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International Student Office

Making Leeds Your Home and Being part of the Global Community

With Emmeline Beazley

Activities Co-ordinator

International Student Office

Why I’m Useful to You

• I studied at the University of Leeds

• I’ve worked at the International Student Office supporting and welcoming students for four years

• I manage the team who do your arrival briefings, campus tours, trips and Global Café

• I’ve lived in Leeds for the past nine years and LOVE this city and LOVE this University!

• Welcome

• Orientation and cultural adaptation

• Immigration advice

• General welfare support and signposting you to other

services

• Social activities – Being part of the Global Community

• Keeping you up to date with important and exciting

events

The International Student Office – What we do

• Everyone at the University of Leeds is part of

the Global Community

• Keep up to date through facebook

• Get involved!

Global Community

University of Leeds Global Community Facebook

• This page is for everyone in the University with an interest in the wider world

• It’s your chance to find out what’s happening and network with other students from the UK and abroad

• All you need to do is like our page!

• Global Community Saturdays let you explore the UK

• We collect you from the Parkinson Steps and drop you back

there afterwards

• We travel on luxury coaches

• One of our friendly members of the welcome team travels with

you and hangs out with you if you like

• They normally cost around £15.00 so offer excellent value for

money and you get to meet new friends

The International Student Office – Day Trips

Global Community Saturdays

•Here are some of our exciting destinations!

Oxford

Newcastle

Bakewell

Stratford Upon Avon

The Black Country Museum

Blackpool

The Lake District

Conwy Castle

Liverpool

Global Saturday Trip to Liverpool

Ticket prices:£15.00 Adults

£7.50 Children up to 16 yearsChildren under 3 go FREE

You can buy tickets 24 hours per day at the University of Leeds Online Store up until:

26th January:https://store.leeds.ac.uk/catalogue

We will depart from the Parkinson Steps at 08.45am and leave Liverpool at 5.30pmWe will depart from the Parkinson Steps at 08.45am and leave Liverpool at 5.30pmWe will depart from the Parkinson Steps at 08.45am and leave Liverpool at 5.30pmWe will depart from the Parkinson Steps at 08.45am and leave Liverpool at 5.30pmWe will depart from the Parkinson Steps at 08.45am and leave Liverpool at 5.30pm

Leeds Departure Time - 9:30

Liverpool Departure Time - 17:30

Saturday 28 January 2012

Global Café

• Every Monday you can come and relax with other students in the Lounge in the union

• 17.30 – 19.30

• We provide free tea, coffee and biscuits

• It’s a friendly place where students make friends from around the world and we know current students love it as hundreds of you come each week!

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Survey

• We really care about your experience here and we run our welcome services based on the feedback that we have from you

• We want to hear what you have to say so we can make next year even more fabulous and so my team can celebrate their successes – if someone was great, I want to know about it!

• Please fill out this form now if you haven’t already and please hand it in to my staff in the green t shirts

• As an incentive, we’ll pick one name at random from returned surveys and award the winner with two free tickets for the Liverpool trip!

Top Tips for Life in Leeds

• Have an Arrival Briefing if you haven’t already

• Research before buying

• Try some of the food – we are a culturally diverse city and we have food to try from all over the world

• Keep Busy

• Join a club or society and sample Give it a Go Events

• Come to Global Café

• Go on Global Saturday Trips

• Ask for help if you ever need it – we all want to help you have a fantastic time here

• Eat well, sleep well and have fun!

Welcome to the University of Leeds Global Community