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For International and EU Students 2012-2013

1 Welcome to The University of

Congratulations on deciding to study at The . I would like to take this opportunity to extend a very warm welcome to you.

Whether you are coming here for a short course Manchester is one of the UK’s most vibrant cities, or staying on for a longer programme, your time with a rich and diverse social and cultural life. at Manchester will be a valuable educational It is also a hub of enterprise and development, experience which will enhance both your and has a long tradition of embracing people personal and professional development. You are from all around the world. I’m sure that you joining an institution which is modern and will be pleased to call Manchester home during forward-looking, with some of the best facilities your studies. in the world, but which at the same time retains a strong sense of its long and proud history. I wish you a safe journey and we look forward to Manchester is a highly successful university that welcoming you to The University of Manchester. is ranked amongst the most respected institutes of higher learning worldwide. By coming here, you are joining a truly international community with students and staff from more than 160 Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell different countries. President and Vice-Chancellor

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2 3 Our community

• Over 5,000 of us volunteer regularly in the local community and we contribute 48,000 hours of unpaid work • 20,000 of us play sport • 1,690 of us eat breakfast together every day in our Halls • Almost 4,000 of us went on organised trips around the UK last year • 46% of us work part-time during our studies • 8,000 of us met with a careers advisor last year • 4,000 of us lost our University ID cards last year • 1,500 of us mentor other students

• Over 32,000 of us come from European countries including the UK • Over 1,500 of us come from Africa and the Middle East • And about the same number from North, Central and South American countries The Manchester campus has a big international • Nearly 5,000 of us come from Central feel; you are likely to be in classes with people from and SE Asia all over the world and to be taught by people from all • Over 1,000 of us are from South Asia ‘o‘ver the world. • Fewer than 50 of us come from Oceania! Marc

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PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE

First things first 11 Preparing to move to Manchester 31 Setting off 49 Directory 71

Your offer 12 Acommodation 32 Registration 50 Map1: Accommodation 73 Immigration 13 Preparing to study in Manchester 36 Your journey to Manchester 52 Map2: Campus map 74 English language requirements 16 Preparing for life in Manchester 40 Staying in contact 56 Map3: Manchester city centre 76 Planning your finances 18 Staying healthy 46 Travel in Manchester 59 Working whilst studying 22 Welcome events 47 Police registration 60 Index 78 Bringing your family to Manchester 24 Opening a bank account 61 Find out more about Manchester 28 Registering with healthcare services 63 Connect with other students 29 Making the most of University 64 Extending your stay in the UK 69

6 7 How to use this KEY DATES Orientation 13 – 16 September 2012

17 September 2012 – 31 January 2013 guide Semester One (break 14 December 2012 – 14 January 2013)

28 January 2013 – 7 June 2013 Semester Two Coming to study in another (break 22 March 2013 – 15 April 2013) country is an exciting experience and we know that you will have Most full-time postgraduate courses involve private study during the summer period many questions. This guide is (summer 2013). If you are unsure of the attendance requirements contact your School. designed to answer some of those questions and provide you with information which should be useful throughout your time in the UK.

This guide features six current Manchester students

The guide is organised chronologically If the question you have is of a more general to help you work out what you need nature or you are not sure who to ask, or you to do over the next few months before you would like to give feedback on this guide, Lisa is an undergraduate arrive in Manchester. Read the entire guide so please contact: Pranav is an undergraduate student from Zimbabwe you are prepared for what you will need to do Mechatronic Engineering International Office who is studying Politics, later on. student from India International Development Division Philosophy and Economics You may want to add to things yourself as you Directorate for the Student Experience go through the guide. The University of Manchester Oxford Road The guide makes reference to map locations to Manchester M13 9PL, UK. Yuchuan is a Chinese Alexandra is a help you navigate around campus. For example, tel +44 (0)161 275 2196 if the map reference is Map 2, 57 – you should postgraduate research British undergraduate fax +44 (0)161 275 2058 student within Civil Pharmacology and look at Map 2 on page 74, and then for the email [email protected] building marked 57 (in this example the Student Engineering Physiology student Services Centre). Contact details of many University services and other organisations are included. You can get in Heather is an MSc Global Marc is a British Physics touch with them before you arrive if you have Urban Development and student in his final year any questions or concerns. Planning taught masters of a four year course student from the USA

8 9 First things first PART 1

This section gives you the information you need to know straight away to begin planning your time in Manchester. By the end of this section, you should have: checklist

Accepted your offer to study (page 12)

Found out how to apply for immigration permission, if required (page 13)

Found out about English language requirements (page 16)

Begun organising your finances, particularly any evidence (page 18) you need to provide for your visa application

Learned about working whilst studying (page 22)

Found out about bringing your family to Manchester (page 24)

Discovered more about Manchester (page 28)

Connected with other new students (page 29)

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10 11 Your offer Immigration The first step of your journey to Manchester is accepting your offer Obtaining the correct immigration permission is essential for a successful to study with us. start in Manchester.

If your offer is ‘Unconditional’ You can accept your offer of a place before Advice and assistance on UK EEA and Swiss students This means that the University does not require it becomes unconditional. If you are an immigration undergraduate you should inform UCAS of any further evidence from you to prove that Before you arrive and while you are studying your decision. If you are a postgraduate, you The European Economic Area (EEA) consists you meet the admission requirements. If you with us, specialist advice on complex immigration should contact your School to confirm your of: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the have not done so you should formally accept matters is available from the International acceptance or you can also accept by emailing Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, your offer of a place. If you are an Advice Team at The University of Manchester. the International Office at France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, undergraduate you should inform UCAS of If you experience any immigration problems [email protected]. the Republic of Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liecht - your decision. If you are a postgraduate, you please contact us immediately. should contact your School to confirm your enstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, acceptance or you can also accept by emailing If you are a Study Abroad The International Advice Team provides Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden the International Office on or Exchange student immigration advice and services to and the UK. [email protected] You will have been made a formal offer and prospective students, current students, will have to fulfil any requirements and recent graduates, as well as to the If your offer is ‘Conditional’ communicated to you by the terms of the spouses and other dependent family This means that the University requires further Study Abroad/Exchange programme. If you are members of all of these. If you are a citizen of the EEA or Switzerland, evidence of your qualifications before they can unsure of the requirements, please contact you are entitled to enter the UK freely and give you admission. Your offer will state what your home university’s international office or The designated advisers in the International have right of residence here for the duration the conditions are. If your offer is conditional email [email protected]. Advice Team are the only staff at the University of your course. You do not require any on an exam you have yet to take or for which who are authorised to provide immigration documentation to confirm this right but we you are awaiting a result you should send a If you are an Erasmus student advice. They are regulated by the Immigration recommend that you apply for a Residence copy of your transcript to your School as soon You will not have to fulfil any requirements Services Commissioner which regulates the Certificate. Details can be found on the UKBA as you receive it, even if you are short of the other than those already communicated to you competence of advisers and ensures the website: required grade. by the terms of the Erasmus programme and quality of the advice and assistance provided. www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/eucitizens/ within your letter of acceptance. If you are Further details about the Immigration Services documents-eea-nationals . Your offer may also ask for an English unsure of your requirements, please contact Commissioner are available at: Language score, usually in IELTS or TOEFL. If the Erasmus office at your home university or www.oisc.gov.uk If you are a citizen of Bulgaria or Romania we you need to improve your English level before your appointed Erasmus co-ordinator at The recommend that you apply for a Registration meeting the conditions of your offer, you may University of Manchester. Passport Certificate, using form BR1, which will allow wish to consider a summer pre-sessional Ensure that you have a valid passport. If you you to work in the UK while you are a student. English course at The University of Manchester. need to get a new one or if your current For more information see page 22, and: Please see page 16 for further details. passport needs to be revalidated, do this as www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/eucitizens/ soon as possible because the process can take bulgaria-romania . several months. You must have at least one page that is blank on both sides in your passport and we recommend that your passport needs to be valid for at least 3 months after your arrival in the UK. If you are not living in your own country, please check with your embassy Academia is a global community, it is whether you need to return to your home important to have a global perspective. country to get a new passport. M‘‘arc

12 ’’ 3 1 All other If your application is refused international students If your application under Tier 4 is refused, read through the Refusal Notice that you are given Students who are enrolled on a programme carefully – this sets out the reasons for the of study which is longer than six months refusal and contact the International Advice will need to apply for a Tier 4 General Team for advice. The adviser you contact will The International Advice team is very helpful, Student Visa. need to see a copy of the Refusal Notice so please email a scanned copy of this to keeping students updated with new rules on visas Students who are studying on a short course [email protected] as soon as possible. of six months or less, or an English language and immigration. They send out emails that help You may also find it helpful to read through course of up to 12 months duration, can apply www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/ you stay up to date. for a Student Visitor Visa as long as they do crucial-guide/academic-life/immigration/ not intend to extend their stay or work in the ‘‘ applying-overseas/refusals Pranav UK. A Student Visitor Visa can be given for a maximum of six months and does not allow Your duties and responsibilities students to work whilst in the UK, extend their under Tier 4 (General) visa or switch visas. Under the terms of Tier 4 (General) visas, you have a number of specific duties and Information for all international Please do not try to enter the UK without ’’ Advice and support is available from: responsibilities imposed by the UKBA. Your (non-EEA) students the correct immigration permission as if responsibilities include complying with the you are refused entry, this will be International Advice Team conditions of your immigration permission, Health Requirements endorsed in your passport. tel +44 (0)161 275 5000 (select option 1) attending your timetabled teaching periods Depending on your country of residence, you fax +44 (0)161 275 7860 and laboratory classes and explaining any may need to obtain a certificate confirming For details about visa categories, see the UK email [email protected] absences or unsatisfactory work, as well as Border Agency’s (UKBA) quick guide at that you are free from infectious TB before you keeping the University updated with a www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ can apply for a visa. For further information on copy of your immigration documents and visas-immigration/studying/quick-guide the requirements for health screening, please UKCISA contact details. see: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ visas- (UK Council for International Students) For detailed information on applying for a immigration/general-info/applying www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/ For further information on your student visa, please see: immigration.php responsibilities, please see: www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/ You can also check with your local UK www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/ www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/ crucial-guide/academic-life/immigration Embassy, British High Commission or info_sheets/protect_t4_status.php crucial-guide/academic-life/immigration/ designated partner agency for information on tier4responsibilities any health requirements that you may need to If you require any further help or advice with More information is available from: your visa application, please contact the meet before applying for your visa. International Advice Team. ATAS certificate UK Border Agency Check your CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ for Studies) which will state if you need an ATAS visas-immigration/studying certificate before applying for your visa.

Information about ATAS certificates and the For information about a CAS application procedure is available at which has been issued to you, email www.fco.gov.uk/atas . You do not have to [email protected] pay an application fee for the certificate.

I always thought the UK and the US were very It takes at least one month to get an ATAS For a list of the University’s partner certificate, so apply as early as possible. Many agencies in your country, please see similar but it’s not really true... there are constantly students have experienced long delays in www.manchester.ac.uk/ things that surprise me about life in the UK. obtaining a certificate, particularly at busy times international/country of the year (June – October). Heather UK Embassies / High Commissions around ‘‘ If you have further questions about ATAS, the world www.fco.gov.uk ’’ please contact us on [email protected] 14 14 15 English language hreaqdiungirements

We want you to make the most of your studies, and therefore it is important that you have a level of English which will allow you to benefit fully from lectures and tutorials.

