Things to do on arrival
Checklist of things to do on arrival for Exchange & Visiting Students Semester 2 - 2014/15 Register with the University of Bath All students must register on-line before they can become a student member of the University of Bath and use the facilities provided by the University. Registration On-Line (ROL) involves checking the information which we hold about you and confirming that it is correct. If you are a Visiting Student (non-exchange), it also involves paying your tuition fees. If you are a non-EU national or from a non-EU institution, you will also need to attend a Document Review Session (see below) before you can be fully registered. You will only be able to complete registration after you have met any conditions stated in your offer of admission letter. Registration does NOT involve choosing the units you will study. See the section entitled ‘Begin to Attend Classes and Enrol for Units’ below. If you have access to the web, we would like you to complete your online registration before the start of the semester. If this is not possible, you will be able to complete ROL when you arrive in Bath. You will need your username and password and we will send you instructions in a Registration On-Line (ROL) message. Your username and password: You should already have received an e-mail giving you your University of Bath username and password. Registration On-Line (ROL) message: If you are a national of the European Union, the European Economic Area or Switzerland, the University will send you your ROL message by e-mail after you have received an offer of admission and returned your acceptance (reply) form to us. If you are a national of any other country, or if your home institution is not in the European Union, European Economic Area or Switzerland, you will also need to send us a scanned copy of your passport and visa before we send you your ROL message. Students who will be obtaining Leave to Enter as a Student Visitor on arrival in the UK need to reply to the e-mail message from [email protected] ***Please refer to the document “How to ROL” for instructions on how to use the ROL website*** 1 Attend a Document Review Session Some students must attend a Document Review Session, others do not need to. Which are you? Your nationality You are not a national of the European Union, the European Economic Area or Switzerland Your home institution Is anywhere in the world Document Review Session? You must attend a Document Review Session. You will need to bring your passport and visa. If you entered the UK on a Tier 4 (General) Student Visa, you will also need to bring any original documents which were listed in your CAS Statement (e.g. your original IELTS certificate; please check the CAS Statement which the University sent to you by email). You are a national of the European Union, the European Economic Area or Switzerland Is in the European Union, the European Economic Area or Switzerland You do not need to attend a Document Review Session. You are a national of the European Union, the European Economic Area or Switzerland Is not in the European Union, the European Economic Area or Switzerland You might need to attend a Document Review Session; it depends upon your personal circumstances. We will inform you in the Registration On-line (ROL) message which we send to you by e-mail. Document Review Sessions will be held on Friday 30 January and Monday 2 February, 3.00pm- 4.30pm, at the Admissions Office, Level 6 Wessex House. Late Arrivals – if you happen to be arriving after 2 February, please come to the Central Admissions Office on level 6 of Wessex House between 12pm-2pm. Register with the Police (certain non-EU nationals only) If you needed a visa to enter the UK and have a “register with the police” stamp in your passport then you must visit the police station in Bath to register. Information about the necessary documents which you need to provide and the details of registration can be found at http://www.bath.ac.uk/students/visa-advice/police-registration/index.html 2 Attend the Exchange and Visiting Student Induction Day All Exchange and Visiting Students must attend the Induction Day Information Session on Friday 30 January from 09.00am to 4:30pm in the Chancellors Building 1.11. The session will include: - Welcome talk and key information by Lorna Cuckow, Mobility Manager and Jessica Beaton, International Mobility Administrator - Students’ Union talk by Tommy Parker, Students’ Union Community Officer - Student Services talk by Rebecca Bruce, International Student Adviser, Student Services - Academic Skills, English Language and British Studies classes talk by Miranda Armstrong, Head of Insessional and Tom Reid, Academic Skills Course Leader, Academic Skills Centre. The session will also include an opportunity to enrol for British Studies and English Language classes and take a level test for Cambridge English classes (First, Advanced, or Proficiency). - For those not taking the tests, there will be an opportunity to explore the University with Campus Tours. Meet your Departmental Co-ordinator - School of Management: For students for the School of Management, the welcome briefing will be held on Friday 30 January at 2.15pm in 8 West 2.30. - Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering: Civil Engineering incoming students are to meet their Departmental Exchange Coordinator Paul