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Have you registered yet? Turn to page 6 to find out how. Contents Welcome to Manchester Welcome to Manchester 1 Congratulations: you’ve been accepted as And look out for “If only I’d known…” boxes, Diary dates 2 a postgraduate student at The University of containing the sighed wishes of current Manchester Manchester! Well done on all your hard work to students on things they would loved to have known Checklist 1: Before you arrive 3 date – and a warm welcome to your new role before coming to Uni – so that you will know and can benefit accordingly. Checklist 2: Welcome Week 13 within higher education, and to Manchester, if this is the first time you’re studying with us. Crucial guide to student life 29 Distance learners With our proud tradition of academic excellence, Good to know 50 If you are starting your studies but won’t be outstanding opportunities to boost your career physically located in Manchester, take a look at our The small print 52 prospects and personal development, and one of dedicated advice and guidance for distance learners the world’s most exciting cities on our doorstep, on The Crucial Guide Live: Campus map 54 we’re confident that you’ve made the right www.studentnet.manchester.ac.uk/crucial-guide decision in choosing The Accommodation map 56 – and we look forward to you becoming part of our thriving community. International students Coming to Manchester from outside the EU? What’s so Crucial? Please read this guide in conjunction with the International Students’ Arrival Guide, which This Crucial Guide for new postgraduate students will you’ll also receive from us and which you’ll find Copies are available in Braille, help you to: further reference to in this guide. 1. Prepare for coming to University, with tips on what larger print (please specify font you need to do before you arrive, including our guide to type and size required), or on CD. the all-important registration process Check your inbox 2. Settle into postgraduate life, discovering everything The weekly My Manchester newsletter will keep If you require a copy of this Guide, you need to do when you arrive, with plenty of useful you up to date with relevant University news, advice advice and information around important periods such as or certain sections of it in an 3. Discover the top tips which are Good to Know and exams, and help provide you with the knowledge to help you get a head start – aspects of University life you have a really great student experience. alternative format, please contact might want to look into once you are a bit more settled. You’ll find handyCrucial Checklists, to help you the Student Communications get organised and keep track of what needs to be done, plus Crucial features on different aspects of office 0161 275 2073. postgraduate life.

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The academic year Welcome Week Semester 1 Welcome and Orientation 17 September 2012 - 27 January 2013 (for international students) Checklist 1: Break 13 - 16 September 2012 14 December 2012 - 14 January 2013 Make sure to refer to your International Students Arrival Guide Before you arrive Semester 2 for more information 28 January 2013 - 8 June 2013 Start of Year Fair Break 18 - 19 September 2012 Apply for University accommodation 4 22 March 2013 - 15 April 2013 Marquee outside University Place (map Check your vaccines 4 Exams ref 37), Oxford Road site A sample of all the University’s services Confirm your attendance 5 Semester 1 in one place, including signing up for 14 - 25 January 2013 a local GP Register and pay your fees 6 Semester 2 Student Fair Plan your journey to Manchester 10 16 May 2013 - 5 June 2013 18 - 19 September 2012 Learn more about student life 12 Academy 1 and Students’ Union Re-examinations (campus map ref 68 and 78) 19 - 30 August 2013 Find out about the Students’ Union, Whether you completed your undergraduate studies at sign up for societies and get some amazing deals and freebies Manchester or elsewhere, you’ll need to be prepared for entering postgraduate life at the University. Sport, Health and Activity Fair Welcome Week can be a hectic time, even for 18 - 19 September 2012 postgraduates – make it easier on yourself by getting Students’ Union, Oxford Road as much done as possible before you arrive, freeing up (campus map ref 68) more time for you to settle into your new role. Find out more about all the great sports teams, clubs, and sign up for activities

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Apply for University accommodation Confirm your attendance

By the time you get this guide, You need to let us know To set up your account, Tell us you’re coming most of you who are planning to Find out more… you will need: that you are definitely Once you’ve completed IT sign live in University accommodation For full details of our accommodation guarantee for international • Your date of birth up, you’ll need to confirm your will already have applied for your postgraduate students coming to University alone, and for all coming to Manchester. attendance. You will receive an preferred hall of residence. accommodation-related information for international students, The first step is taking a • Your University of Manchester email explaining how to do this. If you have yet to apply, don’t delay please see your International Students’ Arrival Guide. moment to set up your ID number (listed in all communications that you have This is an important step towards any longer – we need to receive your Your Arrival Guide is also available online: new student IT account. registering (see pages 6-9) and application by Friday 31 August. www.tinyurl.com/UoMarrivalguide received from the University’s Admissions team) formally becoming a member of the University. You can apply online today: For all accommodation-related information for international students, Set up your student www.manchester.ac.uk/ please refer to your Arrival Guide. IT account You will receive your own unique accommodation/application- To discuss any special accommodation requirements: username and password, which If you haven’t already done so, procedure Speak to/email one of our advisors using our contact details (see below). you can then use to confirm your the first thing to do is complete attendance at the University. checklist: Many postgraduate students For student-run online groups relating to your hall of residence: IT sign up. This will allow you to Set up your student IT choose to rent privately-owned Search on Facebook: www.facebook.com confirm your attendance and will As with all log-in details, you should accommodation. If this is the case also give you access to our extensive protect your personal data by not account for you but you have not yet found a IT facilities, including your own sharing these with anyone else. Contact us For University regulations around Confirm you’re coming suitable place, go to University email account. to Manchester www.manchesterstudenthomes.com, The Accommodation Office computer use, see checklist: 1. You will receive an email – to which provides details of accredited University Place Apply for University http://tiny.cc/ITrules your personal email address – from student accommodation. Oxford Road accommodation by (Campus map ref: 37) 31 August the University letting you know that tel +44 (0)161 275 2888 an IT account has been created for email: [email protected] you. You cannot sign up until you www.manchester.ac.uk/accommodation receive this message. 2. You can then get online at: www.manchester.ac.uk/itservices/ Check your vaccines itaccountmanager

In the last few years, incidences of If you are unsure whether or not mumps and measles in young adults you are already covered, please Find out more… have increased across the UK. To check with your doctor or your local Mumps Advice protect our student community, Child Health Records Department http://tiny.cc/health-mumps we therefore advise you to get a before coming to university. If you Meningitis C vaccination and a have any difficulty in getting the second MMR (Measles, Mumps vaccines, contact the Patient Advice and Rubella) vaccination before and Liaison Services – checklist: coming to university, if you have tel +44 (0)161 219 9451. Check your not already done so. Please note that the vaccines are not vaccinations record recommended if you are pregnant.

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Registration

How to register Ten steps If you’re paying your Becoming a member of the University Go to www.manchester.ac.uk and Online registration consists of ten own tuition fees… follow the link to register, you will steps. Online card payment then log in to http://my.manchester. 1 2 3 4 ac.uk using your central username Steps one to nine require you to You will need your credit/debit and password (generated during IT confirm and update information card – and your UK bank account STEP 1: Complete STEP 2: Confirm STEP 3: Register online and STEP 4: Pick up your Sign Up – see p5) and select the ‘My about you, your contact details and details if you wish to pay your fees IT Sign Up (see p5) your attendance arrange payment of tuition student card (see p14) Services’ tab. your course. in instalments. (see p5) fees (see below) You should be able to complete You should also read the To pay in full, click ‘Pay Now’ or online registration simply by information explaining what the to pay in instalments, click ‘Pay University will do with your personal *Please note that you won’t be able following the instructions as they by Instalments’. If you choose to What is registration? When to register information and your rights in to register with us until you have appear on-screen. pay by instalments, you will pay connection with the Data Protection Registration* is a crucial part You will receive an email from the set up your student IT account and one-third of your fees now, and A green ‘completed’ tick will appear Act, as well as the University’s of becoming a student of the University, inviting you to register confirmed your attendance at the set up a direct debit to pay two as you finish each section. At the declaration statements – by ticking University. It’s an online process that – please don’t attempt to do so University (see page 5). more instalments on specified requires you to confirm personal before you get this. end of each step, click on ‘Continue the box in step 9, you agree to dates. If you prefer to give us this details, check course information with registration’ to move onto the abide by the University’s statutes, information over the phone, ring and pay – or make arrangements You can register, at your own pace next step. ordinances, regulations and by-laws. the registration helpline (see ‘Need and at a convenient time, between See p52 for more details. to pay – your tuition fees. top tip Although the process is relatively Help’ on p9). You are not a member of the Monday 3 September and the While registering, do not quick, you don’t need to complete Bank drafts and cheques University and can’t access any of deadline of Sunday 30 September. Important: Updating your If you do not complete registration use the back button on it all at once – log out at any time our services – including attending contact details If you want to pay by bank draft, by this date, you will be liable for your browser – use the using the ‘Sign out’ link in the lectures – until you register. Please be aware that you are cheque, or traveller’s cheques a late payment charge of £50.00. button provided on the top right hand corner and all the responsible for keeping all (sterling), you will need your Failure to complete registration by screen instead, to avoid sections you have already completed your contact details up-to- University of Manchester ID the 31 October will result in the losing information. will save automatically. date throughout your time at number, your bank draft or late payment charge increasing to Please note, however, that if you are University. You can do this at any cheque and UK bank account £200.00. required to set up a direct debit you time by logging into details (if paying by instalments). We advise you to register early, will need to finish all the steps in this http://my.manchester.ac.uk. You can pay by visiting the Main before you come to Manchester. section for the details to be saved. It’s particularly important to make sure your term time Library and Distance learning and address is correct, as the venues once you arrive (see ‘key modular-based courses University tells certain local venues’ on p9). If you are a distance learner, Councils if you are exempt from or are taking a modular-based paying Council Tax. Check your email course, and want to pay your The University will use your tuition fees in instalments, you Step ten is the payment of your @postgrad.manchester.ac.uk will be unable to complete step tuition fees. The following section email address to send you 10 of your registration online. explains how you can do this. communications, so please make Contact us if you need advice. sure you check it regularly.

