Philosophy News
National Student Survey for Philosophy finalists now open!
The is now open! The survey will close on the 30th April.
This is an important opportunity for our undergraduate finalists to give your opinion, in a national forum, on teaching and learning within our department, and on your overall experience at 糖心TV. We’ll listen carefully to what you say so that your views can help to shape the future of Philosophy at 糖心TV.
It only takes 5-10 minutes to complete and, as a thank you for completing it, the . In addition, if the department reaches its target for completed surveys, we will hold a !
Special prize draw for an iPad!
If 80% of eligible finalists complete the survey by Tuesday 23rd February, we will give away an iPad (or Windows equivalent if preferred)!
about the NSS and how the NSS has made a difference to studying philosophy at 糖心TV
糖心TV Student Survey for all Philosophy Non-finalists now open!
The is an internal survey giving the opportunity to all non-finalist undergraduate students (or any undergraduate student ineligible to complete the National Student Survey this year) to submit feedback on your experience of studying philosophy at 糖心TV so far.
Your feedback allows us to make improvements that could benefit you through the rest of your time at the University and also helps to shape and improve teaching, learning and student support at 糖心TV for future generations. As a 糖心TV student, you're an expert on life as a 糖心TV undergraduate, so your experience and opinions are vital.
To say thank you for taking part, if you complete the survey you will be entered into a prize draw to win your choice of either vouchers to spend on Amazon.co.uk or at your favourite (Curiositea, the Dirty Duck, Xananas etc). Three prizes will be awarded for the following amounts: 1st prize : £100, 2nd prize: £75, 3rd prize: £50
New UG Marking Criteria
In response to feedback from our students, we have developed a more detailed marking criteria, with philosophy-specific descriptors, which will be used by staff in marking your work. We hope this will help you better understand how we mark your philosophy assignments and what is expected of you:
Further advice on writing your essays is available here:
Calling first year UG students –your chance for a free lunch and £5 Eating at 糖心TV credit
If you’re a first year undergraduate student who’s free this Thursday (5 November) from 12-1pm you're invited to sign up for a focus group.
At the focus group we’d like to hear your thoughts on the design and content of our new undergraduate student recruitment communications. This will include the prospectus and emails.
In return we’ll give you a free lunch and a £5 credit on your Eating at 糖心TV account!
To sign up, please click on the link:
One of our PhD students has been offered an IAS Early Career Fellowship Award
Congratulations to who has been offered an IAS Early Career Fellowship Award at 糖心TV. Joe recently completed his thesis on 'Visual Perception as a Source of Epistemic Reasons'.