ORIENTATION PROGRAMME 29 SEPTEMBER 2018

LONDON’S EVENING UNIVERSITY 2 Welcome to Birkbeck

WELCOME TO BIRKBECK! Welcome to Birkbeck 3

ORIENTATION 2018

Welcome to Birkbeck and the start of a new university adventure! Use the day to discover the campus, explore the resources available, create networks, and get ready for university life. Today’s sessions are divided by your school and by undergraduate or postgraduate. At those sessions, you’ll receive key information about studying at Birkbeck, including an introduction to your school, a careers networking session, and an overview of the study skills and library resources that can support your studies at Birkbeck. The sessions are repeated, please only attend the session on your booking confirmation. 4 Welcome to Birkbeck Welcome to Birkbeck 5

STUDENTS’ UNION EVENING ENTERTAINMENT

Be sure to visit the Students’ Go along to the SU’s pub Union Freshers’ Fayre on the crawl – meet at the Gallery first floor of Student Central. Bar in Student Central from Joining a society is a great 6pm, go on to Birkbeck’s way to meet new friends George Bar (on the 4th Floor and indulge your passions. in Birkbeck Whether you’re keen to join a building) at 7.30pm, and then sports club, wine society, or an onwards. For a more cultured academic club, go to see what evening, enjoy a performance the Students’ Union have in from Constellations Theatre store for you. Company, a group of former Birkbeck students, at Gordon STUDENT SERVICES Square. Alternatively, let The Dionysus Ensemble take Birkbeck’s student services are you around the world on a at hand throughout the day. musical adventure to celebrate Visit their stalls on the ground Birkbeck One World Week floor of Student Central, and with a glass of wine. go to their workshops to learn more of the resources and Enjoy your day and your time support available to you. at Birkbeck! 6 Timeline

TIMELINE

There is a session in the morning and it is repeated in the afternoon and you only need to go to one of them. Please attend the session on your booking confirmation. The presentations are being recorded and will be available from bbk.ac.uk/orientation

SCHOOL OF ARTS Undergraduate Postgraduate TIME LOCATION TIME LOCATION 11am 43 , 11.30am Birkbeck Malet 1.50pm Room B04 2.20pm Street, Room B35

Department of English and Humanities Department of Cultures and Languages Department of History of Art Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, Undergraduate Postgraduate ECONOMICS AND TIME LOCATION TIME LOCATION INFORMATICS 11am Student Central 11.30am Birkbeck Malet 1.50pm 3C&D 2.20pm Street, Room B34

Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics Department of Computer Science and Information Systems Department of Management Department of Organizational Psychology Timeline 7

SCHOOL OF LAW Undergraduate Postgraduate TIME LOCATION TIME LOCATION 11am Birkbeck Malet 11.30am Student Central 1.50pm Street, Room B36 3E

Department of Criminology Department of Law

SCHOOL OF SCIENCE Undergraduate Postgraduate TIME LOCATION TIME LOCATION 11am Birkbeck Malet 11.30am Birkbeck Malet 1.50pm Street, Room B33 Street, Room B04

Department of Biological Sciences Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Department of Psychological Sciences

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, HISTORY Undergraduate Postgraduate AND PHILOSOPHY TIME LOCATION TIME LOCATION 11am Student Central - 11.30am Student Central 1.50pm Upper Hall 2.20pm Malet Suite (3rd Floor) (2nd Floor)

Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication Department of Geography Department of History, Classics and Archaeology Department of Philosophy Department of Politics Department of Psychosocial Studies 8 Workshops

WORKSHOPS

ADJUSTING TO UNIVERSITY LIFE – LOOKING AFTER YOUR PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING BIRKBECK MALET STREET, ROOM G16 11.30AM AND 1.50PM Interactive session to help you look after your emotional and psychological health and wellbeing at university, plus information on support available.

PROMOTING GOOD MENTAL HEALTH AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS STUDENT CENTRAL, ROOM 3A 11.30AM AND 1.50PM Join the Mental Health Advisory Service to explore how to improve mental health for all students and find practical solutions for everyday problems.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT WELCOME BIRKBECK MALET STREET, ROOM G20 11.30AM AND 1.50PM Find out about student life in the UK and what it’s like to live, work and study in , and meet other international students. Workshops 9

IT AND ONLINE REFERENCING TOOLS BIRKBECK MALET STREET, ROOM G16 1PM AND 3.10PM Gain access to Birkbeck’s IT services and facilities, and learn the power of online referencing.