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Bank transfer If a Professional and If your employer/ Key venues Need help? Find out more… For information on how to pay your Career Development government/sponsor is Main Library* Registration helpline About registration: tuition fees by bank transfer, see: Loan (PDCL) is paying paying your fees… (campus map ref 55) If you have any problems while http://tinyurl.com/ http://tinyurl.com/UoMpayment your fees... Monday – Friday registering, call our registration UoMregistration If you are a sponsored student, 3 - 28 September helpline: +44 (0)161 306 5544. It is If you have already made a bank you need to give us details of your About tuition fees, including transfer and this is not displayed If you have applied for a PCDL, Between 9am and 5pm, or open 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday please bring your paperwork to sponsor as soon as possible and throughout September, and methods of payment: on step 10, contact the registration we will invoice them for your fees. Saturday 15 September http://tinyurl.com/ helpline (see opposite page). be completed by the Registration 11am – 3pm and 11am – 3pm on Saturday 15 and Fees Team at Whitworth Hall If you haven’t already, you should September. UoMtuitionfees (campus map 50) any weekday email your sponsorship letter to Sunday 16 September For additional registration International students between 9.15am-5.00pm between [email protected], 12pm – 5pm Online FAQs information relating to international Be aware that opening a bank Monday 17 and Tuesday 25 or fax to +44 (0)161 275 7860 We have a list of registration FAQs students, please see your before Tuesday 31 July 2012. *Please note: Between 13 - 28 Sept on our ‘Knowledge Base’ that may account after you arrive in September. the Main Library is a student card international Arrival Guide the UK may take some time answer your query – see: Please note that PCDL paperwork To find out more about what collection venue only, do not bring www.manchester.ac.uk/ – bring enough funds with information should be included on your sponsorship letter at this time. you to last for the first two cannot be completed until the first servicedesk day of the academic year, which is this document, please refer to: weeks in Manchester. For more http://tinyurl.com/ Whitworth Hall Building Email checklist: Monday 17 September. (campus map ref 50) information on UK banking, see UoMsponsorshipinfo Email us at Register with your Arrival Guide. Monday - Friday If you have applied for PDCL to [email protected], or the University by At step 10, your account will be 13 - 25 September cover only part of your tuition fees, use our online contact form: 30 September you will be required to pay the rest displayed, showing the tuition fee Between 9.15am – 5pm, and www.manchester.ac.uk/ in full at registration. you are due to pay in the ‘Student Saturday and Sunday selfservice/contactus Arrange payment of Contribution’ box. It will reflect any 15 and 16 September your tuition fees top tip At step 10, your account will be sponsorship or school grant you 11am – 5 pm Other useful email addresses: displayed, showing the tuition fee UK students – make sure have been awarded. you are due to pay in the ‘Student For general tuition fee enquiries: you have given your National What happens next? Contribution’ box. It will reflect If your sponsorship is not [email protected] Insurance number to your any sponsorship or School grant displayed, you should bring Once you’ve successfully registered funding body. Without it, your For queries about sponsors and you have been awarded. If your a copy of your sponsorship online, all you need to do when you grant / loan won’t be released, sending in copies of sponsor letters, sponsorship is not displayed, you letter to the Main Library or arrive at the University is pick up and your tuition fees won’t if your tuition fees are being paid by can email a copy to sponsorletters@ Whitworth Hall once you arrive your student card – see p14. be paid. (see Key Venues on opposite a sponsor: manchester.ac.uk, or fax to +44 [email protected] (0)161 275 7860 before Tuesday 31 page). July 2012. For prepayments of tuition fees and queries: After this date you should bring a [email protected] copy of your sponsorship letter to the Main Library between 3-12 September or Whitworth Hall from 13-25 September (see ‘Key Venues’ page 9).

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Rachael Sherrington, There are such a huge number of buses running up and down Oxford “If only I’d known…” MSc Neuroscience Road from town to Fallowfield – A few things some of our and further – that this is the choice Checklist 2: current students wish they had of transport for most people. You known before they arrived at can buy weekly passes, but the Manchester: annual pass has worked out as the Welcome Week best value for me, so that is what “… there was an annual bus I’ve done since first year. pass which covered all the Pick up your student card p14 buses I needed, and meant Although I don’t think I am very I didn’t have to remember Explore online p15 sporty, I have made good use of the money to catch the bus in a fun exercise classes available. This hurry” Register with local health services p16 year I have student membership for the Aquatics centre, which has an Free bus around campus p17 When I was an undergraduate at Olympic sized pool as well as a gym. “… registering online before Manchester, I lived in a mixed, self you get to Manchester is Plenty of friendly staff and Enjoy Welcome Week! p18 catered flat in Oak House, which I was fortunate enough to be possible and loads quicker.” students will be wearing was a great way to meet people. able to get a full loan to pay for Explore your surroundings p20 ‘ask me’ badges to show My first week was nerve-wracking my degree, but I have also always (getting around, food and drink, campus, Learning “… to enjoy Welcome Week they are happy to help you but my flatmates were all very worked during the summer to earn more, I wasn’t aware how out whenever you need it. Commons, the Library, the Students’ Union) friendly and sociable. We all went a bit of extra money and my parents important it was.” out together nearly every night, have been able to help me out with Learn more about student life p28 and spent the days walking around some of my accommodation costs. “… everyone else is trying to Fallowfield, finding out where to Welcome Week is a whirlwind of activity – with the Student Fair do our food shopping and which My advice for new students in find friends too – have the and an array of special events ran by your School* or halls this is restaurants we wanted to try. Manchester is that if you like confidence to speak.” studying on campus, at exam a great time to find out more about your course and University Now I am a postgraduate I have times study spaces can get very resources available, as well as get to know your way around the moved into private halls closer to busy – don’t underestimate how campus and the city. University – this means I am much just getting there nice and early If you find yourself becoming overwhelmed, stop, take a deep closer to my labs and the library, can make a difference. I’d also which is great when dealing with recommend any postgraduates to breath, and then refer back to this checklist to reassure yourself of the increased workload. get involved with course events and how much you have got done. Students’ Union societies, as it’s a Remember there will always be friendly people around to help and great way to meet different groups advise you if you need it – just ask. Look out in particular for the of people. staff and students wearing purple ‘ask me’ badges or sweatshirts to show they are happy to help you out. *Some of our postgraduates are based in the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) rather than with a School, in which case your CDT will organise many of your welcome events - contact them for details.

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Why? Opening Opening hours – Internet in halls Online health Opening Venue hours – Weekend Once you’ve registered*, you can dates Students living in University halls of and safety course weekdays 15-16 September pick up your student card, which residence – and in some privately We want to make sure that all gives you access to the University 3 - 28 Sept Sat 15 Sept: managed halls – can join our Hornet our students stay safe during their checklist: libraries and some buildings. Main Library (Please note: 11am – 3pm internet service. This enables you to studies. We have designed a short Get online in your hall (55 on campus Payments will only be 9am – 5pm access the internet via the network Sun 16 Sept: on-line induction course for each Where and when? map) accepted here until socket in your bedroom. Hornet 12 September) 12pm – 5pm student to complete during their Take the online users receive dedicated support You can collect your student card first couple of weeks on campus H&S course Joule Library Sat 15 Sept: from a team of staff living in halls – – you should allow one hour to from any of the locations shown. 11am – 3pm and setting up the service is usually Until 12 Sept 3 - 12 Sept 11am – 4pm complete it. (1 on campus Sun 16 Sept: quick and easy. International student map) If you have any queries or problems 1pm – 6pm You will need: check in completing it, contact your School. Sat 15 Sept: Collect all the documents you Joule Library 1. Your username and password, The course will be available on 11am – 3pm Blackboard, your online learning need quickly and easily at the From 13 Sept 13-28 Sept 9am – 4pm supplied during IT Sign-Up (see p5) International student check (1 on campus Sun 16 Sept: environment, which can be map) 2. A suitable computer and network in. That means you only have 1pm – 6pm accessed via cable – for more details, see: to queue up and show your http://my.manchester.ac.uk Sat 15 Sept: http://hornet.manchester.ac.uk passport and documentation 10am – 5pm once. (Fallowfield 13 -18 Sept 9am – 5pm campus) Sun 16 Sept: So make sure you check in 10am – 5pm before going to collect your top tip Student ID card, and then you 13 - 25 Sept Sat 15 Sept: Protect yourself. Make sure Whitworth (Please note: This will have everything you need 11am – 5pm your computer is secure and Hall venue is for both 9.15am – 5pm to start enjoying your time in (50 on campus making payments Sun 16 Sept: keep your personal details Manchester. map) and collecting safe by following our five-step student cards ) 11am – 5pm security plan: http://hornet.manchester. ac.uk/security International student check in venue and dates checklist: Whitworth Corridor, Pick up your student Whitworth Hall (51 on campus card map) 3 - 28 Sept Weekdays 9am - 5pm *Not registered yet? See p6. And Sat and Sun 15 - 16 Sept

