international summer school pre-departure briefing …hotel: travelodge, covent garden introducing...
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International Summer School
Pre-departure Briefing
1 July 2011
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1 July 2011
CUPL
Dr John Withrington
Director, International Office
Exeter is ranked 10th
of all UK universities Times Good University Guide 2012
1 Oxford
2 Cambridge
3 London School of Economics
4 Imperial College
5 University College London
6 Durham
6 St Andrews
8 Warwick
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8 Warwick
9 Lancaster
10 Exeter11 York12 Bath
13 Bristol
14 Sussex
15 Edinburgh
Located 2.5 hours from London
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91% think Exeter is “a good place to be”.
International Student Barometer (Autumn
2010)
Holland Hall Accommodation
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Preparing to leave home
Hand Baggage:
• Passport, Visa, Tickets
• Doctor’s note about any medication
• Paperwork – bank details, insurance documents, University
contact details
• Money: suggest you have some £ cash and traveller’s
cheques when you arrive for immediate expenses
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cheques when you arrive for immediate expenses
• Warm clothes for when you land? (About 22 degrees in
London today.)
• Suitcase: always clearly label your bag with name & UK
address! 20 kg maximum is usual.
• Leave contact details with family
Arrival in the UK
� Follow sign for “Arrivals”
� Passport Control – join correct queue
� Health control – routine health check possible
� If any problems at immigration ask them to call Richard on 0044 (0)7976 238063 or 0044 (0)7745 156966, or call the Immigration
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0044 (0)7745 156966, or call the Immigration Advisory Service 0044 (0)20 8607 6570
� Baggage Reclaim & Customs – Red / Green / Blue (EU) channels. No food products (see: www.hmce.gov.uk )
� Allow 2 hours to clear immigration, baggage & customs
Ring home on arrival
• CUPL arrives TK 1979 at LHR, at 10.05?
• Meet at the Meeting Point in Terminal 3 - near
Marks and Spencers
• Richard Foord will meet you from 12.00 noon
onwards, and take you to coach. He will be wearing
a University of Exeter t-shirt
Rendez-vous
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a University of Exeter t-shirt
• Coach departs London Heathrow Terminal 3 at
14.00 on Saturday 16th July. Some wait possible for
stragglers!
• Will take about one hour by coach to reach your
hotel: Travelodge, Covent Garden
Introducing Richard Foord!
If unable to make the rendez-vous,
contact Richard Foord on:
• 0044 (0)7976 238063 or
• 0044 (0)7745 156966
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• 0044 (0)7745 156966
Introducing Lucy Thompson!
If you don’t want to use our ‘Meet and
Greet’ service, please tell Lucy by …
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14th July!
Travelodge Covent Garden
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Check in from 15.00 Dinner at 18.00
Travelodge Covent Garden
If you want to make your own way from Heathrow
to the hotel…
• Hotel located at 10 Drury Lane, High Holborn, London WC2 5RE:
Tel: 0871 984 6245
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Tel: 0871 984 6245
• Use the ‘tube’ (i.e. subway) from Heathrow to Covent Garden
station, on the Piccadilly Line (direct, no changes, will take about an
hour). Cost about £5.00. Do NOT take a taxi – very expensive!
• Lucy will be in reception from 18.00 to meet late arrivals.
London: 17 July
• 09.00 – introductory talk by Richard, then two
hour guided tour on foot: wear comfortable
shoes!
• Houses of Parliament and Big Ben
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• Houses of Parliament and Big Ben
• The Cenotaph
• 10 Downing Street
• Horseguards Parade
• Trafalgar Square
• Buckingham Palace … then dinner!
London: 18 July
• Tower of London
• Thames River cruise
• Free time - London Eye?
• Globe Theatre, Shakespeare’s Much Ado about
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• Globe Theatre, Shakespeare’s Much Ado about
Nothing
Tower of London
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Shakespeare’s Globe
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London: 19th July
• British Museum
• Free time
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London: 20th July
Coach to Exeter departs at 09.00
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Coach to Exeter departs at 09.00
Exeter: an historic student-
friendly city
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Cost of Living in the UK
Higher than Beijing!
Very roughly, £1 = RMB 10
• Magazines between £2 and £5, daily newspaper 50p to £1.20
• Cup of tea: £1 - £2
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• Cup of tea: £1 - £2
• Paperback books: £6+
• Taxi from St David’s station to campus: £4.50
• Pack of cigarettes (20): £6 + …. Heavily taxed!
• Kg of rice: 45p to £2.00
• Meal at a Chinese restaurant: £10 and upwards
Climate Change:• Fan Jiani, East China Normal
University
International Management:
• Chen Qianliang, China University of
Political Science and Law
• Guo Zheng, Tsinghua University
Class of 2011 Living with Global Change:
• Caidengzhuoga, China University of
Political Science and Law
• Gu Yan, East China Normal University
• Liu Ying, East China Normal University
• Yao Xinliang, East China Normal
University
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• Guo Zheng, Tsinghua University
• Hu Xuan, Tsinghua University
• Li Ning, China University of Political
Science and Law
• Xu Chong, China University of
Political Science and Law
• Yu Yanchen, East China Normal
University
• He Linfei, East China Normal University
Shakespeare and His World:
Class of 2011
Law
• Qin Zhengyang, China University of
Political Science and Law
• Zheng Qiyang, East China Normal
University
• Zhou Jinyi, China University of Political
Science and Law
• Chen Bingqiao, China University of
Political Science and Law
• Feng Jiayu, East China Normal University
• Hu Anzhi, China University of Political
Science and Law
• Jin Meidong, China University of Political
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Science and Law
• Zhu Yunyi, East China Normal
University
• Jin Meidong, China University of Political
Science and Law
• Li Jun, East China Normal University
• Liu Jing, China University of Political
Science and Law
• Li Yuanshuo, China University of Political
Science and Law
Further information
Lucy Thompson:
Email: [email protected]
International Office:
Email: [email protected]
www.exeter.ac.uk/international
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