"I had already taken a gap year and attended another university for a year, but that course didn’t work for me and so I decided to start a new course. I felt like I was quite behind my peers who were going into their third year, and I was starting again. Therefore, to hear about a 2-year degree was amazing. I could focus on my future career and working hard at what I love without feeling like I was wasting any more time. I feel like my life is in motion again as I work towards my goals." 

~Applied Humanities Graduate~

Your role as an Applied Humanities Student

1. Engage with the course

This degree is focused on you. On your development and goals. The more you put into it, the more you'll get out of it, so make sure you engage with the course.

What does this mean?

• Attend your sessions wherever possible and contribute to the discussions and activities.

• Develop your strengths through the campus workshops and Moodle how-to guides.

• Spend time developing your personal development plan, using the assessment guides on Moodle.

Keep in touch with your personal tutor if you run into problems.

2. Persevere

Things sometime go wrong: we understand this. We can help you balance this degree and your other commitments. We can help put support in place if things go wrong.

It's important that you keep going and keep in touch. Your Newman email is the main way we get in touch with you. Get used to checking it everyday. Get it on your phone (you can see a guide to doing this via the university self-service portal, accessible through myNewman).

3. Seek guidance

Your tutors are here to help support you. There's also a lot of support available from Newman's support services. Make sure you engagement with this. You'll find introductions to the range of services that are available to help support you during your degree. To get started you can see an introduction to support in the 'support' page of course handbook (available here once you complete have enrolled).

"The course has exceeded my expectations. I always sensed that my purpose in life was to improve the world somehow and Applied Humanities sets out a foundation for that. It encourages you to challenge convention and pomposity."

~Applied Humanities Graduate~

This academic year consists of campus-based sessions and independent study. Birmingham school half-terms and holidays are protected. There will be no scheduled sessions in those weeks, but you can book individual coaching sessions that can be attended on campus or on Microsoft Teams (remotely).

Timetable

Your timetable for your first module is listed below, and very soon you’ll find a more formal version via myNewman, which you can access after enrolling.

• Tuesdays: 9am-11am & 12pm-2pm  

• Thursdays: 10am-12am & 1pm-3pm  

Modules 

On Applied Humanities we take a holistic approach to higher education. This means you only study one module at a time. Each module allows you to take an experiential approach to learning. Between now and the summer break you will study:

Campus sessions:

Monday 15 January 2024 to Friday 22 March 2024

Easter break:

Monday 25 March 2024 to Friday 5 April 2024

Campus sessions:

Monday 8 April 2024 to Friday 21 June 2024

Independent study (not on campus):

Monday 24 June 2024 to Friday 23 August 2024

Summer break:

Monday 26 August 2024 to Friday 30 August 2024

Campus sessions:

Monday 2 September 2024 to Friday 13 December 2024

Your second year will begin from week starting Monday 13 January 2025*. 

*Date tbc

You can find more information on our Welcome Website here: https://www.newman.ac.uk/welcome/ 

If you have any questions, please get in touch (k.odonnell@newman.ac.uk).