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top tip Register with local health services Free bus around campus The 147 Oxford Road link bus is free to University of We want you to stay fit and healthy Optician Manchester students travelling while you’re with us, so make sure International students between the Students’ Union you can access local health services You, your spouse and your It’s a good idea to get your eyes building on Oxford Road and by registering with them as soon as children (but not visiting tested regularly. You can choose the Sackville Street site. possible. relatives) may be entitled to any local optician you like – shop Bus stops are marked on the free medical health care if you around to find the best deals. map below. At Sackville Street, Doctor register with a local doctor. The University’s Vision Centre offers the bus stops underneath the railway bridge, near the main We do not have a doctor’s service at Check out your Arrival Guide for a range of services, including eye gatehouse. the University, so you must register more information. examinations, glasses and contact with a local doctor to receive NHS http://tinyurl.com/ lenses: To use the free service, show treatment in Manchester. UoMarrivalguide www.visioncentre.manchester.ac.uk your student card (see p14). Until you get this card, cut out Finding a doctor Macdonald Manchester Hotel and use the temporary bus Dentist Lists of local doctors are available pass on the inside back cover from: We encourage you to register with a top tip of this guide. local NHS dentist, so you can access You might be able to save For full details, including • Local post offices treatment for a small fixed charge. money on the cost of service updates, please visit: National Health Service (NHS) www.route147.co.uk • The Students’ Union Advice Find one online: www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories charges under the NHS Low Centre Income Scheme. Complete Free emergency treatment is the NHS form HC1 to apply, • NHS Choices website – use your Travelodge term-time address postcode to available from the University Dental available from Jobcentre Plus search: www.nhs.uk Hospital, or you can contact the offices, NHS hospitals, or by 24-hour emergency dental hotline: contacting the Department Ibis 0845 601 859. of Health on 0845 610 1112. www.cmft.nhs.uk/dental.aspx Your doctor, dentist, or optician may have one, too.

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If you’re new to the University, don’t worry – you’ll soon get the hang of the University campus, which is based around two main sites on Sackville Street and Oxford Road. Start at the Visitors’ Centre in University Place on Oxford Road (see p22) – pick up a campus map here, if you don’t already have one, and start exploring.

Explore your surroundings: Explore your surroundings: Getting around Food and drink Cycling Trams Food and drink Other eateries on campus Need disabled on campus A popular cheap and healthy Metrolink trams link Manchester parking? top tip Run independently of the University transport option for many students city centre with Salford, Eccles, Whether you want a substantial Top up your Student Card catering services, but handily based – the area around the University Altrincham and Bury – with further If you are a blue badge holder, meal, a snack to go, or somewhere with money to spend on in on or near campus, are: is very flat, there are cycle lanes links currently under construction. bring it to the University car to sit and relax with a coffee and any FoodOnCampus outlet Christie’s Bistro – housed in the around campus and plenty of Find out more: parking office for a free permit cake, there’s plenty of choice across around the University. Recieve University’s impressive Christie cycle parking is available. Visit the www.metrolink.co.uk for University-owned car parks campus. extra discounts and beneifts, Building: Student Safety pages in this guide and a designated parking space and make sure you are never www.chancellorshotel.co.uk/ for advice on keeping your bike safe Taxis near to where you study. The caught short when you need a christies from thieves. Disability Support Office (DSO) sandwich again. Sharing taxis with friends can be a top tip can help you to arrange this. Visit www.foodoncampus. Couture at The Manchester cost-efficient way of getting from Reduce your impact on Buses/trains Access is not guaranteed if you manchester.ac.uk for up to Museum: A-B, especially on a night out. the environment and buy don’t have the blue badge, but date deals and dsicounts. www.couturemanchester.com Many local timetables are available Always use licensed black cabs or a a University HugMug – a help may still be available – in the Advice Centre of your reputable mini cab firm. Booking in reusable cup for hot drinks The Gallery Café at the Whitworth contact the DSO: Students’ Union. advance means less queuing at taxi or soup, available at all Art Gallery: www.manchester.ac.uk/dso in the Simon building (campus map ranks in the city centre, and building University-run cafés. It reduces 59). www.themoderncaterer.co.uk For detailed route, fare and a rapport with a firm you recognise waste, and saves you 20p on Herbi Vores – handy vegetarian timetable information as well as The Café in the new Alan Gilbert and trust means you know who to every drink or soup purchased. café by the entrance to the Main a great journey planner tool, visit Learning Commons (campus map call should you ever leave any of Library. the Passenger your property in a taxi by mistake. 63) opens until late and offers Transport Executive (GMPTE): Please note – only ever use a mini checklist: University venues freshly made salads and sandwiches. Source at Owens Park Hall of tel: 0871 200 2233 cab you have booked, otherwise Get a campus map and Residence, Fallowfield Our FoodOnCampus service A good breakfast is a great way to www.gmpte.com you are not insured. stroll around operates a host of restaurants and start the day - great value cooked The Students’ Union has various Different bus companies will offer Use your free 147 bus cafes across campus, catering for all breakfasts available on campus until bars and cafes, serving hot food or Private vehicles meals on the go. See pages 26 and competitive priced bus passes you pass for Welcome dietary requirements and is proud to 11am daily. can buy on a daily/weekly/term time We advise against bringing a car boast Fairtrade status for its ethically 27 for more details. Week – see see inside You’ll also find more than 30 great basis - expect to pay around £10 for to University – parking on campus sourced products. back cover cover value coffee shops and cafes in a weekly pass. Stagecoach attend is both extremely limited and For quick and tasty, hot buildings across campus, ensuring the Students’ Union Fair at the start expensive, and the routes most international cuisine, go to Eats you’re never far from a hot drink of term to sell discounted annual commonly travelled by students are checklist: Restaurant in University Place: the or snack. bus passes. well covered by public transport. Top up your Student largest eatery on campus with a Card with money to specials menu that changes daily To find out more about spend on food as soon – and a chef in action on the wok, FoodOnCampus outlets including as you arrive making noodles to order. locations, opening times and offers, visit: Hot-topped salads and freshly made www.manchester.ac.uk/ pizza are the specialities in Potter’s, foodoncampus

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Explore your surroundings: Campus Alan Gilbert Learning Commons

University Place Student Services Centre The A focal point at the heart of the Located on the street leading to the The University’s museum has a University campus, this modern Main Library, the Student Services historic focus on natural history, building is the location of many a Centre (SSC) (map ref 57) is a features many changing exhibitions lecture and tutorial, as well as being central point for information and and is a real asset for many to the main refectory EATS, a advice. It provides a wide range of humanities and science students. cafe, shop and the Visitors’ Centre services, and is the place to go for Open to the general public, it’s free (campus map 37). help with any practical matters of to visit. university life. www.manchester.ac.uk/museum

This iconic £25m building has only Developed through consultation As students are at the very heart of just opened – and so you will be with our Students’ Union, to ensure the Learning Commons – this space among the first students to use it. it meets your needs, this innovative will be a true reflection of you and new building is amongst the first of your aspirations for the future. It offers a flexible and stimulating its kind in the country. space in which you can learn and And as you would expect, the relax, containing 1,000 study spaces To provide inspiration for building includes a new cafe to help and 400 computers, with wi-fi everybody studying and working keep you sustained. throughout. in the Learning Commons, its Main Library The University Precinct Centre The Martin Harris Centre fabric and facilities will celebrate Learning spaces are flexible and You’ll soon become familiar with the Containing cafés and sandwich for Music and Drama the University’s rich heritage of include a mix of individual and open University’s Main Library (campus shops, a bookshop, newsagents, Part of the School of Arts, Histories achievement and innovation. plan with 30 bookable rooms. map 55), which will probably play convenience store, hairdressers, and Cultures, this centre hosts Students have created designs a crucial role in your studies (see and several banks – this student- diverse arts events spanning music, A dedicated team of Library staff reflective of the Manchester p24). Not to be confused with the focused shopping centre is worth drama, literature and dance, which are on hand to give you all the help experience, which will be printed historic and famous John Rylands investigating (campus map 30). all students may attend and enjoy. and support you need. Best of all, onto the walls, doors and glass Library Deansgate, in the centre of www.manchester.ac.uk/ it is open 24/7, so you can use it panelling of the learning spaces for Manchester, which houses Special martinharriscentre whenever it suits you best. everyone to see. Collections – also well worth a visit.

