Newcastle University
Postgraduate Study 2018
www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduateSupporting you
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Study resources
Your learning doesn’t end in the
lecture theatre; we offer additional
study support, whether it’s learning
a new language just for fun, or
getting help writing your dissertation
proposal.
• Maths-Aid – help with exam
preparation, problem solving and
numerical skills development
• Writing Development Centre,
in the Philip Robinson Library
– helping you to develop your
academic writing skills. Our
team of tutors offers one-to-one
tutorials, workshops and a range
of online resources to support
your learning
www.ncl.ac.uk/students/wdcOn-campus
language support
Once you have started your course
there are a number of free services
to help you continue to build your
language skills. These include:
• free in-sessional English
language courses
• tandem learning, partnering you
with an English-speaking student
who wants to learn your language
• access to online English language
study materials, helping you with
academic writing, grammar and
vocabulary
• courses to help improve your
writing for university study
• free access to our award-winning
Language Resource Centre
,
providing:
– self-study learning materials
in over 50 languages
– 24 satellite channels in over
17 languages
– over 800 foreign language
films
– dedicated computer clusters
– language learning podcasting
site
www.ncl.ac.uk/langcenSubject facilities
Alongside an on-campus
museum and art gallery, you
may also have access to
specialist facilities related to
your chosen subject, for
example we have:
•
a seagoing research vessel
•
marine lab on the sea coast
•
two commercial farms and
a biology field station
•
high-spec science and
engineering labs
•
music studios and rehearsal
spaces
•
medical and dental labs
and clinical skills suite
•
on-campus language clinics
•
studios for architecture
and art
•
translation and interpreting
suites
Not to mention dedicated
research and social spaces
reserved just for postgraduate
students, all helping to make
you feel part of the Newcastle
community, whatever your
specialist area of study.
Find out more about the
facilities for your chosen subject
in our course listings online:
www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduateor visit:
www.ncl.ac.uk/business/facilities/research
to get an overview of what’s
on offer across the University.
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