Upcoming Postgraduate events and advice

After hibernating over winter, we’re happy to return to campus and get ready for the upcoming trimester. A lot of our work right now is concerned with helping our returning students (and ourselves) get readjusted to life at Napier,. So we thought we’d do our bit to help welcome the new cohort of postgraduate students who will be starting with us this trimester. In this blog, we’re going to point you to some places where you can get academic advice as a postgraduate. As well as inform you about our upcoming postgraduate information event. Whether you’re just joining us as a postgraduate student, or a returning postgraduate looking to get back into the rhythms of university, there’ll be something here that you’ll find will come in handy during your studies.

Advice

Firstly, as always, the academic skills team is the first place you should turn to for support in your studies. They’re here to provide you with practical advice about managing your studies. A postgraduate course comes with heavy work.  The academic skills team will be there to advise you on how to create a schedule to keep on top of your studies. They can give you help in structuring your assignments, which is especially helpful if it’s been some time since your undergraduate studies. You can speak to the academic skills advisors by booking a one-on-one appointment or attending one of the drop-in sessions on campus. More information can be found on their web pages.

The academic skills team also provide short, pre-recorded videos on Panopto to provide useful academic tips in easy-to-digest chunks. You can find all the information related to the academic skills team on MyNapier. Also on MyNapier, any of our research students will be able to find a helpful page. This has frequently asked questions about research degrees. It covers questions related to the marking of your research thesis, or explaining the structure of the supervisory team.

Events

The other big thing to look forward to if you’re a postgraduate student is our upcoming postgraduate information event. This will be held at Johnnie Walker Princes Street on the 26th of February. This event will be a nice, informal way for you to meet and mingle with other students. Being able to get to know the other people on your course or chat with academics to get an idea of what you can expect from Napier. You can register for the event on the page linked above.

With the information on MyNapier, along with the postgraduate information event, you’ll have all you need to get comfortable in your studies at Napier or to readjust to studying after your time off in winter.

By Matthew Ferrie

Read our previous blog post on how the library can help postgraduate  studies.