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Explore your surroundings: Discover the Library The University of Manchester Getting to know Renewals Searching for journal Contact us Library is recognised as one of the Unless they are recalled, you can “If only I’d known…” UK’s largest and finest academic the Library renew your loans at any time up to articles The University of Manchester Library “… to go to the Library as libraries. We offer a huge range and including the day they are due Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PP Browse the website: Here you can You can access articles from over soon as possible and find the of resources, both printed and back, either online, by phone or by tel +44 (0)161 275 3751 find video tours, ‘how to’ guides, 41,000 different publications. A areas for my subject.” electronic, with friendly and helpful powerful search tools, access to coming into the Library. special guide has been written to www.manchester.ac.uk/library staff across a variety of locations to online reading lists for your course, help you find what you need: Campus map ref: 55 Fines get you started. subject pages and full details of all http://tiny.cc/find-articles “… to find out who my Avoid fines by returning or the Library’s wide range of services: subject librarian was. I The Library has nine sites across renewing books in good time. Fines www.manchester.ac.uk/library Printing/photocopying could’ve contacted them campus, plus The John Rylands for late returns range from 20p per when I had some library top tip Library in the city centre. The new Talk to staff: Library staff are on- day to 50p per hour. You can pay You can print from any computer questions.” Out of hours Learning Commons offers flexible hand to offer help and advice on fines in a number of ways, including in any of the libraries. Prices vary Contact the Library day or and modern learning spaces and is online. all Library services – ask them any according to size and quality. See IT “… the Library is open 24/7 night with the Out of Hours open 24/7. http://tiny.cc/libraryfines questions you have. Services, p42-43. during exams.” Service Desk. It’s available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: The Main Library on Oxford Road Borrowing books Making requests Your student card also acts as your is the most heavily used, and has If we don’t have what you need, printing and photocopying card. “… the Library has many Library tel: 0161 275 3751 the largest collection of books. How to borrow we may be able to borrow it from Load credit simply and easily online zones for different purposes – IT Service Desk tel: Depending on your subject area, Use the ‘Library Search’ function elsewhere for you. There is a small via the epayments system: eg silent zones, social zones.” 0161 306 5544 you may use some of our smaller on the Library website or My charge of £2 per item. http://tinyurl.com/UoMepayment site libraries– this will be explained Manchester to locate items. If a http://tiny.cc/document-supply Some buildings with PC clusters also “… to take advantage of during your library induction. book is already out on loan, you can the online library resources, reserve it, using the ‘Reserve This Find your PIN have coin operated machines to The Library provides excellent especially when the actual Item’ option. Use the self-service Your library PIN will allow you to load your student card with credit support to research students, Library is very busy.” checklist: facilities in the Library to borrow use a number of Library services for printing, or photocopying. If you offering a high quality skills and return your books. securely. To find out or change would like help using these credit- Check your reading lists programme specifically aimed at your PIN, visit loading machines for the first time, their needs. The programme delivers Loan periods http://my.manchester.ac.uk simply ask a member of library staff. Buy credit for access to resource documentation Normal loans are for four weeks. and go to the Library section, or Find out more about photocopying photocopying /printing in an electronic format, face-to-face Shorter loan periods range from ask a member of staff. in the Library: top tip training and the option of one-to- seven days to three hours for books http://tiny.cc/photocopying Don’t forget your one advice via discipline specialists. in very high demand. If someone student card else reserves a book you have on Your Student ID card doubles Visit our dedicated researchers loan, the Library may recall it by as your Library card, and website: sending you an email. you will need to enter all http://tinyurl.com/UoMresweb the libraries, borrow books and use the printers and photocopiers.

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is plenty of help and support to help Any student can submit ideas to The Students’ Union Entertainment SU officers you along the way. improve student life which will be and leisure In the centre of University campus taken to a Student Union, University Activities & Development Officer Tommy Fish There are a number of volunteering on the bustling Oxford Road is the of Community assembly. A panel of The Students’ Union is a registered and fundraising opportunities. Campaigns and Citizenship Officer Khalil Secker main Students’ Union building, the students decide which ideas should charity; any profit made from our You can join Student Action or Community Officer Kaz Dyson place where student life is amplified. be adopted to improve student life. sales of food, drink, and clothing at RAG (raising and giving). If you are all goes directly back into improving Diversity Officer Saad Wahid This accessible, student led, interested in media opportunities, The Advice Service services for you. democratic space provides the Union offers the opportunity Education Officer Luke Newton everything you need to get the most to get involved in newspaper, radio The Advice Service is based on the Whether it’s a quick sandwich from General Secretary Nick Pringle our of your time at University. At the and TV. If you are interested in ground floor of the Students’ Union the Grab & Go, a sit down meal at Wellbeing Officer Cat Gray Union, students make the decisions, helping to organise the biggest building on Oxford Road. Full-time The Bar, or a fair trade latte from Women’s Officer Tabz O’Brien-Butcher run the societies, plan the events student festival in Europe, you could advisors provide independent and Biko’s Café, the Union has a range and there are plenty of employment get involved with the Pangaea confidential advice and information of food and drink to suit all tastes Contact email: [email protected] opportunities including part time planning team. For all this and tailored to the needs of students. and budgets. and intern opportunities. more, make sure you attend the The service is comprehensive, Student Fair in the Union during covering all areas of welfare advice You can also visit one of the city’s From taking advantage of the Welcome Week. Check out our from funding to housing and four favourite music venues – the volunteering, employment and website for a full list of activities. specialising in academic appeals and Academy 1,2,3 and Club – for the checklist: community engagement projects, disciplinary issues. hottest music from around the Visit the Welcome Week fair – find out more about the the Students’ Union are focussed on Student Voice You can book an appointment, or world. societies, activities, buy your student bus pass and get ensuring that you leave University just drop-in. loads of free stuff. with more skills and experience than The Union plays a crucial role in Contact us when you arrive. ensuring the student voice is heard, Drop in: 9.30am - 4.30pm Buy your ticket for the Welcome Party. whether that’s about making weekdays including vacations. tel +44 (0)161 275 2930 Join a student society at the welcome week fair or Student Activities improvements to the library or a Tel: +44 (0)161 275 2930 University of Manchester course or even affecting change at Email: [email protected] Students’ Union online. If there isn’t one you want to join you can start Getting involved in an activity or national government. The main role your own. joining a society is the best way to Oxford Road site, of the Students’ Union is to help the meet people with similar interests, Steve Biko Building Grab a copy of the student newspaper and tune in to University make decisions that are in try something new and impress top tip (68 on a campus map) FuseFM. the interests of students. The Union future employers with your extra- An important part of your Manchester M13 9PR acts as the voice of students. curricular achievements. postgraduate studies is building Get your NUS extra card which entitles you to discounts Sackville Street site, all around the world. Its costs £12, of which £4 goes Every year, a group of students a network of colleagues and Offering over 250 societies run are elected as the Leadership of ensuring you have the support directly back to the Union to improve services. by students – from Archaeology (9 on a campus map) the Students’ Union and have system of fellow postgraduate to Amnesty, Bangra to Buddhist, Manchester M60 1QD responsibility to guide the work of students. The Union provides Politics to Panto – the Union has The Union and make bright ideas plenty of opportunity to meet a something for everyone. And if you happen. They are voted in by wide variety of students across can’t find a society that interests students and any one can stand to different courses, and is here to you, why not start your own? There represent their fellow students. represent and support you. 26 27 Checklist 2: “If things don’t turn out how you originally wanted, it can still end up as an amazing experience”

Student life

Joana Calado, The social side of The University of Manchester is great – there are a “If only I’d known…” Biomedical Material huge number of societies, it feels “… cycling into uni is much Science like I have tried them all! But now I Crucial guide to faster than the bus in the have settled on Raising and Giving morning.” (RAG) which is the fundraising arm of the Students’ Union. I am student life also involved in production at the “… how important student TV station, which is a lot internships and other of fun. involvement in extra- Student Charter p30 curricular activities are.” I thought I should try things I had Studying at the University p34 never done before – so I have “… classes at the Armitage tried trampolining and kickboxing, Sport and fitness p36 Centre are drop-in, so you I’m from a small town in Portugal, and now I take part in the Sports don’t have to pay for the so moving to a city as big as Volunteer Scheme, which helped me Money matters p38 whole semester.” Manchester was a bit intimidating. get my level two swimming teacher Staying safe p40 I soon learned my way around by qualification. I use this qualification not being scared of getting lost – in one of my part time jobs, “… you can experience down IT services p42 just asking directions and talking to teaching swimming at a local club. days.” people. Student support p44 I also work part time for the “… it’ll go really fast.” Although I didn’t get the University, engaging with If things go wrong p48 accommodation I originally wanted, prospective and current students in it ended up being an amazing a range of ways, like giving campus experience. I lived in a small, tours. This work is great, because If you’ve already completed undergraduate studies, catered, all girls hall. Living in it’s based on campus and I can you’ll be familiar with the quirks and features of student catered accommodation is great, fit it around my studies. I found life that make it so unlike any other working, home because you get to know all the out about the job through the or cultural environment. Some features are, however, other students really well, in fact, Careers Service, and they are also unique to Manchester, and indeed to the postgraduate we soon all felt like a big family. In helping me find an internship at the experience. the first week my halls organised a moment, with things like writing a busy schedule, with scavenger hunts marketing focussed CV even though Learn all the facts, advice and sources of support and nights out, which really helped my background is firmly science available to guide you successfully through every aspect everyone settle in and get to know based. one another. ofyour postgraduate student life. If I could give new students one tip, it would be to make the most of Not quite sure what to expect? Make yourself familiar everything available but to make it with the Student Charter and find out what the suit you – make sure you find the University pledges to provide for you, as well as what is right balance between studying and expected from each and every student. socialising!

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Student Charter

One of the University’s three core goals is “To The Charter provides an overview of the Manchester 1 Our learning experience 2 Personal and academic provide a superb higher education and learning experience and refers to regulations, policies and experience to outstanding students, irrespective procedures; it is not a detailed personal agreement Together we will: development of their backgrounds, and to produce graduates or contract and is not legally binding. • Mutually commit to hard work and a desire to Together we will: distinguished by their intellectual capabilities, achieve our best. employability, leadership qualities, and their ability The Charter was approved by Senate in May 2012 • Actively engage with all learning opportunities and ambition to contribute to society”. Our Student and we will review its content and implementation As a student I will: with the aim of constructively challenging and annually. If you would like to make any comments broadening one another. Charter, developed jointly by the University and the • Attend, and prepare for, all my scheduled teaching Students’ Union, is an important part of how we or suggestions on the Charter then please email: [email protected]. sessions and other learning events, such as As a student I will: establish and maintain clear mutual expectations induction and meetings with academic advisors. for the experience of all students: undergraduate, • Engage as an independent learner and take Letty Newton • Complete all my assignments and submit on time. responsibility for achieving my potential as a postgraduate taught and postgraduate research. Students’ Union General Secretary 2011/12 It sets out what we can expect from each other as • Know that I am free to declare any issues that will Manchester student. partners in a learning community. Professor Dame affect my learning experience (such as illness or • Prepare for the world of work and monitor my UMSU President and Vice-Chancellor disability), so that I can be supported correctly. development of knowledge, skills and personal attributes. As a University we will: • Provide you with an excellent student experience As a University we will: based upon personalised learning. • Ensure you have access to a range of opportunities “A university is a scholarly community. to improve your skills and employability, and It exists to foster the disciplined • Organise teaching and timetables to enhance the learning experience, creating a sense of academic encourage you to engage with such opportunities. pursuit of truth.” identity and providing prompt information via My • Ensure that you have a diverse range of extra- Professor Alan Gilbert (1944-2010) Manchester. curricular activities on offer through both the University President and Vice-Chancellor • Treat you as a partner in the planning and University and the Students’ Union, and encourage operation of your teaching programme. you to take part in those activities. • Keep the curriculum up to date and use our • Prepare you for citizenship and leadership in a research, where feasible and appropriate, to inform diverse, global environment. the curriculum. • Provide you with opportunities to reflect upon your • Support you in your studies through academic personal development. advice, providing prompt and useful feedback on • Ensure that all of our spaces are fit for purpose and assessments, and opportunities for discussion of provide a safe study environment. this feedback. • Provide you with access to careers information, • Ensure you have access to advice, counselling and guidance and support until two years after you’ve other specialist support services (such as support if graduated. you are a disabled student) for the duration of your time at the University.