If your first language is not English, we re-take IELTS you can do so during your recommend that you find out your level of pre-sessional course. If your offer is English before you come to Manchester. If you unconditional you may still benefit from a have a conditional offer, it may require you to pre-sessional English course to improve your achieve a certain IELTS score. This is to ensure overall fluency and writing skills. that your English is good enough to follow your academic studies. Some courses require Pre-sessional courses run from 3 to 20 weeks a higher level of English than others; if you depending on your level of English. Students are unsure whether you need an English attending pre-sessional courses in Manchester qualification or of the score you need to have found them an excellent achieve, please contact your School at way to prepare for their academic programme. The University of Manchester. Specially tailored pre-sessional courses for business and management, humanities and IELTS social sciences, science and technology IELTS is a test which gives you a score based on and law are also available. the level of your English and is recognised worldwide. The IELTS test is available at most Your offer may specifically mention a British Council offices and places do fill up pre-sessional course. If it does not, you should quickly at the more popular test centres, so ask your School before making a booking to early booking is essential. More information is find out whether satisfactory completion of a available at the website: www.ielts.org pre-sessional will fulfill the English language requirements and whether you will need to Pre-sessional English courses re-take IELTS during the pre-sessional course. If you are interested in registering for a course If you already have IELTS or an equivalent or would like further information please qualification but need to improve your score, contact the University Language Centre. you could come and follow a pre-sessional course run by The University of Manchester. For more information on English Language The University Language Centre (ULC) is also support during your studies see page 66. an IELTS testing centre so if you need to More information is available from

University Language Centre, Oddfellows Hall (map 2, 23) Pre-Sessional English course details tel +44 (0)161 306 3397 fax +44 (0)161 306 3396 Course code Start Finish Weeks Fee email [email protected] www.ulc.manchester.ac.uk PS10b/12 02 July 07 September 2011 10 £2,400

PS5/12 06 August 07 September 2011 5 £1,200 British Council - Learning English in Your Country: www.britishcouncil.org/learning-learn-english-your-country.htm PS3/12 20 August 07 September 2011 3 £720

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16 17 Cost of living The cost of living in Manchester is similar to other major UK cities and how much you spend Planning will depend on your lifestyle. In addition to money for tuition fees we estimate the minimum amount a single student on a full time course will require for living expenses to be as follows:

your finances Estimated Living Costs for 2012/13 Expenses 40 Weeks Undergraduate 51 Weeks Postgraduate This section is designed to help you prepare your financial budget Accommodation for your time in Manchester. £4,400 £4,900 (average cost for self-catering halls) Tuition fees Postgraduate programmes have high, medium Meals £1,450 £1,965 The University will have assessed your fee status or low consumable costs. Once you Books and Stationery according to the information you have provided. have been accepted and the area of research determined, you will be made aware of the (dependent on your course, £390 £475 and if you buy new or second hand) International fees appropriate fee due. Standard tuition fees for new undergraduate Clothes Your offer will confirm the tuition fees for the and postgraduate international students for (including provision of warm £390 £475 the 2012/13 session are as follows: programme you have applied for. clothing and footwear)

Home and EU fees Local transport £520 £665 Arts courses (those If you have been assessed as a Home or EU programmes which do not student the fees are as follows: Other general living expenses involve significant £12,300 (eg photocopying and printing, laboratory or workshop or laundry, phone calls, consumables, £1,450 £1,820 studio based activities) Undergraduate £9,000 entertainment, sports, cooking equipment etc)

Science courses Between Between Total £8,600 £10,300 (laboratory and studio £15,400 and Postgraduate £5,000 and £6,800 based programmes) £19,300 Additional possible costs that you may wish to consider include: Special requirements Clinical programmes in • extending your visa permission (see page 69) £28,200 Certain programmes may also have special Medicine and Dentistry requirements which entail additional • TV licence (page 44) expenditure and you are advised to obtain, MBA • mobile and telephone bills (see page 56) £37,400 where appropriate, an estimate of such costs (18 month programme) from the School concerned. Such requirements • typing, printing and binding of a thesis for postgraduate research students, between could be field courses, placements or £350 and £500 teaching practice. These annual tuition fees are valid for the • Council Tax (see page 42). duration of a three or four-year programme of study. If you are undertaking a Medicine or You will pay your tuition fees as part of the Dentistry programme you will pay for a registration process. For more information, When you accept a place on a course you will Food combination of clinical and non-clinical fees. including information on how to make a be required to sign a guarantee that you have Prices are very different depending on where There are many non-standard tuition fees for a tuition fee pre-payment, see page 50. sufficient funds at your disposal. Financial you shop and what products you buy. wide variety of courses. It is important that you assistance cannot be provided by the University Supermarkets often have ‘own-label’ brands check the tuition fee for your chosen course to those who get into difficulties. However if which are cheaper than more recognised with your School. you do find yourself in financial difficulties brands. The shopping list on the next page you should immediately contact the Student should give you an approximate idea of the Services Centre (page 63) for further advice. cost of basic products in the UK from a supermarket. Manchester has a variety of major Please note that non-EEA international supermarkets including Asda, Sainsbury’s and students are not normally eligible for any UK Tesco, cheaper supermarkets including Lidl and social security/welfare benefits. Aldi, and premium supermarkets such as Waitrose and Marks and Spencer.

18 19 Household items Furniture, kitchen utensils and other MY WE household goods are available from large EKLY SHOP supermarkets and it is likely to be easier and 1kg potatoes cheaper to buy them in the UK than bringing 56p Packet of mixed sa them with you. It may also be possible to buy lad £1. 1kg onions 00 second-hand goods from other students 83p 1 x packet carrots which are advertised on notice boards in the sm 80p all packet of chillies Students’ Union, the International Society and 1 garlic 50p 26p academic Schools. 1 x packet of mushro oms 90p 1 packet of chicken d rumsticks £3.00 1 packet of minced b Computer equipment eef £3.48 1 packet sausages There are more than 3,700 computers for £1.99 1 x tin baked beans students to use across the University campus, 40p 1 x tin sweetcorn 43p so it is not necessary to bring your own 1 x can soup 70p computer. If you choose to buy or bring a 4 x tins of tomatoes computer you should ensure it is covered by 1kg rice 58p £1.16 1 packet pasta your contents insurance (page 43). 89p Packet of frozen pea s 85p I tub margarine Clothing 6 eggs £1.12 The price of clothes varies enormously and £1.40 Packet of cornflakes £1.00 there is a wide selection of clothes shops in 1 loaf of bread £1.0 the city centre. Shops such as Primark, TK 1 jar of jam 0 £1.05 Maxx, H&M and some large supermarkets 1 packet of biscuits 58 80 teabags p have inexpensive clothing lines. In general, if £1.35 1 jar of instant coffe you do not own a waterproof, winter jacket or e £2.44 Carton of fruit juice warm clothes, it is advisable to wait until you 69p Big bottle of cola get here before buying them. 51p Big bottle of semi-sk immed milk £1.00 Was Textbooks hing powder £1.74 Was Wait until you arrive in Manchester before hing up liquid 46p Toil buying any University textbooks or equipment. et rolls (x4) £1.72 Deod I won You will be able to get advice from other orant £1.25 ’t Sha mpoo 90p need these students and your lecturers about what you Sho wer gel (250ml) 90p weekly need to buy, and some set texts may be Soa p 70p provided for you. Too thpaste £1.40

More information and the grand Online tools such as the International Student total is £39 Calculator can help you plan your budget .54 international.studentcalculator.org.uk/ Manchester is a student city so it’s easy to international be cheap and still have money left over. Heather Student Services Centre tel +44 (0)161 275 5000 email [email protected] Use cash and don’t just use your bank card, then you www.manchester.ac.uk/ssc ‘‘ know how much you’re spending. Ma’rc’ ternational ester.ac.uk/in ‘‘ www.manch 20 ’’ 21 Working in the UK Your employer Income Tax and National Insurance Your prospective employer is legally required to Working Everyone who works in the UK must have a verify that you have the right to work in the National Insurance Number (NI No) which is UK (full-time, part-time or on a voluntary or issued by the government. It is used to keep unpaid basis). Please refer them to the UK whilst studying track of your income tax payments and government websites for employers: National Insurance (social security) www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/ contributions. More information on how to index.htm Working or gaining experience during study can be a powerful way to boost apply for a NINo can be found on the HM your future job prospects, but it is important to get the balance right and to Revenue and Customs website More information make sure that you are working legally too. www.hmrc.gov.uk/ni/intro/number.htm UK government websites If you wish to work part-time alongside your Different conditions apply for postgraduate Depending on your earnings, Income tax and studies, please bear in mind that the University students and for students on pre-sessional National Insurance are automatically deducted www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ expects you to spend at least 40 hours per courses. Please contact the International from your pay. workingintheuk week studying. Working more than 15 – 20 Advice Team for more information. www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/ Minimum wage hours per week can mean that you are less Employees able to concentrate on your studies. You will All other international students The UK has a minimum wage of £4.98 per not be able to earn enough money to cover You are granted a student visa on the hour for workers aged 18 – 20 and £6.08 for UKCISA website your tuition fees and living expenses by condition that your main purpose is to study workers aged 21 and over. Further details are www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/ working on a part-time basis, and you may here and that you can pay your tuition fees available on the DirectGov website: working_during.php find it difficult to get a job, so please do not and living expenses (for you and your family) www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/ rely on working in Manchester. without having to depend on finding work in Employees/TheNationalMinimumWage/ the UK. DG_10027201. International Advice Team email [email protected] Can you work in the UK? The endorsement in your passport will confirm tel +44 (0)161 275 5000 (option 1) EEA and Swiss students whether you are allowed to work in the UK If you are a citizen of the EEA (list of countries while studying. University Careers Service on page 13) or Switzerland you do not need to www.manchester.ac.uk/careers/ obtain special permission to work unless you There are two categories of endorsement – are a citizen of Bulgaria or Romania. a restriction or a prohibition. If you’re unsure about which endorsement you have, you can Bulgarian and Romanian students get advice from the International Advice Team. If you are from Bulgaria or Romania you will need a Registration Certificate if you want to Undergraduate students with a restriction work while in the UK. We recommend that are allowed to work for up to 20 hours per you apply for the Certificate from the UKBA as week during term time and full-time during soon as you arrive here, as you cannot start University vacations (see page 9 for semester work without it. The application is free and dates) and on work placements that are an further information and an application form assessed part of your course. This 20 hours are available at: includes time spent doing unpaid or voluntary www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ work. Different conditions apply for workingintheuk/eea/ postgraduate students and for students on bulgariaromania/applying/ pre-sessional courses, please contact the The university helps you to understand the International Advice Team for more With this certificate, all students can work information. regulations about working part-time as an international part-time for up to 20 hours per week all year round. If you are an undergraduate student student if you want to earn a bit of extra money and Prohibition you are also allowed to work full-time during Students with a prohibition cannot work in the get work experience alongside your studies. the University vacations (see page 9 for UK, but you can do some kinds of volunteering. semester dates) and on work placements that ‘‘ Contact the International Advice Team for Lisa are an assessed part of your course. further information. ’’ 22 23 Education Healthcare Children in the UK begin school in the If you are entitled to free health treatment on Bringing your September after their fifth birthday. The the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), your earliest they can leave is at the age of 16. If spouse and children living with you in the UK your course of study will keep you in the UK will also have access to free health treatment family to Manchester for a period of twelve months or more, then on the NHS. For more information on NHS your children are required by law to attend entitlement see page 46. school. The Local Education Authority will If you are planning to bring your partner and children with you to Manchester, provide a place, free of charge, for them in a Immigration here is an A-to-Z of things you may wish to consider, in addition to rest of the school, although this may not necessarily be EEA / Swiss Citizens information in this guide. the one closest to where you are living. If you are an EEA/Swiss Citizen but your family are not EEA/Swiss citizens they each need to A lists of schools can be obtained from Accommodation child for childcare at a private day nursery or apply for an EEA Family Permit before travelling ’s Education to the UK. The Permits are issued free of University Accommodation childminder (childminders look after children in Department. There are also private schools in charge. The application can be made online or The University only has a limited number of their own homes , and should be registered with Manchester for which you pay fees. For all using the application form VAF5. For more places for couples and families with children. the local authority). International students are information relating to schools, please contact information see If you wish to apply for University not eligible for UK Access or Hardship grants the Manchester School Admissions Team on www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/eucitizens/ accommodation, please follow the procedure to cover the costs of childcare. +44 (0)161 234 7188 or see eea-family-permit on page 32. www.manchester.gov.uk/education. All three and four year olds are entitled to 15 Non – EEA or Swiss Citizens hours of free nursery education for 38 weeks Private Accommodation Many schools in Manchester employ specialist If you and your family are not EEA or Swiss of the year. This may be available in a local Flats and houses in the private sector are staff to help children whose first language is citizens then each family member must apply primary school nursery class or playgroup. readily available. Manchester Student Homes not English. You will need to check with the for immigration permission as a PBS There is usually a waiting list for places. can provide details of available properties, as head teacher of the school you are considering Dependant before travelling to Manchester. Contact the Manchester Family Information well as advice for students renting private for your child to find out what language You should all apply at the same time even if Service for details of childcare in the local area. accommodation. See page 32 or assistance is available. you are planning to travel separately to There are two nurseries affiliated with the www.manchesterstudenthomes.com Manchester as it is cheaper and simpler to University of Manchester which accept children for further details. School hours are normally from 9am to 3:30pm, apply together. between 6 months and 4 years of age. Both of although some schools may start earlier or end these nurseries have long waiting lists, so it is As it may take time to find suitable family later. Many schools also run after-school Please note that if you are coming to advisable to apply as early as possible, Fees are accommodation at a reasonable price, you activities and clubs in which your child may be Manchester for a course of less than six months approximately £100 to £160 per week. Please are advised not to bring your family to eligible to participate. you may not be able to bring your family with contact the nurseries directly to confirm the Manchester until you have been able to you. Further details are on the UKBA website: cost and any places which may be available. arrange suitable housing. Please check these details with the school. www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ If you require further assistance in finding a visas-immigration/partners-families/ The following prices are an approximate guide Children's Services school for your child, you should contact the migrant-workers-students to what you should expect to pay for furnished Overseas House, Quay Street, International Advice Team (page 65). accommodation in Manchester. Rents can vary Manchester, M3 3BB The application fee for each PBS Dependant is depending on area and quality. The figures do Tel 0800 083 7921 Finance £289 (paid in local currency). Your family can not include water rates, gas or electricity Fax 0161 276 7456 apply on line or by submitting the VAF10 PBS The cost of living estimates on page 19 are charges for which you will receive separate email [email protected] Dependant application form. Your family will based on the average annual expenditure of bills. www.manchester.gov.uk/fsdirectory be granted immigration permission for the an undergraduate or postgraduate single same length of time as you have. You will student on a full-time course. Your expenditure need to be able to provide official documents Childcare will obviously increase if you bring family with confirming that you are married and your The Dryden Street Nursery you. Students accompanied by their families Rent per week relationship to any children you are bringing, Dryden Street should increase the estimates on page 19 by at Manchester M13 9AU for example marriage or birth certificates. Couple £100 - £120 least 50%, or more if childcare (approximately tel +44 (0)161 272 7121 £125 per child per week) is necessary. Couple with children £150 - £270 Please get further advice from your local Echoes Day Nursery British Embassy or High Commission or the We recommend that you bring at least £1,500 Echo Street International Advice Team regarding the Full-time childcare for children under five years with you in traveller’s cheques to cover your Manchester M60 1QD relevant forms and procedures if your family of age is not usually available free of charge in immediate expenses on arrival such as tel +44 (0)161 200 4979 plan to apply for immigration permission after the UK. The range and cost of childcare varies accommodation deposits, rent and food as it you have arrived in Manchester. considerably, but it is generally expensive. You may take up to two weeks for you to fully should expect to pay at least £25 per day per open a UK bank account. 24 25 Extending your family’s Children are aged between 5 and 16 years immigration permission can travel for half fare on buses and a If you need to extend your own Tier 4 concessionary fare on trams. Children aged immigration permission, it is cheapest and 11 to 16 will need an “ Igo” pass to prove their simplest to extend your family’s permissions at age to pay the concessionary fair on buses and the same time. The fee is £358 for each family trams. The pass costs £5, for further member if you apply in person at a Public information see www.tfgm.com/igo. Enquiry Office and £197 if you apply by post. This increases to £867 in person and £561 by Children aged between 5 and 16 pay half fare post if they apply at a later time to you. on most trains and children who look over 16 should carry proof of age with them.

