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o the particular programme for which they are registered.
Monday 13th October
10.15 – 11.15 am
􀂾 Introduction to the MA programme
􀂾 Introduction to key people on the programme
􀂾 Further information about Week 1
2.45 – 3.15 pm
3.15 – 3.45 pm
􀂾 Introduction to the J.B. Morrell Library (Sue Cumberpatch) – meet in library foyer as directed at your introductory meeting
MA in TESOL
other taught MA programmes
Tuesday 14th October
11.15 am
􀂾 English Language Support Meeting for all students
1.00 pm
􀂾 Half-day orientation for international students in Central Hall
Wednesday 15th October
9.15 – 11.15 am
􀂾 First session on ‘Research Methods in Education’ or ‘Research Methods in Applied Linguistics’
During the first term you will meet your supervisor. This person is your first point of contact for any matters pertaining to the programme in general.
All other modules begin teaching in week 2 (week commencing 20th October).
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SECTION 2: SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION
2.1 The University of York
From its early beginnings in the 1960s, the University of York has become one of the leading universities in the country.
The University’s aims are summarised in its Corporate Plan:
• to provide an outstanding and distinctive intellectual, social and physical environment in which research, scholarship and learning may flourish, and all students and staff can achieve their potential;
• to sustain and develop its position as a leading international institution in the higher education sector, committed to the highest standards in the selection, teaching and pastoral care of students;
• to develop further its established position as one of the country’s leading research universities.
The University is based at the Heslington campus, two miles south-east of the city centre. The University also uses several historic buildings in the centre of York. The University began with just over 200 students in 1963. Student numbers currently stand at around 12,300.
The University is structured around a collegiate system of seven colleges, each named after a person or place associated with the York area. In addition to providing accommodation, many of the teaching departments are located within these colleges. The Department of Educational Studies is based in Langwith College. (Langwith Common is just outside York) The Science Education Area is based in Alcuin College (Alcuin of York was an eighth century scholar)
2.2 The Department of Educational Studies
The Department of Educational Studies runs programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. The Department has a large and active graduate school.
The Department has particular strengths in research in the following areas: equity issues, science education, effective teaching and learning, political and citizenship education, and humanities and language education, and applied linguistics in education.
The Department supports and encourages work involving a range of research strategies, and has particular expertise and experience in studies employing qualitative and quantitative research methods, including systematic reviews of research literature.
In the year 2001, the Department received the maximum score of 24 out of 24 for teaching quality, awarded by the Quality Assurance Agency. In the year 2002 Research Assessment Exercise, the Departm