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Student Charter

3 Communicating and 4 Respecting and valuing 5 Being part of our community “When our relation to the community is fully realised, it will be seen that the interacting with each other each other of Manchester Together we will: health, the happiness, and the consequent Together we will: Together we will: • Be a positive and responsible part of our local powers of every individual, concern not • Communicate with openness, respect and honesty, • Study and work in an environment where people community, respecting the views of our neighbours and the communities in which we live together. only his own life, but also affect the whole exemplified by transparency and constructive embrace and value diversity and are committed to community of which he is a member.” dialogue. equality of opportunity. • Live, study and work in an environmentally As a student I will: • Respect each other and treat each other fairly at all sustainable way. Marie Stopes (1880-1958) times, free from discrimination and harassment. Author, Palaeobotanist, Campaigner and Pioneer • Keep up to date with, and respond in a timely As a student I will: manner to, University and UMSU communications. As a student I will: • Behave in a responsible manner and act as an • Engage in feedback mechanisms that seek to • Conduct my academic studies in an honest and ambassador for the University. The University of Manchester evaluate my learning experience. professional manner, including not plagiarising. Oxford Road • Express my views to student representatives and • Comply with the regulations, policies, and As a University we will: Manchester officers of the Students’ Union so that they can procedures of the University and the Students’ • Ensure that a range of safe, well-maintained and M13 9PL represent me effectively. Union. fairly priced University accommodation is available United Kingdom • Abide by the requirements of professional to you and foster a sense of community at each www.manchester.ac.uk bodies, where my studies are accredited by such venue. As a University we will: Royal Charter Number RC000797 professional bodies. • Provide you with information to help you plan • Offer advice to you about living in non-University your studies, including transparent information on accommodation. contact time and the likely cost of studying on your As a University we will: programme. • Provide you with opportunities to fulfil your • Use appropriate technology to teach and social responsibilities through peer support, wider communicate with you, where available and when engagement with the community, and extra- “Working hard and having ambition are it enhances your learning experience. curricular activities such as volunteering. qualities that all the staff and the students • Provide you with full, accurate and accessible • Ensure an accessible environment for you. at Manchester cultivate and share.” information about the University, its facilities, programmes and regulations. Holly Hunter (2009) • Work in partnership across the University to set Music student and deliver consistent levels of service for you. • Demonstrate high professional standards when “Don’t talk about what you are going to interacting with you. do, do it. That is the Manchester habit.” • Listen to you and respond to any concerns Sir Edward Abbott Parry (1863-1943) regarding your learning in a timely manner. Judge and dramatist • Respond in a fair, timely and transparent manner to academic complaints and appeals.

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Studying at the University

What’s it like to be a How can I prepare? Research skills training Code of Practice for Problems? “If only I’d known…” postgraduate student? One of the best ways of preparing We are committed to providing Postgraduate Research Your tutor, superviser, or “… you need to manage your If you have taken an undergraduate for the months ahead is to talk with postgraduate researchers with Degrees course director should be your those who have had experience the environment and support that time efficiently and enjoy degree, you will already have This is the central reference first point of contact for any not only study, but also many developed some of the skills needed of being a postgraduate student allow exceptionally high quality problems you might have – – friends, family, colleagues at research to flourish. Each Faculty document for policies, procedures kinds of social activities.” for successful postgraduate study. and good practice at the however, plenty more sources There are, however, some notable work, etc, who have studied for a offers comprehensive skills-training of support are open to you. See University. It defines the minimum “… there are loads of differences. postgraduate degree. programmes that help make you Student Support p44-47. more employable at the end of requirements for postgraduate sporting events, comedy Postgraduate study is often You may also be interested to your research degree – contact your research through full-time and part- venues, theatre venues and likened to having a full-time job, read the experiences of a current Faculty for more information or time modes of study. club nights that cater for with regular deadlines, different Manchester postgraduate student, have a look at the STEPS blog at everyone. There’s no better who has blogged about her time It has been designed to ensure responsibilities and the need for http://manchestersteps. a high quality framework is incentive to studying hard in good organisational and time here: wordpress.com top tip the week than the thought implemented and maintained Publications in your management skills. You may also http://manchesterpgstudentblogs. of a good night out at the consistently across the University. subject area find you can only take short breaks, wordpress.com weekend.” Current awareness is the due to your workload. Interesting articles and further blogs The document sets out the process of keeping up-to-date are also available on the UK-based responsibilities of the University, Postgraduate study tends to become with your particular subject or Postgrad.com website: faculties, schools and supervisors so a full-time activity for the whole research interest by receiving www.postgrad.com that students know what they can year. Compared to undergraduates, expect from the University. In return, new and relevant information you will have to take more You also need to be prepared for it details the responsibilities of as it is published or becomes responsibility for organising your some more personal challenges. For research students so that students available. You can receive this time. You may also have different example, you need to be confident know what the University expects information to your email – see types of assessed work. that you have or can earn enough of them. http://tinyurl.com/ to finish your programme without PGpublications for more On a postgraduate taught course The code is an evolving document you study set modules. Progress is having to worry too much about information on setting up this money, and without having to work that will grow in line with national service. assessed through a combination of and international developments essays, projects and exams. such long hours for money that it risks damaging your studies. See in graduate education and with Where undergraduate students ‘Money Matters’ for budgeting the ever increasing levels of best have timetables, as a postgraduate advice (p38) and ‘Find a part-time practice in postgraduate research at student you will probably have less job’ for support with finding part- the University. formally programmed activities and time employment (p50). If you’re taking a research degree, more time for reading and individual you should make sure you read the work. You will need to be happy to code before starting your studies. work independently on your own Students are encouraged to become assignments or projects. actively involved in improving and extending the code. See http://tinyurl.com/UoMpgcode for more details. 34 35 Crucial guide to student life

Sport and fitness

An active body aids an active Fitness/wellbeing University facilities City facilities Contact us brain – so all the sports and fitness Manchester sporting classes activities, clubs, facilities and Armitage Site: The University’s The achievements SPORT – Head Office opportunities that the University We run a wide range of health, ‘home of sport’ in the heart of the legacy lives on in the excellent William Kay House, 333 Oxford has to offer can help you to excel fitness and wellbeing classes every student community in Fallowfield. sports facilities that Manchester has The University of Manchester is Road, Manchester M13 9PG in more ways than one. We advise week, ranging from high-energy Includes a sports hall, multi-activity to offer. These include: regularly seen as one of the top tel +44 (0)161 275 6991 you to take part in some form rooms, squash courts, grass pitches, ten Universities for Sport. aerobics, kickboxing and circuit [email protected] of physical exercise at least three five-a-side pitches, cricket pitches training, to more relaxing yoga, www.nationalcyclingcentre.com In 2011-12, we ranked 8th www.manchester.ac.uk/sport times a week. Don’t worry if you’re and two floodlit, international pilates and tai chi. in the British Universities and Campus map 69 not ‘sporty’, as our wellbeing standard, artificial turf pitches. Manchester Tennis and Football Colleges Sport League (BUCS). programmes offer something for Beginner’s courses in a variety The fitness gym has also just been Centre at City of Manchester everyone – and there’s a social of sports, including badminton, extended and refurbished with Stadium Earlier this year, rowers Graeme aspect to our clubs, too. squash and swimming, will soon brand new equipment. http://tinyurl.com/tennis-football Thomas and Zak Lee-Green both have you up to speed with the basic made an impression at the GB top tip Memberships available online: and Feeling inspired but unsure SPORT Manchester technique. Rowing Trials for the London http://www.sport.manchester.ac.uk/ Regional Athletics Centre where to start? www.sport.manchester.ac.uk/sport 2012 team selection. Both are If your focus is on fun with a little facilities-and-membership www.manchestersportandleisure.org Come along to the Sport and supported by Sports Scholarship. competition thrown in, our new Activity Fair during Welcome Support the very best Sugden Centre: Based on campus, Halls Sport programme and Chill Factore – indoor snow slope Week to find out everything student athletes just off Oxford Road. Offers Manchester alumni Mike Rock Campus Leagues are ideal for www.chillfactore.com you need to know about excellent value for money on gym who also qualified for the 100m beginners and those who want to joining one of our Athletic High performance athletes in all memberships, fitness classes, sports Salford Watersports Centre Butterfly in the Olympics this play recreationally. The next step Union or Campus Sport teams. sports may be eligible for additional halls, squash courts and five-a-side www.salford.gov.uk/ summer. is one of our 42 Athletic Union support. This could range from pitches. watersportscentre clubs, in which you can compete financial contributions towards Also Blaire Hannan, Paralympic more seriously, representing the competition expenses, to one-on- Manchester Aquatics Centre: Volunteering transition squad for Sailing, University against other institutions. one strength and conditioning Based on campus this unique facility carried the London 2012 All abilities are welcome; it’s sessions with our in-house expert. boasts two Olympic-sized (50m) opportunities in sports Olympic Torch through her home town of Bristol. enthusiasm that counts. To find out more, contact our Sport swimming pools, as well as a fitness Get involved with the local Development Manager: suite, fitness classes and sauna community while gaining valuable [email protected] facilities. life skills in a fun, sporting / tel +44 (0)161 275 5304. environment with our Sports Find out more about all our facilities: Volunteer Scheme. We offer http://www.sport.manchester.ac.uk/ placements with local sports clubs facilities-and-membership and host many events that need support from volunteers. You could be a coach, perhaps gaining coaching accreditations, or a referee, event organiser, cheerleader – even our lucky mascot, the Purple Bug!

