VisitUK International Students and Youth Mobility Programme London College of Media and Technology We believe that learning does not stop at the classroom door. More often, real life expe- riences contribute more to learning than what is only learned inside the academia. This is one of the reasons why educational tours are organised and are considered as part of the curriculum. We very much welcome innovative ideas for the programme which we suggest could include the elements of: 1. Introduction to British and English national culture, history, language, social plus political economy and heritage 2. Introduction to the national education system 3. Visiting historical places and museums in the UK 4. Meeting with the eminent educationists, writers, journalists, social workers, British politi cians and exchanging views with them 5. Visiting British media centres/studios and some such like institutions We will arrange ground and /or air transportation, lodging, site seeing tours, dining for the group. All of our group tours will be conducted by trained, experienced and CRB (Crimi nal Records Bureau) checked tour director/guide during the entire group tour. In Bangladesh, renowned travel and hospitality management company 'Star Holidays' will be working with us as a strategic partner, which is a IATA protected firm. BANGLADESH CONTACT UK CONTACT Star Holidays B12, Bow Business Center, 157, Bow Road, Bhaitul Khair (1st floor), 48/A-B Purana Paltan London, E3 2SE UK Dhaka-1000. Bangladesh Telephone: +442070961323, +442089800021 Tel: +88 02 9581597, 02 9575743, 02 9578624 Website : www.londonmediacollege.org.uk E-mail: [email protected] E-mail : [email protected] Website: www.starholidaysbd.com VisitUK ITINERARY DATE DESCRIPTION VENUE Arrival at London London Heathrow Airport Bringing the group into hotel ( LHR) A representative of LCMT will Day 1 receive the group Introductory session on health and Hotel Lounge safety, UK law and order, traffic rules and safety measures Day 2 Visiting the British Museum The British Museum London WC1B 3DG The British Library Day 3 Visiting The British Library 96 Euston Road London, NW1 2DB Visiting Buckingham Palace, London The British Monarchy SW1A 1AA www.royal.gov.uk Day 4 Visiting Hyde Park Hyde Park One of the London’s eight London Royal Parks W2 2UH London City Tour by Bus Around London by Bus Day 5 Big Bus Tour carefully planned www.bigbustours.com routes to see the top landmarks and most exciting attractions. Visiting a London School to see the Tower Hamlets, Day 6 British education system and London interactive session with students and teachers. Day 7 Visiting The British Parliament Westminster, and Big Ben London SW1A 0AA Visiting London Shopping centre Westfield Day 8 and The Olympic Village Stratford At Stratford London, SW1A 0AA Visiting Friends and Family London Day 9 Interactive session/ Group Dinner Restaurant Departure London Heathrow Airport Day 10 ( LHR) The British Museum he British Museum is a museum in London dedicated to human history and culture. It’s permanent T collection, numbering some 8 million works, is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from it’s beginnings to the present. The British Library he British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. The library is a major research T library, holding over 150 million items from many countries, in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library's collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 2000 BC. The British Library is the largest library in the world by number of items cataloged as a legal deposit library. The British Library receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including a significant proportion of overseas titles that are distributed in the UK. It also has a programme for content acquisitions. The British Library adds some three million items every year occupying 9.6 kilometres (6.0 mi) of new shelf space. Buckingham Palace he Buckingham Palace has served as the official London residence of Britain's sovereigns since T 1837 and today is the administrative headquarters of the Monarch. Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These include 19 State rooms, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms. In measurements, the building is 108 metres long across the front, 120 metres deep (including the central quadrangle) and 24 metres high.. Hyde Park he Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in London, and one of the Royal Parks of London, T famous for its Speakers' Corner. park is divided in two by the Serpentine and the Long Water Hyde Park covers 142 hectares (350 acres) and Kensington Gardens covers 111 hectares (275 acre), giving an overall area of 253 hectares (625 acres), making the combined area larger than the Principa- lity of Monaco (196 hectares or 480 acres), though smaller than New York City's Central Park (341 hectares or 840 acres) and Dublin's Phoenix park 707 hectares (1,750 acres). To the southeast side, in a corner of the park, is the Hyde Park Corner. Although, during daylight, the two parks merge seam- lessly into each other, Kensington Gardens closes at dusk but Hyde Park remains open throughout the year from 5 am until midnight. The Hyde Park is the largest of four parks which form a chain from the entrance of Kensington Palace through the Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, plus via Hyde Park Corner and Green Park (19 hectares) past the main entrance to the Buckingham Palace and then on through St James's Park (23 hectares) to Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall. The British Parliament he Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the UK Parliament or the British Parliament, the Westminster Parliament or by the metonym "Westminster", which is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown depen- dencies and the British overseas territories. It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ulti- mate power over all other political bodies in the UK and its territories. Its head is the Sovereign of the United Kingdom (currently Queen Elizabeth II) and its seat is the Palace of Westminster in Westmin- ster, London. The parliament is bicameral, consisting of an upper house (the House of Lords) and a lower house (the House of Commons). London Underground he London Underground (also known as the Tube or simply the Underground) is a public metro system serving a large part of Greater London and parts of the counties of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire Essex, Middlesex, Kent and Surrey. The system serves 270 stations and has 402 kilo- metres (250 mi) of track, 55% of which is above ground. The network incorporates the world's first underground railway, which is the Metropolitan Railway, which opened in 1863 and is now part of the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines and the first line to operate underground electric traction trains, the City & South London Railway in 1890, now part of the Northern line. The network has expanded to 11 lines, and in 2012/13 carried over 1 billion passengers. London Tube Network he system's first tunnels were built just below the surface using the cut and cover method. Later, circular tunnels – which give rise to its nickname the Tube – were dug through the London Clay at a deeper level. The early lines were marketed as the UNDERGROUND in the early 20th century on maps and signs at central London stations. The private companies that owned and ran the railways were merged in 1933 to form the London Passenger Transport Board. The current operator, London Underground Limited (LUL), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transport for London (TFL), the statu- tory corporation responsible for most elements of the transport network in Greater London. Tower Bridge ower Bridge (built 1886–1894) is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London which crosses the river Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, from which it takes its name, and has become an iconic symbol of London. The bridge consists of two towers tied together at the upper level by means of two horizontal walkways, designed to withstand the horizontal forces exerted by the suspended sections of the bridge on the landward sides of the towers. The vertical component ofthe forces in the suspended sections and the vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust towers. The bascule pivots and operating machinery are housed in the base of each tower.The bridge's present colour scheme dates from 1977, when it was painted red, white and blue for Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee. Originally it was painted a mid greenish-blue colour. Big Ben ig Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westmin- ster in London, and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower. The tower is official- ly known as the Elizabeth Tower (prior to being renamed in 2012 it was known as simply "Clock Tower") to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The tower holds the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world and is the third-tallest free-standing clock tower. The tower was completed in 1858 and had its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009, during which celebratory events took place. The tower has become one of the most prominent symbols of the United Kingdom and is often in the establishing shots of films set in London.