BIMM Birmingham HE Welcome Pack 2021/22
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Welcome Pack ———— Rethink Music Education Year 2021/22 ——— bimm.ac.uk Welcome To Your BIMM Institute Birmingham Congratulations On Being Offered A Place! ------ Welcome to your BIMM Institute Birmingham 21/22 We believe that everything you do while at BIMM is acceptance brochure. I would like to congratulate preparing you for your career. For that reason, your you on your successful place at the UK’s leading career doesn’t begin when you leave, it begins now. provider of modern music education and ask that We will provide you with numerous opportunities, you please take some time to read through all the and I encourage you to make the most of every single relevant information here to help your transition into one – whether they be gigs in local venues, college life. performing at our open days, producing tracks for your fellow musicians, working at festivals, BIMM Institute Birmingham is the seventh college auditioning for record labels, or promoting a local in the BIMM group, opening its doors to the first venue – these all give you valuable experience which cohort of students in September 2017. Our portfolio you can use to demonstrate your ability to future of degree programmes include Popular Music employers or clients. Performance, Songwriting, Music Production and Music Business, Event Management and Music The degree programme will be challenging at times, Journalism, Music Marketing, Media and and you will need to work hard to get the most from Communication and we now offer a Joint Honours your time at BIMM, but never forget that you are degree. This combination of disciplines creates an not alone, we are here to help you when you need it. effective microcosm of the music industry for you You are also surrounded by many other students in to network within and start your journey towards the same boat, who will also be happy to assist. The ultimate success. person you help today, will be the person who can offer you an important gig in the future. BIMM’s tutor roster is made up of music industry professional musicians, songwriters, producers, I’m looking forward to working with you this artists, managers and entrepreneurs, who have not academic year, and I can’t wait to hear and see what just learnt how to do it but are actively out there you can achieve. doing it. This means that their experience in the real word yesterday, will be relevant in your lectures Antony Greaves today, ensuring that the curriculum is always at the College Principal cutting edge, to best prepare you for your own future in the industry. Contents ------ Induction and Enrolment 5 Student Support 8 Student Life 12 Transport 15 Get Connected 17 Freshers’ Guide 19 Faculty Information 21 ———— Induction And Enrolment To study at BIMM Institute, you will need to complete enrolment. You will be sent instructions on how to Useful Contacts enrol via email. There are up to 3 stages to complete enrolment before you become a registered student. ------ Stage 1 – Enrolment Form Enrolment Support Complete the enrolment form and upload essential [email protected] personal information, as detailed at the bottom of Monday – Friday 9am – 8pm (GMT) this page. You must complete the enrolment form Saturday 10am – 4pm (GMT) before you can begin studying on your course. How UK – 0344 2 646 666 to complete this stage will be sent directly to you via email. Admissions [email protected] Stage 2 – Tuition Fees We need to confirm your tuition fees. You may be Student Support asked to contact student finance for verification. [email protected] Stage 3 – Logging in to BIMM systems Finance The last part of enrolment is making sure you have [email protected] access to the applications and systems you will use daily as a student. We will issue you with your IT credentials and show you the student portal where all applications are in one easy to use place. Online Enrolment Induction & Freshers’ For Your Course Closer to the start of the course, your college will contact you with induction and freshers’ information, ------ look out for this in your inbox and on social media platforms. Some of the events offered to you will be All students are required to complete enrolment. essential for you to attend and others will be more You will have been sent an e-mail with a link to the informal events. Make sure to take full advantage of enrolment portal, which will guide you through all the activities and events the colleges are putting on the required processes. Below are a list of things that for you. MUST be completed before you can start the course: Induction events include important information Enrolment form – must be completed in full and about your course, give you the opportunity to meet submitted – the link to this form will have been sent your course leader and your future classmates. to you by e-mail. Passport style photo – this will be used for your student ID card. Please follow the guidelines on the enrolment form. You will not be able to enter BIMM Term Dates buildings without an ID card. ------ Proof of ID – we require proof that you have the right to study in the UK. Ideally this will be a valid Semester/Term dates passport. You will upload a copy when completing You can check the dates of your course here. the online enrolment form. The online enrolment form must be completed in full before you can become an enrolled student at BIMM Institute. ------ Access and Participation We believe that there should be an even playing Bursaries and Financial Support field and equality of opportunity, no matter We have a package of bursaries and scholarships who you are. That’s why we are wholeheartedly to remove any financial barriers when it comes to committed to widening access and participation access. These include: from underrepresented groups in Higher Education. Whether you are an applicant or a current student, • Low Income Household, Care Experienced and we strive to improve the equality of opportunity Disabled Student Bursaries for all. What is Access and Participation? • The Fair Access Fund which offers bespoke financial Access and Participation essentially supports support to students from Black, Asian and minority specific groups of students to access higher ethnic backgrounds, low income backgrounds and education, improve your success and support career low participation in Higher Education areas development where there might have been past challenges. In particular, we are encouraging and Further Education students can also access supporting applications from underrepresented additional financial support via New College groups, such as Black, Asian and ethnic minority Swindon, our partner college. Their range of financial communities; students from lower-income support includes a Learner Support Fund and a backgrounds and areas of low participation in Higher Bursary for Vulnerable Groups. We can help support Education; students with disabilities; care-leavers; your application to these support funds as soon as and mature students. you have accepted your place with us. We’re dedicated to making higher education more Access and Participation Coordinators equal and fair. It’s something we passionately believe Our AP Coordinators work within our fantastic and in – and it’s why our Access and Participation (AP) friendly College Student Support teams on initiatives department exists. As a team, we constantly review like the Fair Access Fund, the Mentoring Scheme, and evaluate our initiatives and progress against the and help students transition into higher education. targets in our approved Access and Participation You may have met your AP Coordinator already at Plan. That way, we can iron out any inequalities and an Open Day, they can help with any arrangements make ourselves as diverse and inclusive as possible. you may need to make in advance of starting your course, like disability support and applications to the You can also check out our BIMM Access and Disabled Students Allowance. The AP Coordinators Participation Plan here. It sets out our commitment are here to help you get everything in place before to remove any gaps or hurdles that might be in place you start your course, so drop them a line if you have for someone when it comes to access, success and any queries or concerns and they can help get you up progression. to speed and ready to go! Our Access and Participation Initiatives and Access and Participation Student Group Support Schemes Our Access and Participation Student Group means As part of our commitment, we’ve developed that students can review and feedback on all our several targeted initiatives and activities to help initiatives. This group of volunteer students meets you thrive throughout your time with us. Each of every term to discuss progress against the targets in these initiatives provides you with the best possible the AP Plan. This student-led meeting feeds into the opportunity to succeed and progress to a sustainable Access and Participation Committee, which creates career in the creative industries. and oversees new proposals and works with the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion student group. ———— Student Support Student Support Services Counselling ------ ------ We are committed to helping students fulfil their BIMM Institute Birmingham offers counselling to potential during their time at BIMM Institute any student in need of the service with it’s own Birmingham and we place an emphasis on supporting dedicated full time student counsellor. This free the development of our students both academically and confidential provision offers individuals the and personally. With this in mind, the Student opportunity to explore a wide range of emotional Support team is available at every step of the student and psychological issues.