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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
class=688443711-29092005>The SGRS Seminar programme for the Autumn Semester
starts off next week with following sessions. If you would like to attend
please email Sylvia Barnes (<A
href="mailto:sylvia.barnes@stir.ac.uk">sylvia.barnes@stir.ac.uk</A>) or
telephone on 7041. Alternatively send an email to the graduate
list.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
class=688443711-29092005>We hope to see you there!</SPAN></DIV>
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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><A name=OLE_LINK1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><EM>‘Overseas
Students Information Session’’ <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></A></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Anne
Pitcairn, International Student Advisor, Student Information and Support Service
(SISS)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Cottrell
2A9, </SPAN></SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:time Minute="0"
Hour="14"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">2pm –
4pm</SPAN></SPAN></st1:time><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"></SPAN><st1:date Year="2005" Day="4"
Month="10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">4<SUP>th</SUP>
October 2005</SPAN></SPAN></st1:date><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">It can feel
quite daunting, arriving as a student in a different country to your own.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To help with your transition, during the
presentation, Anne will be talking about student life,<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>adjusting to living in
</SPAN></SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Scotland</SPAN></SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> and a
different culture, and useful information for international Students
</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></SPAN> </P><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><EM>‘Critical
Thinking’<o:p></o:p></EM></SPAN></H1>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Duncan
Pritchard, Philosophy<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Cottrell
2A9,<SPAN style="COLOR: red"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><st1:time Minute="0"
Hour="14"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">2pm –
4pm</SPAN></st1:time><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><st1:date
Year="2005" Day="6" Month="10"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">6<SUP>th</SUP>
October<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>2005</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">A thought
provoking session designed to challenge established perceptions and encourage
reflection, to enhance your judgement of the credibility of sources, and help
you to identify conclusions, reasons and assumptions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN> </P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Sylvia
Barnes</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Research Office
Secretary</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Room 3B1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>x 7041</FONT></DIV>
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