Shepherd on Friday 30 January at 2:15pm in 4 East 2.8. - Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies: A welcome meeting will be held for students who are registered in this department on Monday 2 February, at 1:15pm in 3 East 2.9. In the meeting you will have a chance to meet Dr Adalgisa Giorgio, the Departmental Exchange Coordinator and Mrs Anne Coleborn, the Departmental Administrative Assistant. - Department of Chemistry: For students for the Department of Chemistry please visit Dr Randolf Kohn in 1 South 1.03a (directly above the main entrance) at any time during office hours. - Department of Social & Policy Sciences: Students who are registered with this department are to meet with their departmental coordinator, Rana Jawad, on Wednesday 4 February at 12pm in 3 East 3.15. - Department of Mathematics: Please meet Professor Paul Milewski, the Departmental Exchange Coordinator for Mathematical Sciences, on Monday 2 February at 10.15am in 4 West 5.19 - Students registered in all other departments should report to the Departmental Office of their host department (list at the end of this document) on the morning of Monday 2 February to find out when they should meet with their Coordinator. 3 Get your Timetable Unit timetables for Semester 2 of 2014/15 are available online at www.bath.ac.uk/timetable/. We recommend that you look up the timetable for your units before you travel to Bath, so that you are ready to start attending classes from Monday 2 February onwards. Please note that there are likely to be some timetable changes during the first few weeks of the semester, so please check your timetable regularly in case of any time or room alterations. To find out when and where each unit will be held, go to the University timetabling website: www.bath.ac.uk/timetable/ In the index on the left, choose “Unit timetables”; Type in the unit code, for example, AR10015 In the “Select Week(s)” menu, keep the default setting, which should be “Semester 2 (Wks 19-32)”; Select “View Timetable”. Attend Classes and Enrol for Units ALL STUDENTS should begin attending classes from Monday 2 February onwards. Enrolment depends on your Department and category: School of Management Students: The School will enrol you in units you requested on your application form. However, you will have a chance to make changes to your study programme, if you need to. Instructions will be given to you at the welcome briefing on Friday 30 January. For all other students: To enrol for your chosen units you must complete your Student Unit Enrolment Form (SUE2): Your Departmental Office or Departmental Coordinator will provide you with your own personalised SUE2 form; If you are a student in the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies you will receive your SUE2 form and instructions at the welcome meeting on Monday 2 February. Use this form to list the unit codes, titles and credit values of ALL the units which you wish to study, including English Language, British Studies and Foreign Languages units; The form must then be approved and signed by your Departmental Coordinator; You must hand in your completed and authorised form to your Departmental Office no later than Wednesday 11 February. ALL students: Points to note: 4 Remember any conditions or recommendations made to you in the University of Bath’s offer of admission letter and consult your Departmental Coordinator if in doubt. Students will usually be required to choose the majority of their units in the Department/School in which they are registered. Exchange and Visiting Students must take at least 24 credits in any one semester. Exchange and Visiting Students are normally permitted to take a maximum of 30 credits in any one semester. The number of ECTS credits carried by each unit, including project units, is as shown in the online Unit Catalogue and will not be varied under any circumstances. Exchange and Visiting Students may enrol for English Language and British Studies units offered by the English Language Centre on an “attendance only”, non-credit basis if they wish. Please be aware that if you take these units on an “attendance only” basis they will not be shown on your official transcript of results. Exchange and Visiting Students may also enrol for 3-credit units offered by the Foreign Languages Centre on an “attendance only”, non-credit basis if they wish. Please be aware that if you take these units on an “attendance only” basis they will not be shown on your official transcript of results. For ALL OTHER UNITS, all Exchange and Visiting Students are required by the University of Bath to complete all forms of assessment, including any examinations, relating to the units for which they enrol. Units coded MN1 or MN5 offered by the School of Management are not available to Exchange and Visiting students. Units from postgraduate Master’s courses are not available to Exchange and Visiting Students. These are marked “Master’s” and level code 5 in the Unit Catalogues. Please refer to the guide for Exchange and Visiting Students http://www.bath.ac.uk/study/exchangevisiting/units if you have any queries about units, credits, assessment, grades etc. Enrol for Academic Skills and English Language units The Academic Skills Centre offers a range of courses during term time (within the Academic Skills programme) to support students in their studies and to improve their English. You