Current postgraduates
The graduate programmes of the departments of philosophy at the University of St Andrews and the University of Stirling are now fully merged into the St Andrews/Stirling Philosophy Graduate Programme (SASP). All philosophy graduate students at either St Andrews or Stirling are now students in this combined graduate Programme.
The joint graduate programme is overseen by a Joint Committee - made up of three acaemics from each of the two participating departments - which meets at least once in each semester.
For 2012/13, the SASP programme is administered at St Andrews, in Edgecliffe on The Scores, the home of the St Andrews Department of Philosophy.
The Director of Graduate Studies for 2012/13 is Patrick Greenough (Edgecliffe, Room 109, extension 2481, pmg2@st-andrews.ac.uk). The Deputy Director of Graduate Studies, and co-ordinator in Stirling, is Philip Ebert (p.a.ebert@stir.ac.uk). The PhD/MPhil Co-ordinator is Derek Ball (Edgecliffe, Room 110, extension 1795, db71@st-andrews.ac.uk).
The MLitt Programme
The MLitt programme is administered and mainly taught at St Andrews, in Edgecliffe. Note however that that in semester 1 the two core modules taken by all students will be taught at the Department of Philosophy at Stirling and a coach is arranged for the journey to Stirling each week.
The Director of the MLitt programme for 2012/13 will be Dr Patrick Greenough. He is your point of contact as regards any issues or concerns you may have about the MLitt Programme. Your MLitt Advisor is your first point of contact as regards discussing any personal or health issues which may be affecting your academic progress.
The MLitt co-ordinator in Stirling is Dr Philip Ebert. He is there to hear about questions or concerns about the Stirling day or any other matter.
Mr Shaun Darby is the Postgraduate Course Administrator for the SASP programme. He will help you with practical inquiries and arrange meetings with teaching staff when necessary. Shaun is based in the main Philosophy office in Room G09, Edgecliffe.
Initial Meeting and Postgraduate Welcome Reception
All Postgraduate students are required to attend initial meetings on Tuesday 11th September in Room 104, Edgecliffe.
These will be held at 3.30pm for MLitt students and at 4.30pm for research students. These meetings will be followed at 5.30pm by a welcome reception for all Philosophy graduate students. This will be held in Edgecliffe. The reception is an opportunity for incoming students to get to know one another, and also to meet returning graduate students and members of staff.
Philosophy Seminars and Events
The St Andrews Philosophy Club meets several times each semester, usually on Wednesday afternoons, for papers by visiting speakers. The full programme for 2012/13 can be found at http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/dept/phclub/
The Department of Philosophy at Stirling holds its visiting speaker seminars on Thursday afternoons. The full programme for 2012/13 can be found online at http://www.philosophy.stir.ac.uk/research-events/VisitingSpeakersProgramme.php
St Andrews also has a weekly seminar run by and for the research students, meeting Friday evenings, to which everyone is welcome. The programme for 2012/13 can be found at https://sites.google.com/site/standrewsfridayseminar/
Arché runs a variety of informal seminars and discussion groups. The latest Arché seminar programme can be found at http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/events/upcoming.php
There are additional philosophy events of interest to postgraduate students, such as conferences and special lectures featuring visiting and internal speakers. You are warmly encouraged to attend any of these events.
Postgraduate Reading Party
There is a reading party for postgraduate students and staff once a year. The Reading Party bases itself on one or another country retreat in beautiful surroundings: a fine opportunity for seeing Scotland, hiking, and sampling Scottish food and drink, with the give and take of philosophy in the evenings.
This year, the reading party will take place at The Burn, a country house in beautiful surroundings approximately an hour’s drive from St Andrews on the weekend of 5 - 8 October. There will be no classes at Stirling on Monday 8 October. Full details of the Reading Party will be circulated at the start of the session.
Information and booklets
More information for current postgraduates can also be found on the SASP website, in the MLitt Student Handbook 2012/13 and in the PhD/MPhil Student Handbook 2012/13. You should also download the Logbook and the SASP Review Process Overview.