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Money matters

Budgeting Potential sources Professional and Career “If only I’d known…” Typical expenditure for 2012-2013* Don’t let money worries spoil of funding Development Loans “… to get loads of discount Accommodation: Self-catering £4,900 your time as a student. Work out The University offers significant If you are taking a vocational course a sensible budget before the year vouchers and use my student/ funding for all types of and cannot secure alternative NUS card in restaurants.” Meals (based on a budget of £35 per week) £1,965 starts and, if you have a shortfall, postgraduate courses - taught, funding, you may be eligible Books and stationery £475 think about a vacation or part- research and doctorate - and for for a Professional and Career time job – you might pick up some “… Primark is the place for students from the UK and all over Development Loan. For details, Clothes (including warm clothing and footwear) £475 valuable new skills along the way. the world, every year. Detailed contact the National Careers shopping.” The University Careers Service can information, including a searchable Service: Local transport £665 help you find work that suits your database, is available online: tel +44 (0)800 100 900 “… the 147 bus is a free Other general living expenses (eg photocopying and schedule. www.manchester.ac.uk/pg/funding https://nationalcareersservice. service between north and printing, laundry, phone calls, consumables, entertainment, £1,820 direct.gov.uk main campus.” sports, cooking equipment, etc) See the tables opposite for a basic For information about postgraduate funding opportunities that are Total £10,300 breakdown of costs for a UK Sources of “… to get a Unirider bus pass specific to your subject area, contact postgraduate for the academic year financial advice – it will save you a fortune.” 2012-13, and typical income. As your School, Centre for Doctoral * NB These figures are only intended as a guide – all students have different well as money for tuition fees, a Training, or Faculty. The University’s Student Services needs, priorities and entitlements to the maintenance grant and student loans. “… the AMC cinema is single student is advised to have the Centre and the Students’ Union Your family may top up your income, or you may chose to work part-time. cheaper than the Printworks.” amounts suggested here for each Access to Learning Fund Advice Centre are both useful academic year (40 weeks) to cover (UK students only) sources of financial support food, accommodation and basic and advice, including details on “… there are plenty of The University’s Access to Learning services that are there to top tip transport. If you bring your family, scholarships and bursaries. See the Try the Brightside-UNIAID Fund (ALF) is designed to help UK support you if money issues you must have at least 50% more Student Support section of this student calculators for help in available. students who need extra financial guide, starting page 44. get too much.” support because they have higher planning your budget: than expected costs, such as single www.studentcalculator.org.uk International students parents, or because they encounter Providing your bank details www.studentcalculator.org.uk/ For lots more financial advice an unexpected financial emergency, international Whilst studying at University you dedicated to the needs of such as experiencing a burglary. students from outside the EU, may become eligible to receive Find out more: a financial award, for example see your Arrival Guide. http://tinyurl.com/UoMsupportfunds a stipend, bursary, prize etc. Therefore, in order to speed up the payment process, we ask all our students to submit their UK bank account details online. Please follow these detailed instructions: http://tinyurl.com/ UoMprovideyourdetails

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Staying safe

Personal safety are surrounded by, and how may Insecurity thefts Halls of residence Find out more… local people are here to help you out. Manchester has incidents of crime Leave your property lying around If you’re staying in University Check online for forthcoming just like any other big city, and if If ever you feel threatened or unsupervised even for a moment accommodation, you will be given crime reduction events, update vulnerable, then the Safe Zone and a thief may walk off with it. advice on safety and security when and advice: http://tinyurl.com/ you are unfamiliar with an area that The University offers a free bike stickers identify the businesses as a This is most likely to happen when you arrive. In every residence a crimereductionevents can be quite a scary thought. marking service to all students, in place with friendly staff trained in you feel comfortable in a familiar team of wardens and tutors work which: To report a crime or However, The University has a how best to help and support you. environment – unfortunately just throughout the evenings, nights non-emergency incident: dedicated team of security staff Search ‘Manchester Student Safety’ • A unique serial number is etched because you often visit a particular and weekends. There are some tel 101 on campus, and by taking a few on Facebook for more information. onto the frame in a highly visible café or study frequently in the simple steps you can take to keep simple, sensible precautions on your location library, it doesn’t mean there are no yourself and others safe: In an emergency: part you can help to keep yourself Cycle security thieves about. 999 (for Emergency Services) safe and secure. • Your personal/cycle details are • If you have swipe access to your Cycling is a great way to get around recorded and entered onto a building, don’t hold the door open +44 (0)161 306 9966 Manchester on a budget – but University database to enable our for people when you come in and (for University Security) make sure your bike isn’t an easy security officers to check them out – they might not be residents. target for thieves. Avoid poor top tip • Lock your door when not in your Crimes that may affect quality cable locks or old D-locks • The information is also entered room, even if you are elsewhere students on campus are dealt that can be easily cut through with onto the national property in the flat, and also whilst you are top tip with in this section, but for lots bolt cutters. database www.immobilise.com, sleeping You should insure your more useful safety advice for which the Police check when they personal property against • Subsidised lock scheme – all recover missing property your life in Manchester, see: By simply looking after your • If you are at all concerned about loss or theft. Shop around students at the University of valuables, you will save yourself the www.manchester.gov.uk/ Check online (web address on someone or something, contact – Endsleigh Insurance has Manchester are eligible to buy a hassle of cancelling credit cards, StudentSafety page to the right) for details of security great student discounts and silver standard ‘D’ lock (RRP £35) paying for replacement keys, losing forthcoming ‘crime reduction’ is recommended by the NUS, for reduced cost at £15: essays, etc. Take the item with you, events where your bike can be For advice but you may get a better deal http://tinyurl.com/bikelockscheme or make sure someone you know is Safe Zones marked and enquiries: for you through your bank or • Use/buy ‘lockable’ fixtures to looking after your property until you another insurance agent. Student Safe Zones provide a return. Do not ask someone you protect your bike wheels and seat Register all The Greater Manchester Police run If you are living in halls, network of safe places where you don’t know to do this, as they may instead of quick-release fittings. fortnightly events on a Monday in check to see if your can access guidance, support and your property not be around when you get back. University Place (building number 37 insurance is included in your practical help, should you feel you • Don’t assume your rickety old The immobilise service is available on the campus map) accommodation fees. You need it. bike is safe – thieves go for all to register all your valuable items makes, models and conditions. They can also be contacted at might also be able to cover for free, from laptops to mobile To help all students living in all other times, including during your belongings more cheaply phones. If your items are registered Manchester feel more comfortable Bike marking vacations, via phone or email: by extending your family’s –perhaps if you finish a shift at work on a database, it makes it much current household insurance. late, or suddenly find yourself in If your bike is lost or stolen, you’re easier to report a theft or log an Non emergency an unfamiliar area – the Safe Zone unlikely to see it again unless it is on insurance claim, as well as helping tel +44 (0)161 856 4466 initiative has been put in place a database to which the Police have the Police to return recovered stolen Greenheyes Police Station to highlight the large amount of access, as otherwise they won’t be property. www.immobilise.com [email protected] friendly reputable businesses you able to identify you as the rightful owner if they recover it.

