Many final year undergraduates are considering their next step, whether this is into employment or further study. As a follow up to the University’s recent Postgraduate Open Event, at which academic staff from every subject were present to answer questions about postgraduate programme, the School of European Culture and Languages hosted an event to give undergraduates the opportunity to speak with current postgraduate students about what to expect from a postgraduate degree.

Taking place in the School’s new bookable student meeting space, second- and third-year undergraduates were able to chat with both MA and PhD students over a slice of pizza and find out how they chose their course, what to expect from a taught MA, and what today’s postgraduates are hoping to go on to do after graduation.

Karl Goodwin, a PhD student in Classical & Archaeological Studies who attended the event, said: “I think the event was very effective for those that came; I got asked a wide range of questions which reinforces the need for such events. I thought [the event] was a big success, and hope it gets bigger.”

The School offers a wide range of taught MA programmes including Ancient History, Archaeology, Comparative Literature, Modern French Studies, Linguistics, Language and Literature, European Culture, Philosophy and Religion. We also have programmes that offer terms at Kent’s Paris School of Arts and Culture and at our Rome School of Classical and Renaissance Studies, as well as the MA in Heritage Management which is taught entirely in Athens. For more information about courses on offer and funding available, visit www.kent.ac.uk/pg.