USEFUL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS 2017/18 UNDERGRADUATE CENTRE UNDERGRADUATE CENTRE FACILITIES AT THE COLLEGE FACILITIES AT THE COLLEGE LIBRARY The library is located on the first RADMOOR CENTRE floor of the Hub building and The library is the main study is used by all students in the Health and Fitness environment at Loughborough college. During term-time, it is Situated behind the main college College and provides students open from 8:30–19:00 Monday to building, the Radmoor Centre with access to books and Thursday, and from 8:30–17:00 offers a wide range of fitness resources required for all on Fridays. During college activities and aerobics classes at undergraduate courses offered. holidays, it is open from 8:30– discounted prices. The modern There are various study spaces 17:00 Monday to Friday. More and spacious facilities include a within the library, including information about the library can gym, indoor cycling and aerobics a PC suite, individual study be found on the library website. studios, plus a sports hall. If rooms, silent and group working you prefer outdoor sports, the areas, and a designated Higher AstroTurf pitches are the ideal Education study space for MULTI-FAITH ROOM place to train. undergraduate students. The This light and airy room (B109) Spa and Salon library also provides access can be used by anyone for The Radmoor Spa and Salon for specialist software and worship, prayer, meditation, offers high-quality treatments at laptops which learners are able reading or quiet reflection. If affordable prices. Hair & Beauty to borrow for use within the you would like to use this room, students work in luxurious beauty library. In addition, the Discovery please ask at the reception in the and hairdressing salons, using the search engine allows learners to Hub building latest equipment and techniques, access a vast range of electronic allowing them to gain hands- resources, including journals and on experience. Discounts are e-books both in college and from available for students. home, ensuring that learners are always able to access the Radmoor Restaurant resources that they need. The Radmoor Restaurant offers an excellent dining experience The library also offers study at amazing value. Food is skills support to all learners at prepared by out Hospitality & Loughborough College, helping Catering students to the highest learners with: quality, giving them commercial • understanding assignments experience, supported by their • structuring and planning tutors. The restaurant offers a essays great venue in Loughborough to • understanding academic socialise and to enjoy fabulous writing expectations food and drink. • preparation for exams More information can be found • presentation skills on the Radmoor Centre website: • time management and www.radmoorcentre.co.uk organising workload • understanding and preventing plagiarism in work • Harvard referencing Support can be offered on a 1:1 basis as a one-off or as frequently as you wish. Written study skills support is also offered through the library website at http:\\ library.loucoll.ac.uk/study-skills 01509 618375 AWARDED SILVER IN THE TEACHING 01509 618375 AWARDED SILVER IN THE TEACHING [email protected] EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK IN JUNE 2017 [email protected] EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK IN JUNE 2017 UNDERGRADUATE CENTRE UNDERGRADUATE CENTRE FACILITIES AT THE COLLEGE FACILITIES AT THE COLLEGE FOOD AND DRINK HALLS OF NURSERY The Box Office RESIDENCE There are nursery facilities at Located on the ground floor Our accommodation has the college, although places are of the Hub, The Box Office is everything you’ll need to feel limited, so please apply early. open during term-time from happy and settled whilst studying Lessons at the college may run 8:00–19:00 Monday to Thursday, with us. Situated on the college between 9:00 and 17:30. If you and 8:00–17:00 on Fridays, with campus, all halls are self- have young children, please reduced opening hours during catering and have facilities for arrange childcare before starting college holidays. It offers a you to prepare your own meals. your course. selection of hot and cold drinks, Alternatively, you can eat in the Find out more at deli sandwiches, breakfast rolls, college’s cafeterias Monday to www.radmoornursery.co.uk salad, fruit or pasta pots, and a Friday and cater for yourself at hot meal option each day. the weekends. The View We offer a total of 223 single Located on the second floor of bedrooms in purpose-built, the Hub, The View is open during modern halls, including a block term-time Monday to Friday specifically designed for under- from 8:00–11:00 for breakfast 18s. Layouts range from six- and 11:30–14:00 for lunch. A person flats with shared showers, wide variety of meal options toilets, and kitchen amenities is available on a daily basis, to five/six-bedroom flats with including the salad bar. en-suite bathrooms and