More information There are also a number of concessionary passes for families, for example the family UK Border Agency and friends railcard which entitles you to a www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ third off the price of rail travel eucitizens/ www.familyandfriends-railcard.co.uk . Generally, travel on a school bus is free and UKCISA you should ask the school for more details. www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/eea.php Work for family members International Advice Team EEA/ Swiss citizens email [email protected] If your family members are EEA or Swiss citizens tel +44 (0) 161 275 5000 (option 1) (see list of EEA countries on page 13) they are see page 65 for further details. entitled to work in the UK without obtaining permission unless they are citizens of Bulgaria and Romania. Bulgarian and Romanian citizens Orientation must apply for a Registration Certification before You can bring adult family members who will they can work in the UK. For more information see be living in Manchester with you to any of the www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/eucitizens/ activities during Orientation and the majority bulgaria-romania/work-permits/applying . of activities are also suitable for children. Events to which you can bring children will be clearly Family members of EEA /Swiss students marked in the Orientation Guide. For more If you are a EEA/ Swiss student (see list of EEA information about Orientation see page 47. countries on page 13) and your spouse or dependants are not EEA/Swiss citizens and Support they each need to apply for an EEA Family There are a variety of services within the Permit before travelling to the UK. The Family University to support you and your family. In Permit will confirm their rights to work in the the first instance contact the International UK. For more information see the UKBA Advice Team. Please see page 64 for other website at www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ support services which you may find useful. eucitizens/eea-family-permit or contact the International Advice Team for further advice. The International Society runs a weekly Women’s and Children’s Group as well as All other international students Manchester Student Homes has a really useful social events and trips which partners and If you have a prohibition on working this will website and I found all of my houses through it. family are encouraged to attend. For further also apply to any family members who are here details see page 65. with you. See page 22 for more information You don’t need to rush into finding a house - they on your own working entitlement. definitely don’t run out. Travel If you have permission to stay in the UK for Children under 5 years, who are travelling with 12 months or more and have a “restriction” ‘‘ Alexandra an adult, can travel free on most buses and endorsement, your spouse and any dependent Metrolink trams in . Up to children are normally allowed to work full-time two children under five years may travel for without a work permit. However, if you only ternational free with each fare-paying adult on trains. have permission to stay in the UK for less than ester.ac.uk/in www.manch 12 months your family members will be prohibited from working. ’’ 26 27 Find out more Manchester is truly a multi-cultural city; you can travel the about Manchester world in terms of culture, food and friends in a matter of hours. Manchester is an exciting and diverse city with a broad variety of restaurants, It sets the scene for a really amazing learning environment, which shops, museums, cinemas, galleries, sports venues and cultural highlights. f‘o‘sters both internationalism and cross-culture friendship. Heather

scotland ’’ No matter what your hobbies and interests are, you will find Edinburgh everything in Manchester. From museums and art galleries to all restaurants of every cuisine in the world, Manchester has it all. It even has its own artificial snow dome. n.ireland ‘‘ ManchesterManchester Pranav ireland Li verpool Galaway Dublin Limerick england Connect with ’’ Cork wales Oxford Cardi ff Londo n other students Pre-departure briefings Online In some countries the British Council Connect with other new students, ask co-ordinates pre-departure briefing sessions questions, find out more about Manchester and for students coming to the UK. These sessions follow updates about Orientation online at: provide advice on what to expect in the UK and the opportunity to meet other students Find us online at: from your country travelling to the UK. You www.manchester.ac.uk should contact your nearest British Council office for further information: Follow us on: www.britishcouncil.org.uk

The University also organises pre-departure www.facebook.com/admissionsUoM More information briefings. Details of these will be sent to you if they are taking place in your home country. www.twitter.com/admissionsUoM www.manchester.ac.uk/international/manchester/city www.youtube.com/universitymanchester www.creativetourist.com www.visitmanchester.com

28 29 Preparing to move to Manchester

This section gives you information to 2 consider in the two to three months PART before you arrive in Manchester. By the end of this section you should have: checklist

Planned where you will live in Manchester (page 32)

Prepared for study in Manchester (page 36)

Prepared for living in Manchester (page 40)

Found out about healthcare in the UK and been (page 46) vaccinated against MMR and Meningitis C, if required

Booked your place on Orientation (page47) www.manch ester.ac.uk/i nternational

30 31 Accommodation The University of Manchester has an impressive range of accommodation to suit a wide variety of needs and budgets, including catered and self-catered options. The private sector in Manchester also has a plentiful supply of good quality and affordable housing, with easy access to the University.

University accommodation How to apply for accommodation International Student Guarantee You should have received an Accommodation All unaccompanied students paying Brochure shortly after obtaining your offer international fees are guaranteed a place in with details of the University accommodation University-managed accommodation for the available and how to apply. You can also access duration of their courses as long as you submit the information contained in the brochure on your application by 31 August 2012. the Accommodation Office website www.accommodation.manchester.ac.uk. Erasmus, Exchange and Study Abroad students studying at Manchester for one academic year are You should submit an application as soon as guaranteed a place in University accommodation you have been offered a place (conditional or as long as you submit your application by 31 unconditional) on a course at the University. July 2012. Accommodation for students Accommodation cannot be guaranteed if you attending the University for a single semester is submit your application after the deadline. not guaranteed but is usually available. Private accommodation Manchester Student Homes can provide advice and information on private halls, houses, flats and houseshares including available properties from approved landlords, a tenancy contract checking service and a forum to contact other students looking for housemates.

Living in university halls is great fun and a great way to make friends because everyone is in the same boat and wants to meet new people and make new friends. I’m still close to many of the people I lived with ‘in‘ my first year, so don’t just hide in your room.

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32 33 Temporary accommodation When considering in Manchester private accommodation: If you are arriving before your University accommodation contract starts or require You should not commit to any private temporary accommodation whilst you find a home accommodation without seeing it. in the private sector, temporary accommodation If you need to look for private may be available in the Halls of Residence, but this accommodation, we would advise is normally only offered until early September. you to arrive 1-2 weeks early to give Contact the Accommodation Office for details. yourself time to search before your course starts. It may be much cheaper Manchester Student Homes can provide a list of in the long-run to stay in temporary hotels, hostels and short term lets in Manchester. accommodation until you find the right place to live.

More information Never pay any money to a landlord before you’ve exchanged contracts University Accommodation and can be sure of their authenticity. The Accommodation Office (Map 2, 37) tel +44 (0)161 275 2888 Do not sign a tenancy agreement fax +44 (0)161 275 3213 until you are sure that you understand email [email protected] it and are willing to abide by its terms, www.manchester.ac.uk/accommodation including the length of the contract. If in doubt, get the contract checked by Private Accommodation Manchester Student Homes. This Manchester Student Homes (Map 1) service is free of charge. tel 0161 275 7680 fax 0161 275 7684 Never sign a contract for a longer time email [email protected] than you intend to stay in Manchester. www.manchesterstudenthomes.com You will be liable for the rent for the full term of the contract (unless you can find another suitable student to replace you).

Most landlords ask for a deposit (sometimes called a ‘bond’). This is usually an equivalent amount to around 4-6 weeks’ rent. The deposit is refundable if you pay all bills on the property and do not damage the property.

If you rent a property through an agency, you may have to pay an agency fee. Manchester Student Homes does not charge you a fee for using their services.

For more tips see the Manchester Student Homes Tenant’s Guide at www.manchesterstudenthomes.com/ students.

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34 35 Online Learning - Blackboard Computer work The University uses Blackboard, an online Almost all subjects will require some form of Preparing for Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), to allow computer work as part of the course. You are lecturers and tutors to communicate with you likely to be required to type your essays and more easily. Most course lecturers will upload some subjects may have coursework which studying in additional information, such as lecture notes, involves using computer analysis or using reading lists or articles to Blackboard, and give specialist software. If computer work is an you the chance to join discussion groups with integral part of the course you will have Manchester tutors and other students. Some courses also sessions in computer rooms but you will also require you to submit assignments through be expected to use computers by yourself for Blackboard or take part in assessed private study. If you have problems with using discussions. If you have never used a VLE in a computer to complete your work, you should Study methods your studies, you can get support and advice contact your academic advisor or the IT While you are studying in Manchester, you will experience several different methods of teaching before starting your course units. support staff. and learning. You will be trained to read widely around a topic and research it thoroughly, to reflect on the ideas you have encountered and to analyse and describe them. Further information Workshop, laboratory or studio sessions Tutorials will be available on arrival from your tutors, Programme Directors and supervisors. If you ever feel If you are going to study a subject with a All students are allocated an academic advisor unsure about what is expected from you, speak to your academic advisor or see a member of staff practical element some of your time will be who can provide you with advice on academic from the Student Guidance Service (page 68) for advice. spent in workshop, laboratory or studio affairs. You are likely to have individual sessions where you can develop skills and sessions with your academic advisor to expertise through practical work. Afterwards evaluate your progress and allow discussion of Lectures you may have to write up the results and you any issues you may have. If you are a may be asked to give a presentation on them. postgraduate student you will be able to Lectures are the traditional form of teaching and allow lecturers to give information to a discuss progress and other issues with your large number of students. You should listen carefully and take notes. There may also be Programme Director, supervisor or advisor. online materials which you are expected to bring with you, or review after the lecture, which the lecturer will tell you about. Lecturers will not usually take questions during the lecture, but may give time at the end for questions.

