Welcome

Welcome to the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Every student must register before the deadline whether you are a new or continuing student.

Once you've completed Online Registration, you can complete your in-person ID check and collect your Student ID card at one of the Student Centres.


Your Faculty and Schools

Your faculty is the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences (FLAS). It contains four schools:

  • School of Design
  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • School of Law and Criminology
  • School of Stage and Screen

Inductions

Further information about your welcome timetable will be provided by your School and will also be made available in the portal.

Full term dates for this academic year 2024-25.


Key people

There are staff to support you every step of the way.

Programme leaders: Your programme is the degree you are studying (e.g. BSc, BA, LLB). The programme leader liaises with module leaders managing the individual modules (courses) on your programme. Programme leaders also work with senior management in your school to ensure the smooth running of the programme. Your programme leader is the person named on the webpage for your programme.

Module leader: Your course modules will be taught by one or several tutors, but this person leads in planning the module, teaching, supporting and assessing it and ensuring quality. They will be able to answer your questions about a specific module.

Faculty Student Advisor: This person provides pastoral support. This person is your first point of contact if you have academic or personal issues.

Academic tutors: You will have group and individual sessions with your academic tutor. They will help you to set academic, professional, career and personal development goals for the academic year. Your academic tutor will help you make the transition to university study and to subsequent levels of study as you continue your degree. Your academic tutor will also signpost you to relevant academic support provided by university, including skills sessions.


Contact your school

If you have a question please use the Digital Student Centre. This is a single space to access useful information and find answers to queries.

You can search the Knowledge Articles there for help, or you can create an Enquiry which will be directed to the right team to give you an accurate answer.

You can view the progress of your Enquiries in the Digital Student Centre, give us more information if you need to, and receive updates from us.