may enrol for these courses on a credit or on an “attendance only” basis. Please be aware that if you enrol on an “attendance only” basis you will not receive credit and the unit/s will not normally appear on your official transcript of records. Most classes take place early in the evening or on Wednesday afternoons, when other academic classes are not normally scheduled. The courses available in Semester 2 are: Academic Skills Units for Native Speakers of English - EL10270 Academic Writing for Native Speakers of English 3 credits 5 - EL10694 Presentation skills 3 credits 1. Read about the content of these courses at: http://www.bath.ac.uk/elc/for-current-students/classes-for-native-speakers-of-english/index.html Academic Skills and English Language Units for Non-Native Speakers of English - EL10688 Academic writing for undergraduates 3 credits - EL10694 Presentation skills 3 credits - EL10696 Seminar skills and informal spoken English 3 credits - EL10272 Critical reading 3 credits - EL10269 English for business 3 credits - EL10698 Cambridge First Certificate in English class 6 credits - EL10700 Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English class 6 credits - EL10702 Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English class 6 credits *Note1: All Cambridge classes are 3 hours per week. All other classes are 1.5 hours per week 1. Read about the content of the courses at http://www.bath.ac.uk/asc/for-current-students/classes-for-international-students/academiccommunication-skills-units.html 2. If you are interested in the Cambridge examination classes, take the online self-assessment test at: http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/test-your-english/adult-learners/ to find out whether you should follow: the First, the Advanced, or the Proficiency class. How to enrol: 1. You will be able to apply for all courses during the Orientation Day on Friday 30th January. 2. After completing your application you will receive an e-mail to your University of Bath e-mail address confirming your choice (academic skills) and giving you the classroom *by midday on* *Friday 6th February*. 3. Academic Skills classes start in the second week of the semester i.e. the week beginning Monday 9th February. 4. Please also include your Academic Skills classes on your SUE2 (Student Unit Enrolment) form, which will be given to you by your department on arrival. 6 If you have any questions or difficulties, or if you need to change your application after you have submitted it, please write to ‘[email protected]’ and give your student number and the changes you need to make. Enrol for British Studies Units (Special Units for Exchange and Visiting Students offered by the Academic Skills Centre The following units are offered exclusively to Exchange and Visiting Students in Semester 2: EL10499 British history and society 6 Credits EL10503 19th century English literature 6 Credits EL10504 Contemporary literature & film of the British Isles 6 Credits EL10684 Modern British society: social institutions 6 Credits EL 10705 Introduction to English Linguistics 6 credits You may enrol for these courses on a credit or on an “Attendance Only” basis. Priority will be given to those students taking these courses for credit. *Please be aware that if you enrol on an “Attendance Only” basis you will not receive credit and the unit(s) will not appear on your official transcript of records. 1. Read about the content and check the timetable of the courses at http://www.bath.ac.uk/elc/for-current-students/classes-for-visiting-and-exchange-students/britishstudies-units.html 2. You will be able to apply for all courses during the Orientation Day on Friday 30th January. 4. British Studies classes start in the first week of the semester i.e. the week beginning Monday 2nd February. If you have enrolled on Monday classes, you will receive a confirmation email to your Bath University email address by 6.00pm Friday 30th January. For all other British Studies classes, you will receive a confirmation email *by midday* on Monday 2nd February. 5. Please also include your Academic Skills classes on your SUE2 (Student Unit Enrolment) form, which will be given to you by your department on arrival. 6. If you have any questions or difficulties, or if you need to change your application after you have submitted it, please write to [email protected] and give your student number and the changes you need to make. Enrol for units offered by the Foreign Languages Centre (FLC) Each semester Exchange and Visiting Students can choose to study a foreign language for 3 credits or 6 credits. For a list of available units, please see: http://www.bath.ac.uk/catalogues/2014-2015/fl/UXXXAFN97.html 7 Most Exchange and Visiting Students will take a language unit as an option, i.e. as part of their minimum/maximum credits per year. Some Exchange and Visiting Students may wish to study a language for ‘attendance only’, i.e. not as part of their minimum/maximum credits per year. In this case they will be registered on a 3-credit unit and their registration will be recorded as Attendance Only at the end of the Semester. If you choose a language as ‘attendance only’: this unit will not appear on your official University transcript of records, however you will need to attend regularly. If you withdraw, the result will be recorded as ‘withdrawn’. 