Is it ok to email during uni holidays?

There is a lecturer that I am keen to get in contact with ahead of applying, however as it’s the summer break right now I don’t know if this is frowned upon? I could wait until term starts in October but then that doesn’t leave a huge amount of time before application deadlines

Reply 1

Admit-One

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It’s not frowned upon, you just might not get a very prompt reply.

Is it a question that only a lecturer can answer?

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Anonymous #1

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by Admit-One

It’s not frowned upon, you just might not get a very prompt reply.

Is it a question that only a lecturer can answer?

Thank you for your response. This particular lecturer is the director of the course I will be applying for and it’s a specific question about fulfilling a language requirement for an ancient language

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Admit-One

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by Anonymous

Thank you for your response. This particular lecturer is the director of the course I will be applying for and it’s a specific question about fulfilling a language requirement for an ancient language

If it’s an entry requirement you might be better off emailing/calling general admissions or the academic department. Course directors often don’t have anything to do with admissions.

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artful_lounger

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by Anonymous

Thank you for your response. This particular lecturer is the director of the course I will be applying for and it’s a specific question about fulfilling a language requirement for an ancient language

You may also want to ask the question on TSR as it may be something a current or former student who uses TSR knows the answer to, or it might be something someone else on TSR has come across before on their website somewhere that you might not have seen :smile:

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xyz1234567

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It’s fine to email but you may not get an answer for a bit as it’s possible the lecturer is away from their desk for a couple of weeks and will then return to a backlog of emails.

But if it is about a course requirement you would probably do better to email the general graduate enquiries email address in the department or faculty as that will be checked all summer. It doesn’t sound like a question that only that particular lecturer can answer (course requirements will be set by the Faculty not by an individual lecturer)