Postgraduate Student Handbook. 2016-17
2016-17
2.Welcome.Welcome to the University of Sheffield; an extraordinaryinstitution situated in an extraordinary city.During your time here you will be exposed toa variety of experiences and learning stylesall within the framework of an internationallyrecognised University. Our world-classteaching and research is reflected in ourentry requirements and it also means thatwe have high expectations of our students.Our high expectations make our studentsuniquely useful to employers and helps todrive our reputation as a centre of academicand professional excellence.–The University of SheffieldAs a University we will give you access toall of the resources you need to become asuccessful learner and practitioner. It is yourdrive, determination and intelligence that willtake you the rest of the way. We are investedin your success and this is reflected in ourstrong attainment in student satisfactionsurveys.The most important thing to remember is‘If in doubt, ask.’ The Department staff andall the University resources put in place todeal with personal, emotional, financial andacademic problems or confusions are therefor you. If in doubt, always seek help andadvice.
DepartmentOfLandscape.CoverTitle.As a student in our department you are alsoa part of the Faculty of Social Sciences at theUniversity of Sheffield. Our Faculty is madeup of thirteen diverse academic departmentsand one institute, and we are proud ofour research-led teaching which gives ourstudents the skills, knowledge and ability tostand out from the crowd.The Faculty of Social Sciences is committedto giving its students the best possiblestudent experience during their time inSheffield.Students can take part in a rangeopportunities through our employabilitystrategy, our international student experienceagenda and our innovative learning initiativessuch as the Global Learning Opportunities inthe Social Sciences (GLOSS).Our Postgraduate Advantage Scheme givespostgraduate students in the Faculty thechance to apply to take part in 100 hourinternships during their studies.To find out more about GLOSS, visit:www.sheffield.ac.uk/glossFor more information about the PostgraduateAdvantage Scheme, s
4.Contents.Key Information. 10Department of Landscape 10Communication with Students 12Student Records. 14The University’s General Regulations for PGProgrammes. 14Academic and Personal Support 14Details About Your Course. 16MA/Diploma in Landscape Architecture 16Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) 18MA/Diploma in Landscape Management 19MA Landscape Studies 20Modules. 21Your feedback on the course Student attendance and absence. 2122Attendance 22Illness 22Extenuating circumstances 23Religious holidays and examinations 23Change of programme of study, withdrawals, leave of absence 26Workload 26Discipline 26–The University of Sheffield
General assessment. Marking Scales and Criteria Preparing assessments. 272728Word count and penalties 28Module target word count 28Dissertation word count range 28Dissertation 28Late submission 28Penalties 28Anonymous marking 28Submitting and taking assessments. 30Submission of work 30Electronic submission (Turnitin) 30Group Work 31Examinations 33Research ethics. 33Feedback and results. 34Assessment feedback 34Feedback on assessment 34Resubmitting assessments 34Appealing 34Degree Classification. 36Progression 40MA/Diploma in Landscape Architecture 40MA/ Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Management 41MA Landscape Studies 41–Department of Landscape
6.Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) Plagiarism, Collusion and Unfair Means. 4142What constitutes unfair means? 42How can I avoid the use of unfair means? 43Resources. 44Studios and Communal Areas 44Computing 44Corporate Information and Computing Services (CiCS) Resources 44iPads 44Departmental Hardware 44Landscape specific software 44Large Format Scanning 45Printing 45Bookable Equipment 46Wireless Network 46Online Training Resources 47Photocopying 47Information for Disabled or Dyslexic Students. 48Student Engagement and Representation. 49In the department 49In your faculty 49Institution-wide opportunities 49External examiners. –The University of Sheffield51
Welfare and careers. 52University Health Service 52Counselling 52Careers 52Making your experience more international. 56PhD study. 57Graduation. 58Graduation for Dip/MA students 58Graduation for MLA students 58Academic advice and teaching support . 59Academic and transferable skills development 59Additional Support 59–Department of Landscape
8.University Services. 60SSiD 60Student Skills and Development Centre 60Books 60MUSE 60The University libraries 61Help and support 61The electronic library 61Printing 62MOLE 62Student e-mail 62Lost Property 62Chaplaincy service 62Sheffield University Nightline 63ELTC 63Accommodation 63Health and safety. 64Useful Websites for Students. 65The Sheffield Graduate. 66–The University of Sheffield
