

Time Event Location
 9:30am

PGR Coffee and pastries

Open to all PGRs

 Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall Foyer
10:30am - 1:00pm

PGR Conference

ESSENTIAL for new PGR

 Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall
12:00pm - 1:00pm

Women in Philosophy Lunch

Open to ALL students

 SPAH & ISC Common Room
1:00pm

PGR Lunch 

ESSENTIAL for new PGR

 Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall Foyer
3:00pm - 6:00pm

SU Squad Games Event

Open to all students

 Sports Pitches - book here!

Friday 7 October

Time Event Location
10:30am

Walk to Wivenhoe

Open to allstudents

 Meet by the Library

 

 UG - new and returning Year 2
LTB 8
Please book your place 
 New, and returning 2nd year undergraduates
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