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IT services

Once you set up your student IT Online student resources University computers Personal computers Printing IT support account (see p5), you will receive a unique username and password. My Manchester provides quick More than 3,000 PCs across Connecting your own computer Each PC cluster has printing Contact our IT Service Desk for any These allow you to access our wide and easy access to various University campus, and in some halls of to the University network is free facilities, which you can use on IT-related problems you have at the range of IT facilities and services services, including your email, residence, are available for you to of charge. If you have a personal a ‘pay per page’ basis. A central University. Telephone support is across campus, and our online your personal file storage space, use. Many have extended opening computer or laptop, you can use printing account is automatically available 24 hours a day, 365 days learning environment, Blackboard. your P-drive, University news and hours, including at weekends. our network via a wired connection set up for you along with your a year*. calendars, and Blackboard (see These link directly to the high- in halls of residence (see p15). IT account. You can buy further Your student IT account below). You need your username speed campus network, giving you When on campus, you can connect printing credits in units of 50p, tel: +44 (0)161 306 5544 and password to log into the portal. access to My Manchester, standard to the University’s WiFi via your £1 and £2 from print kiosks www.manchester.ac.uk/itservices/ All students have a secure file http://my.manchester.ac.uk University software, the internet and laptop, smartphone or tablet (eg around campus, or use our online contacts storage space on the University printing services. iPad). ePayments system. Or drop by a help desk and see us network – known as your ‘P-drive’ – Blackboard is the University’s face to face: where you can save files and backup virtual learning environment, which To find your nearest PC Keep your computer secure with a For more information, including 1st floor, Main Library (Blue 1), or E your work. You can access this from you can access via My Manchester cluster, look out for the strong password, personal firewall locations of payment kiosks and floor, Joule Library, Sackville Street any University PC you log into (look from anywhere with an internet PC cluster icon on the and good anti-virus tool, and by how to print wirelessly, see: building. for the ‘My Documents’ folder), or connection. You can find course campus map, or visit: installing security updates as soon www.manchester.ac.uk/itservices/ from any computer with an internet materials, submit coursework and www.manchester.ac.uk/ as they are available. Find out more: printing *Out of hours the Service Desk is connection via My Manchester. communicate with your lecturers itservices/pc www.manchester.ac.uk/itservices/ operated by Northumbria University, and and fellow students online. secure-it reported back to IT Services who will offer You also have your own University further assistance, if required. email account. Check this IT access for all regularly, as the University will use Be mindful of spam If you have a disability, the it to email important information top tip University has specialist Please don’t give people outside to you. Most students use Outlook Log on to eProg top tip hardware and software to suit the University access to student Live, allowing you to access your eProg provides skills training You can opt for your email particular needs, as well as the email addresses or send emails emails anywhere online, and also resources and progression address not to be included on option of a customised desktop. to large groups of fellow access an additional 25GB of free, support for all postgraduate the University’s external address Find out more: students. You can find out how online storage through Microsoft students. Once you have book by logging into www. www.manchester.ac.uk/ to set up your spam filtering for SkyDrive. This is a useful area for completed IT sign up (see manchester.ac.uk/itservices/ itservices/accessibility your email account at saving non-academic files, to avoid p5) log in and find out more: itaccountmanager. However, www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk filling up your P-drive too quickly. http://tinyurl.com/UoMeprog it will still be visible internally unless you specifically request Find out more: otherwise. www.manchester.ac.uk/itservices/ studentmail

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Student support

Our multitude of support services Counselling support Aletrnatively, you can email Anyone can be a course Administrative support Careers support can help you with almost any [email protected], representative; make sure your voice problem or query you may have. University life is busy and exciting which is confidential and won’t is heard by participating! The Student Services Centre is Even though you are just starting – but can sometimes be worrying reveal your email address. This Search ‘Course Reps’ at the place to visit if you have any your postgraduate degree, it’s Your course advisor, supervisor or or stressful, especially if you have service is open all year round and www.manchesterstudentsunion.com administrative queries. Student life never too early to start planning staff in your Postgraduate Office are concerns in your life outside the you are guaranteed a response can involve a lot of form filling and for the future – especially in today’s generally good places to start with University. If this happens to you, within 48 hours. You can also Peer support documentation, especially in the competitive jobs market. Your enquiries – but this section will also don’t suffer alone. volunteer for Nightline, for details early weeks, and we will try our best Careers Service offers dedicated help point you in the right direction of this and more, please visit the As well as Nightline and course to simplify this for you. You can find services and advice for postgraduate University Counselling Service for any specific queries you may Students’ Union website: representatives, other student-run us just off Burlington Street (map ref students – including a postgraduate have, and for general information services are available if you would Free, confidential help is available http://tinyurl.com/UoMnightline 57) on the way to the Main Library. blog – and can point you to exciting that may be useful to you. rather have support from your from trained counsellors with any There is also a satellite centre in the opportunities that will boost your Support in university peers. These include: Joule library on Sackville Street (map job and/or research prospects. Academic related personal problems affecting your work or wellbeing. We also run accommodation Peer mentoring ref 1). Visit the careers website for job information vacancies, special training sessions group sessions and workshops Many disciplines across the We can sort out questions for those who feel uncomfortable All University-owned and events throughout the year. See The Student Guidance Service University offer you the chance to concerning registration, student with the idea of a one-to-one accommodation has a team of p50 for more details. offers impartial advice and get support and guidance from cards, tuition fees assessment or conversation, or simply want to residential pastoral staff who can www.manchester.ac.uk/careers information on any matter that older students, to help make payment, Council Tax exemption, arm themselves with some useful give you general help and support, concerns your academic career. This the transition into University life and all sorts of documentation, information on subjects such as well as providing a local point of IT support might include University matters, smoother and easier. These schemes such as academic transcripts or as reducing stress, coping with contact in case of an emergency at such as course interruptions, are student-led, to ensure they meet student loans, grants and awards. See p42-43 for information on academic pressures, or building night and over the weekends. When withdrawals, or changes; or your needs. We can also help with queries online services and resources, and confidence and self-esteem. you arrive, look out for events that personal matters outside the www.tlso.manchester.ac.uk/ about examinations, graduation on IT support. Tel: 0161 275 2864 your pastoral team will arrange to University that may be affecting students-as-partners ceremonies, degree certificates and www.manchester.ac.uk/ introduce themselves to you. your academic progress. The service numerous other general enquiries. International support counselling www.accommodation. The Students’ Union is open Monday to Friday 10am to You can contact us with your manchester.ac.uk Advice Centre Our International Advice Team, 4pm and is based on the first floor enquiry, or make requests and carry Nightline This centre provides professional based in the Student Services of University Place (campus map out certain tasks yourself via Course support help and advice across various Centre, provides advice and 37). http://my.manchester.ac.uk. The Part of the Students’ Union, issues, from emergency loans, information to all our international www.manchester.ac.uk/sgs Course representatives are students walk-in service and student phone this student-run listening and to contraceptive advice, students on diverse topics, including who are chosen by their peers to line are both available Monday to information service offers accommodation issues and various immigration issues, work permits, meet regularly with academic staff Friday. anonymous, non-judgemental and academic matters, including finance, funding and academic or to make sure your education is non-directive support every night of complaints and appeals. No Opening hours: personal problems. term, between 8pm to 8am. If you of the highest quality. Their work appointment necessary. It is based Mon, Wed, Thurs and Fri: 9am - 4pm are feeling like you want to talk, feeds into and is supported by the in the Steve Biko Building, first Tues: 10 - 4pm See contact details for the Student Students’ Union representatives Services Centre (above), or email you would like some information or floor, and is open Monday to Friday Contact: from each faculty, too. [email protected]. don’t know who to speak to, you 9.30am-4.30pm all year round. The Student Services Centre can always call Nightline. They don’t Tel +44 (0)161 275 2947 Burlington Street (campus map 57) For full information on support for judge and they’ll never tell you what Search ‘Advice’ at tel +44 (0)161 275 5000 international students, including to do. The phone number is on the www.manchesterstudentsunion.com [email protected] back of your student card. details on English language courses, www.manchester.ac.uk/ssc see your Arrival Guide. 44 45 Crucial guide to student life

Student support

Disability support help and support to deal with issues ‘Manchester Student Parents and Legal support Religious support relating to drug and alcohol abuse. Carers Network’ is a dedicated (in term-time only) Staff in the Disability Support It also provides medical certificates Facebook group for University of Our student population is drawn top tip Office can help any student with of fitness for employment and Manchester students. The network If you have any legal or associated from all cultures and religious We want to keep you up additional needs arising from hobbies. is also a Students’ Union Society, problems, you can get free, beliefs. A number of chaplains of to date with all the most a medical condition, a physical so look out for their stall at the confidential advice from our Legal diverse faiths are available if you important and relevant The service is open Monday to or sensory disability, a specific Students’ Fair. Advice Centre, run by the School want to talk through difficulties, information from the Friday, 9.00am to 4.00pm. You can learning difficulty such as dyslexia, of Law. Following an appointment, to explore issues of faith, or are University, and help you get self-refer, or be referred by your The International Society at William or a mental health problem that clients will be advised in writing on looking for information about local the most of our variety of School or another support service: Kay House on Oxford Road runs a affects their study. We can arrange their legal position and what steps faith communities: support services. Every week http://tinyurl.com/UoMhealth weekly Women and Families group: assessments, assist with applications to take next. Cases are not taken of term the My Manchester for funding support, and discuss http://tinyurl.com/UoMfamilies • St Peter’s House for the Anglican, Please note that this service is not a beyond written advice, although newsletter will come straight appropriate study aids and special Baptist, Methodist and United doctor’s surgery. You should register You can get more information the centre may be able to make to your inbox – we know you examination arrangements, if Reformed Church denominations: with local healthcare services when about local childcare providers, referrals to other agencies. The are busy, but please take the necessary. All enquiries are treated www.stpeters.org.uk you arrive at the University (see schools, funding for childcare and a centre runs regular clinics in the time to glance over it – there in confidence. p16). range of related topics online: areas of employment law, landlord • Avila House for the Roman might be some information that makes all the difference Contact: http://tinyurl.com/ and tenant law, small claims and Catholic chaplaincy: to your student experience! The Disability Support Office (DSO) Childcare support UoMstudentparents police complaints. www.rc-chaplaincy-um.org.uk 2nd Floor, University Place (campus If you have family responsibilities, Information on child-related Contact: • Hillel House for the Jewish map ref 37) there are nursery facilities situated matters is also available from the Legal Advice Centre chaplaincy: tel +44 (0)161 275 7512 conveniently close to campus. Students’ Union Advice Centre and tel +44 (0)161 306 1264 / 275 7976 tel +44 (0)161 226 1139 minicom +44 (0)161 275 2794 Places for children aged between the Student Guidance Service (see [email protected] text 07899 663 512 • The University of Manchester six months and five years are above). http://tinyurl.com/ Islamic Society maintains campus [email protected] available year-round, on weekdays, UoMlegaladvice prayer facilities for Muslim http://tinyurl.com/UoM-DSO from 8.30am to 5.30pm. Due to students in the MacDougall high demand for some age groups Centre and the Sackville Street Health support (particularly under-two year-olds), Building: there may be a substantial waiting Occupational Health Services offers www.manchesterisoc.com confidential care and support on list. health and safety issues that may The Students’ Union also has • Dryden Street Nursery be relevant to your course and your societies for many major religions: (campus map 62) ability to study. Services available www.manchesterstudentsunion.com tel +44 (0)161 272 7121 include: emergency care if you admin.drydenstreetnursery@ are taken ill on campus; travel btconnect.com health advice; contraceptive and sexual health services, including • Echoes Nursery the availability of emergency (campus map 6) contraception and free condoms; tel +44 (0)161 306 4979 and health promotion, including [email protected]