6-credit units cannot be chosen as ‘attendance only’. If you wish to choose a language unit as a 6 credit option, please fill an online form http://www.bath.ac.uk/flc/bho/ug/index.html. You will need to include information on the form regarding any relevant previous language learning. Languages and stages available as a 3 or as a 6 credit option: - French, German, Spanish Stages 1 to 6 - Italian Stages 1 to 3 - Japanese Stages 1 to 4 - Mandarin Stages 1 to 3 Languages and stages available as a 3 credit option only (no 6 credits available) - Arabic Stages 1 to 3 - Greek Stages 1 to 4 - Polish Stage 1 - Portuguese Stages 1 to 2 - Russian Stages 1 to 4 Most of the latter classes are only offered as part of the Community Courses programme (courses for the general public) and are timetabled in the evening. We will, however, be running Arabic stage 1, Portuguese stage 1 and Russian stages 1 and 2 classes in the day-time programme also. Please note that evening classes will only run if classes are viable therefore your place on them is not guaranteed. Please note: complete beginner classes are available only in French, German and Italian in semester 2 in the evening classes programme. Assessments and exams 3 credit units: you will be assessed via 100% coursework and have only a two-hour lesson per week. 6 credit units: you will be assessed via 40% coursework and 60% exams and have three hours of tuition per week. Find your level If you are unsure about your level please check the ‘Schemes of Work’ (www.bath.ac.uk/flc/bho/ug/schemes/index.html) for information about subjects and grammar taught in each stage. Alternatively you can contact Isabella Stefanutti, Course Director ([email protected]) to discuss your level. 8 How to enrol For 3-credit options: Please enrol on-line by 2 February http://www.bath.ac.uk/flc/bho/ug/language-timetable/ For 6-credit options: Please provide further information on-line http://www.bath.ac.uk/flc/bho/ug/language-timetable/ For more information Please visit http://www.bath.ac.uk/flc/bho/ug/index.html Please contact: [email protected] Please phone: 01225 383083 We are located in Wessex House, level 7 Late applications will still be accepted subject to availability. Please contact the FLC team to enquire about places available. Contact details: [email protected], tel: 01225 383083. The FLC is in Wessex House, room 7.7. Please use the staircase on the west side of the Parade. Get your Library Card and your Student Union Card Library The Library building is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week all year round. Staffed services, including the Issue Desk on Level 2, are available from 9am to 7pm on weekdays – semester time (from 9:30am on Wednesday), 10am to 5pm at weekends during semesters and 9am to 5pm during vacations. To find out how to use the Library and make the most of its services we strongly recommend that you visit The Library webpages at www.bath.ac.uk/library Getting your library card: You need to complete Registration On-Line before you can obtain your library card. - When you register online you will be asked to upload a photograph for use on your library card. If you upload an image in advance your card can be pre-printed and be ready for collection in due course. Pre-printed student cards can be collected from the Issue Desk/Main Counter in the Library during staffed periods, see above, ‘Library’ section. - Alternatively, you can use the library card self-registration booths by using your username and password. This will enable your photograph to be taken and your details to be recorded. You can collect your card from the Issue Desk/Main Counter. You may be asked to return to the Desk at a later time or on the following day. Combined Library and National Union of Students (NUS) card Although it is possible to get a single-purpose Library Card, students are normally recommended to get the joint Library and NUS (National Union of Students) Card. 9 The NUS is a non-political organisation dedicated to the welfare of students, and BUSU is its University of Bath branch. Most students belong to the NUS, as there are many benefits to being a member (see www.nus.org.uk/en/about-nus/ for further information). All students may join the NUS for free as the University of Bath automatically pays the membership fee. When you Register On-Line, you will notice that the default is for the University to pass your membership details to the Student Union. This means that you will be able to receive a Combined Library and NUS Card. If you are happy with this, leave this box ticked. If you do not wish to join the NUS, delete the tick from the box. You will then receive a Library-only Card. Computing Services at the University of Bath Your University username and password will already have been sent to you. You will be asked to complete registration before the start of your studies. Full access to our IT services will start after you have completed Registration On-Line (ROL). Your University of Bath e-mail address will be your University username followed by @bath.ac.uk. If your username was xyz32, your e-mail address would be [email protected]. Please make sure you check your Bath e-mail account regularly for incoming mail, as this is the address at which you will be contacted by University staff. We provide IT help and advice to students. You can contact us: - online via our IT Help Form http://www.bath.ac.uk/bucs/help/contact/index.html - by telephone +44 (0)1225 383535 - face-to-face at our Service Desk in the Library Erasmus Documents (Erasmus Students only) If you have been asked by your home institution to have your Erasmus documents signed by us, please follow the instructions below: Certificate of Arrival: If you are provided with this document from your sending institution that you will need to have signed and stamped by the International Mobility Office. Please bring your certificate to our office (6 West 1.3) on arrival or to the induction session on Friday 30 January 2015. Learning Agreement: Learning agreements need to be signed by the Departmental Exchange Co-ordinators (see attached Departmental Co-ordinators list). Students in the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies should take their Learning Agreements to Mrs Anne Coleborn, Departmental Administrative Assistant to ( 1 West North, room 2.6). Issued by the International Mobility Office – January 2015 - All Information is subject to change 10 Departmental Exchange Co-ordinators Department Contact person Responsibilities E-mail address Tel. AR Architecture & Civil Engineering Departmental office 6 East 2.9 Mr Dyfed Griffiths Architecture, all categories [email protected] 3185 AR Architecture & Civil Engineering 6 East 2.9 Dr Paul Shepherd Civil Engineering, all categories [email protected] 4406 AR Architecture & Civil Engineering 6 East 2.9 Miss Emma Cox All categories [email protected] 4495 BB Biology & Biochemistry Dr John Beeching All categories [email protected] 3572 Dr Pawel Pluckinski Incoming students [email protected] 6961 Ms Amy Phillips Incoming students [email protected] 6311 Dr Ram Sharma Outgoing students and agreements [email protected] 4469 CH Chemistry Science South Undergrad hub 9 West Level 2 reception 9 West Level 2 reception 9 West Level 2 reception 1 South 1.03a Dr Randolf Kohn All categories [email protected] 3305 CM Computer Science 1 West 2.23 Dr Julian Padget All categories j.a.padget @bath.ac.uk 6971 CM Computer Science Miss Sue Paddock All categories [email protected] 6811 Ms Alison Mayes All categories [email protected] 6653 EE Electronic & Electrical Engineering East Building reception 1 West North 3.7 2 East 2.10 Dr Francis Robinson All categories [email protected] 3899 ES Economics 3 East 4.22 Dr Bruce Morley [email protected] 6497 ES Economics 3 East 4.19 Miss Hannah Welton [email protected] 3035 HL Health 1 West 4.110 Dr Sean Cumming [email protected] 6251 MA Mathematical Sciences Professor Paul Milewski [email protected] 6224 ME Mechanical Engineering 4 West, level 2 reception 2 East 3.23 Principally Erasmus exchanges in Slovak Republic All categories, in liaison with Bruce Morley for Slovak Republic All categories, Sport & Exercise Science Programmes All categories [email protected] 3245 ME Mechanical Engineering 4 East 2.23 Dr Roger Ngwompo [email protected] 3762 ME Mechanical Engineering 4 East 3.43 Mr Jens Roesner [email protected] 6462 MN Management Wessex House 1.22 Ms Silvana Stanford Incoming students; outgoing nonlanguages students; lead coordinator for department Outgoing engineering with languages students, especially engineering with French, but Dr Osman is lead for department Outgoing engineering with German students, but Dr Osman is lead for department All categories except Queens University PG exchange [email protected] 3932 CE Chemical Engineering CE Chemical Engineering CE Chemical Engineering ED Education Dr F. Osman 11 Department MN Management Departmental office Wessex House 1.22 Contact person Responsibilities E-mail address Tel. All categories except Queens University PG exchange [email protected] 5182 Queens University PG exchange [email protected] 6957 MN Management 8 West 1.11 Mrs Clare Woolfe (Assistant) Wed am, Thu & Fri Ms Navdeep Uppal Natural Sciences 1 South 1.03a Dr Randolf Kohn All categories [email protected] 3305 PA Pharmacy & Pharmacology 5 West 2.15 Dr Andrew Thompson All categories [email protected] 6765 PA Pharmacy & Pharmacology 5 West 3.44 6774 3 West 3.1 Assistant for Pharmacy & Pharmacology, all categories All categories [email protected] PH Physics Mrs Kathryn Hood (Assistant) Dr Daniel Wolverson [email protected] 3321 PL Politics, Languages & International Studies 1 West North 2.6 1 West North 2.6 Dr Adalgisa Giorgio All categories [email protected] 6171 Assistant for PoLIS, all categories [email protected] 3950 All categories [email protected] 4373 PL Politics, Languages & International Studies PS Psychology 2 South 1.18 Mrs Anne Coleborn (Assistant) Mon, Tue, Wed & Fri Dr Richard Joiner SP Social & Policy Sciences 3 East 3.15 Dr Rana Jawad All categories [email protected] 5806 International Mobility Office 6 West 1.4 Lorna Cuckow International Mobility Manager/ Erasmus Institutional Co-ordinator All categories [email protected] 6766 International Mobility Office 6 West 1.3 Jessica Beaton International Mobility Administrator Incoming Students [email protected] 5408 International Mobility Office 6 West 1.3 Tracey Stenson Jukes International Mobility Administrator Partnerships [email protected] 4845 International Mobility Office 6 West 1.3 Kim Maggs International Mobility Administrator Outgoing Students [email protected] 4718 * The dialling code for Bath from outside the UK is + 44 1225; from within the UK it is 01225. 12
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