VCUK’15 then the country code for the USA, 1 then the area code, 302 for Newark June 6 - July 12 then the telephone number, 831-2000 The result would be: 00 + 1 + 302 + 831- Important things #1 2000 for UD information. We have made every effort to make sure that the information in this schedule is correct, but Calling within London we’re sure there are errors. You should always Dial the number WITH the 0. Worth double try to get to a visit 30 minutes ahead of checking if this is exactly right. It might be schedule. Always look up the address on your different from a cell phone versus a land line. map. Do not rely completely on the directions You should try this between the flats and Bill provided here. when you first get to the flats. Bill will have his ALWAYS BE ON TIME! cell phone with him. Everyone with a cell phone should be sure to Important things #2 put Bill’s phone numbers into them and call Be good ambassadors for Visual him once early in your trip to make sure it is Communications, the University of Delaware, correct. and the United States. Avoid conflicts. Be both thoughtful and cautious of strangers. We are Bill Deering guests in a diverse foreign country and many Cell phone have specific and sometimes negative opinions 00 1 302 528 8528 (cell from London) of us. Leave London a better place for the next If you have a cell phone in London, try group. calling Bill the first day you are there and #3 make sure you have his number in your Important things contact list. If you have an emergency, PLEASE TRY Lime Tree Hotel / Bill’s hotel CALLING BILL FIRST before calling home or 135 Ebury Street UD. London SW1W 9RA, UK 020 7730 8191 Calling from London to U.S. limetreehotel.co.uk/ Using British prepaid calling cards: Prepaid calling cards usable in the United Kingdom can Nearest Tube: Sloan Square be bought from news agents. Student Flats British calling cards are similar to prepaid calling cards in the United States. You dial a Flat 2 free 0800 access number, then the PIN of the Westburn Townhouses prepaid calling card, and then the number you 2B Kilburn Park Road, are calling. It may be used from any telephone, London, NW6 5UY, UK both to make calls within London and to call back to the U.S.. Tel: 0203 051 6982 Lukas Emory Dialing the U.S. using a prepaid card Tim Mele Bethany Mallick If you were calling the University of Delaware Allyn Scherr operator, (302) 831-2000, for example, using a Caroline Grew British prepaid calling card, you would first dial Rachael Piorko the 0800 number on the card, then your PIN, Lauren Robbins and then: Katelyn Conte dial the UK’s international access code, 00 Judith Wanderer Flat 3 Illness Westburn Townhouses Chemists (Pharmacists) can recommend 2B Kilburn Park Road nonprescription medication for minor illnesses. London, NW6 5UY, UK The largest chain is called Boots. The local police station has a list of chemists that are Tel: 0203 051 6983 open late or 24 hours a day. Do not go to the Adam Tillinghast Emergency Room unless you need to see a Jimmy Parker doctor urgently as you will have to wait up to L.E. Weinstein 6 hours to be seen. Emma Fontaine If you need to see a doctor we recommend Jackie Elefante that you use a Medicentre. You should be seen Sara Pfefer within 30 minutes of arrival and you may pay Randi Homola using a credit card. Rachel Davis Victoria Medical Centre IMPORTANT ADDRESSES & 29 Upper Tachbrook Street PHONE NUMBERS +44 20 7834 2298 Kilburn Park Police website Further info on Medicentre 38 Salusbury Road, London medicentre.co.uk Always dial 999 / Textphone 18001 101 Plaza Medicentre content.met.police.uk/PoliceStation/kilburn Plaza Shopping Centre, 2nd Floor West Hampstead Police Station Oxford Street 21 Fortune Green Road, West 020 7637 7883 Hampstead, London, UK NW6 1DX Monday - Friday 10:00 am - 7:00 pm Tel: 44 7920 233766 Saturday10:00 am - 5:00 pm Police / Ambulance/Fire Brigade Please note that the last appointment of the day is 30 minutes prior to the centre’s Telephone 999 (free call) closing time. Non-emergency Police Calls 1-9 Seymour Street Moving around 020 7486 1212 The London Tube System is a great mass American Embassy transit system. 24 Grosvenor Square Everyone will receive an Underground Tube 020 7499 9000 / Bus Pass which is good for travel over all of central London. Protect that pass. You are EMERGENCIES responsible if you lose it and they aren’t cheap to replace. Charing Cross Hospital You should quickly learn how to read the Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF directions on both the Underground and buses 020 3311 1234 at the various stops. University College Hospital A good way to try out the buses is take a 235 Euston Road couple of hours and ride for a while, get off +44 845 155 5000 and ride a different bus, and just see where Kilburn Park Med Centre you go. Once you get the hang of it, it is quite easy. www.kilburnparkmedicalcentre.co.uk/ Tel: 0207 7624 2414 ETIQUETTE ISSUES FOR OUR VISITS NEVER GO INTO THE BUILDING OR INTO A VCUK’15 MEETING WITHOUT A FACULTY MEMBER Schedule of events PRESENT. When we gather for a visit always wait outside the building or just inside if it is raining. Given June 6 Saturday the number of us, avoid blocking the sidewalk. 