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10.Key Information.Department of LandscapeWe are the UK’s leading dzepartment forLandscape Architecture. Its management isthe responsibility of the Head of department,Professor James Hitchmough, who is assistedby a number of Directors and a team ofsupport staff.Support staff in the Departmental office canoffer help and advice on a range of issues.During the semesters the office will be openbetween 9.00am and 4.00pm. Appointmentscan be made with the receptionist to meetwith members of the support team to resolvequeries.The Support team are:Denise Hall – Departmental ManagerHelen Morris – Postgraduate Research andLearning and Teaching Support Manager.Emma Shaw – Student Journey AdmissionsManager.Jonathan Woodward – Learning & TeachingAssistant.Elliott Morris – Office and studio supportassistant.Paula Fearn – PA to Head of DepartmentPaul Buck – IT OfficerJeff Sorrill – Business Development ManagerCharlotte Cremers – Market DevelopmentOfficerHannah Whitelam – Marketing andCommunications Officer–The University of SheffieldNormal Arts Tower opening times areweekdays between 8.00 am and 6.00pm. PGT students are allowed to workon an ‘out of hours’ basis from 6.00 pmto 9.00pm on weekdays and 9.00am to5.00pm at weekends, subject to undertakingan induction which will take place at thebeginning of the academic year and signingand agreeing the Department’s Code ofConduct for Studio and Out of HoursWorking.A signing in/out system operates within thebuilding so that it is possible to determinewhere everybody is in the event of anemergency. The importance of using the in/out book, which is located by the PortersLodge desk, cannot be over-emphasised.EVERYBODY MUST SIGN THE BOOK whenworking out of normal hours, i.e. before08.00am and after 6.00pm.
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12.Communication with StudentsE-mailWe communicate with year groups andindividual students by e-mail. Please noteall e- mail correspondence will go to youruniversity account address and not topersonal e-mail addresses. You should checkyour university e-mails regularly, preferablyon a daily basis, or you will miss importantinformation.Notice boardsThe Notice boards in your studio are also animportant form of communication betweendepartment staff and students. It is yourresponsibility to check the board daily, orwhenever you are in the studio, for anyrecent information. Urgent notices are alsosometimes posted on your studio doors soplease make sure you check doors and noticeboards for information when you are in thedepartment.Pigeon Holes - Internal and External Mailfor StudentsOccasionally internal mail for students mayarrive in the Department office. If so you willbe e-mailed to collect it from the receptionarea. Please note that you should NOTuse the departmental address for generalcommunication with friends and family, or forreceipt of ordered goods.–The University of Sheffield
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14.Student Records.The University has a computerised recordfor every student that contains personal andacademic details such as their home andterm time address, date of birth, degreeprogramme, the modules they are taking andmore. You can access this record, and canmake amendments to your personal details.It is important that you keep this record up todate. You can access your personal record by:Academic and PersonalSupportThe Department of Landscape is fullycommitted to implementing the University’spolicy for support for students. In theDepartment of Landscape academic andpersonal support is a key part of a formalframework of academic support, which hasfour main components. These are:1. Logging on to MUSE and selecting the‘My Services’ link Personal Tutors2. Selecting the ‘View all services’ link toview the A to Z list Module co-ordinators3. Scrolling down to M and select ‘My record’The University’s GeneralRegulations for PGProgrammes.The University’s general regulations whichrelate to all taught postgraduate degrees canbe found at www.sheffield.ac.uk/calendar/–The University of Sheffield Year co-ordinators Director of student welfareIt is important that you understand thesedifferent roles so that you know who youshould go to for help in different situations.Personal TutorsWithin the first few weeks of arriving at theUniversity, your department will allocateyou a Personal Tutor. This is a member ofacademic staff in your department whois there to help you if you are having anydifficulties; either with your studies, orpersonal difficulties that you are worriedabout or are impacting on your studies.Your Personal Tutor is likely to be the sameperson throughout your degree, althoughthis may change if your Personal Tutorgoes on Research Leave. If this occurs, yourDepartment will allocate you a replacementPersonal Tutor.
