Key people
Financial support
Course handbooks
Foundation Year Team
Foundation Year Director: Jo Begbie
Programme Manager: Caitriona Woolhouse
Welfare Lead: Cat Purtell
Comms & Outreach Officer: Jenny Newman
Administrative Assistant: Maria Garcia
Course Administrator: Izzy Naylor
Academic Course Leads
CEMS: Rachel Quarrell
Humanities: Aurelia Annat
Law: David Campbell and Anna Williams
PPE: Natalie Quinn
PUGS: Cat Purtell
The Foundation Year offers a comprehensive financial support package to each student on the programme. You can read more detailed guidance about the support available for your Foundation Year and how to access it on this page: Financial support information for students.
Each Astrophoria Foundation Year course has its own Course Handbook. The Course Handbook is where you can find all the official information about your course. It’s unlikely that changes will be made to the handbook once your Foundation Year has started.
Handbooks have now moved to Canvas. Pease click here to find your Course Handbook on Canvas.
You can find links to the undergraduate course handbooks on the University website.
Examination conventions
'Examination conventions' are the formal record of the specific assessment standards for your course. They set out how examined work will be marked and how the resulting marks will be used to arrive at a final result and classification of an award.
Exam conventions are now on Canvas
Your welfare and wellbeing
The Astrophoria Foundation Year has a dedicated Welfare Lead for students. Cat Purtell provides confidential 1:1 support and advice for all students on the Foundation Year Programme for matters relating to student wellbeing.
You can find more detailed guidance about the support available and how to access it on this page: Astrophoria Foundation Year welfare and support resources
Key resources
Welfare and support resources
Useful documents and guidance
Astrophoria Foundation Year Harassment Statement
Astrophoria Foundation Year No Contact Arrangement Statement
Astrophoria Foundation Year Student Welfare - Privacy Notice
Promoting positive outcomes for Care Experienced and Estranged Students
Astrophoria Foundation Year Welfare Guidance
Astrophoria Foundation Year Academic Engagement Processes (.pdf)
Fitness to Study Guidance (.pdf)
Astrophoria Foundation Year - AI Statement (.pdf)
Astrophoria Foundation Year Academic Prizes (.pdf)