10:15pm Departure Philadelphia You should always give the appearance of intense interest in the discussion. Look directly British Airways Flight 68 at people when they are talking to us. You should always have something to take notes June 7 Sunday on while we are engaged with visits. 10:15am Arrive Heathrow Airport, Terminal #5 Always have cell phones turned off. NEVER Bus / Taxi’s to 2b Kilburn Park Road, Maida use your cell for talking or texting when we Vale, are engaged in a visit. London, Nearest Tube Station, Kilburn, It’s really important that you stay alert and (Bakerloo Line) awake during these discussions. Look engaged Bill to Victoria Station for tube passes and excited. If you get tired and your eyes The Lime Tree Hotel want to close, get up and stand in the back of the room. and returns to Kilburn Park Road with the Tube passes. Explore Kilburn Park Road DO NOT FALL ASLEEP. catch up on sleep, buy groceries for the flats and get prepared for a very busy week. London goings-on timeout.com/london June 8 Monday 11:00 Explore Russell Square area Catch the tube at Kilburn to Russell Square or Holborn. The Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, just off Southampton Row It will take you 45 minutes, so leave early www.artworkersguild.org EAT LUNCH BEFORE or in the area near the Art Workers Guild 12:45 - 3:00 VCUK-2015 orientation Security and Safety talk with David Pullan, MET Police Discuss schedule, assignments, Blogs, JWT brief, code of conduct, money, map of London, buses, tubes, tourist stuff, weekends off, etc. Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square, Gradidge Room Second Floor, wait outside. Nearest Tube: Russell Square or Holborn www.artworkersguild.org / www.tfl.gov.uk/ www.timeout.com 3:00 - 4:00 British Museum Editorial Workshop Russell Square area walk, explore the area, www.1883magazine.com/ stores (Shephards Faulkiners, Coincraft, Art Workers Guild British Museum Store, L. Cornelissen) www.artworkersguild.org around the British Museum & Southampton Row. Be sure to look at the cuneiform Nearest Tube: Russell Square or Holborn. exhibition and the invention of writing Thursday (rooms 54 & 55) and definitely stand a few June 11 minutes in front of the Rosetta Stone (room 9:30 - 12:30 Bookmaking Workshop with 4). Awing. Simon Goode www.britishmuseum.org London Centre for Book Arts, Unit 18, 4:00 - 5:45 Eat dinner in the area Ground Floor, Britannia Works, Dace Road, Fish Island, We’ll meet at the Shoreditch Check out CoinCraft right across the street High Street Station, Braithwaite Street. from the entrance to the British Museum. Want to buy someone a good present? This londonbookarts.tumblr.com/ is a good place to try. Another good store for gifts is the British Museum Store which is June 12 Friday just down the street from the entrance. 10:00 - 11:30 Design Museum 6:00 - 8:00 Peter Saville, Designer 28 Shad Thames, London https://designmuseum.org/designers/peter- The Designs of the Year Awards, ‘The saville Oscars of the design world’ showcase the www.designishistory.com/1980/peter-saville/ most innovative and imaginative designs from around the world, over the past year, Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square spanning seven categories: Architecture, www.artworkersguild.org Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics etc. Nearest Tube: Russell Square or Holborn CAMPER / Life Under Foot / A creative Tuesday journey with the first exhibition on the June 9 maverick and much-loved Spanish footwear 10:45 - 12:30 Pentagram Design / Dominic brand Camper. Lippa https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/ 11 Needham Road, London W11 2RP future-exhibitions/life-on-foot +44 20 7229 3477 Nearest Tube: London Bridge, then 20 www.pentagram.com/partners/#/38/ minute walk Nearest Tube: Notting Hill Gate 12:00 - 1:00 hat-trick design, Rory Brady with 9 students 12:30 - 2:00 Lunch in Notting Hill Unit 1, Kimber Court, 219 Long Lane 2:30 - 3:30 Museum of Brands www.hat-trickdesign.co.uk 2 Colville Mews, Lonsdale Road, Notting Hill Nearest Tube: London Bridge is a 10-minute www.museumofbrands.com/ walk away Nearest Tube: Notting Hill Gate 1:30 - 3:00 LUNCH at Borough Market June 10 Wednesday 8 Southwark Street www.boroughmarket.org.uk/ 10:00 - 11:30 Wendy Scott, Writing Workshop Nearest Tube: London Bridge Art Workers Guild, 6 Queen Square www.