You can find all of the events of organised for Postgraduate Welcome Week here (subject to change).
Residents of Graduate College may move in to their accommodation on the weekend of 27 and 28 September.
The College will organise welcome events and contact you separately about these.
You can also take a tour of the campus from Alexandra Square (outside the Base) lasting around 45 minutes. The tours are available on either day and are on the hour.
If you live in Graduate College accommodation, you must attend an hour-long General Safety & Fire Prevention Talk today.
Postgraduate Taught Registration takes place today or tomorrow, depending on your scheme of study (Research students register tomorrow). Subjects registering today are listed below within the relevant times, and take place in the LICA Building:
Information session for students with disabilities, dyslexia and other support needs. This will be repeated tomorrow.
Welcome speeches from the Pro-vice Chancellor, Graduate College Principal and LUSU. Followed by opportunity to network with current students and find out what it means to be a postgraduate student at Lancaster.
Bowland North is today the hub for a series of other talks that might interest you, some practical, and some just to satisfy your interest or thirst for knowledge. All last around half an hour, including question and answer time. Feel free to go to any of the following:
This talk covers the main information services and how to get up and running. It takes place in Elizabeth Livingstone Lecture Theatre.
Find out about travelling between the campus and the city centre, car parking arrangements, buses, cycle routes and cycle storage facilities. The talk also includes information about how to reduce your carbon footprint. It takes place in Bowland North Small (Marcus Merriman) Lecture Theatre.
Having been here almost since its inception there’s nobody better placed to guide you through the last 49 years than University Archivist Marion McClintock MBE. This fascinating talk covers the heady early days of the sixties through the development and redevelopment of the campus over five decades and the highs and lows along the way of one of Britain’s ‘new’ universities. Pro Vice-Chancellor for Colleges and the Student Experience Prof. Amanda Chetwynd introduces this talk, which is open to anyone with an interest. It takes place in Bowland North SR10.
Postgraduate Research registration sessions for students on PhD, EngD, MD and MPhil schemes take place in the LICA Building today.
Those Postgraduate Taught Registration sessions that didn’t take place yesterday will also be held today in the LICA Building. Subjects registering today are listed below within the relevant times:
With more than 200 societies and sports teams on campus there’s always something going on. You can meet some of them and see what they do; there will be plenty of demonstrations and some you can join in with.
A repeat of yesterday’s talk for students with disabilities, dyslexia and other support needs.
For those keen to familiarise themselves with the facilities on offer there are half-hourly drop in sessions
Central and Faculty PhD student induction and welcome session will take place this afternoon.
NB New PhD students from the Faculty of Health and Medicine will go to Furness Building, Main Foyer.
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12:00 |
Registration, welcome lunch and networking (to secure your place sign up through the online store at: https://online-payments.lancaster-university.co.uk/ |
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12:45 |
Welcome and Introduction Professor Sharon Huttly, Pro Vice-Chancellor Education |
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12:55 |
Postgraduate Statistics Centre – offering support for you Dr Gillian Lancaster, Director of Studies |
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13:05 |
Student Services and Graduate College Claire Povah, Head of Strategic Development (SBS) / Principal of Graduate College
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13:15 |
Your Student Union, Your Representatives – what can the Students’ Union and the PGBoard do for you and how to get involved |
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13:25 |
Your PhD, what next? What the Careers Service can do for you. Elaine Davies, Careers Consultant |
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13:35 |
Introduction to Skills Development and the Researcher Development Framework - Dr Simon Vaukins, Graduate School Administrator (FST) |
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13:45 |
Closing remarks, questions and answers |
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14:00 Onwards |
Faculty PhD Inductions will take place in the following venues in the Faraday Building:
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New international and EU students are invited to the International Students’ Evening. There will be welcoming speeches from the Vice Chancellor, LUSU and the International Student Advisory Service, and the University’s clubs and societies will then entertain you with their talents for the rest of the evenin
There will be a series of information sessions run as part of the induction for international students. You are welcome to attend the whole event, or just those sessions that interests you, and can find out more about it from the International Students’ Pre-arrival Guide.
The Careers Service can help you your choice of career, finding job vacancies, writing CVs and application forms, preparation for interviews, psychometric tests, further study opportunities and sources of funding. This session will tell you more about the services on offer.
Here you can meet the sports teams and societies at Lancaster University. Feel free to ask them any questions, find something new to try, and sign up for as many as you like. New students get exclusive entry to the fair before 14:00.
Today you can find out more about what the Students’ Union does from the Sugarhouse to Bailrigg FM and LA1:TV; volunteering, Purple Card, Campus Festival, Roses and more: The team will be on hand to answer any questions you may have and tell you about all you can do with LUSU while you’re in Lancaster.
You can also see what the rest of Lancaster has to offer, from pubs, to restaurants, to shops... Over 90 different local and national companies will also have a presence in the Great Hall today.
New students again have exclusive access to the fair until 14:00.
If you’re interested in competing against other Universities in sport, trials take place today. University fixtures start early on in the term so the groups will be trialling anyone who is interested in taking part. You can find out when the slots are from the teams at Freshers Fair Part One or on the LUSU Activities web page.
LUSU will be running a coach trip to Manchester’s Trafford centre, which has over 200 stores, a cinema, restaurants and leisure attractions. You can buy tickets for this trip from the LUSU information desk from arrivals weekend onwards.
If you haven’t got everything that you need for your house or flat just yet, LUSU will be running a coach trip to IKEA. Tickets are available from the LUSU information desk from arrivals weekend onwards.
With so many teams and potential players, the trials carry on today to enable groups to get closer to that starting line up. Make sure you get the right day for your team: You can find out when the slots are from the teams at Freshers Fair Part One or on the LUSU Activities web page.
LUSU will be running coach trips to the Lake District, giving students the opportunity to walk, shop and visit the sites of Windermere and the surrounding area. Previous trips have sold out quickly. You can get tickets from the LUSU information desk from arrivals weekend onwards.
The Live at LICA team (Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster Concerts and Peter Scott Gallery) present an afternoon of live acoustic music with delicious homemade cakes, our own blend of fresh coffee and juices. A perfect way to relax and unwind before you begin your first week.
