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STUDENT GUIDE 2018/19 CONTENTS ONCAMPUS LONDON 2 & SURROUNDING AREA LONDON MAP 3 AROUND CAMPUS 4 TEACHING BUILDINGS 5 ENROLMENT AND INDUCTION 6 YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES 11 ATTENDANCE 12 STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES 14 STUDENT OYSTER PHOTOCARD 15 STUDENT SUPPORT AND ADVICE 16 CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 20 WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE CITY? 21 PAYING YOUR FEES 22 TERM DATES 25 CENTRE STAFF CONTACTS BACK PAGE 1 LONDON LONDON ON 2 & THE SURROUNDING AREA & THESURROUNDING 0.8 miles |13mins 6mins 0.8 miles both printanddigital. languages andinmanyformats, inmany manycountries, from items 150million over holding library, isamajorresearch The library 04. 01. LONDON BIRKBECK UNIVERSITY OF 3.8 miles |23mins35 3.8 miles andZoology. Palaeontology Minerology, Entomology, Botany, collections: main withinfive items some70millioncomprising specimensand earthscience life The museumishometo MUSEUM 06. THE BRITISHLIBRARY ON THE NATURAL HISTORY THE NATURAL CAMPUS LONDON AT AT LONDON CAMPUS CAMPUS OVER 74,000COURSES OVER STUDENTS STUDYING HAS185,000 LONDON THE UNIVERSITY OF 3.8 miles |22mins38 3.8 miles |9mins3 0.5 miles inexistence. comprehensive andmost is amongthelargest numbering someeightmillionworks, permanentcollection, Its culture. and human history to Dedicated 02. charge for admission. for charge Museumdoesnotin theUK,Science funded nationalmuseums other publicly Like annually. 2.7millionvisitors attracts which attraction A majorLondontourist 07. BRITISH MUSEUM SCIENCE MUSEUM The World University Rankings 2017 Rankings University The World UNIVERSITY CITY WORLD’S BEST WORLD’S RANKED THE 2.4 miles |14mins33 2.4 miles intheworld. artworks bizarre) (and famous someofthemost view visitto than5million visitors more modernart.Eachyear, international nationalmuseumof Britain’s 08. |21mins |33mins 3.6 miles Prince Albert.Prince and QueenVictoria namedafter was in1852,it Founded million objects. 4.5 ofover a permanentcollection anddesign,housing arts decorative museumof largest The world’s MUSEUM 05. 03. 1.1 miles |22mins9 1.1 miles ofcharge. isfree collection themain 1900.Entryto to century themid-13th paintings datingfrom 2,300 in1842,ithousesover Founded TATE MODERN TATE VICTORIA ANDALBERTVICTORIA THE NATIONAL GALLERY THE NATIONAL SWISS COTTAGE CHALK FARM CALEDONIAN ROAD CAMDEN ROAD SOUTH HAMPSTEAD CAMDEN TOWN YOUR POCKET MAP DISTANCES OF ONCAMPUS LONDON Kings Cross: MORNINGTON ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE Woodland Court: 0.9 miles | 19 mins walk CRESCENT 2.2 miles LONDON St Pancras: 0.9 miles | 19 mins walk ST PANCRAS ANGEL The London Underground REGENT’S 4 Oxford Street: is a metro system serving a PARK KING’S CROSS large part of Greater London, ST PANCRAS 1.0 miles | 21 mins walk providing fast and efficient THE ISLAMIC CULTURAL THE BRITISH London Eye: service for those travelling CENTRE AND THE LONDON LONDON EUSTON LIBRARY 1.8 miles | around the city. CENTRAL MOSQUE WARREN STREET 18 mins by underground GREAT EUSTON SQUARE PORTLAND OLD STREET STREET WARWICK AVENUE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON UNION 1 REGENT’S RUSSELL SQUARE UEEN MARY BAKER STREET BIRKBECK FARRINGDON PARK SOAS 4.8 miles BARBICAN ROYAL OAK EDGWARE ROAD 2 MOORGATE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS LIVERPOOL STREET STATION LONDON PADDINGTON HOLBORN CHANCERY LANE THE BRITISH ST PAUL’S TO HIGHGATE HILL Oxford Street TOTTENHAM MUSEUM CATHEDRAL MURUGAN TEMPLE: CAMPUS COURT ROAD HOUSE SENATE ST PAUL’S 4 miles ON MARBLE ARCH OXFORD CIRCUS COVENT GARDEN THE COURTAULD BOND STREET MANSION BAYSWATER INSTITUTE OF ART LONDON BLACKFRIARS HOUSE LANCASTER GATE KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS TEMPLE QUEENSWAY 3 LEICESTER SQUARE PICCADILLY THE NATIONAL GALLERY CIRCUS RIVER THAMES 8 LONDON CHARING CROSS GREEN PARK HYDE PARK EMBANKMENT TATE MODERN KENSINGTON SOUTHWARK GARDENS GREEN PARK THE LONDON EYE ST JAMES’S 1.8 miles / 35 mins walk / 13 mins bike HYDE PARK PARK LONDON WATERLOO WESTMINSTER CORNER BOROUGH 7 KNIGHTSBRIDGE BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROYAL HOLLOWAY THE SCIENCE MUSEUM GARDENS BIG BEN 24.5 miles 1.8 miles / 35 mins walk / 13 mins bike 6 5 THE VICTORIA GOLDSMITHS VICTORIA LAMBETH NORTH 6.8 miles THE NATURAL AND ALBERT MUSEUM HISTORY MUSEUM GLOUCESTER ROAD SOUTH KENSINGTON ELEPHANT & CASTLE SLOANE SQUARE MAP KEY Railway Underground Student Railway Place of Worship Place of Worship Place of Worship Restaurant Station Station accommodation Line Church Mosque Hindu Temple 3 AROUND CAMPUS... TEACHING WHERE WILL I FIND... ? BUILDINGS Police station Mainline train stations 10 Lambs Conduit Street, WC1N 3NR Euston Birkbeck Main Building, Library & Student 30 Russell Square, Birkbeck, (Urgent incidents can be reported with (for Birmingham, Manchester & Birkbeck Reception or on 0207 631 Glasgow) Central, Birkbeck, University of London University of London 6031) King’s Cross Malet Street, Bloomsbury Bloomsbury, London, WC1B 5DP (for Leeds, Cambridge & Edinburgh) Banks London, WC1E 7HX St Pancras Barclays Bank plc (for international