Seminars

Seminars are discussion groups with your tutor and other students. The discussion could be about a previous lecture or a specific topic, and you will be expected to contribute in each seminar, so reading and preparation are essential. Sometimes each student is asked to prepare a short presentation as a basis for discussion. Seminars are more informal than lectures and allow you to become more involved. Ask a question if you are not sure about anything and try to make a contribution. It will not only help your studies, but will also improve your presentation skills and give you confidence. Seminars are about debating ideas, and asking questions. It is not rude to disagree with your tutors and class mates – in fact it is encouraged! Always tell the My course involves a lot of practical work and I get to tutor if there is something you have not understood and ask if you can make spend at lot of time in laboratories. There is plenty of a separate appointment for further discussion. opportunity to strengthen the areas that I am not confident

Office hours Small group work in. My lecturers are more than happy to answer my Lecturers and tutors for your courses may have Most courses provide opportunities for q‘u‘estions I have before, during and after the lectures. office hours, when you can arrange to see students to work in a small group on a task them privately to discuss the topics you have assigned by the tutor or sometimes chosen by Pranav covered. Office hours are an opportunity to ask the group itself. Group work allows you to further questions on topics you find difficult, learn from each other and develop important and to clarify your thoughts on a subject. They social, interpersonal and team skills. If you find are also an excellent opportunity to debate working in groups hard, speak to your ideas with the world-class teaching staff at the academic advisor in your School or speak University. confidentially with a member of staff from ’’ the Student Guidance Service (SGS) (page 68).

36 37 Private study Plagiarism British higher education places a large emphasis Plagiarism means copying work from another on self-study and you will be encouraged to be student, or any source, for example a book or an active and independent learner. On all courses the internet, without referencing. Please note you will be expected to study extensively on that the University has a very strict definition of your own. You will be asked to read widely plagiarism and the penalties are severe. Further on a subject, make notes, conduct your own information on plagiarism will be given to you research, write and revise outside of formal by your School when you start studying and teaching. Advisors and supervisors will be ready you can visit the Student Guidance Service’s to help but you will have to plan your own website ( www.manchester.ac.uk/sgs ) for learning, deciding how much time to put into more information. it and which learning methods suit you best. Academic reports Assessment If you are a sponsored student, reports on your During the course of your studies in academic progress will be forwarded to your Manchester you may encounter a number of sponsoring body only if requested by them. If different forms of assessment ranging from your Embassy asks for a report it will be given formal examinations to coursework only if you are sponsored by your government assignments, projects or essays. Check the or if you give permission for the reports to be requirements for each form of assessment as issued. the format required may be different from that which you are used to. If you would like advice Academic problems or clarification about any aspect of assessment, If academic problems occur during your course please speak to your School in the first instance. it is very important that you tell someone as soon as possible. Don't leave things for weeks in the hope that they will get better - have a confidential chat with the lecturer concerned, your academic advisor, supervisor, the Student Guidance Service (page 68) or the International Advice Team (page 65).

More information

The following websites can help you prepare for teaching and learning styles in the UK www.prepareforsuccess.org.uk www.skills4study.com

If you require any advice or support with academic problems contact your School in the first instance. You can also speak to: Student Guidance Service Real world problems are being solved every day at tel +44 (0)161 275 3033 The University of Manchester, not only by lecturers and email [email protected] www.manchester.ac.uk/sgs researchers, but also by students. I have never felt better equipped to tackle the challenges of the real world than f‘r‘om my few short months here. Heather

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This section is designed to answer your questions about the practicalities of living in Manchester.

Settling in • Remember that you are not alone. Your first few weeks in Manchester will be an Everyone studying away from home will exciting time, with new places to discover, new be going through similar experiences, and people to meet and a new culture to explore. talking to fellow students will help you As well as excitement, if you have not spent a deal with your own cultural transition. It lot of time in the UK before, it is natural to is important to take regular time out experience culture shock as you adapt to the from your studies to do something differences from your home country. After the social, perhaps a sport or an activity initial exhilaration of arrival, you may at times such as debating. feel homesick, confused or anxious, or crave • Joining student societies can help you familiar surroundings. Understanding that you to meet people who share your interests; may experience these feelings will help you to the University has over 200 societies for overcome them and adapt to life in Manchester. everything from music to sport and charity work to art, including societies based There are some things you can do before you around nationalities and religions. A full arrive in Manchester to help you prepare list is available on the Students’ Union yourself for life here: website www.umsu.manchester.ac.uk/ • Watch films and television shows set in the societies/list . There will be a Welcome Fair UK or listen to British radio programmes. soon after the start of term at which you Connect with other new students and find can sign up for societies, or you can out more about Manchester online before contact them by email for more you arrive. See page 29 for more information on how to join. information. • Integration is an ongoing process, so don’t • Talk to relatives, friends and friends-of- limit your attempts at it to the first few friends who have lived in the UK about the days following your arrival, It is never too differences they experienced. late to get involved in societies, social events, volunteering, or almost anything Once you’ve arrived, the more you join in with else you would like to try! University life, the more at home you are likely to feel. Here are some suggestions for settling in successfully: The University Counselling Service can provide support if you are finding adjusting to life in I made friends from all over the world through the • Orientation, which runs in January and Manchester difficult (see page 64) September, includes a range of events to The alphabetical list below gives you International Society social events, which enabled me to help you settle in and meet other new information to consider when you are students, including tours of the campus develop my languages skills in an informal and friendly preparing to come to Manchester. and city, and a range of social events setting. I can now say hello in seven languages! (see page 47) ‘‘ Lisa

ternational ester.ac.uk/in www.manch ’’ 40 41 British culture There are also many delicatessens and local Students who must pay council tax loss or theft as soon as possible after arriving. You may find UK culture significantly different ethnic centres, including Chinatown, If you have immigration permissions as an As well as dedicated insurance companies to your home country. Some of the key Cheetham Hill and Rusholme, where you will academic visitor or a sponsored researcher you many banks, supermarkets and the Post Office features of British society you will encounter at be able to find international foods. The will be charged Council Tax. If you are sharing also offer insurance. You can use an online University include: International Society hosts regular dinner with someone over 18 who is not a student price comparison site such as events, and can give you further advice then Council Tax must be paid. In this case it www.moneysupermarket.com or • Men and women have equal rights in (page 65). may be possible to claim a 25% discount. www.comparethemarket.com to find a the UK. Please check with Manchester City Council good deal. • It is illegal to discriminate against anyone Council tax directly by telephone on 0161 234 5000 or according to race, gender, age, class, sexual Check the premium carefully to see what is Council Tax is a local government tax to pay email [email protected] . orientation or disability. covered by the insurance. Cost and cover can for local public services (such as street lighting) vary, depending on where you live and the • The UK has a relatively liberal attitude and the amount charged is determined by the More information worth of your possessions and valuable items, towards alcohol, gambling and clothing value of your home. The majority of students such as musical instruments, bicycles and style but everyone in the UK is free to live are exempt from paying council tax. Student’ Union website by their own beliefs and you should not www.umsu.manchester.ac.uk/advice/ computers, may need to be insured separately. Check that there are no exclusions which feel under pressure to adopt the behaviour Student who are exempt council_tax might be relevant if, for example, you share a or morals of UK students. It is common to from council tax order non-alcoholic drinks in a pub or bar. Manchester City Council website house or a flat. Full-time students registered for more than six www.manchester.gov.uk/info/200028/ • Punctuality is important in the UK and you will months, are exempt from Council Tax, as are council_tax be expected to be on time for lectures and students living in a Hall of Residence. If you live Places of worship seminars. If you cannot arrive on time for in an area covered by the following postcodes Student Services Centre advice There are numerous places for all faiths to an appointment (e.g. doctor's visit, the University automatically sends notification of www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/ worship in and around The University of meetings), let the people you are meeting your student status to Manchester City Council. crucial-guide/home-life Manchester. A map for all faiths is available know as soon as you can. • M1, M4, M8, M9, M11, M12, M13, M14, online at UKCISA information sheet M15, M16, M18, M19, M20, M21, M22, http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/ • You will be expected to read the written www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/information M23 and M40 display.aspx?DocID=9044 information you receive from the University, _sheets.php#council_tax. for example how to register and choose You still need to inform Manchester City The multi-faith University Chaplaincy can give course units. It will not always be repeated Council that you are a full-time student. For further advice contact the advice on places of worship in the local area. face-to-face, so if there is ever anything you You can do this by visiting Student Services Centre are not sure about, make sure to ask a http://secure.manchester.gov.uk/site/ tel +44 (0)161 275 5000 member of staff. scripts/xforms_form.php?formID=438 . email [email protected] More information You can find out more about life in the UK by If you live outside the postcode areas listed above St Peter’s House Chaplaincy (map 2, 32) getting in touch through our social networking Drinking water or you are an international student with adult tel +44 (0)161 275 2894 sites (page 29). All British tap water is safe to drink unless it is dependants you will need to obtain a Council fax +44 (0)161 275 0890 labelled ‘not drinking water’. Tax certificate from the Student Services Centre email [email protected] British food (page 68). www.stpeters.org.uk Traditional British food is usually hearty and Electricity warm, perfect for the cold winter months, and If you are a non-EU student living in self- British electricity works on 230 volts and most UKCISA fact sheet on culture shock uses seasonal ingredients. Roasted meats, contained accommodation with your family, sockets take 13 amp fused plugs, with three www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/info_sheets/ spiced vegetable soups, and sweet fruit and your spouse is not a British or EU citizen, square pins. If you will be bringing your own culture_shock.php desserts are particularly wonderful traditional you are both exempt from paying Council Tax. electrical equipment with you, make sure that dishes (see www.guardian.co.uk/ Please send in a photocopy of your passport, it can be used safely on this voltage and find lifeandstyle/food-and-drink ). The British your spouse’s passport and your Council Tax out whether you will need an adaptor. also eat a wide variety of international foods, Exemption Certificate (from the Student Services from Armenian to Zimbabwean, most of which Centre) to your local Council Tax Office. Insurance are available in Manchester. Large supermarkets University accommodation stock a variety of foods imported from other Students who may be liable University-owned Halls of Residence contracts countries and foods meeting religious requirements, to pay council tax include up to £6,000 of contents insurance. such as Halal and Kosher, are easy to find. Research students who are writing up may Further information about this policy can be • Tipping in restaurants is not compulsory, have to pay. If you are here for a very short obtained from the Accommodation Office. but if you wish to give a tip about 10% of course (usually a few weeks) you may be the bill is the usual amount. Check if a able to claim an exemption. In both these Private accommodation service charge is included in the price situations, please check with Manchester City If you are living in private accommodation, you before leaving a tip. Council by telephone on 0161 234 5000 or should insure your personal property against email at [email protected] . 42 43 Shopping • Leave lights on when you go out to give From Monday to Saturday most shop opening the impression that the house is occupied hours are 9am - 7pm. Local shops aften close and if your house has an alarm remember on Sundays although city centre stores and to turn it on. large supermarkets will be open from 11am - • Don’t leave your valuables within view of 5pm. It is not usually possible to bargain over the windows and don’t leave the boxes the price of goods. from new expensive items lying by the outside bin. Larger supermarkets offer 24-hour shopping, • You can register any valuable property six days a week and sell a variety of household (such as laptops, mobile phones, mp3 items, kitchenware and clothing, as well as food. players) on www.immobilise.com free of charge. This will assist the police to return Staying safe lost or stolen items to their rightful owners. Manchester is generally a safe city and following a few simple tips can help stop you Smoking becoming a victim of crime. Smoking is not allowed in enclosed public spaces like restaurants, lecture theatres, public Personal Safety transport, and all University accommodation, • Avoid walking alone at night. Stay with a as well as some outdoor public spaces, such as group of friends or take a bus or taxi. bus stops and train stations. You may be fined • Stick to well-lit streets and avoid shortcuts if you smoke in these places, or anywhere else such as alleyways and empty car parks. displaying a ‘No Smoking’ sign. • Use cash machines during the day when it is busy, or get cash-back in a supermarket. Television licence • If you think you’re in danger or being In the UK all televisions must be licensed. followed, walk to the nearest shop and call There are various ways to purchase a licence for help. and the cost is £145.50 a year for a colour TV or £49.00 a year for a black and white TV. • When taking a taxi use a licensed black If you have a television in your own room in a cab, which can be flagged down on the Hall of Residence you will have to purchase street. Private hire taxis (which look like your own separate licence. Please consult the normal cars) must be pre-booked online or Television Licensing website for further over the telephone, not flagged down on information, www.tvlicensing.co.uk/ the street. If you’re unsure, ask to see the check-if-you-need-one/for-your- taxi driver’s license before you get in the home/students-aud1 car. Legitimate taxis will have this clearly displayed in the vehicle. Toilets • In pubs and bars don’t leave your drink Contact details and more information unattended. Don’t accept drinks from British toilets are the flushing, pedestal type. Toilet paper should be flushed away after use. strangers. Dial 999 in an emergency, where there is threat to life or property, or a crime is in progress. Separate facilities are usually available for To report a crime after the event, call Greater Manchester Police on 0161 872 5050 . • Violent assault is rare in the UK and it is disabled persons and for baby changing. illegal to carry guns, knives or pepper spray. You may wish to carry a personal safety To report a crime or anything suspicion on campus, call campus Security Services alarm which emits a loud noise to shock Weather on 101 or 0161 306 9966 . and disorientate an attacker. Manchester has a temperate climate, with few extremes. Average summer temperatures of For more information contact the University Campus Police Office 15°C (59°F) and winter temperatures of 4°C Safety of your property tel: +44 (0)161 275 7042 email: [email protected] (39°F) are occasionally raised or lowered for a • The most common crime on campus is week or two. Light rain falls on around half of For more safety tips see theft of property left unattended, so keep the days of the year, which can make it feel www.manchester.gov.uk/studentsafety your possessions with you at all times. colder in winter. Despite this, British weather www.estates.manchester.ac.uk/crimereduction • 1 in 3 burglaries of homes are due to an can be unpredictable, and a rainy morning rnational open or unlocked door or window, so ter.ac.uk/inte often turns into a beautiful, clear blue day. ww.manches make sure to keep your windows and doors w locked when you’re not in the room. 44 45 Staying healthy Welcome events The University provides a variety of orientation services and events Before you come to NHS services designed to give you the best possible start to your time in the UK. Manchester If you are entitled to NHS treatment you will be able to consult a GP and use most other GP You should be vaccinated against Measles, September Orientation services free of charge, as well as having Mumps, Rubella (MMR) and Meningitis C September Orientation will run from access to free emergency and non-emergency collection service before you leave your home country. These are Thursday, 13 September to Sunday, 16 treatment in hospitals. To access these services, The University runs a free coach transfer rare, but easily communicated, serious diseases September 2012 (inclusive). You will receive you should register with a GP as soon as you service for new international students arriving which can spread quickly amongst those not a separate Orientation Guide containing a can after arriving in Manchester (page 63). at Manchester airport between 11 and 16 vaccinated against them. If you are unable to detailed schedule of events before you arrive September. The service is open only to be vaccinated before leaving your home in Manchester. country, vaccines for both MMR and If you are issued a prescription, for medication, unaccompanied students who will be living by your GP you will need to pay a fixed in university accommodation. If you are Meningitis C can be obtained after arriving in Accommodation is not provided specifically charge of £7.20 per item. If you need regular travelling with your parents or staying in the UK free of charge from your GP (General for Orientation. Most Halls’ accommodation medication, ask your GP about a Prescription private accommodation then you will need to Practitioner or doctor). contracts allow you to move in on Thursday, Pre-payment Certificate which may be cheaper. arrange your own transport from the airport 13 September but you are strongly advised to If you are on a low income you may be able (see page 54). Access to healthcare in the UK check, as some Hall contracts start later than to receive help for the cost of prescriptions. Emergency treatment is available free of this. If you need to move into your Hall before You should collect a HC1 form either from You will be able to book the service in advance charge to everyone in the UK. If you or the normal start date they may be able to a pharmacy or from Student Services on online from August at someone else has a medical emergency arrange this, but you need to contact your Hall campus. Others services which incur a charge www.manchester.ac.uk/international/ requiring an ambulance, call 999 immediately. directly to discuss options. on the NHS include vaccinations for travel supportservices/airportcollectionservice Free health treatment is available on the UK’s and getting a sickness certificate to confirm National Health Service (NHS) to all students January Orientation that you were absent from work or study for studying in the UK for longer than six months, Orientation January Orientation will run in the week legitimate reasons. as well as to all students from EU countries The University offers an Orientation each commencing 21 January 2013. Further details and those with reciprocal health agreements. semester designed to help you settle in, meet will be available online closer to the time. For more information see the UKCISA website Student occupational other new students and find out everything you need to know to begin living and studying www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/info_sheets/ health service Welcome week keeping_healthy.php Further information and advice on healthcare, in Manchester. Orientation is not compulsory The week beginning Monday 17 September is as well as some healthcare services, can be but is strongly recommended for all new known as Welcome Week. The Students’ If you are not eligible for free NHS treatment obtained from the University’s Student international students. The events include Union puts on many events including fairs you should take out private medical insurance. Occupational Health Service. This is not a GP information on living and studying in where you can sign up to join societies and If you already have medical insurance in your Practice, please see page 66 for more Manchester, tours of the campus and city and sports clubs. Further information will be home country, you may be able to extend it to information on the services it provides. a variety of social events. available on campus when you arrive and on cover your stay in the UK. You are free to take the Students’ Union website, out private medical insurance even if you are For up-to-date information on all our www.umsu.manchester.ac.uk . You are also eligible for NHS treatment as this can result in orientation events please check our website at likely to have induction events within your quicker treatment, although private insurance www.manchester.ac.uk/international/ School or Faculty during this week. You will is generally expensive. orientation receive further details of these from your Orientation is free of charge, please book your School before you arrive in Manchester. place online at www.manchester.ac.uk/ international/orientation

