Semester 2 Orientation Getting the most out of Exeter Zoe Rutterford, Student Support Clare Crick, Inbound Study Abroad January 2016
Jan 17, 2018
Semester 2 OrientationGetting the most out of Exeter
Zoe Rutterford, Student SupportClare Crick, Inbound Study AbroadJanuary 2016
Mission Statement
Help, advise, assist.
We are here to make sure you have the best study abroad experience you can!
Who are we?
Zoe RutterfordStudent Support Officer: Transition and [email protected]
Laura Shepherd and Minoti BalrajInternational Advisers (immigration) [email protected]
Clare Crick and Isabela (Bela) Coelho-KnappInbound Study Abroad Team [email protected]
Today’s agenda
Checklist: Activate your IT account Apply for/collect your uni card Complete document checks (non-EU passport holders) Register online Attend the Study Skills Talk Attend your Study Abroad Coordinator Meeting Check the ‘
January Orientation for new international students’ information webpage
Open a bank account Book a library tour Police registration
Study Abroad Coordinator Meetings• Academic queries or issues e.g.:
• your module registration & changing modules, submitting work,
credits, reading your timetable
• Visit your ‘home’ discipline Coordinator first (where you
expect to take most of your modules)
www.exeter.ac.uk/international/studyabroad/inbound/januaryorientation/
Study Support
• Skills for international studentsUK Higher Education, grading, referencing, presentation skills, essay writing and coping with exams10.30-11.30 Maximising your studies - skills for international students
• English language supportCredit and non-credited support to assist with listening, speaking, reading or writing in English14.30-15.00 English Language support (INTO)
Erasmus paperwork
• Certificates of arrival• Hand to SID (Forum) for signature only AFTER you have
registered online
• Learning Agreements• To be signed by your Study Abroad Coordinator in your
Academic induction/meeting
…and then what?
• Book onto a Library tour at the Library Front Desk
• Visit the Students’ Guild
• Take a campus tour
• Enjoy Exeter!
Your Tier 4 visa
• Police Registration and keep it up to date• We will report non attendance • Interrupting your studies• Show us any new passport or visa• Work no more than 20 hours per week during term time• Do not claim public funds
www.exeter.ac.uk/internationalstudents/immigration
Short Term Study Visa
• You cannot renew this visa • You must exit the UK before your visa expires• You cannot work or volunteer• Do not claim public funds• If you wish to travel outside the UK you must do so whilst you
are still studying (ie. Easter vacation) and not after your studies have completed/end of exams. www.exeter.ac.uk/internationalstudents/immigration
Getting the most out of Exeter
A quick guide to getting on with the British!
3 cardinal rules:1. Punctuality2. Queuing3. The weather
Culture Shock
• What is it?
• How does it work?
• What can you do?
Strategies for coping: Making Connections
• Be an adventurer!• Try a Students’ Guild society or sports clubs • Download iExeter to your phone• Make sure you keep in contact with your College• Sign up for a ‘buddy’: Global Chums
www.exeter.ac.uk/globalchums • Join cultural events on campus
Look after yourself
• Keep yourself physically healthy Health Centre
open 09.00-17.00 telephone 01392 676606
• Eat regularly and healthily. Student.cooking.tv• Vegetables are your friends• Water is a drink too• Sports activities, clubs and societies
Staying SAFE
Say no to substances you don’t want or trust
Assess the risk – you are not invincible
Finalise your plans – including how you get home
Eyes and ears open
senseexeter.com/
Emergencies
Police: 999, non emergency 101Estate Patrol: 01392 723999
How to get help…
International student support
Accommodation Office
Student Fees and Finance
Wellbeing services
Guild Advice Unit
AccessAbility
UniCard
Student Letters
Study Skills development
Exams
Chaplaincy
Keep in touch:Student Information Desk (SID), Forum, Monday-Friday 8-8, Saturday 10-3, [email protected] Exehub/ help and support tab
International Student Support appointments or drop ins
Your International Newsemail 1st of the month, lots of notices and information about events
Your Study Abroad Coordinator
This week:
The Study Abroad Team (Clare and Bela) can be found in the Student Services Centre this week to ‘ask any question’:
• Tuesday 09.00-11.00• Wednesday 09.00-11.00• Thursday 16.00-18.00
The Students’ Guild is the students’ union
www.exeterguild.com
YOUR Students’ Guild
Any questions?