(For colleagues based in UK/Ireland only) We have extended the deadline for the UG Essay Prize to 30 September. The prize consists of a cheque for £50, and free admission to the Studies in French Cinema annual conference in the year following the award. The conditions are as follows: * Essays receiving less than a mark of 80 should not be submitted. * The essay (written in English) must be no less than 2500 words long (notes and references included). * It must have been written by an undergraduate student registered at the time of submission at an institution of higher education in the United Kingdom or Ireland. * It must be submitted as an electronic file to the SFC office<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by the student's supervisor. * The supervisor should state what mark was achieved, confirm the originality of the essay, and the date of its first submission. * The file should not contain any assessor comments. * The student's name and institution should not appear anywhere on the essay. _____________________________________________________ Phil Powrie Professor of Cinema Studies Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences University of Surrey GU2 7XH [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Faculty Administrative Officer and PA to the Dean: Linda Ellis < [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> >/+44 (0)1483689445 Webpage: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/fahs/people/phil_powrie/index.htm Studies in French Cinema: http://surrey.ac.uk/fahs/research/sfc _____________________________________________________ ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org