46 47 Setting off

This section will help you plan what you need to do in the weeks before you leave for Manchester and once you have arrived. By the end of this section you should have:

checklist Completed registration with the University, (page 50) including making arrangements to pay your tuition fees

Packed your belongings (page 52)

Travelled to Manchester (page 53)

Contacted your friends or family at home (page 56)

Found out how to get around Manchester (page 59)

Registered with the police, if required (page 60)

Opened a bank account (page 61)

Registered with a GP (page 63)

Found out about University facilities and support services (page 64)

Found how to extend your immigration permission (page 69)

Find out about working in the UK after your studies (page 69, 70) PART 3

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48 49 Registration

Registration Paying your tuition fees Pre-payment of tuition fees Late payment of fees Registration with the University is an online in instalments before registration If you do not pay your fees by the due process in which you confirm your personal Students with a UK bank account can opt to A small number of taught postgraduate dates you will be charged a penalty. If you details, details of your course of study and pay pay in instalments. There is no administration courses require that you make a partial pre- still owe fees to the University at the end of your tuition fees. You can begin, and you may charge for this service. You must pay your first payment of fees; if you have applied to one of the academic year, you will not be able to be able to complete, the registration process instalment at registration and then set up a these courses, your School will let you know re-register which mean you will not be able before you arrive in Manchester. Full details Direct Debit for the subsequent payments. In how much you will need to pay and when you to access facilities such as the library. about registration will be made available prior order to set up a Direct Debit you will need to should make the payment. to your registration date at: provide the details of your UK bank account at If you still owe fees at the end of your course www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/ the time of registration. You can also choose to make full or partial you will not be able to graduate. crucial-guide/academic-life/registration/ payment towards your tuition fees, for any registration-process . If you have any Setting up a Direct Debit authorises the course, in advance of your visa application or US and Canadian student problems, you will be able to access support to University to collect money from your bank appointment. Please be aware that any pre- loans complete registration over the telephone or account, as long as you have been given payment to the University will need to clear in For the purpose of US and Canadian face to face, once you arrive in Manchester. advance notice of the amount and date of the University’s bank acount and be receipted government student loans, our name is listed collection. You can set up the Direct Debit in order for it to be reflected in your CAS. The as 'The University of Manchester' and the In order to complete registration, you must pay online during the registration process or in last date on which a prepayment made by School references are G12136 (US student your tuition fees, or pay the first instalment of person at the registration venue. overseas bank transfer will be receipted and loans) and PUBO (Canadian student loans). your fees and set up a Direct Debit for the automatically reflected in your CAS is 31 For further details please see remainder, or provide documentary evidence Students with a August 2012. Payments made by overseas www.manchester.ac.uk/international/ from your financial sponsors which confirms financial sponsor bank transfer after this date will have to be country and select USA. that full fees will be paid on receipt of an invoice. made as part of the main registration process. If you are sponsored by your own government If you choose to make a prepayment but are you will be required to provide a current letter Paying your tuition fees in full unsuccessful in obtaining a visa to study in the of financial sponsorship/funding on official Tuition fees must be paid in £ Sterling (GBP). UK, the payment will be refunded. letter-headed notepaper from your Embassy You can pay your fees: based in , indicating that tuition fees If you would like to make a pre-payment, • online by credit or debit card (the University will be paid for the academic year 2012/13. please email does not accept American Express); Financial sponsorship/funding letters which are [email protected] not from the appropriate Embassy in London • in person by personal cheque (drawn on a and include the following details. UK account) made payable to ‘The will not be accepted. University of Manchester’, • University ID number (this is on your If you are sponsored by other bodies or • building society cheque (drawn on a application correspondence) UK account), organisations you will be required to bring with you a letter of financial • Full name • banker’s draft in Sterling (GBP), sponsorship/funding from your sponsors, • Date of birth in the format DD/MM/YYYY • travellers’ cheques in Sterling (GBP). which should be on the official letter-headed (eg 1st May 2009 = 01052009) notepaper of that organisation, indicating that • Programme Title tuition fees will be paid for the academic year 2012/13. • Tuition fees due • Amount to be pre-paid in Sterling £. Please note that all new sponsors will be required (under the current HMRC regulations) We will then reply to your email advising you to provide their VAT registration number or of the different payment methods available. confirmation of their exemption. For more information contact the Student Services Centre fees team on +44 (0)161 275 5000 (option 4).

50 51 Hold luggage checklist: Your journey • Photocopies of important documents including all those you used to obtain your visa (you should also leave a copy with your friends or family). to Manchester • Some warm clothing and comfortable shoes along with your normal range of clothing. • If you are bringing any sharp objects (e.g. razor blades or tweezers) these must be in your hold luggage, not hand luggage. Planning what to bring We advise you not to travel with a lot of luggage as it can be cheaper to buy things in the UK. Pay • Your Arrival Guide and any other information sent to you from the University. careful attention to your luggage allowance as charges for excessive baggage and unaccompanied freight can be expensive. When you have finished packing remember to check that you are able to carry the luggage yourself, as you will need to do this during your journey. Label your luggage We don’t recommend you bring: clearly with your name, your home address and the address of the place you are going to live in Manchester. • Cooking utensils, bedding and other large household items which can be purchased cheaply in the UK in larger supermarkets. Bedding packs for University halls of residence can be Hand luggage checklist: purchased online at www.accommodation.manchester.ac.uk/before-you-arrive • Valid Passport, with visa/UK entry clearance, or for EEA citizens a valid passport or • If you are planning on bringing any food with you, check the HM Revenue and Customs national identity card list of banned and restricted goods to check if you will able to bring it into the UK www.hmrc.gov.uk/customs/banned-restricted.htm#2 • All the documents you used to obtain your Tier 4 visa including original documents to prove financial support for tuition fees and maintenance and a print out of your CAS e-mail. You should also include your TB screening certificate, if one was required to obtain your visa. On arrival, you will be interviewed and you will See page 13 for more information. Travelling to Manchester from overseas be asked about your reasons for coming to the UK to establish that you are a genuine student • If you are eligible to apply for immigration permission on arrival, you should include the offer Manchester is one of the UK’s major and that you intend to leave the UK upon the letter from your School and evidence that you can support yourself and pay (or have paid) destinations and has excellent travel completion of your studies. You should be able your tuition fees. connections with many airlines offering direct to explain your study plans clearly without flights. Where possible, we recommend flying having to use an interpreter. If you experience • Your travel insurance details. It is advisable to take out travel insurance to cover your journey directly to Manchester Airport. and first two weeks in Manchester. problems at immigration control, contact the International Advice Team (page 65) as soon as What to expect at the airport or • Details of your destination in Manchester including address and telephone number. possible. any other arrival port • At least two spare passport-size photographs. If you obtained your visa before travelling The Immigration Officer will date stamp your to the UK, you need to be able to show the passport to confirm that you meet the • Warm clothing - a pullover or a jacket. Immigration Officer all the documents you immigration requirements to study in the UK. submitted in your visa application. You should • Laptop (if you are bringing one). If you are unclear about anything that you ensure that you have these documents in have been told by an Immigration Officer or your hand luggage, ready to show the • At least £200 in cash for your journey, and for your immediate living expenses on arrival. that has been stamped in your passport, Immigration Officer. please contact the International Advice Team • Additional money in the form of traveller’s cheques which are more secure than cash. (page 65). - at least £400 if you will be living in University accommodation If you are eligible to apply for a visa on arriving in the UK, you must provide the - at least £1,000 if you will be living in private accommodation to cover the deposit Keep your boarding card and ticket as you will Immigration Officer with a copy of your offer (which could be up to two month’s rent) and the first month’s rent need to provide details of how and when you letter and any other acceptance douments travelled to the UK when you apply for If you have a University scholarship or studentship, you should check with your School to from your School, as well as evidence that you immigration permission in future. find out when your stipend will be paid so that you can ensure to bring enough money can support yourself and pay (or have paid) to last until that point. your tuition fees. Please be aware that there are no porters • If you are arriving by air and need to carry liquids in your hand luggage available at airports, other arrival ports, or at (such as essential medication or baby milk) please read and comply with the UK’s University Halls, so you must be prepared to hand luggage rules: carry your own luggage. www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Publictransport/AirtravelintheUK/DG_078179