Your Personal Tutor will organise to meet youperiodically during your time at Universityto discuss how you are getting on and ifyou have any concerns. However, if you areexperiencing difficulties, don’t wait for yourscheduled meeting - contact your PersonalTutor as they will want to help you identifyways to help resolve the problem. You cane-mail or phone your Personal Tutor to askfor an appointment or visit your PersonalTutor during their office hours. It is importantto meet with your Personal Tutor early in onin your programme so you know who to goto if you have a problem. It is vital to informyour Personal Tutor of any changes in yourcircumstances, especially if these affectyour academic work. Further informationon personal and academic tutors can befound at r co-ordinatorsEach year group has a Year Co-ordinatorwhose main responsibility is to deal withacademic issues that affect the whole yeargroup. You are advised to speak to youryear co-ordinator about issues such astimetabling, workload, assessment deadlines,course content (though not details ofindividual modules), unit choice, and othermatters relating to the landscape componentof the programmes that are common to allstudents in the year. Year Co-ordinatorsnormally hold one year meeting with theiryear group in each semester at whichinformation will be provided, student opinionsought and outstanding business dealt with.You should attend all these meetings becausethey often provide important information forstudents.–Department of LandscapeIn 2015/16 the year co-ordinators are: Year 1 and MA in LSC Studies Catherine Dee Year 2 MA2 Mel Burton / MLA Eckart Lange Postgraduate Diploma/MA inLandscape Management/LandscapeResearch: Dr Ross CameronModule co-ordinatorsModule co-ordinators are responsible for theorganisation and delivery of specific modules,including planning and delivering, in whole orin part, the content, detailed timetabling andassessment and evaluation of the module.These coordinators are always permanentmembers of staff in the department, evenin those cases where much of the deliveryof the modules is carried out by externalstaff. These are the people who you shouldapproach if you are having difficultyunderstanding what is required for a moduleor if you are unexpectedly unable to attend.Director of Student WelfareIf, for any reason you find it difficult to speakto your Personal Tutor, we suggest that youspeak to Kevin Thwaites, the DepartmentDirector of Student Welfare and DisabilityLiaison Officer (Emma Shaw will arrange anappointment).
16.Details About YourCourse.MA/Diploma in Landscape ArchitectureThis two year postgraduate course wasestablished in 1968 and is accredited bythe Landscape Institute. Accreditation wasrenewed following a quinquennial visit in1995 and has subsequently been confirmedannually, since 1998, by the LI AccreditationReview Group.The course is designed to meet the needsof graduates from related disciplines fora vocational and academic “conversion”course in Landscape Design, particularly theDesign division of the Landscape Institute.The first year of the course gives a thoroughgrounding in the design, social, technicaland scientific aspects of the subject overtwo semesters of study. Each studentprogresses through work on an increasinglycomplex series of projects, making use ofsites in and around Sheffield. First semestercourses provide an introduction to landscapearchitecture practice, as well as coveringbasic planting design, basic landscapeconstruction, and social and policy aspects.In the second semester courses cover thehistories, theories and practices of landscapearchitecture, more advanced use of plants,advanced landscape construction, ecologicaldesign and management.–The University of SheffieldThe year culminates in an integrated designproject which brings together the skills andknowledge acquired in earlier parts of thecourse courses. In addition students aregiven training in research methods and arerequired to prepare a research proposalleading to the research report which theycomplete over the summer vacation. A springfield trip takes the students to visit bothhistoric and contemporary landscapes inthe UK, and in the summer vacation thereis an inspirational European tour which inrecent years has visited Paris, Barcelona,Amsterdam, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Cologneand Berlin.The structure of the second year is virtuallythe same as the Master of LandscapeArchitecture course and the students aretaught together as one year group. In thefirst semester the emphasis is on groupand individual project work covering urbanor rural landscape planning, urban design,art practice, landscape managementand landscape maintenance, alongsideprofessional studies. The second semesteris dominated by the Special Project, whichis complemented by a selection of specialistworkshops. The Special Project is theculmination of the course, allowing studentsto demonstrate the design, planning andmanagement skills which they have acquiredthrough work on a site in the UK or in theirown country. Students who pass all theircourses are awarded the PostgraduateDiploma. Those who achieve the appropriatemark in their coursework and in the specialproject may then proceed to carry out adissertation, often developing the topicfrom the research report completed inthe first year. Successful completion of thedissertation leads to the award of the MA(see final section of handbook for formalprogression requirements).
