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

Studying at BSIS Alastair Ross

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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 Stage 2 MA degree – Standard (90 ECTS) 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 Criteria Distinction (70% or higher): Merit class (60-69%) 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 Dissertation 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

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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 Double Marking Blind Double Marking 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 21 days academic judgement Concessions 5 days Events outside of your control

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Support Library – Brussels page Librarians 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

National Bank of Belgium Interlibrary Loan UniCat http://unicat.be 12M records VUB Nato Library ULB Ministry of Defence BSIS European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/libraries/index_en.htm Royal Library Foreign Ministry National Bank of Belgium 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 libraries MPM - 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 libraries Belgian 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

National Bank of Belgium Interlibrary Loan UniCat http://unicat.be 12M records VUB Nato Library ULB Ministry of Defence BSIS European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/libraries/index_en.htm Royal Library Foreign Ministry National Bank of Belgium Documentation Centre on Feminism, Equal Opportunities and Women’s Studies

The Shelf

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

Book Search Kenneth Waltz, Theory of International Politics Rupert Smith, Utility of Force http://unicat.be

National Bank of Belgium Interlibrary Loan UniCat http://unicat.be 12M records VUB Nato Library ULB Ministry of Defence BSIS European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/libraries/index_en.htm Royal Library Foreign Ministry National Bank of Belgium Documentation Centre on Feminism, Equal Opportunities and Women’s Studies

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.html Athens http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/support/tutorials/athens/index.html