3.1 Studying in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Cornwall
When you start in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, you’ll be joining a large and diverse community of students. Some of you will only have studied and lived in the UK before, while others may have experience of learning in a different country. As a cohort you will arrive with a wide range of different qualifications, in a vast array of different subject areas.
So what does this mean for you? Above all, you'll benefit from diverse insights into how people live and study around the world. The diversity of our student population can bring challenges in making sure that you’re all ready to achieve your full potential from your earliest days with us. It can take some time to fully appreciate how your own cultural background informs every interaction you have with others, and the sensitivities we all need to respect to be able to get along with each other.
Success for All
Within the HASS Faculty, we are committed to creating an inclusive educational culture in which everyone can realise their potential, whatever their background or past education experience. Our 'Success for All' initiative works towards this by organising a range of events and opportunities for our students - once you have your student IT account, take a look at what's on offer on our HASS Success for All website.
Getting around campus
Most of you will be studying in person on our Penryn campus. The campus map and Access Guides can be useful for familiarising yourself with our buildings, facilities and accessibility information. Why not take a virtual tour before you get here too!
As well as learning from each other (and we have some excellent peer support schemes in place!), we’ve designed a comprehensive academic development programme to guide you through your first weeks with us, and to carry on supporting you through to graduation. You’ll discover more about this in the next section and during the first few weeks of your course, but the next few steps will summarise how study in HASS might be different from what you’ve been used to so far in your journey through education.
Before you move on, take a quick look at these useful resources on Making a successful transition to university learning on the Oxford University Press website, and perhaps bookmark them to read over the next few weeks?