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 1st 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. |
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10:00 – 10:45 |
Faculty Welcome Talk for new 1st Year students |
Great Hall, Arts Centre |
10:30 – 11:00 |
Welcome and Induction to modules for 2nd and 3rd year Malaysian UK Transfer Students ONLY For all new Transfer-In LAW students. |
D5, Hugh Owen Building |
Tuesday 27th September |
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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 28th September |
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12:00 – 12:30
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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
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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 29th September |
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10:00 – 12:00 |
Meet with your Personal Tutor (30 minutes per meeting) |
See email communication from Personal Tutor for location, date (29th or 30th) 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 30th September |
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10:00 – 12:00 |
Meet with your Personal Tutor (30 minutes per meeting) |
See email communication from Personal Tutor for location, date (29th or 30th) 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 3rd October 2022
Information for postgraduate students
Date |
Time |
Event |
Location |
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26/09/2022
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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 |
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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 |
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27/09/2022
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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 |
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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 |
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14:00 – 14:20 |
The Criminology Quiz! |
Medrus 1, Penbryn |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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29/09/2022
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10:00 onwards |
ALL students – Meet your Personal Tutor (PT) |
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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 3rd October 2022.