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Life & Work at LSHTM Prof Della Freeth: Pro-Director (Learning & Teaching) Dr Hannah Babad: Associate Dean (Student Experience) & PHP Taught Course Director Dr Graham Clark: Associate Dean (Quality) & ITD Taught Course Director Mr Craig Higgins: Associate Dean (Technology-enhanced Learning) & EPH Taught Course Director Kate Marshall: Head of Quality Enhancement Improving health worldwide www.lshtm.ac.uk Taught Course Directors • Each Faculty has a Taught Course • Each TCD also has a School Director with oversight of their level role as an Associate Dean portfolio of taught courses • For Research Degree students • Responsibilities include: each Faculty has Research Degree Director(s) with similar – liaising with Course Directors, oversight responsibilities Module Organisers and Academic Support Services – liaising with student course reps – meeting individual MSc students as needed Taught Course Directors • Craig Higgins • Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health • Also Associate Dean (Technology Enhanced Learning & Teaching) MSc Clinical Trials by Distance Learning MSc Demography and Health MSc Epidemiology, and MSc Epidemiology by Distance Learning MSc Global Mental Health (joint with Kings College and Institute of Psychiatry) MSc Medical Statistics MSc Nutrition for Global Health MSc Reproductive and Sexual Health Research MSc Veterinary Epidemiology (joint with Royal Veterinary College) MSc Public Health in Developing Countries (cross-Faculty) Taught Course Directors • Hannah Babad • Faculty of Public Health and Policy • Also Associate Dean (Student Experience and Programme Support) MSc Control of Infectious Diseases (cross-Faculty) MSc Global Health Policy by Distance Learning MSc Health Policy, Planning and Financing (joint with London School of Economics) MSc Public Health (six study streams) MSc Public Health by Distance Learning MSc Public Health in Developing Countries (cross-Faculty) Taught Course Directors • Graham Clark • Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases • Also Associate Dean (Quality Management and Enhancement) MSc Control of Infectious Diseases (cross-Faculty) MSc Immunology of Infectious Diseases MSc Infectious Diseases by Distance Learning MSc Medical Entomology for Disease Control MSc Medical Microbiology MSc Medical Parasitology MSc Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases MSc One Health (Infectious Diseases) (joint with Royal Veterinary College) MSc Public Health for Eye Care MSc Public Health in Developing Countries (cross-Faculty) MSc Tropical Medicine and International Health Faculty Research Degree Directors • Epidemiology & Population Health (EPH) – Prof Suzanne Filteau & Prof Simon Cousens • Infectious & Tropical Diseases (ITD) – Dr Ron Behrens & Dr Jayne Webster • Public Health & Policy (PHP) – Prof Judith Green & Dr Nicki Thorogood Things people say about the School Vibrant Close-knit Academically demanding International Diverse backgrounds and aspirations Challenging and supportive Intense workload “The best time of my life” Brilliant network Activity: Some dimensions of diversity in this room • • • • Who is a research student? Who is a part-time student? Who has previously studied in the UK? How many years is it since you were last studying for a university degree? • How many years of work experience do you have that will be relevant to your LSHTM studies? London MSc Students by Country, Summer 2015 Country Afghanistan Australia Austria Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Bermuda Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada China Colombia Costa Rica Cyprus Denmark Ecuador Egypt No 2 7 3 4 2 4 1 10 2 2 34 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 Country Eritrea Estonia Finland France Gambia Germany Ghana Greece Guernsey Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Italy Japan Kenya Korea, South No 1 1 1 12 1 17 4 6 1 2 2 8 3 11 13 16 13 7 Country Lebanon Lithuania Luxembourg Malawi Malaysia Malta Mexico Mozambique Nepal Netherlands Niger Nigeria Norway Pakistan Philippines Poland Portugal Romania No 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 1 2 10 1 28 2 5 1 2 3 3 Country Saudi Arabia Senegal Singapore Slovenia Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka St. Lucia Sudan Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Trinidad & Tobago Uganda United Kingdom United States of America Zimbabwe No 1 1 3 1 2 5 15 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 6 263 79 3 Research Degree Students by Country, Summer 2015 Country No Country No Country No Country No Afghanistan 1 Ethiopia 2 Malawi 5 Slovakia 1 Australia 1 Finland 1 Malaysia 4 Slovenia 1 Austria 2 France 8 Malta 1 South Africa 1 Bangladesh 3 Gambia 2 Mexico 2 Spain 3 Belgium 5 Germany 7 Nepal 2 Sweden 2 Brazil 9 Ghana 3 Netherlands 6 Switzerland 2 Brunei 1 Greece 1 New Zealand 2 Tanzania 8 Cameroon Republic 3 India 17 Nigeria 12 Thailand 4 Canada 14 Indonesia 2 Norway 3 Trinidad & Tobago 2 Chile 1 Ireland 7 Philippines 1 Uganda 5 China 3 Italy 6 Poland 3 United Kingdom 145 Colombia 1 Japan 9 Portugal 4 United States of America 42 Denmark 4 Kenya 12 Romania 3 Zambia 4 Ecuador 2 Latvia 1 Saudi Arabia 4 Zimbabwe 2 Egypt 1 Lebanon 1 Senegal 2 Potential opportunities Buzz exercise 1: What are the advantages/opportunities of studying in community as diverse as LSHTM? Potential challenges Buzz exercise 2: What are the challenges of studying in a diverse community like LSHTM? Returning to study Buzz exercise 3: What excites you about continuing/returning to study? What are the challenges of continuing/returning to study? Help and Support • People – staff (academic and support services), fellow students, friends, family, local student-focused organisations (e.g. London Nightline; International Students’ House) • Key Skills sessions: e.g. Academic English; Library; Maths Refresher; Research Methods … • Written sources: e.g. programme handbooks, School web site, Study Skills Guides and for research students vitae.ac.uk particularly the ‘Doing a Doctorate’ pages (use your School email to register for free) And finally … • This is likely to be one of the busiest periods of your life • Your studies at LSHTM will be finished much sooner than you think • We hope you experience a lot of happy times, and we recognise there may be difficult times too • There is so much opportunity here … you can’t do everything, but choose well and do lots • Have fun • Ask if you need help