Welcome and Introductions Professor Nikolas Rose Head of Department

We are a unique interdisciplinary social science department working in collaboration with biomedical researchers and clinicians. We seek to understand the social determinants of health, illness and ageing, and the way in which advances in biomedicine and biotechnology are changing the nature of medical practice and conceptions of health and illness.

Our department  has the international focus necessary to prepare students for work in our increasingly interdependent world  offers an opportunity to combine a high level social science education with a special focus on key areas of health and illness, medical knowledge and clinical practice.  equips students for a wide range of career options in the health services, in public health, in government and NGOs in the UK and elsewhere, and in the commercial medical and health sectors.

Key themes in our teaching include:  Global health inequalities  Mental health & psychiatry  Biomedicine, bioscience, bioethics & society  Social science & ageing  Emerging biotechnologies and their implications  Health policy & health economics

Teaching Team Prof. Nikolas RoseProf. Bronwyn Parry Prof. Anthea TinkerDr. Karen Glaser Dr. Karen LowtonDr. Ilina Singh Dr. Scott Vrecko Dr Claire Marris Dr. Hanna Kienzler Dr. Carlo Caduff Dr Giorgio Di Gessa Dr Mayumi Hayashi Dr Orkideh BehrouzanDr Dominique P. Béhague From Jan 2013 Dr. Laurie Corna; Dr. Courtney Davis……

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Student Services Overview Gary Horrocks

What you need to know to be a professional social scientist

Meeting deadlines/Submitting coursework via KEATS (TurnitinUK) Essay writing/Plagiarism Research Ethics PhD Library (Vimal Shah)

Meeting Deadlines & Submitting Coursework

KEATS King’s Virtual Learning Environment Can be accessed via Where you will find module materials (latest outlines, assignments, reading etc) Where you submit your essays Where you will receive comments and indicative mark on your essays

KEATS User Guides Enrol yourself on the student support course Tutorials available on submitting assignments via Turnitin esource/content/1/submittingAnAssignment.htm esource/content/1/submittingAnAssignment.htm

Meeting Deadlines All work submitted for assessment must be submitted by the date and time specified, usually 5pm on the due date. Late submission may be accepted in specific circumstances and where a Extension Request Form has been submitted

Extension Request Form Major disruptive and unforeseen events (serious illness) Submit as soon as student is aware will miss deadline Can be rejected if submitted after the deadline without a valid reason

Notification of Examination Absence Major disruptive and unforeseen events (serious illness) To be used when student has missed/going to miss exam Submitted no later than 7 calendar days after missed exam

All forms will be available from the Department Office in Room K4L.25, as well as on the Department website Forms from Postgraduate Students should be submitted to the Department Office For iBSc students, NEA forms should be submitted to the School of Biomedical Sciences office in the Franklin Wilkins Building

Module Selection Module selection forms for optional modules will be distributed by These need to be submitted to the Department Office by the end of the 2 nd week of teaching, Friday October 5 th 2012

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Essay Writing

Assessment Essays Exams Dissertations

Essay Answer the question Describe and discuss Assess strengths and weakness of particular views Logical structure (introduction, main body, sub-sections, discussion, conclusion) Substantiate your points with a reference or empirical evidence (not anecdotal evidence) Referencing/Word count/Proof-Reading Please see Handbook for more guidance

Plagiarism

Plagiarism & how to avoid it Plagiarism is taking another person’s thoughts, words, results, judgments, ideas, images etc and presenting them as your own…. PLAGIARISM IS CHEATING ~ DO NOT DO IT!

The following are examples of plagiarism……not exhaustive: Direct quotations from the published or unpublished work of others without being identified as such Copying the work of another student with or without their permission Buying/borrowing an essay/report and presenting it as your own Copying graphs, images, charts etc without proper citation Paraphrasing - putting another person’s ideas and judgments into your own words without acknowledgement of the origin Submitting the same piece of your own assessed work (or a significant part thereof) more than once (credit can only be given once)

A word about paraphrasing Note: Even if the work is referenced, improper paraphrasing (i.e. altering a few words here and there but still lifting phrases without using quotation marks) is still considered plagiarism. Why? Because the idea is attributed but words are not. Please see Handbook for appropriate way reference sources

Research Ethics

Thinking about a PhD?

Introduction to Department of Social Science, Health & Medicine and Institute of Gerontology Programmes

Q & A

Library Services Vimal Shah