Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies

Core Responsibilities

Undergraduate Degree

• First point of contact for all Undergraduate enquiries;
• To process UCAS forms and provide the Admissions team with accurate records and analyses of data throughout the admissions cycle;
• To organise Open Days, assist with school outreach and widening access programmes, and handle enquiries from UCAS student applicants;
• To be responsible for the co-ordination of careers events and publication of relevant information pertaining to careers, in co-ordination with the School and Careers Department;
• To be responsible to the Year One Tutor for the operation and running of Year One, and to generate and maintain Personal Tutor Lists for all students and Seminar Groups;
• To timetable Year One groups and postgraduate teaching allocation;
• To handle queries and seminar correspondence between Year One tutors and students, and maintain student files accordingly;
• To service BA Staff/Student panel meetings;
• To assist with the administration of the Undergraduate Degree as directed by the Executive Officer;

Postgraduate Research Degrees

• To be the first point of contact for all research degree enquiries;
• To support the Director of Postgraduate Research Studies (PGRS) with the MPhil/PhD application process;
• To be responsible for the maintenance of student records;
• To assist the Director of PGRS with the arrangement of viva examination and liaison with Registry;
• To liaise with internal and external examiners with regard to the viva examination arrangements;
• To assist the Director of PGRS in the monitoring of student research progress;
• To arrange student presentations;
• To service the MPhil/PhD Staff/Student panel;
• To generally assist the Director of PGRS with the administration of the Postgraduate Research Degrees as directed and under the guidance of the Executive Officer;
• To carry out any other tasks which are consistent with the post as directed by the School Manager or Head of School.