Brussels and BSIS

Who does what?

• Michael Sewell – Applications and outstanding conditions.

• Yingqing Ben – Finance plans and tuition payments. For loans see Foreign Loans

• Francesca Maltauro – Registration, module choice, coursework, marks, changes FT/PT

• Inez Summers – Facilities, Moodle, The Shelf, Appointments with the Dean

Getting Settled in Brussels

• Accommodation – Immoweb, Orange signs• Commune Registration• Status Letter• Banks• Mobile phone• Medical Insurance• STIB• Language Schools

Boulevard de la Plaine 5

• Entry cards. 09h30-18h30 Mon-Fri• Kent ID Cards• Wi-Fi and Managed Desktops• Print, copy, scan• Environment - Lights, aircon, cleanliness, kitchen,

bins• Fire evacuation and first aid• Parking• Sports facilities

Getting Started

• Getting Started• Online enrolment, Photo, KentOne Card• Claim IT Account• Arrange Fee Payment• Choose Modules• VUB Library Card

Registration

• Period of registration• Status letters – FR, EN, NL• Part-time/Full-time• Change Programme• Problems – Intermission

Finance

• Payment plans• Return form• Account details on line• Transfer charges• Importance of dialogue• Fees for part-time students

Studying

• Stage 1– 6 taught modules– 6 x 10 ECTS

• Stage 2– Dissertation– 1 x 30 ECTS

• MA degree – Standard (90 ECTS)– Extended (120 ECTS) = 9 modules plus dissertation

Module Selection

• Emphasis on choice• Module presentation on Friday• At end of Week 13 – 1st week of term• Online or on paper• Select 6 taught modules – Jan and Sep terms• Changes allowed. ukboffice@kent.ac.uk

Modules and Pathways

• Check pathways, • For instance – MA ICS• Check modules - Student Data System

Modules and Pathways

• Check pathways, • For instance – MA ICS• Check modules - Student Data System• Taking modules outside pathway, core

modules• Changing programmes – choosing modules• Auditing modules• Capped modules

Assessment Patterns

• Vary according to topic• For instance– 100% Coursework• 10% Class presentation• 40% Book Review• 50% Main Paper

– 50% Coursework, 50% Exam

Marking CriteriaDistinction (70% or higher):• This class of pass is awarded when the essay reflects a breadth of reading coupled with an acute analytical

facility and an exemplary skill in presenting an argument in the proper academic form. Essays in the upper range of this class (80% or higher) may make an original academic contribution to the subject under consideration. The argument must have been presented in the proper academic form and display skill and enterprise in the assembly of a bibliography.

Merit class (60-69%)• This class of pass is awarded when the essay reveals that the student has conveyed a good range of

reading and has been able to distil out from it the main arguments of the authors under consideration. The essay further puts forward a sound argument which shows good analytical skills and critical thought. The argument must have been presented in the proper academic form and display competent skill in the putting together of a bibliography.

Pass (40-59%)• This class of pass requires of students that they display a reasonable understanding of the core literature

and an ability to attempt an independent analysis of the material read even if the analysis is less than complete. The essay will be weaker in its presentation of the argument and analytical content. The essay must be presented in proper academic form and demonstrate a working ability to assemble a bibliography

Failing

• Coursework– 3 submissions– Module mark capped at 40.

• Dissertation– 2 submissions

Readers and Syllabi

• Online Search through Library• Intranet• Moodle– https://moodle.kent.ac.uk/moodle/my/

• Printing– CrazyCopy– Print Shops

MoodleSDS

Submission of Work

• 1 electronic copy via Moodle• Some modules require paper copies• Late submission policy• Marks on Student Data System – coursework

only. Not exams or dissertation.• Feedback

Marking Procedures

• Markers– Internal 1– Internal 2– External

• Double Marking• Blind Double Marking• Moderation

Boards of Examiners

• Progression Board – June 2014

• Final Board – Oct 2014

• Graduation – Nov 2014

Appeals and Concessions

• Appeals– 21 days– academic judgement

• Concessions– 5 days– Events outside of your control

Intranet• www.kent.ac.uk/brussels/current• News Feed• bsis-13@kent.ac.uk

– Kent email– Forward to normal email?

• Thematic lists– Jobs– Social– Sports– Conference– Guest Lecture

Graduation

Finding Books and Articles

Alastair Ross

Support

• Library – Brussels page• http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/students/brussels.html

• Librarians– Ben Watson – Kent Law School– Anna Miller – School of Politics and IR

Books

• Belgian Libraries - Unicat• The Shelf• VUB - Inter-Library Loan

VUB

ULB

Royal Library

Foreign Ministry

Nato Library

European Commissionhttp://ec.europa.eu/libraries/index_en.htm

Interlibrary LoanUniCat

http://unicat.be12M records

BSIS

National Bank of Belgium

Ministry of Defence

Documentation Centre on Feminism, Equal

Opportunities and Women’s Studies

UniCat• KBR - Royal Library Belgium (Brussels)• Universities• FUNDP - Facultés Universitaires Notre-

Dame de la Paix (Namur)• FUSL - Facultés Universitaires Saint-

Louis (Brussels)• KU Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit

Leuven• UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain• ULg - Université de Liège• ULB - Université libre de Bruxelles• UA - Universiteit Antwerpen• UGent - Universiteit Gent• UHasselt - Universiteit Hasselt• VUB - Vrije Universiteit Brussel

