The University's pre-arrival website contains registration and induction information for all new students.
See the information below to get a feel for what a typical Induction Week is like.
Timetables
Induction Week 2020 will begin 28 September and end on 16 October, for more information, see the timetable that is specific to your programme:
Postgraduate taught programmes
Date | Time | Event | Location |
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Thursday 15 October | 10.00 | Master of Fine Art online induction presentation and Q&A | Zoom |
Thursday 15 October | 14.00 to 17.00 | Master of Fine art and PhD – Access department, studios and collect PPE | On Campus |
Thursday 15 October | N/A | PhD Welcome | Canvas |
Thursday 15 October | 15.00 to 16.00 | Q&A session | Zoom |
Friday 16 October | 11.00 to 12.00 | All stages Q&A | Zoom |
Zoom links will be circulated in due course.
Download your Postgraduate Fine Art Induction Timetable 2020 here.
Date | Time | Event | Location |
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Monday 12 October | 10.00 | Welcome to Journalism at Newcastle | Zoom |
Tuesday 13 October | 10.30 to 11.30 | Meet the team and course options – Group 1 (groups to be allocated during induction) | ARMB.2.96.PC |
Tuesday 13 October | 12.00 to 13.00 | Meet the team and course options – Group 2 (groups to be allocated during induction) | ARMB.2.96.PC |
Tuesday 13 October | 13.30 to 14.30 | Meet the team and course options – Group 3 (groups to be allocated during induction) | ARMB.2.96.PC |
Wednesday 14 October | 10.00 | Extracurricular Journalism Opportunities | Zoom |
Wednesday 14 October | 16.00 | Civic Journalism Lab | Zoom |
Thursday 15 October | 10.00 | The Journalism Landscape | Zoom |
Zoom links will be circulated in due course.
Download your International Multimedia Journalism 2020 Induction Timetable
Date | Time | Event | Location |
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Monday 12 October | 11.00 to 13.00 | Welcome to Media and Public Relations at Newcastle | Zoom |
Tuesday 13 October | 10.30 to 11.30 | Meet the team and course options – Group 1 (groups to be allocated during induction) | ARMB 2.98 |
Tuesday 13 October | 13.30 to 14.30 | Meet the team and course options – Group 2 (groups to be allocated during induction) | ARMB 2.98 |
Tuesday 13 October | 15.00 to 16.00 | Meet the team and course options – Group 3 (groups to be allocated during induction) | ARMB 2.98 |
Tuesday 13 October | 16.30 to 17.30 | Meet the team and course options – Group 3 (groups to be allocated during induction) | ARMB 2.98 |
Wednesday 14 October | 10.00 to 12.00 | Introduction to CIPR and Other Opportunities | Zoom |
Thursday 15 October | 11.00 to 12.00 | The Public Relations Landscape | Zoom |
Friday 16 October | 10.00 to 12.00 | Online Drop-in | Zoom |
Zoom links will be circulated in due course.
Download your Media and Public Relations 2020 Induction Timetable here.
Date | Time | Event | Location |
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Monday 12 October | 10.00 | Welcome to Journalism at Newcastle | Zoom |
Tuesday 13 October | 10.30 to 11.30 | Meet the team and course options – Group 1 (groups to be allocated during induction) | HDB 1.06 |
Tuesday 13 October | 12.00 to 13.00 | Meet the team and course options – Group 2 (groups to be allocated during induction) | HDB 1.06 |
Tuesday 13 October | 13.30 to 14.30 | Meet the team and course options – Group 3 (groups to be allocated during induction) | HDB 1.06 |
Wednesday 14 October | 10.00 | Extracurricular Journalism Opportunities | Zoom |
Wednesday 14 October | 16.00 | Civic Journalism Lab | Zoom |
Thursday 15 October | 10.00 | The Journalism Landscape | Zoom |
Zoom links will be circulated in due course.
Download your Media and Journalism 2020 Induction Timetable.
