Law & Criminology

Academic Orientation Programme for the Department of Law and Criminology.

Information for undergraduate students

Time (24 hour clock)	Event	Location
Monday 26th September - No activities for 1^st years within the Department of Law & Criminology. However, if you are a joint honours student, your other Department may have activities arranged, please check their schedule of events and attend.
10:00 – 10:45	Faculty Welcome Talk for new 1^st Year students	Great Hall, Arts Centre
10:30 – 11:00	Welcome and Induction to modules for 2^nd and 3^rd year Malaysian UK Transfer Students ONLY For all new Transfer-In LAW students.	D5, Hugh Owen Building
Tuesday 27^th September
11.00 – 17.00	Registration for First Year & Foundation Year students Students MUST complete their registration online via their student record	Online only
9:30 – 10:30	Welcome & Introduction to Studying in the Department for Criminology students – For all new CRIMINOLOGY students.	0.01, Edward Llwyd Building
10:30 – 11:00	Opportunities for Welsh Medium Study in Law & Criminology For all new LAW & CRIMINOLOGY Students interested in studying through the medium of Welsh	1.16, Edward Llwyd Building
11:00 – 12:00	Welcome & Introduction to Studying in the Department for Law students – For all new LAW students.	0.01, Edward Llwyd Building
17:00 – 18:30	Guest Lecture with Retired North Wales Police Detective Superintendent (and Head of the Major Incident Team and Serious & Organised Crime Unit) Iestyn Davies discusses his 2016 re-investigation into the killing of Janet Commins in the town of Flint in 1976, the wrongful conviction which ensued and the eventual identification and arrest of the real offender who had evaded justice for 40 years. *All students welcome.*	A12, Hugh Owen Building
Wednesday 28^th September
12:00 – 12:30	NEW LAW STUDENTS - Meet with your Peer Guide An opportunity for you to meet with your Peer Guide and your Peer Guide group. Peer Guide Groups will attend the Departmental lunch together.	See email communication from Peer Guide for location

12:30 – 13:30	Welcome lunch for all new Law students For all new Law students	Inter. Pol. Main Hall
13:00 – 13:30	NEW CRIMINOLOGY STUDENTS - Meet with your Peer Guide An opportunity for you to meet with your Peer Guide and your Peer Guide group. Peer Guide Groups will attend the Departmental lunch together.	See email communication from Peer Guide for location
13:45 – 14:45	Welcome lunch for all new Criminology students For all new Criminology students	Inter. Pol. Main Hall
Thursday 29^th September
10:00 – 12:00	Meet with your Personal Tutor (30 minutes per meeting)	See email communication from Personal Tutor for location, date (29^th or 30^th) and time
12:00 – 13:00	Legal Skills and Research LECTURE Compulsory for all NEW Law students but all L&C students are welcome	A12, Hugh Owen
15:00 – 16:00	Introduction to Criminal Psychology LECTURE Compulsory for all NEW Criminology students but all L&C students are welcome	A12, Hugh Owen
Friday 30^th September
10:00 – 12:00	Meet with your Personal Tutor (30 minutes per meeting)	See email communication from Personal Tutor for location, date (29^th or 30^th) and time
13:00 – 14:00	Legal & Criminal Justice Systems LECTURE Compulsory for all new Law & Criminology students	A12 Hugh Owen
15:00 – 16:00	Introduction to Criminology LECTURE Compulsory for all new Law & Criminology students	A12 Hugh Owen

Teaching starts on Monday 3^rd October 2022

Information for postgraduate students

Date	Time	Event		Location
26/09/2022	11:30 – 13:00	Welcome and Induction Choosing and registering for your modules – MA/MSc Criminology and Criminal Justice and MSc Youth Justice students with Dr Sam Poyser, PGT Criminology Co-ordinator and Dr Bethan Poyser, Criminology Lecturer		C43, Hugh Owen
	11.30 – 13:00	Welcome and Induction Choosing and registering for your modules – LLM Law, Human Rights & Humanitarian Law and International Commercial Law students with Dr Emma Roberts, PGT Law Co-ordinator		C64, Hugh Owen
27/09/2022	10:00 – 11:00	COMPULSORY - Graduate School Induction for PGT students (Welsh medium session)		Coleg Cymraeg Teaching Room (1.30), IBERS
	10:00 – 11:00	COMPULSORY – Graduate School Induction for PGT students (English medium session)		A12, Hugh Owen
	13:00 – 14:00	ALL students - Welcome from the Head of Department Professor Emyr Lewis & Meet the PGT Law and Criminology teaching teams (lunch provided – any dietary requirements, please email Jen Morgan asap (jye@aber.ac.uk)		Medrus 1, Penbryn
	14:00 – 14:20	The Criminology Quiz!		Medrus 1, Penbryn
	14:30 – 15:00	ALL students – Lloyd Roderick (L&C Librarian) will discuss the facilities and resources available and provide information to aid your studies.		C4, Hugh Owen
	17:00 – 18:30	Guest Lecture (in person) – Operation Orbicular Retired North Wales Police Detective Superintendent (and Head of the Major Incident Team and Serious & Organised Crime Unit) Iestyn Davies discusses his 2016 re-investigation into the killing of Janet Commins in the town of Flint in 1976, the wrongful conviction which ensued and the eventual identification and arrest of the real offender who had evaded justice for 40 years.		A12, Hugh owen
	18:00 - 21:00	AberSU Postgraduate meet & greet - A cheese & wine evening to give students the opportunity to meet other like-minded postgraduate students		Main Room, Students' Union
28/09/2022	10:30 - 11:30	Guest Lecture (online) – Business and Human Rights: An International Law Perspective, Professor Natalia Szablewska. All LLM students are expected to attend this event. All PG students are welcome to attend, including PGR students.
	12:30 – 14:00	Guest Lecture (online) – Corporate Greenwashing (prov. title). Professor Angus Nurse (Head of Criminology at Nottingham Trent University and Co-chair of the Wildlife Law Working Group for the UK Centre for Animal Law) discusses the contemporary reality of corporate environmental crime and illegal activities that have become normalized within many major corporations. He highlights that this is arguably an inevitable consequence of a corporate culture that prioritizes profits and the smooth operation of market activities over environmental concerns.		Livestream only
	15:00 - 16:00	Guest Lecture (online) – Climate Law as International Commercial Law, Professor Geert van Calster All LLM students are expected to attend this event. All PG students are welcome to attend, including PGR students.
29/09/2022	10:00 onwards	ALL students – Meet your Personal Tutor (PT)
		LLM Law/Human Rights & Humanitarian Law/International Commercial Law students	MA/MSc Criminology & Criminal Justice/MSc Youth Justice students	Your PT will contact you to arrange this.

Teaching starts on Monday 3^rd October 2022.