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Immigration

Is your visa due to expire soon?

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If you do not book a one-to-one appointment to see an immigration adviser at least 2 weeks before your visa is due to expire, then we may not be able to assist you with your application and you will have to send your documents off yourself.

You must attend a group session before you can book a one-to-one appointment.

It is important that you attend a group session at least 2 months before your visa is due to expire. You will be unable to get a CAS application form if you have not attended a group session.

The next group sessions will be taking place as follows:

February

  • Thursday 19 – 2pm
  • Tuesday 24 – 10am

March

  • Thursday 5 – 2pm
  • Tuesday 10 – 10am
  • Thursday 19 – 2pm
  • Tuesday 31 – 10am

April

  • Thursday 9 – 2pm
  • Tuesday 14 – 10am
  • Thursday 23 – 2pm
  • Tuesday 28 – 10am

Please come to the Student Services Centre, Level 5 Owen or Heart of the Campus to book on to a group session.

Support

PhD Scholarships for International and EU applicants

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30 fully funded PhD scholarships for September 2015

The scholarships are for home, EU and international applicants. They cover your tuition fees (at home/EU levels) and provide maintenance at Research Council UK levels – £14,057 for 2015/16 – for three years of full-time study, normally commencing in September/October 2015.  Therefore as an international applicant, you would have to find another source of funding to cover the cost difference between home/EU and international fees.

If you are interested in applying for a PhD scholarship, the deadline for all applications is 12 noon on Friday 20 March 2015.

Find out more here.

Welcome

This Week’s News

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Monday 12 January 2015

In this week’s edition…
Social
Student Voice
  •  SHU Fest 2015 is coming and we’re still looking for participants!  Can you sing, dance or play an instrument? Do you have any other talents?  If so, we want to hear from you!
Employability
Support
  • Have you got exams in January?  Find out about what support is available at the university and read our tips for good exam preparation.
Immigration

Best wishes,

International Student Support Team

Social activities

Trip to York

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Saturday 17 January, 9am – 6pm

York is very popular with local and international tourists as it is one of the UK’s most historic cities. Among its many attractions are the famous famous York Castle Museum and York Minster. There is also the huge National Railway Museum which is free and contains a collection of over 100 trains. Tickets cost £12 and must be bought in advance from the Student Services Centre, level 5, Owen building.

Social activities, Student voice

Got a hidden talent?

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2–8 March

A massive week-long festival packed with fun and exciting events showcasing the talent and diversity of our students and staff.

3907 24 YourGuideSem2 AD AWJoin us for live performances, interactive workshops and social events across the University including film screenings, music, dancing, craft, cookery and more.

Last year’s line-up included classical Indian dancing, a Brazilian carnival and a live acoustic guitar performance. Watch videos from last year’s event.

Get involved in SHU Fest 2015
We’re now calling for participants. Contact us if you
• can sing, dance, play an instrument or have any other talents
• want to organise an event and boost your CV

Find out more
To get involved or to find out more visit the SHU Fest Facebook page.

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Go Global Week, 26-30 January

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Go Global Week is part of SHU GoGlobal – a project for students who want to meet new people, experience other cultures, develop their global skills and potentially gain life-changing experiences.

As part of SHU GoGlobal you’ll be the first to find out about social events, trips, extracurricular projects and volunteer work. Sign up for the Facebook group at fb.com/groups/SHUGoGlobal

Come along to our Go Global Week events to find out more about how you can benefit from joining SHU GoGlobal. There’s no need to book – simply turn up on the day.

Find the complete programme here.

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Get Active Week, 26-30 January

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Get Active Week is nearly here, so take advantage of it and try out some different activities, maybe something you’ve done before or something you’ve never tried.

Look out for the Get Active Week booklet which you will find around campus from Monday 19 January.  This booklet will list all the activities taking place and include vouchers for

  • 1 free access to a social sport session
  • 1 free access to a fitness class
  • 1 free use of the fitness suite
  • No admin fee when purchasing a SHU-Active membership

This is a great time to get active!

 

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Preparing for exams

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Exams are coming up in January and this can be a worrying and demanding time for many students. But there’s no need to panic; getting your preparation right and using the right tools and resources will make your life easier.

We like this exam hints and tips article from the Independent. It’s talking about Easter exams, but that doesn’t matter, the ideas will work well in January too! There’s lots of great tips here about organising and looking after yourself in the run up to the exam period.

It might also be useful to you to know what tools and resources are available to help you with your exam preparation:

You might find that the Library Gateway useful. This online resource brings together all the different search tools you might need to find your way round the physical and electronic collections in the SHU library and you can find it at: http://library.shu.ac.uk

You can also access subject guides which introduce students to the books, journal articles and news items relevant to their subject area. You’ll find this at: http://library.shu.ac.uk/subjectguides.html

Another service offered through the learning centres are the drop-in study support sessions. If you’ve got a question about an assignment you’re working on or you want to have a draft of an assignment looked at, these weekly one-to-one sessions with a study support tutor are designed for just that. Look on shuspace here for more details. Throughout the next semester you may also be interested in attending an academic skills workshop as these cover a variety of study-related topics.

As a student at SHU you are also automatically enrolled on the new Blackboard organisation Academic skills resources (2014/15) which includes My Study Skills: the toolkit.

The Academic skills resources Blackboard organisation contains

  • My Study Skills: the toolkit (a SHU online resource available this academic year to July 2015)
  • skills4studycampus (which has a section on exam skills)
  • links to recommended free resources

The first time you go to skills4studycampus you have to register – this is to set up your personal account so that you can see your progress, go back to where you left off and add notes in ‘my journal’.

Finally, the Student Wellbeing Service can offer you lots of support around dealing with stress. They have self-help resources available and can also see you in a one-to-one or a group setting. They run group sessions on areas such as mindfulness and relaxation which many people find helpful.

We hope this is useful for you and will help you to feel prepared as we move towards the January exams. If you have any particular worries or concerns about exams, please feel free to come and speak to your Student Support Officer via your faculty helpdesk or an Advice and Information Adviser at one of our drop-in sessions. These run Monday to Friday at both City and Collegiate campuses.

And remember, stay calm and start preparing!