Kristina McGuiness-King - Manager Student & Academic Services, HSS Faculty Administration

Stuart Brock - Associate Dean (Postgraduate Research), HSS Faculty Administration

Jane, Paul and Nick

Nick's notes

Staircasing

FHSS have nested programmes

Nursing - students tend to start on the lower steps - Master's is not the main focus

Pathway to PG

Stuart would prefer pathways into PG to be via programme/discipline not qualification

PG student information needs

The expertise of the people who teach the programme. Students often have a very specific area of interest (sub-sub-subjects - not just philosophy, or ethics, but applied ethics for example). This is often because they're looking for research supervisors.

Scholarships

Other ways to fund study - teaching/tutoring/research assistant jobs

Domestic - getting Student Loans and any other state support

Attracting international students

All or almost all of their 180 point Master's can be completed in 12 months (3 semesters) - save time and money

New vs. continuing

1/4 new (doesn't include people coming back after time away from study or people in second year of a qualification)

Resources

They'll send us a Word version of the draft updated faculty handbook

The Master of Fine Arts is a new qualification and they've got documentation that includes key marketing messages, including for internationals.