Date | Time | Event | Location |
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Monday 5 October | 12.00 to 14.00 | Welcome and programme information | Online |
Tuesday 6 October | MGH induction materials – things to read and watch online about the programme, to be discussed in programme meetings and with your personal tutor(approximately 2 hours’ worth of viewing) | Online | |
Wednesday 7 October | 09.00 to 10.00 | Welcome to the Great North Museum: Hancock | Meet outside museum |
Wednesday 7 October | 10.30 to 11.30 | Museum Studies Students | Armstrong Building (ARMB) 1.05 and 1.03 |
Wednesday 7 October | 10.30 to 11.30 | Heritage Studies Students | Armstrong Building (ARMB) 2.09 |
Wednesday 7 October | 10.30 to 11.30 | Art Museum and Gallery Studies Students | Armstrong Building (ARMB) 2.50 |
Wednesday 7 October | 13.30 to 15.30 |
Optional activities:
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Thursday 8 October | 13.30 to 14.00 | Briefing for international students | Online |
Thursday 8 October | 13.30 to 14.00 | Briefing for part-time students | Online |
Thursday 8 October | Dedicated time to watch University and MGH induction materials | ||
Friday 9 October | Dedicated time to watch University and MGH induction materials | ||
Monday 12 October | 10.00 to 12.00 | MGH Futures | Online |
Monday 12 October | 13.00 to 13.45 | Personal Tutoring | Online |
Monday 12 October | 14.00 to 14.45 | Introduction to Special Collections | Online |
Tuesday 13 October | 09.00 to 10.30 | Art on Campus walk |
Armstrong Building Group 1 ARMB 1.05 Group 2 ARMB 1.03 Group 3 ARMB 2.09 Group 4 ARMB 2.50 groups to be allocated in induction week 1 |
Tuesday 13 October | 10.30 to 11.30 | Art on Campus group meet up |
Armstrong Building, Group 1 ARMB 1.05 Group 2 ARMB 1.03 Group 3 ARMB 2.09 Group 4 ARMB 2.50 groups to be allocated in induction week 1 |
Wednesday 14 October | Independent study: Preparation for semester 1 teaching | ||
Thursday 15 October | 10.30 to 11.00 | Introduction to #MCHExplore | Online |
Thursday 15 October | 11.00 to 12.00 | Coffee Lounge | Online |
Friday 16 October | Independent student: Preperation for semester 1 teaching |
Download your Museum, Gallery and Heritage Studies 2020 induction timetable
Download the Art Museum and Gallery Studies reading list 2020/21.
Download the Heritage Studies reading list 2020/21.
Download the Museum Studies reading list 2020/21.
Before you arrive, you'll get introductory reading lists that we recommend you make your way through.
For Media degrees, we recommend you familiarise yourself with the media landscape in the UK by reading newspapers online.
For Media and Journalism and International Multimedia Journalism students please read Usher, B. ed. (2018) ‘The State of the Media’ – a series of think pieces about Journalism and the Media, edited by course leader Bethany Usher.
For Art, Museum and Gallery, Heritage or Museum Studies degrees, we recommend you visit as many museums, galleries and heritage sites as possible. Look at their presentation and interpretation with a critical eye.
Postgraduate research programmes
Date | Time | Event | Who? | Location |
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Friday 25 September | Flexible |
Preparing for Newcastle University Faculty Research Training Programme (FRTP) will forward instructions on how to join Canvas and require that students carry out the following:
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All PGRs – mandatory | Online |
Monday 28 September | Flexible | Welcome back to the School of Arts and Cultures by SACS PGR Director, Dr Joss Hands | Returning PGRs | Canvas – video |
Monday 28 September | Flexible | Welcome to the School of Arts and Cultures by the SACS PGR Director Dr Joss Hands | New PGRs (unable to attend session on 1October) | Canvas – video |
Monday 28 September | Flexible | Welcome by the three School subject areas by the PGR Subject Heads | All students | Canvas |
Monday 28 September | TBC | Welcome to the Faculty Research Training Programme | All PGRs – mandatory | Canvas – video |
Tuesday 29 September | 14.00 to 15.00 |
FRTP Pastoral Meeting One: Welcome Group one |
New PGRs – mandatory | Zoom |
Tuesday 29 September | 15.00 to 16.00 | FRTP Pastoral Meeting One: Welcome
Group two |
New PGRs – mandatory | Zoom |
Wednesday 30 September | 10.00 to 11.00 | FRTP Pastoral Meeting One: Welcome
Group three |
New PGRs – mandatory | Zoom |
Wednesday 30 September | 11.00 to 12.00 | FRTP Pastoral Meeting One: Welcome
