Essentials - Arts, Media and Design

This page gives you some essential information about your Faculty.

If you are looking for general information (i.e. Finance, Accommodation etc) you can use the Student Handbook.

If you have any specific questions that are not covered in these guides, you can visit the Student Information Centre website.

If you are still lost, you can email us at amdhelp@staffs.ac.uk

Dean of Faculty and Faculty Management

Dean: Dr Astrid Herhoffer
Appointments to see Astrid can be made with her secretary, Chris Clowes on 01782 294426 (c.clowes@staffs.ac.uk).

Faculty Management Team (PDF, file size: 27.37KB)

Academic Departments

Academic Subject Teams (PDF, file size: 74.32KB)

Academic Support

Technical Division (PDF, file size: 85.82KB)  | Administrative Division (PDF, file size: 50.12KB)  

Faculty Reception

Location: 5th Floor, Flaxman Building

Opening Times: Monday-Thursday 8:45am-4:30pm (Closes 4:00pm on Fridays)

Telephone: 01782 294415

Function: This is your first point of contact for any enquiries you may have. It is also where assignments are handed in (Note: Assignments cannot be accepted after 3:30pm each day).

Alternatively:AMDEssentials

Student Guidance Advisor

Rachel Thompson, Telephone: 01782 294715 (r.thompson@staffs.ac.uk)

Rachel is your first point of contact for University regulations, appeals, complaints (informal & formal), intermitting, withdrawing and transferring awards.

Related: Student Guidance

Disability Support and Guidance Officer

Portia Bentley: 01782 294613 (p.l.bentley@staffs.ac.uk)

Portia is able to offer support and advice to all students with disabilities throughout the course of their studies.

Read more about Portia Bentley

Related: Disability Support

We stay in touch with you via:

Student Post Room - The student post room is located on the 4th Floor, Flaxman Building (Room L414). Here you can collect any messages or marked work from your tutors.

Important: The Student Post Room is cleared annually on 1st October, so it is essential you collect any work as soon as possible.

Student Email - Important: You must check your student email account regularly. This is the address used by the University to send important information to you.

SMS/TEXT - We now send updates via SMS, so it is essential that we have your most up to date mobile phone number.

SSLG - Staff Student Liason Group meetings are a chance to make your voice heard. Your Award leader will give you more details when you arrive. 

Feedback (Summative) - The University’s Academic Board has been considering the outcomes of the last National Student Survey and discussing how it can provide quicker feedback to students. It has agreed that, from September 2010, you will receive feedback on your coursework and class test summative assessments normally within 20 working days ( this was  previously 25 days) following the coursework submission date or date of the class test.  For some assessments the feedback period will be less than 20 working days.  However, it may be the case that the 20 day rule for some assessments cannot be met for justified  reasons (for example, modules on which a large number of students are enrolled).  However, it is anticipated that this will apply to only a small number of modules on your award and , in those cases, the feedback return period will not exceed 25 days.  The anticipated feedback return times for all assessments will be published in your Module handbooks.
 
In order to ensure that feedback is provided within 20 days, in some cases,  the mark s for your work will be provisional  and will be subject  to  final  ratification by the appropriate Assessment Board  in due course.
 
The University hopes that you will also play your part by ensuring that you collect feedback from your module tutor as soon as it is available.

Please stay in touch with us

If you change your personal details (address, telephone etc.) it is essential that you let us know. You can update your personal details via http://myportal.staffs.ac.uk.  

It is also important that you come to us if you are experiencing any problems with your studies or any other personal problems. We're here to help.

Student Services 

Information on all services for students including health, counselling careers and more. View student services

Academic Regulations

Essential information on the structure of your degree, progression, absence, plagiarism, extenuating circumstances and more.

Undergraduate Modular Framework

Postgraduate Regulations

Related: All policies and regulations