Welcome Week Schedule 2019

CHSTM’s Welcome Week Schedule. Looking forward to meeting most of you tomorrow…at the Welcome Party! From 3pm, 2.57 Simon Building! See you there.

All events are for all courses (Science Communication, HSTM, Medical Humanities) unless otherwise indicated.

The locations of all buildings on the University campus appear on the campus map.

MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER
TIME	LOCATION	EVENT	STAFF
10.00 – 11.30	Simon 2.57	MEDICAL HUMANITIES ONLY Medical Humanities welcome and orientation session 1	Carsten Timmermann
10.00 – 11.30	Simon 5.05	SCIENCE COMMUNICATION ONLY Science Communication welcome and orientation	Elizabeth Toon and Harriet Palfreyman
10.00 – 11.30	Simon 2.60	HSTM ONLY History of Science, Technology and Medicine welcome and orientation	James Sumner
after 11.30	Simon 2.34	HSTM ONLY Introductory meetings with students, session 1	James Sumner
Lunch Break
14.00 – 16.00	Simon 3.44b	Introduction to Planet Bee Find out about Manchester’s student-run popular science magazine, which welcomes contributions from students on all programmes. Meet past Master’s students A chance to talk to past graduates of our programmes about their experience and careers.

TUESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER
TIME	LOCATION	EVENT	STAFF
09.45 – 10.45	Simon Lecture Theatre B	Introduction to the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine	Pratik Chakrabarti, James Sumner, Carsten Timmermann, Elizabeth Toon, Harriet Palfreyman, Karen Ross, Rebecca Evans
10.45 – 11.00	Simon Lecture Theatre B	Introduction to Student Support	Karen Ross
Lunch Break
13.30 – 14.30	Simon Lecture Theatre D	Meet the CHSTM staff: very short talks to introduce the teaching and research staff and their work	CHSTM staff
14.50 – 15.00	Simon Lecture Theatre D	CHSTM group photo	CHSTM staff and students
15.00 – 16.00	Simon 2.57	CHSTM welcome party	CHSTM staff and students
16.00 till late	From Simon Building	Manchester history walk and pub tour: to city centre, ending at Liverpool Road, Castlefield	CHSTM staff and students

WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER
TIME	LOCATION	EVENT	STAFF
10.00 – 12.00	Stopford Building room G.321A (PC Cluster 2A)	Completion of online introductory health and safety course unit and plagiarism and academic malpractice unit MEET AT CHSTM OUTSIDE THE POSTGRADUATE ROOM AT 09.50 if you want to walk over to Stopford together	Elizabeth Toon, Karen Ross
Lunch Break
13.00 – 14.00	Simon Lecture Theatre D	Survival Guide for the year ahead How things work at CHSTM, with input from students who have recently completed their studies	James Sumner, Elizabeth Toon, Carsten Timmermann, Harriet Palfreyman and recent past students
14.30 – 15.00	University Library Main Building, Ground Floor Seminar Room	University of Manchester Library orientation session (not required for students with past study experience at Manchester)	Léa Anderton, UML
15.00 – 15.30	CHSTM postgraduate office	Meeting with postgraduate mentors	CHSTM PhD students

THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER
TIME	LOCATION	EVENT	STAFF
11.00 – 12.00	Simon 4.04	Introduction to social responsibility and volunteering	Carsten Timmermann
Afternoon, timings to be announced	Simon 2.30	SCIENCE COMMUNICATION ONLY Introductory meetings with students	Elizabeth Toon and Harriet Palfreyman
Afternoon, timings to be announced	Simon 2.34	HSTM ONLY Introductory meetings with students, session 2	James Sumner
15.00-17.00	Whitworth Art Gallery, Oxford Road	MEDICAL HUMANITIES ONLY Medical Humanities orientation session 2	Carsten Timmermann and Sarah Collins

FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER

TIME

LOCATION

EVENT

STAFF

10.00 – 17.00

Science and Industry Museum, Castlefield

A chance to tour the site, meet the staff, and find out about all areas of the Museum’s research and public engagement work.

The approximate running order (to be confirmed) will be:

Morning: general orientation, introductions to collections, curatorial work and the MSI Archives, and gallery tours

12.30 – 13.30, lunch

Afternoon: introduction to contemporary science programme and volunteering opportunities

James Sumner and Elizabeth Toon

And a notable event in Week 1…

WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
TIME	LOCATION	EVENT	STAFF
18.30 onwards	BarBurrito, Piccadilly Gardens	SciCommBurrito: an informal bi-monthly meetup for anyone interested in science communication/public engagement in the Manchester area. More details at http://scicommburrito.co.uk/	Organised by Katie Steckles

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