Course Structure for MA/Diploma inLandscape ArchitectureYEAR ONECodeTitleSemester CreditsLSC 6111Landscape Architecture: Nature, Design and PeopleAut25LSC 6112Urban Ecological Design and ManagementAut25LSC 6113Landscape PlanningSpr25LSC 6114Landscape Urbanism and DesignSpr25LSC 6115Introduction to Landscape ResearchAut10LSC 6116Landscape Research Topics and DissertationSpr10YEAR TWOCodeTitleSemesterCreditsLSC 6026Special Project: Research and Development StudyAut15LSC 6007Professional Practice Law and ContractsSpr15LSC 6005Special ProjectAcad Year50One of the followingLSC 5010Urban Landscape PlanningAut20LSC 6004Art and Design PracticeAut20LSC 6008Greenspace MaintenanceAut20One of the followingLSC 5020Rural Landscape PlanningAut20LSC 5030Urban Design ProjectAut20LSC 6006Greenspace ManagementAut20Grad Year60Post DiplomaLSC 6140Landscape Research Dissertation–Department of Landscape
18.Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA)The accredited Master of LandscapeArchitecture is an integral part of theundergraduate ‘Integrated Masters’programme in Landscape Architecture.It was introduced in 2007, largely as anacknowledgement of the diversification ofLandscape Architecture, as a unified subjectpossessing distinctive areas of practice inlandscape planning, design and management.The programme runs over two semesters ofstudy and students are taught together withthe postgraduate Diploma/MA in LandscapeArchitecture Course. In the first semester theemphasis is on group and individual projectwork based on option modules, and studentscommence an integrated programme ofprofessional subjects.The Special Project also commences in thissemester and runs over the whole year. Thesecond semester focuses upon completion ofthe Special Project, into which are integrateda variety of specialist workshops.The structure for this modularised course,which is the fourth year of an undergraduateprogramme, is that of 120 credits for theacademic year.Important to noteThe pass grade for all units taken by both MAand MLA students from the 2014/15 academicyear are now aligned at 50.Course Structure for Master ofLandscape Architecture (MLA)CodeTitleSemesterCreditsLSC 6026Special Project: Research and Development StudyAut15LSC 6007Professional Practice Law and ContractsSpr15LSC 6005Special ProjectAcad Year50One of the followingLSC 5010Urban Landscape PlanningAut20LSC 6004Art and Design PracticeAut20LSC 6008Greenspace MaintenanceAut20One of the followingLSC 5020Rural Landscape PlanningAut20LSC 5030Urban Design ProjectAut20LSC 6006Greenspace ManagementAut20–The University of Sheffield
MA/Diploma in Landscape ManagementThis course commenced in September1994 and was accredited for the first time in1996. Accreditation has subsequently beenconfirmed each year by the LI Annual ReviewGroup. Its aim is to provide professionaltraining for those wishing to become, orcurrently working as, landscape managers.The course runs full time over a 12 monthperiod, or can be taken part time over two orsometimes three years.Course Structure for MA/Diploma inLandscape ManagementThe normal entry requirement is adegree or other equivalent qualification inAgriculture, Botany, Environmental Science,Forestry, Landscape, Ecology, CountrysideManagement or other relevant subject,normally followed by a minimum of 9 monthswork experience of a relevant type. Thecourse is fully modularised with studentsstudying 120 taught credits at postgraduatelevel for the award of the Diploma. Studentswho reach the required standard can thenprogress to complete a dissertation toreach the MA qualification with a total of 180credits.CodeTitleSemesterCreditsLSC 4120Landscape Research MethodsSpr5LSC 5210Habitat ManagementAut5LSC 6150Appreciation of LandscapeAut5LSC 6006Greenspace ManagementAut20LSC 6007Professional Practice Law and ContractsSpr15LSC 6008Greenspace MaintenanceAut20LSC 6005Special ProjectAcad Year50Grad Year60Post DiplomaLSC 6140Landscape Research Dissertation–Department of Landscape
20.MA Landscape StudiesThe MA in Landscape Studies is apostgraduate degree programme offeringopportunities for students from a varietyof backgrounds to gain basic knowledge,understanding and skills in LandscapeArchitecture. The programme does notprovide a full professional training inLandscape Architecture and is not accreditedby the Landscape Institute. It does, however,allow students to explore core aspects oflandscape design. Students successfullypassing modules to the value of 120 creditsmay then proceed to complete a masterslevel landscape research dissertation worth60 credits over the summer vacation ofthe ye
Student Records. 14 The University’s General Regulations for PG Programmes. 14 Academic and Personal Support 14 Details About Your Course. 16 MA/Diploma in Landscape Architecture 16 Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) 18 MA/Diploma in Landscape Management 19 MA Landscape Studies 20 Modules. 21 Your feedback on the course 21
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