• Schools Higher Education• Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen• EHB - Erasmushogeschool Brussel• Groep T Internationale Hogeschool Leuven• HOGent - Hogeschool Gent• Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel• HUB - Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel• KAHO - Katholieke Hogeschool Sint-Lieven (Gent)• KATHO - Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West-Vlaanderen• KdG - Karel de Grote-Hogeschool (Antwerp)• KHBO - Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge-Oostende• KHK - Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen• KHLeuven - Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven• KHLim - Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg• Lessius Hogeschool (Mechelen and Antwerp)• LUKAS Sint-Lukas (Brussels)• Plantijn Hogeschool (Antwerp)• WENK - Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst

(Brussels)• XIOS Hogeschool Limburg (Hasselt)

UniCat• Heritage libraries

Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience (Antwerp)• Letterenhuis (Antwerp)• Felix Archief (Antwerp)• KADOC (Leuven)• Liberaal Archief (Gent)• AMSAB Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis (Gent-

CaGeWeb)• BGc Conservatorium Gent (Gent-CaGeWeb)• Dienst Monumentenzorg en Architectuur (Gent-

CaGeWeb)• Documentatiecentrum voor Streekgeschiedenis Dr.

Maurits Gysseling (Gent-CaGeWeb)• Gidsenbond van Gent en Oost-Vlaanderen (Gent-

CaGeWeb)• Stadsarchief Gent (Gent-CaGeWeb)• Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en

Letterkunde (Gent-CaGeWeb)• Koninklijke Bond der Oost-Vlaamse Volkskundigen

(Gent-CaGeWeb)• OCMW-archief Gent (Gent-CaGeWeb)

• Museum librariesMPM - Museum Plantin Moretus (Antwerp)

• KBIN - Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (Brussels)

• KMSKA - Koninklijk Museum Schone Kunsten te Antwerpen

• KMKG - Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis (Brussels)

• KMMA - Koninklijk Museum voor Midden Afrika (Tervuren)

• DmG - Design museum Gent (Gent-CaGeWeb)• MIAT - Museum voor Industriële Archeologie en

Textiel (Gent-CaGeWeb)• Museum Arnold vander Haeghen - Bibliotheek

Maurice Maeterlinck (Gent-CaGeWeb)• MSK - Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (Gent-

CaGeWeb)• STAM - Stadsmuseum Gent (Gent-CaGeWeb)• ALIJN - Huis van Alijn (Gent-CaGeWeb)

UniCat• Religious libraries

BSML Scheut Memorial Library• GBSB Groot Seminarie Gent• GBSJ Jezuïeten Heverlee• GGSB Groot Seminarie Brugge• GMML Montfort Marian Library• GOCB Karmelieten Brugge• GOSA Augustijns Historisch Instituut• GPAR Abdij van Park• GROL Groot Seminarie Rolduc• GSDB Don Bosco Bibliotheek• GSMM Montfort Bibliotheek• TPC Theologisch en Pastoraal Centrum

Antwerpen• GOP Bibliotheca dominicana (Gent-CaGeWeb)• GPOCD Klooster Paters Ongeschoeide

Karmelieten (Gent-CaGeWeb)

• Government librariesBelgian Parliament

• FOD Financiën• SERV - Sociaal-Economische Raad van

Vlaanderen• Vesalius Documentatie en Informatie Centrum• Flemish Parliament• Other libraries

Academia Belgica - Rome• ACV - Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond• BB - Belgische Boerenbond• FARO - Vlaams Steunpunt voor Cultureel Erfgoed• LVOK - Bibliotheek Vlaams Omroeporkest-

Kamerkoor• IMEC• NBB - National Bank of Belgium• Orde van Advocaten Antwerp• Stichting Lezen - Focuspunt Jeugdliteratuur

VUB

ULB

Royal Library

Foreign Ministry

Nato Library

European Commissionhttp://ec.europa.eu/libraries/index_en.htm

Interlibrary LoanUniCat

http://unicat.be12M records

BSIS

National Bank of Belgium

Ministry of Defence

Documentation Centre on Feminism, Equal

Opportunities and Women’s Studies

The Shelf

Inter Library Loanhttp://biblio.vub.ac.be/vubissmartweb/ill.html

Journal Search

• Templeman Library – Canterbury– http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/

• VUB Library - Article Database– http://www.vub.ac.be/BIBLIO/index_en.html

• ULB Periodicals Library, Building AX

Journal Search

• Arne Tostensen and Beate Bull, Are Smart Sanctions Feasible? World Politics: 2002, Vol 54, num 3, pp 373

• J. David Singer, World Politics, Vol. 14, No. 1, The International System: Theoretical Essays (Oct.,1961), pp. 77-92

Subject guides http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/subjects/index.html

• Law – Lawlinks• Politics and International Relations • Social Policy, Sociology & Social Research (SSPSSR)

– http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/resources/ebooks/index.html – Academic Library – Paradise Lost– Oxford Handbooks – Realism– Dawsonera – Public International Law

IBSS

The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is an essential online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS includes over two million bibliographic references to journal articles and to books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951.

• www.kent.ac.uk/library – Resources

• Databases

Tutorials

• Helpful further guidance– http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/support/tutorials/index.html

– Brussels• http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/support/tutorials/brussels/index.ht

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– Athens• http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/support/tutorials/athens/index.ht

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