52 53 Travelling from Manchester airport to Travelling to Manchester your accommodation from within the UK Between 11 and 16 September you may be If you are arriving from your home country into able to use our free Airport Collection Service another UK airport, we recommend you take a to travel to University accommodation. See connecting flight to Manchester Airport and page 47 for further details. To use the Service, follow the instructions above. look out for our ‘Purple People’ student helpers who will be wearing purple T-shirts If you arrived in the UK early, for example with The University of Manchester logo who to spend time travelling before you arrive can direct you to the airport bus station. in Manchester, you may wish to travel to Manchester from within the UK by train or If you arrive at Manchester airport outside coach. You can find train times and book the period of the Airport Collection Service, tickets online at www.nationalrail.co.uk it is easiest to take a taxi from the airport to or telephone +44 (0)8457 48 49 50 for your accommodation. The fare should cost 24-hour Passenger Rail Information Service. approximately £25. It may be cheaper to travel by coach, but the journey is likely to be significantly longer. Alternatively you can take a train from the Two companies that offer coach travel in airport to Manchester Piccadilly railway station the UK are www.megabus.com and in the city centre, or Manchester Oxford Road www.nationalexpress.com . Information on railway station which is the nearest to the transport in the London area is available from main university campus. The cost of a single www.tfl.gov.uk . Once you have arrived at ticket is around £3.20. The cost of a taxi from the train or coach station in Manchester a taxi Piccadilly station to your accommodation to any University accommodation should be should be around than £15. around £15. You can also take the number 43 public bus If you have a serious problem when you directly from the airport bus station to the arrive, outside UK office hours (which are University and city centre for less than £3. 9am – 5pm), please contact the emergency This bus travels through the , freephone number +44 (0) 800 838 907 . Withington, Fallowfield and Rusholme areas of Manchester, close to many of the major accommodation sites.

After an 11 hour flight I was exhausted. But then I got talking to a couple of Purple People (student ambassadors) and it helped me to forget my troubles. D‘‘on’t be afraid to ask for help. Pranav

ternational ester.ac.uk/in ’’ www.manch 54 55 Staying in contact

Telephone Landline telephones Mobile phones (cell phones) Landline telephone connections are provided International phone calls can be very expensive by a variety of companies, online comparison from a mobile in the UK so we advise you to services such as compare the deals available from different www.comparethemarket.com can help networks to find one that suits you. Online you find the best deals, some of which may comparison websites such as include free calls at certain times of day or www.moneysupermarket.com/mobile- reduced price calls to favourite numbers. phones could be useful. Some popular Depending on the telephone company, networks are 3, Vodaphone, O2, Orange, T- telephone calls to British numbers are usually Mobile and Virgin. less costly or even free at the weekends and between 7pm and 7am on weekdays. Some Networks such as Lebara specialise in companies may offer reduced price calls to international calls, but it is still important to other countries at certain times of day. check the costs of the countries you wish to call. Shops such as Carphone Warehouse and Telephone numbers for businesses and services Phones4U stock phones on a variety of are listed on online directory enquiry websites networks. such as www.yell.com and www.118500.com . There are two types of mobile phone usually available in Britain: Direct dialling overseas To dial overseas you will need to dial in • ‘Pay As You Go’ - you pay a fixed rate for sequence: the handset and SIM card and then pay for 00 + Country code + Area code (minus initial calls as you make them. You will need to “0” or “9”) + Local number. top-up your mobile with extra money which can be done from most cash points. Country codes and area codes are listed This means you can keep control of your in telephone directories or on the website for spending more easily although calls can be International Directory Enquiries more expensive. www.bt.com/international-guide . • ‘Contract’ or ’pay monthly’ – you pay a It is possible to transfer the cost of a phone monthly charge for a set amount of call so that the person you are ringing pays; minutes, texts and internet data allowance. dial 155 for the UK International Operator or It’s easy to call home with Skype and many of my You can get contracts that come with a 100 for the UK operator and ask for a reversed handset or with just a sim card to put in charge call. The person you are calling will be friends have specific SIM cards so it’s really cheap to your own handset. Calls that are not asked if they accept the charge. It can often included in your monthly package can be call home. be a more expensive phone call. expensive, so check whether calls overseas are included. The amount you spend on Heather Phone cards your phone is debited from your bank ‘‘ Many companies produce phone cards offering account every month. The contract periods cheap phone calls to overseas countries. These are usually for a minimum of 12 months can be purchased online or in newsagents. and it can sometimes be hard for Ensure you check the cost of the calls to the Rebtel.com is a really useful way of staying in international students to get contract countries you wish to phone. ’’ phones. If you have problems please go to touch with friends and family back home in China. the Student Services Centre for further advice (page 68). Yuchuan ternational ester.ac.uk/in ‘‘ www.manch

56 ’’ 57 Online Postal services The internet provides a variety of inexpensive, Mail within the UK can be sent either first or and often free, options for keeping in touch second class. First class mail is generally Travel in Manchester with people across the globe. delivered the following day, second class can take longer. The cost varies according to the Buses card costs £28 and offers a discount of a third Email size and weight of the envelope. You can buy Several bus companies operate services within off the price of Standard Class rail travel. As a student you will be given free access to stamps from the post office, supermarket or Manchester and the surrounding areas Railcards can be purchased at major train web and email once you register. You can also newsagents. Mail can be posted at the Post including Stagecoach, and stations or online at www.16-25railcard.co.uk . access email and the internet, for a fee, at Office or in the red post boxes on many streets Finglands. Bus timetables can be accessed internet cafés around the city. and in some supermarkets. For the full range online at www.tfgm.com . Daily or weekly Taxis of postal services available see tickets can be purchased on the bus and are Taxis are a relatively expensive but convenient VoIP www.postoffice.co.uk/letters-parcels cheaper if you will be making several journeys. and safe way to travel. Before you make a VoIP services allow you to make free phone Many student purchase the Stagecoach annual journey by taxi, you should ask the driver for calls over the internet to other VoIP users and Most Post Offices are open from student bus pass which can be bought online the likely cost of your journey and ensure that sometimes low cost calls to landline and 9am - 5.30pm Monday to Friday, and at www.buymyunirider.com , or in person at you have enough cash with you. You can stop mobile phones. You will need to use a 9am - 12.30pm on Saturday, although some the reception in the Students’ Union. a black cab in the street, but a private hire cab, computer with a microphone. Popular VoIP small offices may have more limited hours. which looks like a normal car, must be pre- services include Skype ( www.skype.com ) and Cycling booked in advance. VoIPtalk ( www.voiptalk.org ). The Post Office nearest to campus is Cycling is a quick and convenient way to get Park, Unit 11, around the city. Some roads near the campus Tram Social media Hathersage Road, have cycle lanes, although these are often The Metrolink tram system links Bury (north of Social media sites, especially Facebook and Manchester M13 0EJ. shared by buses. Bike theft is common, but Manchester), Altrincham (south of Manchester), Twitter, are very popular in the UK and many You can find your nearest branch online at: you can easily deter thieves by buying an and to the City Centre. The tram also student societies use Facebook to www.postoffice.co.uk/branch-finder inexpensive bike and securing it with a sturdy runs through the city centre linking Piccadilly communicate with their members. You can set D-lock to bike stands, rather than lamp posts Railway Station, Piccadilly Bus Station, Shudehill up a free account at www.facebook.com The Post Office offers a variety of additional or railings. There are plenty of places to lock Bus Station and Manchester Victoria Railway and www.twitter.com . services including currency exchange with no your bike on campus and at accommodation Station. The service is frequent and you can find commission, electronic transfer of money, sites. It is compulsory to have lights if you will timetables online at www.metrolink.co.uk or Instant messaging postal orders and oversees money orders and be cycling after dark and you should wear a telephone +44 (0)161 205 2000 . Buy tickets Instant messaging enables you to have a text Girobank which allows you to pay some bills helmet. For more information see: from a machine on the Metrolink platform before conversation with other instant messaging (such as telephone, water, gas or electricity) www.direct.gov.uk/ en/TravelAnd - boarding the tram. More information is users across the world. Other services, such as through the Post Office even if you do not Transport/Cycling/index.htm www.bicycle - available online at www.tfgm.com . Facebook and Skype, provide instant have an account with them. See doctor.co.uk/faq_stolen.html messaging functions or you can download www.postoffice.co.uk for further details. Driving in the UK Microsoft’s free Windows Live Messenger Trains Manchester is a very convenient city to get software from explore.live.com/messenger . National and local train services are available around without a car or motorbike and very in the City Centre from Piccadilly, Victoria and few British students bring cars to Manchester. Oxford Road railway stations. Check which Fuel, insurance, licensing and tax are all station your journey will begin or end at. A 24- expensive in the UK, as are the costs of any hour Passenger Information Service is available repairs. Parking spaces are limited and expensive, by telephoning +44 (0)8457 484950 or on the especially around the University campus. internet at www.nationalrail.co.uk , which A bike is really good for saving money. I’ve never had offers advice on travel and timetables and Before buying a car check the regulations first; allows you to book tickets online. Tickets must the penalties are severe, and can affect your visa to buy a bus pass so I’ve saved a lot. Plus Manchester is usually be purchased before boarding the status, if you are caught driving without a train; most stations have an enquiry office or licence, insurance, MOT or tax. Never drive after really flat so it’s a very quick way to get around. machine which sells tickets. Fares may be drinking alcohol. For more information see: cheaper if booked in advance. www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/info_sheets/ Alexandra driving.php and www.direct.gov.uk/ ‘‘ Railcards en/Motoring/index.htm . You are eligible to buy a Young Persons Railcard if you are over 16 and under 25 years If you are thinking of buying a car, or bringing old, or if you are over 26 and in full-time your own car into the UK, contact the Students’ education (at least 15 hours a week for more Union Advice Centre (page 68), for information ’’ and advice before making a purchase. than 20 weeks a year) at a UK institution. The

