STUDENT GUIDE 2019/20 IMPORTANT DATES CONTENTS ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/20 Important dates 3 Students on all courses at ONCAMPUS London will follow the same term dates, as follows: Welcome 4 Term 1 16 September 2019 – 13 December 2019 Visa information 6 Holiday dates 16 December 2019 – 3 January 2020 arrive Term 2 06 January 2020 – 13 March 2020 Before you you Before Paying your fees 8 Holiday dates 16 March 2020 – 20 March 2020 What to bring with you 11 23 March 2020 – 07 June 2020 Term 3 Checklist 13 (IFP finishes on 15 May 2020) What to expect on arrival in the UK 14 Holiday dates (August finishers) 1 June 2020 – 5 June 2020 How to get here 16 Term 4 08 June 2020 – 14 August 2020 Arriving in the UK How to find us 17 Travel If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us. Enrolment and Induction 18 The key dates will help you make arrangements for returning home at the Late arrival Attendance 24 end of each term. Please do not book flights before the end of any term listed above. If Please inform us of your arrival plans and Your responsibilities 25 you leave London before the end of term, you flight details as soon as you have them. If you may miss important assessments, and this think you will arrive late you must tell us as Student support and advice 26 will hinder your academic progress. Please soon as possible, as we may need to inform studies check with the Attendance and Welfare the UKVI. Please send all this information During your During your Student oyster photocard 28 Officer before booking your travel back home to [email protected] or call +44 (0)1223 345698. Around campus at the end of each term, in particular at the 29 end of the course in case you need to stay Public holidays Teaching buildings 31 longer to receive results or be advised of next steps in your study plan. Christmas Day – 25 December Points of interest 32 Boxing Day – 26 December Arrival date What’s going on in the city 34 New Years Day – 1 January You should arrive on the weekend before the Good Friday – 10 April London Contact details Back start date. Please check your CAS statement Easter Monday – 13 April or Confirmation of Enrolment for further UK May Day – 8 May details. UK Spring bank holiday – 25 May UK Summer bank holiday – 31 August You should arrive at Room G10, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 7HX 2 3 Dr Connor O’Donoghue, Head of Learning and Teaching Contact for questions about your studies, classes and assessments WELCOME [email protected] Marie Bune, Course Leader of Humanities and Social Sciences Contact for questions about your Humanities modules, revision techniques and assessment marks [email protected] We are very much looking forward to meeting you. Dr Zermina Khan, Course Leader of Sciences and Mathematics Contact for questions about your Science course including ONCAMPUS London is part of Cambridge Education Group. We offer modules, revision techniques and assessment marks international students the opportunity to study University Foundation [email protected] programmes with English Language, in preparation for undergraduate and postgraduate study. You will quickly settle in to life at the university and understand the study options available to you in the future. Maria Calonico, English Course Leader Contact for questions about English requirements, classes and exams [email protected] Meet the team Anneliese Agrippa Jennifer Clear, Senior Student Services Officer / Deputy Centre Head of Operations and Safeguarding Lead Safeguarding Officer [email protected] Contact for questions about exams, assessments and Turnitin [email protected] Peter McLaughlin Brais Romero-Breijo, Student Recruitment & Support Officer Progression and Partnership Director and Prevent Lead - Customer Care [email protected] Contact for questions about student welfare, accommodation and student representative duties [email protected] Jonathan James-Whitehead, Attendance and Welfare Officer Annie Zhou, Student Recruitment and Support Officer - Contact for questions about attendance and welfare Compliance [email protected] Contact for questions about your visa and tuition fees [email protected] Ellie Bullock, Curriculum Information Officer - Timetabling Victoria Schafer, HE Progression Support Officer Contact for questions about your timetable Contact for questions about university applications [email protected] [email protected] 4 5 VISA INFORMATION Immigration Arriving late What should I do if my student visa is send you a CAS number is 3 months before refused? If you are from outside the European You will need to enrol at ONCAMPUS your course start date. We will also send you Economic Area (EEA) you will need to apply London on the day your course starts. This