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 25 and Friday 29 September 2023

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.


New undergraduate students

View the Welcome Week schedule of activities for your subject. 

UG Anthropology 

Monday 25 September

9-10am – Jubilee LT 
Subject Welcome: Meet Prof Geert De Neve, Head of School of Global Studies.

11am-1pm – Arts A103 LT
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your Head of Department as they welcome you to your studies and run through what the coming years at Sussex will look like, including what modules make your curriculum, and who the key contacts are for your degree. Also an opportunity to meet your Academic Advisor.

2-3pm – Arts A155 [UG Anthropology Joint Honours]
Meet your Tutors: Meet your Head of Department as they welcome you to your studies and run through what the coming years at Sussex will look like, including what modules make your curriculum, and who the key contacts are for your degree.


Tuesday 26 September

11am-12pm – Jubilee LT
Meet your DoSE and DEDI: Meet your Director of Student Experience and Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, as they explain how we’ll support you in Global Studies and how to get the most out of your studies.

3-4pm – Jubilee LT
Meet your DTL: Meet your Director of Teaching and Learning as they explain how teaching, assessment, and feedback work in Global Studies.

Wednesday 26 September

4-6pm – Global Studies Resource Centre (GSRC)
Drop-in Session: Social event to meet students in your department.

UG Geography
Monday 25 September

9-10am – Jubilee LT
Subject Welcome: Meet Prof Geert De Neve, Head of School of Global Studies.

11am-1pm – Fulton A LT 
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your Head of Department as they welcome you to your studies and run through what the coming years at Sussex will look like, including what modules make your curriculum, and who the key contacts are for your degree. Also an opportunity to meet your Academic Advisor.


Tuesday 26 September

11am-12pm – Jubilee LT
Meet your DoSE and DEDI: Meet your Director of Student Experience and Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, as they explain how we’ll support you in Global Studies and how to get the most out of your studies.

3-4pm – Jubilee LT
Meet your DTL: Meet your Director of Teaching and Learning as they explain how teaching, assessment, and feedback work in Global Studies.


Wednesday 26 September

10-11am – Global Studies Resource Centre (GSRC)
Drop-in Session: Social event to meet students in your department.

UG International Relations

Monday 25 September

9-10am – Jubilee LT
Subject Welcome: Meet Prof Geert De Neve, Head of School of Global Studies.

11am-1pm – Arts C133
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your Head of Department as they welcome you to your studies and run through what the coming years at Sussex will look like, including what modules make your curriculum, and who the key contacts are for your degree. Also an opportunity to meet your Academic Advisor.

2-3pm – Arts C133 [UG IR Joint Honours]
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your Head of Department as they welcome you to your studies and run through what the coming years at Sussex will look like, including what modules make your curriculum, and who the key contacts are for your degree. Also an opportunity to meet your Academic Advisor.


Tuesday 26 September

11am-12pm – Jubilee LT
Meet your DoSE and DEDI: Meet your Director of Student Experience and Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, as they explain how we’ll support you in Global Studies and how to get the most out of your studies.

3-4pm – Jubilee LT
Meet your DTL: Meet your Director of Teaching and Learning as they explain how teaching, assessment, and feedback work in Global Studies.

4-6pm – Global Studies Resource Centre (GSRC)
Drop-in Session: Social event to meet students in your department.

UG International Development

Monday 25 September

9-10am – Jubilee LT
Subject Welcome: Meet Prof Geert De Neve, Head of School of Global Studies.

11am-1pm – Arts A05
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your Head of Department as they welcome you to your studies and run through what the coming years at Sussex will look like, including what modules make your curriculum, and who the key contacts are for your degree. Also an opportunity to meet your Academic Advisor.

2-3pm – Fulton A LT [UG ID Joint Honours]
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your Head of Department as they welcome you to your studies and run through what the coming years at Sussex will look like, including what modules make your curriculum, and who the key contacts are for your degree. Also an opportunity to meet your Academic Advisor.


Tuesday 26 September

11am-12pm – Jubilee LT
Meet your DoSE and DEDI: Meet your Director of Student Experience and Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, as they explain how we’ll support you in Global Studies and how to get the most out of your studies.

12-2pm – Global Studies Resource Centre (GSRC)
Drop-in Session: Social event to meet students in your department.

3-4pm – Jubilee LT
Meet your DTL: Meet your Director of Teaching and Learning as they explain how teaching, assessment, and feedback work in Global Studies.


New postgraduate students

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

Postgraduate Welcome Week timetable

Thursday 28 September

9-10am – Chichester LT 
Subject Welcome: Meet Prof Geert De Neve, Head of Global Studies and Dr Lyndsay McLean, PG Director – information for all postgraduate students.

11am-12pm – Chichester LT
Meet your DoSE and DEDI: Meet the student experience team (PG) Meet your Director of Student Experience and Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, as they explain how we’ll support you in Global Studies and how to get the most out of your studies

12-1pm – Arts C333 [PG International Relations]
Drop-in Session: PGT Social event to meet students in your department.

1-2pm – Global Studies Resource Centre (GSRC) [PG Anthropology, Geography, International Development]
Drop-in Session: PGT Social event to meet students in your department and two other Global Studies departments.

2-3pm – Chichester LT
Meet your DTL: Meet your Director of Teaching and Learning as they explain how teaching, assessment, and feedback work in Global Studies.

4-5pm – Arts A01
Research Placements: Meet your Director of Placements to learn about how research placements work within Global Studies.


Friday 29 September

10am-12pm – Arts C133 [Group 1: PG International Relations]
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your MA programme convenor who is responsible for the delivery of your PGT course.

10am-12pm – Jubilee G36 [Group 2: MA Social Development]
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your MA programme convenor who is responsible for the delivery of your PGT course.

10am-12pm – Jubilee G31 [Group 3: PG Anthropology]
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your MA programme convenor who is responsible for the delivery of your PGT course.

10am-12pm – Jubilee 115 [Group 4: MA Migration Studies & MA Migration and Global Development]
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your MA programme convenor who is responsible for the delivery of your PGT course.

10am-12pm – Fulton 113 [Group 5: MA Food and Development]
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your MA programme convenor who is responsible for the delivery of your PGT course.

11am-12pm – Fulton G15 [V&E students]
Meet Your Tutors: Meet Yi Wang, V&E programme convenor to learn about studying at University of Sussex.

2-4pm – Fulton 104 [Group 6: MSc Climate Change]
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your MSc programme convenor who is responsible for the delivery of your PGT course.

2-4pm – Fulton 113 [Group 7: MA Environment Development and Policy]
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your MA programme convenor who is responsible for the delivery of your PGT course.

2-4pm – Arts C233 [Group 8: MA Gender Violence and Conflict]
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your MA programme convenor who is responsible for the delivery of your PGT course.

2-4pm – Jubilee G36 [Group 9: MA Human Rights]
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your MA programme convenor who is responsible for the delivery of your PGT course.

2-4pm – Jubilee G31 [Group 10: MSc Social Research Methods]
Meet Your Tutors: Meet your MSc programme convenor who is responsible for the delivery of your PGT course.


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


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