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penryn CAMPUS OFFER-HOLDER VISIT DAYS 2014 PENRYN, NEAR FALMOUTH, CORNWALL The Penryn Campus is an inspiring, intimate and vibrant place to study. Please note: in line more accommodation and an extension to our with our commitment striking library and student services facilities. to environmental An energetic, diverse student community of 4,000 sustainability, we won’t be studies here, and the campus – which we share Visit Days are intended to provide you with all handing out carrier bags, and jointly manage with Falmouth University – also so you might like to bring the information you need: staff and students are attracts some of the world’s finest academics. a bag with you for any available to answer your questions and tell you literature you collect. Students choose the University of Exeter for its what it’s really like to live and study in this beautiful reputation and the strength of our academic faculty, part of the country. research and teaching; they choose the Penryn The Student Recruitment Team will also be on hand Campus not just for its location and lifestyle, How to find us and at the registration desk in the refectory. We look but for its friendliness and sense of success and forward to meeting you! momentum. practical arrangements This ambition and energy is underlined by a Arrival and registration In addition you can find information on For train timetabling contact national £50 million investment programme. These fantastic Student Recruitment Team where to stay at www.visitcornwall.com and rail enquiries. Tel: 08457 484950 or visit We will be open for registration from 09:00. www.tourismcornwall.co.uk www.nationalrail.co.uk new facilities include a world-class research centre, When you arrive, please head to the refectory to register by handing in the registration slip Travel arrangements Bus – National Express coaches stop in which we’ll send you once you’ve booked Penryn. For timetables, contact National your place. Parking – Free parking is available for the Express (tel: 08717 818178 or visit Offer-Holder Visit Days in all Penryn www.nationalexpress.com). Campus car parks. Our car parks’ barriers Have you visited us before? For bus services within the South West, visit will be programmed to rise as you enter at www.travelinesw.com If you have visited us before and have any time during the day. Welcome to the University of Exeter taken the tours and general presentations, Air – The closest airport to the Penryn you can choose to arrive for the afternoon Directions to the Penryn Campus – Campus is Newquay. Car hire and taxi department visits if you prefer. Please still If you’re driving, it’s best not to rely on services are also available at Newquay arrive in time (we recommend 12:00) to satellite navigation systems. The Penryn Offer-Holder Visit Day Airport. For car hire information visit register, have a tea or coffee and for us Campus is approximately two hours’ drive www.newquaycornwallairport.com to direct you to the right department for from Exeter. the afternoon. Congratulations on receiving your offer of a place From the north, take the A30 west from Please note: Newquay Airport is approximately If you’d like to look around the campus, Exeter until you reach the A39 signposted 40 km from Penryn and if you’re using public at the University of Exeter accommodation or hear the general talks Truro. Drive through Truro following the transport you will need to take a bus from the again, you are more than welcome to arrive signs for the A39 to Falmouth. At the airport to Newquay and then another bus to Whether or not you have visited us before, we recommend you to help. Student ambassadors wearing yellow t-shirts can be found in the morning. Treluswel roundabout, cross straight over, Penryn (typical total journey time 1.5 to 2 attend an Offer-Holder Visit Day. There is a choice of dates across the campus and will also be happy to assist you. following the signs for University Campus hours). For all public transport connections visit www.traveline.org.uk available and each day is packed with opportunities for you to see Visitors with disabilities/ Tremough (our Penryn Campus). At the full range of facilities, meet staff and students, and experience To book your place on a forthcoming Offer-Holder Visit Day, the Treliever roundabout turn left, again special needs following the signs to the University Campus Directions to the Penryn Campus and a the welcoming atmosphere of the University for yourself. please visit our website at: www.exeter.ac.uk/offer-holder Tremough. The campus entrance is on your map can be found on our website at We encourage visitors who need special www.exeter.ac.uk/visit/directions/cornwall This brochure is designed to help you get the most out of the For detailed information about our programmes, please visit our arrangements to contact us on +44 (0)1326 right after approximately 200 metres. website: www.exeter.ac.uk/undergraduate experience. We recommend you take time to plan your day so that 371801 or email [email protected] so we Train – Penryn has its own train station. Emergencies and first aid you don’t miss an important talk or tour. You may like to use the can plan for your visit. Blue badge holders are There is a frequent direct service to Truro For further information about the Offer-Holder Visit Days, In case of emergency please contact timetable on the back page to help you do this. able to park on campus in designated areas. from many major British cities. At Truro, contact the Admissions and Student Recruitment Office: the nearest member of staff or student Please refer to the map on page 7. change to the branch line service to tel: +44 (0)1326 371801; email: [email protected] ambassador. First aid assistance is available If, throughout the day, you have any questions, please come to the Falmouth and leave the train at Penryn. The Catering from the registration desk in the refectory. registration desk in the refectory where we’ll be more than happy campus is a 20 minute walk from the station. When you arrive we’ll give you a voucher for We will be providing a free shuttle bus to the To ensure your personal safety throughout a complimentary tea or coffee, and you can campus, running from 08:00 until 17:30 (last the day, please keep to the paths. Do not buy a variety of hot and cold food and snacks bus from the campus bus stop). If you prefer touch any equipment or apparatus unless from the refectory, the campus shop and the to book a taxi from the station, telephone invited to do so by a member of staff. In campus café. +44 (0)1326 373007 or +44 (0)1326 212141. case of emergency please contact the nearest member of staff or student ambassador. If you Alternatively you can leave the train at are a blue badge holder parking on campus, Overnight accommodation Truro train station and catch the No. 88 please ensure you are in a marked space and bus from outside the station direct to the report your car to reception on arrival. The Falmouth and Penryn area offers a wide campus. For bus and train timetabling visit choice of hotels, B&Bs and restaurants. You www.travelinesw.com Please note: the train is can find information about where to stay at much quicker than the bus. www.exeter.ac.uk/visit/university/stay 2 3 Tours and general presentations Visits to departments Tours and general presentations are Campus tours Information stands You’ll have the opportunity to visit your Please pre-book for the tour if you haven’t with academic members of staff over tea and scheduled for the morning. Representatives department for the afternoon. Student already done. coffee and will have the opportunity to take from our service providers will be available Campus tours run in the morning from Representatives from our service providers ambassadors will accompany you on the a subject-specific campus tour with a student at the information stands in the refectory. inside the refectory, or if you prefer you will be on hand to answer any questions you departmental visits. Please wait in the English from the department. can take a tour with one of the student might have about life on campus: refectory a few minutes before the advertised ambassadors after the departmental visits 13:00 – approx 15:00 Have you applied for a • Accessibility start time and listen for announcements Politics have finished in the afternoon. Our English department will give a welcome Joint Honours or Flexible • Accommodation indicating the exact departure point and time talk with general information about the 13:00 – approx 15:00 Where: inside the main refectory • Admissions for your subject visit. Please note: departmental Combined Honours degree? department and programme, followed by a Our Politics department will give a welcome When: throughout the day from 09:00 • Careers visits vary in length. sample seminar or lecture. There will also be talk followed by sample lecture/seminar. until 16:00 • Library Services On each of the three Offer-Holder Visit the chance to chat with academic members of Afterwards, tea and coffee will be provided • Student Finance Biosciences Days there will be a dedicated stand in staff over tea and coffee. If you wish to take and there will be the opportunity to talk to • Student Services and the Students’ the refectory where you can discuss your General presentations 13:00 – approx 15:45 a tour of the campus, please make your way academic staff.