Tag Archives: Monday 30 March 2015

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This Week’s News

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Monday 30 March 2015

In this week’s edition…
Social
Student Voice
  • If you are a Commonwealth student, there’s still time to register to vote. Don’t leave it too late!
Employability
  • If you are interested in working full-time in the UK after you graduate, then Working in the UK after studies sessions provide information about Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 5 visa routes.
Support
Immigration
  • The visa fees increased proposed by the Home Office will come into effect from April 2015.  Find out more here to see if this affects you.
  • Is your visa due to expire soon? You must attend a group session.

 

Best wishes,

International Student Support Team

Culture Connect, Social activities

Viva Africa & Culture Connect Celebration

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  • 6pm-7.30pm, Wednesday 1 April
  • The Heartspace, City Campus

This event is open to all students and is free for everyone to attend!

Join Global Community (a Students’ Union society) for a spectacular showcase of African culture. You will get to watch talented performances, play fun activities and appreciate a mini exhibition. 

Global Community aims to instigate multicultural interactions and are especially delighted to see the successful completion of the Culture Connect peer mentoring scheme by many SHU students. Later in the evening, they will be hosting the scheme end ceremony.

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Immigration

Visa fee increase – starting April

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The Home Office have published information on the proposed visa fee increases from April 2015.

Please be aware that if your Tier 4 visa is due to expire after 5 April 2015, the new fee you will have to pay from 6 April 2015 will be £439 instead of £422.

The following application fees are also increasing:

 Tier 1 Graduate entrepreneur will increase from £422 to £456;

Tier 2 General will increase from £601 to £651;

BRP replacement will increase from £40 to £45;

Transfer of Conditions will increase from £107 to £183

Support

International students and referencing

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Get some tips from students about referencing your academic work including:

  • Lending your essay to others – friendship or deception?
  • Recycling – good for cans and bottles but not for academic work
  • When referencing your sources, how much is enough?
  • Too close for comfort – collaboration or cheating?
  • Words, data, computer code, pictures – what do they all have in common?

Go to http://www.cite.auckland.ac.nz for help.

Support

Anxious about deadlines? Overwhelmed with revision?

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Revision and exams can be an extremely stressful period for students.

If you feel that you are not coping and need support, Big White Wall can help. They offer 24/7 anonymous online support, so you can share your worries in a safe environment. To sign up, simply go to www.bigwhitewall.com and enter your university email address.

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Also, watch out for the next edition of International Students’ News when we will be posting an article about coping with exam stress.

 

Social activities, Support

Are you a student and have a family? Check out the support available to you…

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Last week was declared ‘Family Friendly Week‘ by the Advice and Information Team and thanks to this a series of articles were posted on their blog, all aimed at helping students with families get the most out of University life and the local community.

There were top tips from a guest blogger about how she manages juggling family life with her academic studies, ideas for activities to keep your kids busy over the Easter holidays, advice on managing your time and your finances and loads of useful links to local organisations and services, including support available within the University itself.

You can see all the posts here.

If you want to receive future blog posts from the Advice and Information team you can also subscribe to the blog too.

Student voice

Commonwealth Student? There’s still time to register to vote!

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If you are a student originating from a country within the Commonwealth, you have the right to vote in the General Elections this May.  Don’t waste this precious opportunity to have your say and also represent those international students who don’t have the right to vote.

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If you are not sure if your country is part of the commonwealth, you can check here.

How do I vote?

1. First you need to register online: www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. Fill out the online form, leaving the national insurance number blank. You must do this as soon as possible so there is enough time for it to be processed.  The deadline for registering is 20 April 2015.

2. You will then be sent a letter from the Returning Officer who is the official person responsible for running fair elections. This letter will ask you for proof that you are a citizen of a Commonwealth country. Send back a photocopy of your passport.

3. You will then be registered on the electoral role as a voter. You will be sent a polling card a month before the election. Start thinking about who you’ll vote for!

4. VOTE on 7 May 2015.

You can find more information about voting as a commonwealth student here and there is also a commonwealth student vote Facebook page.

And remember… the deadline to register to vote in the general election is 20 April 2015.

Social activities

Kelham Island Museum

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Sunday 12 April, 11am – 2pm
Meet at the main university entrance at 11am

Sheffield is a City built on steel, join us on a trip to the industrial heartland of the City and the famous Kelham Island Museum with exhibits about the Steelworks and a huge working steam engine, there will be lots of photo opportunities. Entry is £4 with our student card and the museum is approximately a 30 minutes walk from the University.

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