rail services to Paris 39 – 47 Gordon Square, Birkbeck, 6 – 17 Tottenham Court Road, & Brussels) W1T 1BE Clore Management Centre Birkbeck, University of London University of London HSBC Bank plc Bus stops London, WC1H 0PD 1 Woburn Place, WC1H 0LQ Gower Street 2 Malet Street, Bloomsbury (opposite Russell Square tube station) (for bus services 10, 24, 29, 73, 134) London, WC1E 7HX Multi-faith prayer room Russell Square (for 7, 688, 168, 188) Birkbeck, Main building, Room B06. Tottenham Court Road SOAS, Room L65 and B105 (women) – 25 – 26 Russell Square Birkbeck, (10, 24, 29, 73, 134) main building, V220 – Vernon Square University of London campus (You will need your Birkbeck Supermarkets student card to enter). London, WC1B 5D Waitrose Library Brunswick Centre, WC1N 1BS Birkbeck, ground floor. Main (wide-range, a little expensive) building. Tesco Express (Opening hours: Mon – Sun 40 Bertrand Street, WC1N 1QJ opposite 8.45am – 11.45pm) Russell Square tube station To access the library you will need your Birkbeck student card and a copy Restaurants of your passport or BRP card. Fifth Floor Eatery @ Birkbeck Birkbeck Main building. Birkbeck computer facilities – Opening Hours: 10am – 8pm (term main building time) There are a large number of computer University of London Union (ULU) rooms at Birkbeck you can use, most Malet Street, WC1E 7HY – cafe on the of which are open 18 hours a day. They ground floor. Opening hours: 8.30am are located in rooms 313 and 413. – 6.00pm To access these computers you will need your Birkbeck username and Post Office password. 33 Marchmont St London WC1N 1AP (near the Underground station Brunswick centre) Russell Square (Piccadilly Line), 5 minutes walk 4 5 ENROLMENT AND INDUCTION Induction programme – enrolment and one which you can use to open a bank What you need to know us, you will have the same rights to health account. If you need additional letters care as a UK resident. This means that Enrolment is an essential part of your To register, you must take the following please request these from the office. you can register with a GP (local doctor), induction. After you enrol, you are officially a with you: • a meeting with a member of the academic receive hospital treatment, treatment for student of ONCAMPUS London. • a copy of the identity page of your team and your personal tutor so that you pre-existing conditions and full maternity can choose your academic modules for • £34 in cash (try to take the exact amount) services. You have to pay for dental (teeth) You will need to bring the following the semester and discuss plans for your • a copy of the Visa page from your passport services. In addition, optical (eye) services documents when you attend enrolment progression degree. as well as A copy of both sides of your BRP are not available on the NHS so you may have to pay for them. • Your passport • key dates for the upcoming term, to help (if applicable) • Your visa you plan your time at ONCAMPUS London. • two passport sized photographs • Your ONCAMPUS offer letter and • completed OVRO Registration Proforma Certificate/Confirmation of Acceptance for Registering with the Police Once you have registered, you will be given a Studies statement (CAS) Certain international students that come to Police Registration Certificate (You will need • Your Original certificates/transcripts (for study in the UK will be required to register to bring your into the office for us to make example High School Certificate, AS-level with the police within 7 days of their arrival a copy for our records. You should keep this results, IELTS Certificate, first degree in the UK. Please check your visa sticker throughout your time in the , as you will need certificates and other qualifications) as (or any Home Office letter showing the it in the event you wish to extend your visa shown on your CAS statement requirement to register and accompanying from the UK. The can also be used as an • Your UK address, telephone number and your BRP card) to determine whether you identity document in certain circumstances. e-mail address are required to register. In London, police In the event you change your address or • Details of someone to contact in case of registration is completed at the Overseas obtain a new visa, you must update your emergency (next of kin). Visitors Records Office. by reporting to your local police station (ie. you don’t necessarily need to go to Brandon • Proof of payment or financial guarantee. House). This must be done within 7 days of Please remember: ONCAMPUS London will you moving. only accept original documents. Location and opening hours Failure to bring the above may result in The address of the Overseas Visitors Looking after your health a delay to your starting the course, thus Records Office (OVRO) Under new regulations, you may need to damaging your academic progress. 323 Borough High Street pay a healthcare surcharge (called the London, SE1 1JL During the induction programme, ‘immigration health surcharge’) as part of Tel: 0207 230 1208 we will give you: your immigration application. You’ll then Opening hours: Weekdays 9am – 4pm • your timetable be able to use the National Health Service except Thursdays (NHS).