58 59 Police Registration Opening a Bank Account If you are required to register with the police, You will need to take with you to the office: your visa sticker or biometric residence permit • £34 (in cash) for each person over the You should open a bank account as soon as possible after you arrive. Do not will include this requirement or your passport age of 16 leave large amounts of cash or travellers’ cheques in your room even if the will have been stamped accordingly and you • Your passport should register within seven days of your door is locked. Unless you are paying your fees in full in advance (including arrival. If you do not have an endorsement in • A passport sized photograph exchange programmes), or are a sponsored student, you will need to have a your passport or biometric residence permit • Your original offer letter from the University bank account opened before you can register as a student at the University. you do not need to register. or a confirmation of attendance letter from the Student Services Centre If you are arriving between 11 and 21 September Types of account Opening a bank account At the office you will be asked to fill in an you will register as part of Orientation (see page Current Account The main banks on campus are Barclays, application form, including your full address 47) .You will be sent further details of how to This is the basic account which you use HSBC, LloydsTSB, NatWest and the Royal Bank in Manchester. You will be issued with a police register with the police in the Orientation guide. for your day-to-day purchases and deposits. of Scotland. Banks are normally open daily registration certificate which you should carry This type of account normally comes with a between 9.30am and 3.30pm Monday to with you at all times. If you arrive outside of the September cashcard, with which you can take money Friday. Some of the major branches open for Orientation please contact the International from cashpoints (ATMs) up to a daily maximum longer hours and on Saturday mornings. See Visitor Registration Office directly to complete You must inform the police within seven days limit. Some student bank account offers are each bank’s website for further details. registration. Include your name as it appears on if you: only for UK students so check the terms and your passport and date of brith in all your emails. • change your UK address conditions. Some banks also offer Shariah Barclays www.barclays.co.uk • extend or change your immigration compliant accounts, for example HSBC and International Visitors Registration Office permission LloydsTSB. HSBC www.hsbc.co.uk (IVRO, Map 3) • change your place of study A current account allows you to set up a Greater Manchester Police Lloyds/TSB www.lloydstsb.com There is no charge for these updates, and you Direct Debit (a regular payment from your Bootle Street, Manchester M2 5GU can do them at any police station. account) for example to pay your tuition +44 (0)161 856 3320/ 3317 and accommodation fees. NatWest www.natwest.com [email protected] Please call before 12 noon Consider choosing an account or a bank Royal Bank of Scotland www.rbs.co.uk Opening hours: that issues monthly paper bank statements. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: Online statements cannot not be used to Barclays offers two types of account which can 8:30am - 12 noon and 1pm - 4pm support an immigration application, and the be partly opened before you arrive in the UK. Wednesday: 8:30am - 12 noon bank may not be able to provide any further For more information see: proof of your transactions. Keep and file your www.barclays.com/studentandfamily bank statements. Obtaining reprints can take Chinese version time and/or incur a fee. www.barclays.com/studentandfamily/ indexcn.htm Savings Account Orientation was one of the best times in my first year. It is a good idea to open a savings account if you intend to deposit a lot of your money in There are so many great things happening that you’ll an account which isn’t used regularly as you will receive a higher interest payment from the want to try them all. And you should! I made most of my bank. The money may not be as accessible and friends during Orientation and when I look back I’m glad you should check carefully the method for moving or withdrawing your money. Please I‘ i‘ntroduced myself to every other person I met. note you will not be able to set up a Direct Debit from a savings account. Pranav

60 ’’ 61 Accounts with other banks must be opened in Other information about person. You will need to take the following banking and payment documents with you when you open an Registering with account: methods • Your passport Debit cards If your account comes with a Visa Debit • Proof of your home address overseas healthcare services (www.visa.co.uk ) or Maestro card on a University document; either your offer (www.maestrocard.com ), this can be used to letter or a bank letter from the Student pay instead of cash in most shops. Solo cards Registering with a GP (doctor) If you are not registered with a dentist, free Services Centre (www.solocard.co.uk ) work in the same way If you are eligible for free healthcare on the treatment for emergency dental problems is • Proof of your term-time address in but are not as widely accepted. As long as you National Health Service (NHS) (see page 46) available from the University Dental Hospital. Manchester for example your accommodation have sufficient funds, the money is transferred you must register with a local doctor (General To make an appointment visit the Dental contract or tenancy agreement, or a bank directly from your account. Many students Practitioner or ‘GP’) to access NHS services. Hospital (map 2, 41) from 7.30am Monday to letter from the Student Services Centre choose to use debit cards, rather than credit Lists of GPs are available from Student Friday or call the Emergency Dental Hotline on If you have trouble opening a bank account cards, as it is easier to keep track of your spending. Occupational Health and the International 0845 6018529. Please be prepared that there you should contact the Student Services Advice Team or you can find your local GP may be a queue. Centre (page 68) for advice. Credit cards online at: If you use a credit card the money is not www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ Opticians You should allow at least two weeks for a automatically debited from your account, ServiceSearch.aspx . There are several opticians in Manchester bank account to be set up fully and for you to instead you receive a bill at the end of the which you can choose to see whenever be able to access the money in the account, month to cover what you have spent. If you There may be an opportunity to register with required. You do not need to register with a however you should be given your account have a Visa or Mastercard credit card from a GP at your hall of residence or on campus particular optician. There is an optician in the number and sort code (which you need to set your own country, you will be able to use during Welcome Week or you can visit the Students’ Union and branches of popular up a Direct Debit) within a few days. it at most shops and restaurants in the UK. practice with proof of your address in chains, such as Boots and Specsavers in the American Express is accepted in some shops Manchester to register. Once you have city centre. Students studying for less and restaurants. registered you will receive a National Health Card within a few weeks which you should There is generally a charge for eye tests as than six months You are only likely to be able to get a credit take with you when you use NHS services. well as glasses and contact lenses. If you are If you are in the UK for less than one year, it card if you will be staying in the UK for at on a low income you may be able to receive may not be possible for you to open a bank least 12 months. Ensure you read the terms If you are taken ill and have not registered help toward the cost of optical treatment. account. Make sure you contact your bank and conditions carefully before using a credit with a GP yet, you can go to the Primary You should collect a HC1 form either from a before you come to the UK, so you can access card as there may be very high rates of Care Emergency Centre (Walk in Centre) pharmacy or from the Student Services Centre your money while you’re here. If you have interests if you do not pay back everything at Manchester Royal Infirmary (map 2). (page 68) difficulty please contact the Student Services you have spent at the end of the month. Open 10am -10pm +44 (0)161 276 1234. Centre (page 68). You may find it best to use Online comparison websites such as For more information about healthcare in the cashpoints (ATMs) and draw from a bank www.bankcardfinder.com and Dentistry UK see page 46. account you have in your home country or www.moneysupermarket.com can help You will need to register with a dentist bring traveller’s cheques to cover the duration you find the best deals. separately from registering with a GP. There is of your time in the UK. a charge for all adult dental treatment in the Store cards UK but if you are eligible for NHS healthcare Many department stores and some clothing (see page 46) you can register with an NHS shops offer a store card account. Store cards dentist for subsidised treatment. You can find usually work like credit cards but offer you your nearest NHS dentist online at special discounts in the store. These often www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/Pages/ have very high interest rates if you do not ServiceSearch.aspx . pay back everything you have spent at the end of the month. If you are on a low income you may be able to receive help towards the cost of dental treatment. You should collect a HC1 form either from a pharmacy or from the Student Services Centre (page 68).

62 63 The DSO provides support for approximately The International Society, based within the 5000 disabled staff and students in the University campus, is a thriving centre for Making the most University including those with specific international students in the Manchester area. learning difficulties (such as dyslexia), mental Members of the Society total over 7,000 and health difficulties and medical conditions. We come from more than 150 countries. The of University strongly advise you to let the University know Society is a great place to make friends and if you do have a disability so that we can contacts during your time in Manchester. identify if support can be provided. If you One of the great attractions of The University of Manchester is the scale and require a significant amount of support, for Each semester there is a varied programme of quality of our facilities, and our support services, that are dedicated to ensuring example if you have personal care needs, it is social and cultural activities as well as day and essential that you discuss this with the DSO overnight visits during the whole year to many that there is always someone who can help you. before coming to Manchester. Initial enquiries places of interest. These provide a good can be made over the telephone or by email, opportunity for you to see many parts of or you can make an appointment to see a Britain during your stay. disability advisor to talk things through in A full timetable of informal classes runs each person. All enquiries are treated confidentially. Careers service Counselling service term including English classes, from beginners FoodOnCampus to advanced, as well as other languages and Crawford House on Crawford House (5th Floor) (map 2, 31) activities from around the world. A Families Booth Street East (map 2, 31) Group meets each week giving the opportunity www.manchester.ac.uk/foodoncampus tel +44 (0)161 275 2864 for students, or the partners of students, and For careers information and to book email [email protected] FoodOnCampus operate a variety of restaurants their children to socialise together, go on trips to see someone, tel +44 (0)161 275 2829 www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/ and cafés in convenient locations across campus to local places of interest and have guest Other enquiries +44 (0)161 275 2828 counselling serving a delicious selection of drinks, snacks, speakers such as health visitors. In addition, the www.manchester.ac.uk/careers sandwiches, soups and hot meals. Wherever Society organises a Hospitality Scheme to link The University Counselling Service provides possible Halal, vegetarian, vegan, international international students with local people and The Careers Service has a large team of free, individual and confidential help to all and fairtrade options are available. holds three receptions each year where hosts specialists who can help you to make the most students and staff facing difficulties that are and students can meet socially. The Society has of your time in the UK, understand what affecting their personal wellbeing or ability to International advice team its own café which provides a wide employers look for, and further your career study or work. Common reasons for seeking international menu. (All food is Halal). plans. The Careers Service website has Student Services Centre, help include low motivation, poor Burlington Street (map 2, 57) IT services hundreds of job opportunities including concentration, feelings of anxiety, conflict, graduate jobs, part-time and casual work, as uncertainty or isolation, and low mood. tel +44 (0)161 275 5000 (select option 1) www.manchester.ac.uk/its well as volunteering opportunities. The Careers Students also seek help with family and fax +44(0) 161 275 7860 All students at the University are provided with Service provides personalised appointments relationship difficulties, and problems adjusting email [email protected] access to the internet on campus and an email with careers advisors, a job application to a different culture. As well as seeing www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/cruci account which can be accessed on or off checking service and practice interviews, as students individually, the Counselling Service al-guide/academic-life/immigration campus. University email accounts offer instant well as regular opportunities to meet graduate offers a range of groups and workshops messaging, mobile phone compatibility and recruiters on campus at careers fairs, skills including managing anxiety, managing The International Advice Team provides 25GB of online storage. workshops and presentations, with some academic pressures, managing low mood, events specifically tailored to international information and gives advice and guidance to managing procrastination, and improving all international (including EEA) students with There are more than 3700 computers on students. They also run volunteering and confidence and assertiveness. campus, including large clusters for all students mentoring programmes including a career any problems, and are an authorised provider of immigration advice under the Immigration and School and Faculty-specific clusters. Most management skills module and the Manchester The service also offers a range of self-help tools Services Commissioner’s exemption scheme. clusters provide printing and scanning faculties Leadership Programme, which undergraduates on their website, including information and You can telephone or call into the Student and some are open 24 hours a day, seven days can take as part of their degree. Find out more advice, online programmes and audio files. Services Centre to make an appointment to week. The University is in the process of at www.careers.manchester.ac.uk/students/ To make confidential enquiries or an initial see an advisor. providing wireless access across the whole employable appointment, call between 9am and 4pm campus with key student areas already covered. Monday - Friday. International society The Careers Service provides dedicated support Most courses will include an element of online for international students at Disability support office (DSO) William Kay House, 327 Oxford Road learning, with access to course materials, www.manchester.ac.uk/careers/ interactive learning activities and communication 2nd Floor, University Place (map 2, 37) (map 2, 69) international as well as a weekly blog tools for keeping in touch with staff and students. www.manchesterinternationalcareers.word tel +44 (0)161 275 4959 press.com , online networks and a Facebook tel +44 (0)161 275 7512 fax +44 (0)161 275 7696 The Hornet internet service is available free of group. There are also international mentors fax +44 (0)161 275 7018 email [email protected] charge in nearly all of Manchester’s halls of available on the Manchester Gold mentoring email [email protected] www.internationalsociety.org.uk residence. For more information see programme. www.manchester.ac.uk/dso http://hornet.manchester.ac.uk 64 65 IT support can be accessed online, via the Legal advice centre travel packs for course related field work, the You can also get involved with volunteering telephone, or at face-to-face service desks in service can provide advice on issues such as through the Sports Volunteer Scheme, giving The John Rylands University Library. University Precinct Centre (map 2, 30) sexual health, alcohol, drugs and you the opportunity to gain valuable work contraception. They also undertake health experience, develop leadership skills and give Language centre tel +44 (0)161 306 1264 surveillance where required by legislation and back to the local community. email [email protected] www.langcent.manchester.ac.uk can provide medical certification for a range of www.law.manchester.ac.uk non-course related activities. Advice may be If you are competing at a regional or national The University Language Centre provides part- available in emergency situations, such as if level in your sport, you could be eligible for time English courses for non-native speakers as you are taken suddenly ill on campus or during support and funding through one of our The Legal Advice Centre is a free and SPORT Manchester Scholarship schemes. well as the opportunity to learn a variety of confidential service run by the Law School and examinations. other languages. Courses are offered free of its students during term time which can Students may be seen following Faculty or If you prefer to play or exercise in your own charge on a credit-rated basis (20 UK/10 EU provide legal advice on a wide range of time, then as a student you will be entitled to credits), or you may pay to take classes School referral, self-referral or, where matters, including tenancy disputes. necessary, for health surveillance required discounted fees and memberships at many without receiving credit. Classes cost University sports facilities. approximately £300 including assessment. Library under legislation or screening due to course requirements. Referral may also be made by For more information visit our website You may wish or be asked to take an English Burlington Street (map 2, 55) other support services. www.sport.manchester.ac.uk test shortly after starting your academic programme. The results will only be used to www.manchester.ac.uk/library This is a confidential and specialised service. It If you have got any sport-related questions indicate to your tutors where you may need is not a GP service and all students should then why not join our Facebook page English language support. Your tutors may The University Library is one of the best- register with a local NHS GP. See page 63. www.facebook.com/sport.manchester or resourced academic libraries in the country, recommend that you attend part-time Sports and fitness follow us on Twitter @SportManchester . in-sessional English classes, which are free to providing the largest collection of electronic registered international students. More resources in the UK as well as holding more The University of Manchester than 4 million printed books and manuscripts. Head Office, William Kay House information about the support services provided (map 2, 69) Students’ Union by the ULC can be found on their website at There is a Main Library plus eight smaller, www.ulc.manchester.ac.uk/english/ subject-specific site libraries spread across 333 Oxford Road tel 0161 275 6991 Steve Biko building (map 2, 68) academicsupport . campus. Our special collections are held in the www.sport.manchester.ac.uk world-renowned John Rylands Library in the tel +44 (0)161 275 2930 For information on pre-sessional language city centre where there are regular events and Sport and fitness is very much a part of student www.umsu.manchester.ac.uk classes, see page 16. life at the University. With numerous sports exhibitions for you to enjoy. The Students’ Union (UMSU) is an organisation clubs, fitness programmes and excellent facilities dedicated to representing students, and Alan Gilbert We are constantly updating our facilities to on offer, it is the perfect chance to compete in meeting their social, educational and welfare Learning Commons meet the changing needs of our students; in your favourite sport – or try something new. some of our libraries we have created a range needs. The Union represents students at all levels of the University and actively aims to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= of learning and social spaces including group Here are some of the programmes available improve student life. GqGnC41Wobs study rooms and laptop zones. to you: There are specialist staff to provide training, • Athletic Union – More than 40 sport clubs Officers are elected from the student body. The University’s Learning Commons offers you help and support for your subject area, as well cater for all levels, from beginners to elite As a student you will automatically become a a flexible, ultra-modern and stimulating space as dedicated accessible equipment facilities. athletes; most compete on Wednesday member of UMSU and of the NUS (National in which to learn and relax. afternoons in the British Universities and Union of Students). This allows you to Occupational health Colleges Sport (BUCS) leagues participate in free activities run by the Union Centrally located and open 24/7, the Learning for students and gives you a discount in some shops and on Commons includes over 1000 study spaces, • Campus Sport – Play recreational sport with public transport. around 400 computers and wifi access Waterloo Place, friends in a series of leagues designed with throughout. There are facilities for group 184 Oxford Road (map 2, 38) the emphasis on having fun and feeling part The Students’ Union building is the hub of and independent study, IT-led study or simply of campus life. student activities and includes shops, a free, quiet time. 9am – 4pm (weekdays) confidential and independent advice service Tel +44 (0)161 275 2858 • Hall Sport – A free timetable of fun sports (see 68), concert venues, a café and a bar. It is The building is environmentally sustainable, for students living in our halls of residence. home to the University’s own newspaper and with features such as day lighting sensors to The service offers advice about students’ radio station as well as more than 200 make the best use of natural light and solar fitness to undertake courses and any • Fitness Manchester – Keep fit and healthy with our extensive health, fitness and societies including many international societies. cells to generate electricity. appropriate adjustments that may be required, The Union also gets involved in local and as well as screening and vaccinations where wellbeing programme, with dance classes, The £25 million building has been designed national campaigns. necessary for certain courses, for example boot camp, holistic therapies, campus walks, specifically to meet the needs of the 21st medical students. As well as providing jogs and much more. century student, in consultation with the comprehensive travel advice, vaccinations, and Students’ Union.