STUDENTS’ UNION: MEET THE OFFICERS STUDENT CENTRAL, ROOM 3A 1PM AND 3.10PM Meet the Students’ Union officers and find out more about how to get involved in the BBK Students’ Union, including setting up clubs, becoming a course rep, or standing for election.

FINANCE AND BUDGETING AT UNIVERSITY STUDENT CENTRAL, ROOM 3B 11.30AM AND 1.50PM Find out about financing and budgeting, and help on how to manage your money at university. Delivered by Citizens Advice Camden. 10 Staying late?

STAYING LATE?

STUDENT UNION PUB CRAWL – FLIGHT OF THE OWLS MEET AT 6–7.30PM: STUDENT CENTRAL LIBRARY BAR, OR 7.30–9PM AT THE GEORGE BAR, 5TH FLOOR BIRKBECK MALET STREET. 6PM ONWARDS Get a taste of the best bars in , with our first Freshers’ bar crawl – ‘The flight of the owls!’. We’ll be visiting the best bars for students in the local area. Meet fellow students, check out your local watering holes and go out in the big city. We will have lift-off just after our Freshers’ Fayre.

ONE WORLD FESTIVAL: CONSTELLATIONS THEATRE COMPANY 43 GORDON SQUARE 4–6PM Myth Independent: a feminist Greek chorus cabaret. In Myth Independent, Constellations Theatre Company attempts to answer the big questions that Ovid never did in Metamorphoses. A series of vignettes make up a wry, satirical and ‘surprisingly educational’ feminist re-imagining of a classic.

ONE WORLD FESTIVAL: ‘AROUND THE WORLD IN 45 MINUTES’ MUSIC AND DRINKS BIRKBECK MALET STREET, ROOM 532 7–9PM Let The Dionysus Ensemble take you around the world on a musical adventure to celebrate Birkbeck One World Week. Book at bbk.ac.uk/orientation Students’ Union 11

STUDENTS’ UNION FRESHERS’ FAYRE:

Join new student clubs and societies, find out more about the Students’ Union, and meet other students. Enjoy a variety of student society demonstrations. Be sure to come and pick up some additional freebies! STUDENT CENTRAL, 1ST FLOOR, ALL DAY 11AM–4PM

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THROUGHOUT THE DAY

STUDENT SERVICES AND LIBRARY STUDENT ADVICE CENTRE

Talk to the student services on the Drop in if you have any questions on ground floor of Student Central, enrolling or general queries. Drop including: in throughout the day, or during • Disability and Dyslexia Service term: 10.30am to 6.30pm (Mondays– • Counselling Service Thursdays, until 5pm on Fridays) • Careers and Employability Service • Mental Health Advisory Service FOOD AND DRINK • Study Skills Free food tasters will be given out in • Birkbeck Talent the 5th Floor Eatery, so be sure to head • Enterprise at Birkbeck upstairs to try them. Drinks and snacks • Accommodation Service are available in Perch Café on the • Sustainability @BBK ground floor of Birkbeck Malet Street • Library. building, and Aspretto Café in Gordon Square. A shop and vending machines CAMPUS AND LIBRARY TOURS are available in the Birkbeck Malet Learn about the history of the Street basement. Bloomsbury campus and explore the TEAM BIRKBECK area. Tours run on demand throughout the day – meet at the main entrance of Talk to any of our Team Birkbeck Birkbeck’s Malet Street building. ambassadors in the blue t-shirts, who are current students and are able to give INTERNATIONAL HUB the student perspective on studying here. Hear from current students and Come to the brand-new G20 space to alumni about their experiences of meet the international team, get to studying at Birkbeck. know other international students, and find out what you need to know about QUIET SPACE studying in the UK. A quiet space is available in B29 of the main Birkbeck building if you want to sit down and recharge. 14 How to find us Ba et Chalton re Pu

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