If your student visa application is refused, information for your visa application at the for entry clearance, more commonly known date is in your CAS statement. If you are please email our Admissions Team same time. as a visa, before travelling to the UK. To delayed and have to travel later, you must ([email protected]) and check if you need a visa, please visit Once you receive your visa, please inform let the Admissions Team know. This is very Compliance Team ([email protected]). www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa the Admissions Team by email admissions@ important because we need to inform UK Please include the full copy of the refusal oncampus.global or by phone +44 1223 345 Visas and Immigration (UKVI) if you cannot notice, so we can advise you on what to do As an international student planning to 698. We need this information to prepare for arrive on time. next. take a full-time course in the UK, it is likely your arrival. you will need to apply for a Tier 4 (General) Withdrawing from your course Parental Consent for under 18s student visa. Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) card If you change your mind about joining our If you are under 18 you need to provide a Find out more at When your visa application is successful and course or there are any circumstances that Parental Consent Form, signed by your www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa your course is longer than 6 months, you will prevent you from studying with us, please parents, in support of the visa application. Visa and immigration rules change receive a 30-day Entry Clearance Sticker in inform the Admissions Team as soon as Please also carry it with you upon arrival in frequently, so please make sure you contact your passport. This allows you to travel to the possible, so we can cancel your CAS. the UK. If you do not have a copy of the form, your nearest British diplomatic post to UK. You will need to collect the actual visa – please contact our Admissions Team before get up-to-date information on the visa Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) once you making your visa application. application process, requirements, fees arrive in the UK. and supporting documents. We can provide support and guidance if you are already in Where do I collect my BRP card from? the UK; so if you have any questions, please Your Decision Letter (sent to you with your contact the centre. passport upon a successful visa application) will include details of the place you need to Applying for a Tier 4 (General) student go to collect your BRP card. It will be one of visa two places. If you have used the centre’s ACL To apply for a Tier 4 (General) student code (written on your CAS statement), your visa you will need a CAS (Confirmation of BRP card will be at your ONCAMPUS centre Acceptance for Studies) number. We will to collect when you enrol. Otherwise, the send you this number on a ‘CAS statement’, BRP card will be at the local Post Office and once you fulfil the conditions on the offer you will need to collect it before you enrol. of a place to study and pay your deposit/ full fees. Please note the earliest we can 6 7 PAYING YOUR FEES Undergraduate Foundation Programme (UFP) £ Terms Programme dates Per term Annually Fee payment information offer competitive foreign exchange rates. If you need help, they are always contactable. 3 16 September 2019 – 07 June 2020 from £5,665 from £16,995 We want to make paying your fees as Please be aware that the process may still easy as possible. You have paid your 3 06 January 2020 – 14 August 2020 from £5,665 from £16,995 involve making a transfer through your bank. deposit and secured your place. Tuition University of London International Foundation Programme (IFP) and accommodation fees (if applicable) Visit www.flywire.com/pay/oncampus for each term of study at the Centre are to get started. Terms Programme dates Per term Annually due 30 (thirty) days BEFORE the start of Credit card (including Visa/MasterCard 3 16 September 2019 – 15 May 2020 £6,330 £18,990 each term. All fees are payable in GBP or debit card) (pounds sterling). Please note: failure International Year One (IY1) to pay fees by the due dates set by the We do not accept American Express. centre can result in you being suspended, Terms Programme dates Per term Annually The following information is required: withdrawn from the programme and 3 16 September 2019 – 07 June 2020 £5,665 £16,995 Academic Statements withheld. • card number 4 16 September 2019 – 14 August 2020 £5,665 £22,660 • expiry date Fees can be paid via the • three-digit security code (from the 3 06 January 2020 – 14 August 2020 £5,665 £16,995 following payments signature strip on the back of the card).