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If things go wrong

The University is proud of and Complaints Harassment Academic appeals If you wish to lodge an appeal, committed to ensuring the high you are strongly advised in the first standard and quality of our If you have a complaint with any The University aims to promote a We are committed to safeguarding instance to raise the matter with the top tip programmes of study, services and aspect of your academic life, we learning and working environment your interests in relation to the appropriate member of staff in your The University and your facilities for you, our students. advise you to follow our procedure that values diversity and promotes process by which decisions relating School – eg your tutor, supervisor, Students’ Union strongly We recognise, however, that on for student complaints, as follows: inclusion for all our students to your academic status or progress or course director. Only if the matter recommend you take full occasion things may not go as well and staff. We take any form of are reached. We therefore have remains unresolved should you seek advantage of the Union’s Step 1: Seek to resolve your as we would hope. If this happens, harassment, discrimination, or a procedure that you may use to to undertake the formal appeal expertise and resources when complaint informally – raise it we need to know what may have bullying very seriously. appeal against a decision of a board procedure, in which case you should dealing with these kinds of promptly and directly with the gone wrong in order to resolve of examiners, a progress committee, submit a formal written statement formal procedures - even staff concerned (whether they be Our ‘Dignity at Work and Study’ the issue and take any appropriate a graduate committee or equivalent setting out the grounds of your if all you want is someone academic or administrative staff in initiative provides support to action to improve our services and committee whose decision relates to appeal to the appropriate faculty knowledgeable and impartial your School, or staff working in the anyone who finds themselves facilities accordingly. your academic status or progress. officer within 20 working days of to attend an appeal board or service or facility about which you either subjected to or accused of notification of the result or decision meeting with you. are complaining). We hope – and this behaviour. A team of trained Please note that it is not possible against which you are appealing. find – that most complaints can be harassment advisors is available to for you to contest the academic The Students’ Union is more resolved at this stage. provide confidential support and or professional judgement of the Full details of the appeals procedure than a place to socialise, it is a top tip information, and mediation can also examiners and their decisions. are available online: political body run by Officers The University’s Mediation Step 2: If your complaint is not be arranged, if desired. In other words, you may not http://tinyurl.com/UoMappeals elected to represent you and Service is open to students who dealt with to your satisfaction via appeal simply because you are your needs to the University. want to address a situation or informal procedures, you can make Contact: dissatisfied with the outcome of If you wish to use one of the problem they are experiencing. a formal complaint. Complete a The Equality and Diversity Office your assessment. There are four procedures outlined here, but would This may be with another copy of our complaints form, which tel +44 (0)161 306 5857 very specific grounds on which an welcome some advice or guidance, student on your course or in is available online, together with full equalityanddiversity@manchester. appeal might be lodged, as follows: you could contact the appropriate halls, or it might concern a details of the complaints procedure: ac.uk officer in your faculty. You can find member of staff. For more http://tinyurl.com/ www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/ a. Extenuating circumstances exist their details in the Crucial Guide Live: information contact UoMcomplaints equalityanddiversity of which, for good reason, the http://tinyurl.com/ 0161 306 5874 or email board of examiners were not UoMusefulcontacts Submit the form to the relevant [email protected]. aware, and which may have faculty officer or service manager, as affected the decision appropriate (see http://tinyurl.com/ The Code of Practice for UoMusefulcontacts for relevant b. Administrative error or procedural Postgraduate Research contact details). irregularity in the assessment Degrees clearly sets out process the responsibilities of the University, faculties, schools c. Bias on the part of one or more and supervisors, and details examiners the responsibilities of research students. If you’re studying a d. 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48 49 Good to know

Further advice to help Get involved with your • News and advice tailored to the Investigate Learn a language needs of international students you make the most of Careers Service http://manchesterinternational accommodation If you’d like to learn another your time at Manchester. Although you are just starting your careers.wordpress.com options language, either for course credits postgraduate course, it’s never too or as an ‘extra’, perhaps leading • An Academic Career – essential If your postgraduate course lasts Find a part-time job early to start planning for the future to another qualification, check out advice for aspiring academics for longer than one year, and if – especially in today’s competitive our Language Experience for All A part-time job can be a welcome http://www.manchester.ac.uk/ your accommodation contract runs jobs market. Your Careers Service Programme (LEAP): boost to your finances, as well as to academiccareer out at the end of your first year, http://tinyurl.com/UoMleap the work experience section on your offers dedicated services and you should ideally start looking for CV. It’s also a good way to develop advice for postgraduate students, Find out more online: accommodation for your second team-working, communication and including: www.manchester.ac.uk/careers/pg year as early as January. Make other skills. Many students work • Talks and workshops just for your first port of callManchester part-time, in jobs ranging from retail postgrads – also available online Student Homes, a University- and customer service to web design all year round endorsed service that co-ordinates and translation. If you plan to work private sector housing for students: part-time, you need to manage your • Help to get you started on your hours so the job does not conflict masters course from day one Manchester Student Homes with the demands of your degree. Unit 1-3 Ladybarn House • Pathways – our annual three (Near Sainsbury’s in Fallowfield) Our Careers Service advertises day careers event for doctoral tel +44 (0)161 275 7680 part-time jobs for students on its researchers manchesterstudenthomes@ website, as well as offering useful http://tinyurl.com/ manchester.ac.uk advice on part-time jobs in general, UoMpathways www.manchesterstudenthomes.com and other vacancy sources: http://tinyurl.com/UoMparttime • Trained postgraduate careers advisors who can offer you one- International students to-one advice Students from outside the EU may be eligible to live in • The latest postgraduate careers University accommodation news and opportunities at throughout their degree, in http://manchesterpgcareers. which case you must apply for wordpress.com and second-year accommodation by http://twitter.com/ February. See Arrival Guide p32 ManPgCareers for more on accommodation.

50 51 The small print

Keeping up-to-date Student regulations Work and attendance of Dignity at work Health and safety Freedom of information students (General Regulation XX) Your responsibilities under the with admin As a registered student of The and study Health and Safety at Work etc. Act The University’s obligations under Compulsory work and attendance Many of the administrative University of Manchester, you How the University expects you to 1974, as well as the University’s the Freedom of Information Act requirements, and the risks of not processes which affect your student agree to comply with the rules behave in respect of harassment, responsibilities and policies. (FoIA), and its Publication Scheme meeting them. life are carried out online – eg and regulations under which bullying and discrimination, and See p5 for how to complete the (PS), which is a list of all the the University and its students information routinely made available registration (see p6), the publication Library (General Regulation XVI) what you can do if you believe you online H&S induction. of examination timetables and must operate. The principles have been a victim of harassment, to the public. Library services and facilities Data protection (Ordinance XIV) arrangements for graduation. This underpinning these are set out in bullying or discrimination at available to you and the terms of How the University will use your Copyright (Ordinance XIV) is why you have a responsibility to the University’s Statutes, Ordinances University. use, including the risk of disciplinary personal data in accordance with Rules of copyrighted material and access the My Manchester portal and Regulations. See also ‘Harassment’ under If action if these terms are not the Data Protection Act 1998, the risks of infringement. and your email on a regular basis Things Go Wrong’ p48-49. The main rules and regulations that observed. including disclosure to third parties, for important notices and updates. Intellectual Property (IP) you should be aware of are listed and your rights to check and correct Conduct and discipline of Examinations and assessments (Ordinance XIV) below, full details of which can be information held. In exceptional circumstances, students (General Regulation XVII) (General Regulations XII) Your intellectual property rights over alternative arrangements can be found online: Expectations of proper student Details of the University examination www.studentnet.manchester. work you create as a student – and made – contact the Student Services conduct. and assessment regulations are Got a query regarding the exceptions to this. Centre for advice (see ‘p45). ac.uk/crucial-guide/regulations given in the appropriate degree use of your personal data? Computer use/misuse (General Your degree regulations regulations and supplemented by Contact the Records Regulations XIV and XV) your course handbook. Your academic progress and the Expectations of using University Management Office: award of your degree is governed computer facilities, monitoring and Results of assessment Room G011, John Owens by general degree regulations, risks of misuse. Assessment results may be withheld Building (campus map 48) supplemented by specific if you are in debt to the University. tel +44 (0)161 275 8111 regulations relating to your degree, See also ‘Academic appeals’ under If which are set out in your course Things Go Wrong’ p44-45. handbook. Complaints (General Regulation Registration and payment of XVIII) fees (General Ordinance XVI) The student complaints procedure: What it means to register as See If Things Go Wrong p44-45. a student and under what circumstances your registration may Students’ Union (Ordinance XVII) end. Membership of the Students’ Union To find out how to register online, and what that entails, including see p6. details on opting out.

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