1. Life & Work at LSHTM
Prof Della Freeth: Pro-Director (Learning & Teaching)
Dr Hannah Babad: Associate Dean (Student Experience) & PHP Taught Course Director
Dr Graham Clark: Associate Dean (Quality) & ITD Taught Course Director
Mr Craig Higgins: Associate Dean (Technology-enhanced Learning) & EPH Taught Course Director
Kate Marshall: Head of Quality Enhancement
Improving health worldwide

2. Taught Course Directors
Each Faculty has a Taught Course Director with oversight of their portfolio of taught courses
Responsibilities include:
liaising with Course Directors, Module Organisers and Academic Support Services
liaising with student course reps
meeting individual MSc students as needed
Each TCD also has a School level role as an Associate Dean
For Research Degree students each Faculty has Research Degree Director(s) with similar oversight responsibilities

3. Taught Course Directors
Craig Higgins
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Also Associate Dean (Technology Enhanced Learning & Teaching)
MSc Clinical Trials by Distance Learning
MSc Demography and Health
MSc Epidemiology, and MSc Epidemiology by Distance Learning
MSc Global Mental Health (joint with Kings College and Institute of Psychiatry)
MSc Medical Statistics
MSc Nutrition for Global Health
MSc Reproductive and Sexual Health Research
MSc Veterinary Epidemiology (joint with Royal Veterinary College)
MSc Public Health in Developing Countries (cross-Faculty)

4. Taught Course Directors
Hannah Babad
Faculty of Public Health and Policy
Also Associate Dean (Student Experience and Programme Support)
MSc Control of Infectious Diseases (cross-Faculty)
MSc Global Health Policy by Distance Learning
MSc Health Policy, Planning and Financing (joint with London School of Economics)
MSc Public Health (six study streams)
MSc Public Health by Distance Learning
MSc Public Health in Developing Countries (cross-Faculty)

5. Taught Course Directors
Graham Clark
Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Also Associate Dean (Quality Management and Enhancement)
MSc Control of Infectious Diseases (cross-Faculty)
MSc Immunology of Infectious Diseases
MSc Infectious Diseases by Distance Learning
MSc Medical Entomology for Disease Control
MSc Medical Microbiology
MSc Medical Parasitology
MSc Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases
MSc One Health (Infectious Diseases) (joint with Royal Veterinary College)
MSc Public Health for Eye Care
MSc Public Health in Developing Countries (cross-Faculty)
MSc Tropical Medicine and International Health

6. Faculty Research Degree Directors
Epidemiology & Population Health (EPH)
Prof Suzanne Filteau & Prof Simon Cousens
Infectious & Tropical Diseases (ITD)
Dr Ron Behrens & Dr Jayne Webster
Public Health & Policy (PHP)
Prof Judith Green & Dr Nicki Thorogood

7. Things people say about the School
Challenging and supportive
Vibrant
Close-knit
Intense workload
“The best time of my life”
Academically demanding
Brilliant network
International
Diverse backgrounds and aspirations

8. Activity: Some dimensions of diversity in this room
Who is a research student?
Who is a part-time student?
Who has previously studied in the UK?
How many years is it since you were last studying for a university degree?
How many years of work experience do you have that will be relevant to your LSHTM studies?

9. London MSc Students by Country, Summer 2015No
Afghanistan 2
Eritrea 1
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Australia 7
Estonia
Lithuania
Senegal
Austria 3
Finland
Luxembourg
Singapore
Bangladesh 4
France 12
Malawi
Slovenia
Belarus
Gambia
Malaysia
Somalia
Belgium
Germany 17
Malta
South Africa 5
Bermuda
Ghana
Mexico
Spain 15
Brazil 10
Greece 6
Mozambique
Sri Lanka
Brunei
Guernsey
Nepal
St. Lucia
Bulgaria
Hong Kong
Netherlands
Sudan
Canada 34
Hungary
Niger
Sweden
China
India 8
Nigeria 28
Switzerland
Colombia
Indonesia
Norway
Tanzania
Costa Rica
Ireland 11
Pakistan
Trinidad & Tobago
Cyprus
Italy 13
Philippines
Uganda
Denmark
Japan 16
Poland
United Kingdom
263
Ecuador
Kenya
Portugal
United States of America 79
Egypt
Korea, South
Romania
Zimbabwe

10. Research Degree Students by Country, Summer 2015No
Afghanistan 1
Ethiopia 2
Malawi 5
Slovakia
Australia
Finland
Malaysia 4
Slovenia
Austria
France 8
Malta
South Africa
Bangladesh 3
Gambia
Mexico
Spain
Belgium
Germany 7
Nepal
Sweden
Brazil 9
Ghana
Netherlands 6
Switzerland
Brunei
Greece
New Zealand
Tanzania
Cameroon Republic
India 17
Nigeria 12
Thailand
Canada 14
Indonesia
Norway
Trinidad & Tobago
Chile
Ireland
Philippines
Uganda
China
Italy
Poland
United Kingdom
145
Colombia
Japan
Portugal
United States of America 42
Denmark
Kenya
Romania
Zambia
Ecuador
Latvia
Saudi Arabia
Zimbabwe
Egypt
Lebanon
Senegal

11. Potential opportunities
Buzz exercise 1:
What are the advantages/opportunities of studying in community as diverse as LSHTM?

12. Potential challenges Buzz exercise 2:
What are the challenges of studying in a diverse community like LSHTM?

13. Returning to study Buzz exercise 3:
What excites you about continuing/returning to study?
What are the challenges of continuing/returning to study?

14. Help and Support
People – staff (academic and support services), fellow students, friends, family, local student-focused organisations (e.g. London Nightline; International Students’ House)
Key Skills sessions: e.g. Academic English; Library; Maths Refresher; Research Methods …
Written sources: e.g. programme handbooks, School web site, Study Skills Guides and for research students vitae.ac.uk particularly the ‘Doing a Doctorate’ pages (use your School to register for free)

15. And finally …
This is likely to be one of the busiest periods of your life
Your studies at LSHTM will be finished much sooner than you think
We hope you experience a lot of happy times, and we recognise there may be difficult times too
There is so much opportunity here … you can’t do everything, but choose well and do lots
Have fun
Ask if you need help