Programme handbook
Contacts and student support
Programme team
The Programme Directors, Professor Stuart Ralston and Programme Lead, Michelle Evans are responsible for the smooth running of the programme, including responsibility for the admissions to the programme, the coordination of teaching inputs, assessments, programme evaluation and curriculum development.
The Programme Directors and your Personal Tutor are there to facilitate your orientation and smooth progression through the degree, from initial induction to subsequent course choice, and the transition into the dissertation stage and successful completion of the degree.
Michelle Evans is also available as a first line of pastoral support. An academic member of staff is designated as the Personal Tutor for each student at the start of the programme. In Year 3, a supervisor suitable for your chosen dissertation topic will be allocated.
It is your responsibility to inform a member of the programme team or your Personal Tutor immediately of any problems that are interfering with your coursework or progress through the programme, including any religious, health or personal circumstances that might affect your participation in any aspect of the programme. Please refer to sections Interruptions, Extensions and Special Circumstances and Support Services and Welfare for further details.
Your Programme Director is Professor Stuart Ralston MD, FRCP, FMedSci, FRSE
Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology
Molecular Medicine Centre
Western General Hospital
Edinburgh, EH4 2XU
UK
Prof Ralston can be reached by contacting mscct@ed.ac.uk
Your Programme Lead is Michelle Evans MSc, BSc (Hons) FHEA
Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences
Teviot Medical School
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, EH8 9AG
UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 131 651 5440
Email address: michelle.evans@ed.ac.uk
Contact Michelle if you have queries of a more personal nature, such as medical certificates, interruptions to study, or finance issues, special circumstances or the student-staff liaison committee. Michelle is also available as the first line in pastoral support.
Your Programme Co-ordinator is Elspeth Currie
Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences
Teviot Medical School
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, EH8 9AG
UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 131 650 9242
Email address: mscct@ed.ac.uk
Contact Elspeth if you have any difficulties with the registration process, your student card etc. Also, ensure Elspeth and MyEd have your correct and current contact details.
Your eLearning Coordinator is Chris Sheridan BA (Hons), MSc, FHEA
Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences
Teviot Medical School
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, EH8 9AG
UK
Email address: chris.sheridan@ed.ac.uk
Contact Chris if you have problems that you feel cannot be raised in the online communication area in MOODLE, where there is a dedicated Problems forum for all questions relating to the teaching materials, assignments, online tools, submission procedures etc. The online Problems forum is closely monitored by the course teaching team.