Postgraduate Hub

Postgraduate Hub

The postgraduate community within the School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture covers a broad range of subjects, and provides ample opportunity for students to engage in interdisciplinary study with their peers.

On the following pages you can find a list of all of our current PGR students, alongside some information on their current research, and further details on the support structures and staff that help make studying within the school a positive experience.

If you are considering studying with us but are yet to apply, then more information on the programmes that are availbale within the school and how to apply for them can be found on our Degree Programmes page.

Postgraduate Student Representatives

One of the primary contacts for all postgraduate students is their postgraduate student representative. Our postgraduate students reps are here to listen to current students, represent students at school meetings, help support the postgraduate comunity thorugh stewardship of the postgraduate forum and liase with key members of staff to help address any concerns if they are raised.

If you are a postgraduate student and have anything that you'd like discussed, please contact one of the representatives below.

Aizhan Amangazina

Hello. My name is Aizhan. I am a second-year PhD student in Linguistics at the University of Aberdeen, motivated by a desire to learn and succeed. I come from a beautiful country Kazakhstan which is in central Asia. I received a Master's degree in Linguistics from the University of Manchester five years ago.

Due to the exciting and responsible nature of this role, I volunteered to be a student representative this summer. I am a confident, friendly, determined individual- love meeting new students on the daily routine of University studies, sporting activities, playing the piano and socializing.

As a student representative, I would like to stay in touch with other students and contribute to creating a positive perception of what it's like to be a student by planning various academic and extracurricular events. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your studies, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am here to represent your interests in University committee meetings in order to obtain the best possible outcomes.

Gulshat Tussupova

My name is Gulshat Tussupova (from Kazakhstan) and I am a PhD student in Translation Studies (English, Russian and Kazakh) at the UOA.

I enjoy writing my thesis. Also, as a translator I translated novels and stories of Oscar Wilde, Somerset Maugham, and Edgar Alan Poe into Kazakh.