shared Café Chino kitchen amenities. We also Situated on the second floor have rooms and facilities that of B Block, Café Chino is open have been adapted for disabled Monday to Friday during term- students (subject to assessment) time only. It sells snacks, drinks, and all study bedrooms include sandwiches and lunches. Wi-Fi and network points. Starbucks and the Students’ Our residences are situated Union Shop within walking distance of the The Students’ Union shop is college, Students’ Union, and based in S Block on the college the town centre, making student campus, selling a range of snacks, living easy and convenient. You sandwiches and drinks. It also will also have full access of our houses a small Starbucks facility, communal areas, which include serving a comprehensive menu a common room complete with of takeaway coffee, tea and hot TV and Xbox, as well as outdoor chocolate. spaces for picnics and BBQs. Visit www.loucoll.ac.uk/ accommodation for more information. 01509 618375 AWARDED SILVER IN THE TEACHING 01509 618375 AWARDED SILVER IN THE TEACHING [email protected] EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK IN JUNE 2017 [email protected] EXCELLENCE FRAMEWORK IN JUNE 2017 UNDERGRADUATE CENTRE UNDERGRADUATE CENTRE STUDENT SUPPORT STUDENT DEVELOPMENT DSA SUPPORT- college at the earliest opportunity CAREERS & MENTAL HEALTH of any support needs that you A GUIDE FOR may have, and whether you have EMPLOYABILITY SUPPORT AND STUDENTS submitted an application for DSA. HE Employability Advisors are ADVICE If you have received additional I am eligible and would like to available to help you to plan your The Wellbeing Team at learning support previously at receive support. What should I do future career. You will be able to Loughborough College is on hand school or at college (including next? access information and support to support you in a variety of Loughborough College), or any Complete the application form to develop your employability ways. This service is free, impartial form of exam concession, you will found on the website www.gov. skills, allowing you to meet the and confidential. Book an initial not automatically receive the same uk/disabled-students-allowances- requirements that employers are appointment with us to discuss support whilst studying a Higher dsas/how-to-claim Following the looking for. Once you get to the how we can help. Education course. DSA Assessment, an approval stage of applying to jobs, our Telephone: 01509 618313 Email: letter outlining who will be advisors can also support you with [email protected] This guide should help to explain delivering the support (DSA2 the application process. the process that you will need letter) and the Needs Assessment to follow in order to have your Whether you are looking for Report, outlining the support support needs assessed and any postgraduate study, training, PROGRAMME required, will be generated to you, required support put in place. employment or starting up your REPRESENTATIVES the student. Where Loughborough own business, the team will be You are responsible for applying College is named as the provider able to support you. You are Programme Representatives are for DSA and you are responsible of support, the Needs Assessment able to book 1:1 appointments for selected for each programme at for informing us when you have Report must be passed on to help with your CV, cover letters, the start of the year. This is your received your approval letter the learning support team via job applications and interview chance to represent the views of (DSA2). Without either, you will [email protected] as soon preparation. your fellow students at department not receive any additional support. as possible. meetings and programme reviews, Please read the information below, Our careers and employability and to help to develop the college. Once we have received a copy of and if you require further advice service is free and is available All Programme Representatives your DSA2 Letter and the Needs and guidance, please contact us before, during or after your studies. become members of the Student Assessment Report, a member of using the contact information Our Employability Advisors are Council, which meets three times the Learning Support Team will provided. based in the Hub behind reception. a year. contact you within 1 working day to Drop by reception, call 01509 arrange a meeting with one of our 517173 or email employment. SpLD Tutors, where you will sign [email protected] to make an WHAT IS DSA? a copy of your learning support appointment Any student that has a disability or agreement with the college. specific learning difficulty (such as All support appointments will be dyslexia) and who requires support confirmed in advance. A register of during their studies will need to CHAPLAINCY activities will be completed, which apply for DSA (Disabled Students you will be required to sign to say Chaplains are available to anyone Allowance) if they are eligible.