>>  Hi.  I'm  Shahram  Kordasti  and I'm  leading  the  SSC  Module  for  Year  2. And  today  I'm  going  to  discuss the  components  of  this  module, and  the  choices  you  have. SSC  Module  provides  a  very  exciting  opportunity for  you  to  study  a  subject  of  your  choice, in  depth  and  complement your  learning  beyond  the  core  curriculum, we  have  a  wide  choices  for  you, it  aims  to  enrich  your  intellectual  development, and  provide  you  with  new  skills that  you  need  for  your  career  as  a  doctor. You  will  have  two  umbrellas  to  choose. One  is  language  courses, that  you  can  select  a  new  language  to  learn, and  the  other  one  is non  language  projects  that you  have  a  list  of  projects  with different  aims  and  you  get  to choose  one  of  those  projects that  some  of  them  are  clinical, some  of  them  are  not  clinical, but  relevant  to  clinical  practice. The  selection  process  will  be  open  in  October. They're  to  be  confirmed. You  must  make  10  SSC  selection, and  you  will  be  assigned  to  one  SSC  of  your  choice. In  most  cases,  unfortunately, we  cannot  change  it. And  if  you  change, that  may  be  disregarded  and  creates  confusion. Obviously,  for  the  language  course is  a  different  website, and  we'll  provide  the  link, you  go  there, you  register  for  the  language. But  for  different  reason  you  may  not  be selected  for  the  language  you  want  to  learn. Maybe  the  class  is  full  or the  level  is  not  suitable  for  you. In  that  case,  you  need  to  come  back  and  choose SSC  selection  on  the  second  round. And  for  that,  I  would  like  to  ask  you  to  contact  us, our  management  team,  and  let  us  know  as  soon  as  possible. Therefore,  we  can  include  you  on the  second  round  of  choice  and  remove  you from  the  language  cohort  because otherwise  it  will  be considered  that  you  are  on  the  language  course, and  again,  it  may  create  some  confusion. So  I  would  like  to  stress  that  if  you  are not  selected  for  any  reason  for  the  language  course, let  us  know  as  soon  as  possible. These  are  the  timeline  to  be  confirmed. But  currently,  we  are  aiming  during October  to  have  the  selection  process  open  in  place, and  by  Monday  31st  of  October  it  will  be  closed. On  successful  selection  in  the  first  round, there  might  be  some  issue  with your  selections  which  SSC  is  not  very  common. Usually  is  related  to  MLC, and  other  language  centre  return  you to  the  non  language  SSC's, and  that  case  you  have  another  choice  to  select, and  for  the  second  round  or  if  your  choices  are  all  full, again  you  have  the  second  round  of  choices. In  November,  we  will  let  you  know, basically,  which  projects  you  are  allocated  to. And  also,  we  will  email  you  to  confirm that  you  are  allocated  and  you're  aware  of  that. For  the  outcome, it's  very  much  within  the  GMC. We  got  Medical  practise  guideline. I'm  not  going  to  read  this  learning  outcome, please  read  it  on  your  own  time. We  will  put  these  slides  in  the  KEATS  page, and  you  can  always  read  that. For  clinically  oriented  projects, we  have  a  specific  learning  outcomes that  again  are  written  here  and we  can  refer  to  when  you  have  time. The  types  of  non  language  projects used  to  be  based  on  these  choices, clinical,  bioscience,  medical  humanities,  etc. Since  new  guidance  by  the  school, we  change  this  to  what  is the  advantage  of  this  project  for your  future  to  be  a  doctor  as  a  researcher, doctor  as  a  teacher,  doctor  as  improver. So  the  projects  will  be  allocated  under  these  umbrellas, and  each  project  might  be within  more  than  one  of  these  umbrellas. That  depends  on  what  you  want  to  do  in  the  future. You  may  choose  one  of  these  and  see what  projects  will  be  available. So  slightly  different  categories  of  projects, but  it  won't  change  much  difference  for  you. SSC  Module  is  a  15  credit  module, and  you  must  pass  components  of  stage  2. You  will  hear  more  or  maybe  you  already heard  about  the  assessments. I'm  not  going  to  go  to  too  much  details, but  you  will  have  150  hours  of  study, including  12  timetable  study  days  on Thursday  between  18th  of  January  to  25th  of  April, as  I've  mentioned  here. It's  flexible  by  the  choice  of  your  supervisor, but  you  need  to  have  weekly  contact and  different  types  of  contacts  can  be  teaching, can  be  interactive  presentations, etc,  depends  on  the  project. And  more  information  are  available  on  our  KEATS  page. The  assessment  briefly  are  two  parts. One  is  100%  of  written  work  as  an  essay, and  the  engagement  which  is  just  pass  and  fail. It  doesn't  have  any  numerical  assessment. And  the  written  components  usually  are  2000  words  essay. Again,  this  is  a  choice  will