Group four |
New PGRs – mandatory | Zoom |
Wednesday 30 September | 12.00 to 13.00 | FRTP Pastoral Meeting One: Welcome
Group five |
New PGRs – mandatory | Zoom |
Thursday 1 October | 10.00 to 12.00 | FRTP Academic drop-in Surgery | HaSS FRTP team and all PGRs | Zoom |
Thursday 1 October | 12.00 to 13.00 |
Welcome to the School of Arts and Cultures by the SACS PGR Director Dr Joss Hands and PGR Subject Heads Welcome talk and opportunity to speak to the PGR Director and Subject Heads |
New PGRs – mandatory | Zoom |
Thursday 1 October | 14.00 to 15.00 | Virtual tea and cake – Opportunity to meet new and returning students | All PGRs | Zoom |
Monday 5 October | 14.00 to 17.00 |
PGR Subject Head Dr Bennett Hogg 1-to-1 meeting with new Music PhD students |
New Music PGRs – mandatory | Zoom |
Tuesday 6 October | 14.00 to 15.00 | FRTP Pastoral Meeting Two: Induction Checklist
Group one |
New PGRs – mandatory |
PGR Training Room (6.16) Henry Daysh Building |
Tuesday 6 October | 15.00 to 16.00 | FRTP Pastoral Meeting Two: Induction Checklist
Group two |
New PGRs – mandatory |
PGR Training Room (6.16) Henry Daysh Building |
Wednesday 7 October | 10.00 to 11.00 | FRTP Pastoral Meeting Two: Induction Checklist
Group three |
New PGRs – mandatory |
PGR Training Room (6.16) Henry Daysh Building |
Wednesday 7 October | 11.00 to 12.00 | FRTP Pastoral Meeting Two: Induction Checklist
Group four |
New PGRs – mandatory |
PGR Training Room (6.16) Henry Daysh Building |
Wednesday 7 October | 12.00 to 13.00 | FRTP Pastoral Meeting Two: Induction Checklist
Group five |
New PGRs – mandatory |
PGR Training Room (6.16) Henry Daysh Building |
Friday 9 October | TBC | FRTP Networking activity for PT PGRs | All PT PGRs | TBC |
Monday 12 October | 10.00 to 15.00 | FRTP Managing a PhD | New PGRs – mandatory | Zoom |
Tuesday 13 October | 10.00 to 15.30 | FRTP Managing a PhD | New PGRs – mandatory | Zoom |
Wednesday 14 October | 10.00 to 15.30 | FRTP Managing a PhD | New PGRs – mandatory | Zoom |
Thursday 15 October | 10.00 to 11.00 | FRTP Induction for PGT students taking HSS modules | PGT students | Zoom |
Thursday 15 October | 14.00 to 16.00 | FRTP PS Staff drop-in Surgery | All PGRs | Zoom |
Tuesday 20 October | 14.00 to 15.00 |
FRTP Pastoral Meeting Three: TBC Group one |
New PGRs – mandatory | PGR Training Room (6.16) Henry Daysh Building |
Tuesday 20 October | 15.00 to 16.00 |
FRTP Pastoral Meeting Three: TBC Group two |
New PGRs – mandatory | PGR Training Room (6.16) Henry Daysh Building |
Wednesday 21 October | 10.00 to 11.00 | FRTP Pastoral Meeting Three: TBC
Group three |
New PGRs – mandatory | PGR Training Room (6.16) Henry Daysh Building |
Wednesday 21 October | 11.00 to 12.00 | FRTP Pastoral Meeting Three: TBC
Group four |
New PGRs – mandatory | PGR Training Room (6.16) Henry Daysh Building |
Wednesday 21 October | 12.00 to 13.00 | FRTP Pastoral Meeting Three: TBC
Group five |
New PGRs – mandatory | PGR Training Room (6.16) Henry Daysh Building |
Download your School of Arts and Cultures PGR induction timetable 2020.
Welcome to the School of Arts and Cultures by the SACS PGR Director Dr Joss Hands
Date | Time | Event | Who? | Location |
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Tuesday 29 September | 14.00 to 16.00 | Welcome to the MMus and MLitt Programme by the Programme Director Dr Chris Tarrant (Music PGR Subject Head Dr Bennett Hogg also attending) | All new students | Zoom |
Wednesday 30 September | 30-minute slots | 1:1 meeting with Programme Director | New and returning students | Zoom |
Thursday 1 October | 30-minute slots |
1:1 meeting with Programme Director |
New and returning students | Zoom |
Friday 2 October | 13.00 | Deadline for MMus students to submit module choices and proposals for Creative Practice modules | New and returning MMus students | Form |
Thursday 15 October | 10.00 to 11.00 | Faculty Induction for PGT students taking HSS modules | PGT students | Zoom |
Thursday 15 October | 13.00 |
Deadline for MLitt students to submit Research Assignment Proposals for semesters 1 and 2 and programme of study |
New and returning students | Form |
Additional activities to attend |
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Tuesday 13 October | 14.00 to 16.00 | Decolonising Musicology; Student Forum | All students welcome | Zoom |
Wednesday 14 October | 13.15 to 14.15 | Concert from Kings Hall | All students welcome | YouTube – link will be posted |
Download your Music PGR 2020 induction timetable.