66 67 Student guidance service information tailored to the needs of students at The University of Manchester. The service is 1st floor University Place (map 2, 37) comprehensive, covering all areas of welfare Extending your advice from funding to housing and tel +44 (0)161 275 3033 specialising in academic appeals and email [email protected] disciplinary issues. Elected student officers, stay in the UK www.manchester.ac.uk/sgs who can also be accessed through the Service www.facebook.com/sgsmanchester provide representation within the University. www.twitter.com/sgsmanchester The endorsement in your passport or Biometric Working in the UK after You can book an appointment, or just drop-in. Residence Permit (BRP) will show how long you The Student Guidance Service is a confidential your studies can stay in the country. If you stay in the UK service providing information and advice on Study abroad unit after your immigration permission has expired, any matter relating to your academic life. you run the risk of being deported and banned EEA/Swiss students There is a team of advisors, some of whom are Rutherford Building (map 2,45) from returning to the UK for at least 1 year. The same conditions apply to EEA and Swiss members of the academic staff in the tel +44 161 275 8021/8262 students whether they are working while they University, who can offer you individual fax +44 (0)161 275 2058 If you need an extension, you can apply in the are studying or whether they are working after consultations to discuss any concerns affecting email [email protected] UK or in your home country. they have graduated. Please see page xx for academic progress. You are welcome to drop www.manchester.ac.uk/international/ more information. in or telephone to make an appointment. studyabroadandexchanges To apply in the UK, you must send your Student services centre application to the UK Border Agency (UKBA) All other The Study Abroad Unit is responsible for all at least one month before your immigration international students undergraduate Erasmus, Exchange and Study South campus: Burlington St (map 2, 57) permission expires. If you apply after your If you are from outside the EEA/Switzerland Abroad students joining the University for a North campus: Joule Library, Sackville immigration permission has expired and the you must apply to the UK Border Agency for semester or year of study as well providing the Street Building (map 2, 1) UKBA refuses your application, you cannot permission to work. The immigration opportunity to spend a year or a semester appeal against this decision and you must permission must be endorsed in your passport abroad as part of your Manchester degree Open from 10am-4pm, Monday – Friday leave the UK immediately. or on your Identity Card for Foreign Nationals within Europe and beyond. The Study Abroad tel +44 (0)161 275 5000 before you can start working in a full-time, library has a wealth of information and advice email [email protected] It often takes several weeks to prepare all the permanent post. Similarly, you need to apply and you can book an appointment with a www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/ necessary supporting documents required by for and be granted the relevant immigration Study Abroad Advisor for further information. crucial-guide/financial-life UKBA so make sure that you begin the process permission if you are planning to set up your The Student Services Centre is a central point Non-University at least two months before your immigration own business or engage in self employment. permission expires. for information and advice for all students. The support services Centre provides help with a huge range of If you are planning to work in the UK you may To apply outside of the UK, you should issues including examinations, certificates, The UK Council for International Student be eligible to apply for immigration permission check the visa application process for your transcripts, sources of funding, fees payment, Affairs(UKCISA) under a Tier 2 visa. Please look at the country on the UKBA website. This will tell you registration and more. If you need any advice UKCISA is an independent, charitable information on the International Advice Team, where you can make your application, and will with any of the practical matters of University organisation which provides advice and the Careers Service or the UKCISA websites as give you links to your options for applying: life or just don’t know where to go for further information to international students studying soon as possible about the options for www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/countries information, you should contact the Student in the UK. They have a wealth of information obtaining a work visa in the UK, so that you Services Centre. about all aspects of life and study in the UK on can plan ahead. The Careers Service also If you are completing a paper application, their website at www.ukcisa.org.uk . organises a number of workshops throughout Students' Union you will need form VAF9 and Appendix 8, the year on working visas and what it means which you can download here: to be employable in the UK (including the advice service The British Council www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ skills, experience and personal qualities Steve Biko Building (map 2, 68) The British Council connects people worldwide visas-immigration/studying/ required and how this may differ with learning opportunities and creative ideas adult-students/apply-outside-uk internationally). Open: 9.30am-4.30pm weekdays including from the UK and builds lasting relationships vacations between the UK and other countries. The For up to date information on making an To stay in touch with the latest UK and tel +44 (0)161 275 2930 British Council has offices throughout the application to extend your visa in the UK or international job opportunities and to keep email [email protected] world, where you can seek advice about overseas, please visit: up to date with immigration news please see www.umsu.manchester.ac.uk/advice coming to study in the UK. For more www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/ the Careers Service website at: information email crucial-guide/academic-life/ The Advice Service is based on the ground www.manchester.ac.uk/careers [email protected] or visit immigration/applying-from-the-uk and the section specifically for international floor of the Students' Union building on www.britishcouncil.org Oxford Road. Full-time advisors provide students at: independent and confidential advice and www.manchester.ac.uk/careers/ international

68 69 Directory Useful University contact information Accommodation Office Study Abroad Unit tel +44 (0)161 275 2888 (including Erasmus) fax +44 (0)161 275 3213 tel +44 (0)161 275 8021 email [email protected] fax +44 (0)161 275 2058 www.manchester.ac.uk/accommodation email [email protected] Careers Service Other useful addresses tel +44 (0)161 275 2828 British Council (Manchester) email [email protected] tel +44 (0)161 957 7755 www.manchester.ac.uk/careers email [email protected] Counselling Service www.britishcouncil.org tel +44 (0)161 275 2864 International Society email [email protected] tel +44 (0)161 275 4959 www.manchester.ac.uk/counselling fax +44 (0)161 275 7696 International Office email [email protected] The Rutherford Building www.internationalsociety.org.uk The University of Manchester Home Office/ Border Agency Oxford Road tel +44 (0)870 606 7766 Manchester, M13 9PL text phone +44 (0)800 38 98 289 tel +44 (0)161 275 2196 email [email protected] fax +44 (0)161 275 2058 www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk email [email protected] Public Enquiry Office www.manchester.ac.uk/international tel +44 (0)870 606 7766 Disability Support Office Liverpool Public Enquiry Office tel +44 (0)161 275 7512, text +44 (0)789 9658 790 (appointment only) email [email protected] tel +44 (0)870 606 7766 www.manchester.ac.uk/dso International Visitor Registration Office, English Language Courses Greater Manchester Police tel +44 (0)161 306 3397 tel +44 (0)161 856 3317/3320 fax +44 (0)161 306 3396 (please call before 12 noon) email [email protected] www.langcent.manchester.ac.uk Useful external weblinks International Advice Team (Address and telephone numbers please see General Student Services Centre below) email [email protected] British Council www.britishcouncil.org Manchester Student Homes tel +44 (0)161 275 7680 Currency Converter fax +44 (0)161 275 7684 www.xe.com email [email protected] UKCISA: guidance notes on all aspects of being an www.manchesterstudenthomes.com international student Student Guidance Service www.ukcisa.org.uk There are loads of opportunities. Schemes like the tel +44 (0)161 275 3033 www.ukcisa.org.uk/student/index.php email [email protected] Visas and immigration Manchester Leadership Programme, Leading Peer www.manchester.ac.uk/sgs www.ukvisas.gov.uk Assisted Study Sessions and Study Abroad are run really Student Occupational Health Immigration Advisory Service: independent, free tel +44 (0)161 275 2858 advice service well and great for getting graduate jobs. Student Services Centre www.iasservices.org.uk ‘‘ tel +44 (0)161 275 5000 English language requirements Alexandra fax (Burlington Street) +44 (0)161 275 7860 British Council - Learning English in your country fax (Sackville Street) +44 (0)161 275 7100 www.learnenglish.britishcouncil.org email [email protected] IELTS ’’ www.manchester.ac.uk/ssc www.ielts.org 70 71 Map 1 Accommodation

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