be  decided  by  your  supervisor, and  the  engagement  component usually  is  based  on  attendance  and  active  engagement. But  please  check  the  specific  project  you  are  choosing. You  need  to  pass  both  components  to  pass  the  module, and  no  cross  compensation. More  details  will  be  discussed and  will  be  available  through  your  KEATS. And  the  language  assessment  is  slightly  different. It's  60%  written  paper  and 40%  oral  exam  and  dates  to  be  confirmed. Project  selection  process  for non  language  options  is  in  place  as  I've  mentioned, and  you  have  10  choices  to  make, and  you  cannot  select  language  and  non  language  options. Allocation  are  made  by,  in  place. We  don't  have  control  over  that, but  it  is  not  first  come,  first  served. It's  based  on  a  combination  of  your  choices, the  ranking  of  it,  and  the  available  places. And  all  non  language  registration must  take  place  as  per  the  deadline. If  you  not  choose  within  the  deadline,  unfortunately, we  have  to  randomly  allocate you  to  one  of  the  remaining  projects. So  it's  very  important  that  you  choose within  the  timeline  as  mentioned. To  secure  a  place  on  language SSC  will  be  the  same  time  in  October, but  the  link  will  be  different  and  will  be provided  soon  through  the  KEATS. If  you  are  not  beginner, they  may  ask  you  to  complete an  online  level  assessment to  make  sure  you  are  on  the  right  stage. If  you're  a  beginner,  there  is  no  need and  you  can  participate. Please  be  very  clear  about  this  when  you  register, whether  you  have  any  previous  training or  experience  with  that  language, because  that  is  important  to  allocate the  right  level  for  you. For  the  modern  language  options, it's  quite  different  in terms  of  registration  and  management. Therefore,  if  you  are  selecting  a  language  SSC, please  be  aware  that  the  communication  will  be  by  email. Only  King's  email  accounts will  be  recognised,  and  communicated  with. And  they  cannot  send  email  to  private  email. This  is  true  for  SSC  project  as  well, and  we  only  communicate, receive  and  send  emails  to  KCL  email  addresses. If  you  have  any  specific  question  this  year, they  have  a  new  email  address. Languagecenterinternal@kcl.ac.uk, which  is  different  from  last  year. And  if  you  question  regarding  registration, you  need  to  communicate  with  this  email  address. Once  you  are  registered, and  start  your  course, you  need  to  communicate  with  your  teacher directly  regarding  any  question  you  may  have. Please  note  that  SSC  Admin  team at  KCL  cannot  help  you  with MLC  registration  or  anything after  you  started  regarding  your  course. We  don't  have  access to  necessary  information  to  help  you  with  that. And  you  need  to  communicate with  this  email  address  as  I've  mentioned. The  language  courses  for  this  year, we  have  mainly  beginners  and advanced  beginner  languages  option  Stage  1  and  2. And  these  are  the  choices  which  will  be  offered to  you  when  you  choose  modern  language. Regarding  the  SSC,  you  should  remember  that  is 15  credit  for  the  language  courses, 16  student  per  class, and  the  written  exam  and  oral  exams  of  mentioned, written  exam  is  in  person  and  on-campus. And  you  have  to  attend  75%  of classes  to  be  eligible  to  participate  in  examination. Otherwise,  unfortunately,  you  will  not  be considered  for  the  assessments. So  to  summarise, student  must  select  10  choices  for  non  language  courses. If  you  are  not  successful, you  go  for  the  second  round. The  SSC  page  on  KEATS  will  be  available  soon. With  the  non  language  courses  is  a  mixture, depends  on  the  projects, some  of  them  completely  on campus  or  some  of  them  maybe  a  mixture  on  campus, and  Microsoft  team  or  Zoom  for  online  teaching. It  depends  on  the  type  of  your  course, but  we  encourage  all  the  project  leads to  have  the  classes  in  person, in  campus  unless  it  is  not  possible, or  there  has  to  be  some  online  elementary. If  you  have  any  query  regarding  your  selection, these  are  the  two  email  addresses for  non  language  courses. MBBS  Stage  2  is  the  main  point  of  contact  for  you, and  then  Modern  Language  centre is  this  new  email  address  as  I've  mentioned. Finally,  I  should  mention  about  the  stage  2  SSC  prize  of all  the  two  Medical  student  each year  for  outstanding  achievement. This  is  in  memory  of  King's  medical  student  Nicola, that  every  year  we  invite the  top  5%  marks  students  to  apply  for  this. And  more  details  will  be  on  MBBS  programme  page. If  you  have  any  more  questions, please  feel  free  to  drop  us  a  line. I'm  very  happy  to  answer. I  wish  you  a  great  day. I  hope  you  enjoy  your  second  year of  study  at  King's.  Thank  you.