Welcome to Furness!
Arrivals at Lancaster is a great way to orientate yourself and settle in to student life before your studies begin, and in Furness we aim to facilitate a smooth arrival for you and get you acquainted with the college.
On-campus students. Furness arrivals has been planned to ensure that your move onto campus is safe and well-organised. This year, our main arrivals day is Sunday 1st October 2023, our College Reps will be placed in and around college spaces to direct you to your key collection point and to your accommodation, where you can settle in and get to know your housemates. Our College staff and JCR will be available throughout the day should you have any questions or queries.
Off-campus / commuter students. If you're joining us this October as a first year undergraduate student and are set to commute to University rather than live on campus, then you're invited to our Commuter Student Welcome event from 10.30am-2pm on Wednesday 27 September 2023. It will include a campus tour, introduction to your college and a chance to meet other new students.
We understand that starting university as a commuter student can be daunting, this welcome event is intended to provide an overview and an opportunity to familiarise yourself with your college, explore campus before Welcome Week and meet other students in the same position who you can share your university journey with. Students from all eight of the undergraduate colleges are invited to attend.
Welcome Week. The University will run a series of events to ease you into academic life so it's up to the colleges to focus on creating a home for you and making you feel like part of the Furness family. To help your transition, our Junior Common Room (JCR) have created a range of events to help introduce you to college life, and once you are all settled in, we will formally welcome you through our College Community events. We always end welcome week with a College trip to the Lake District, and this year we are going to Ambleside.
For more information see the University’s Welcome Week website. You can also browse the Welcome Week schedule via the iLancaster app.
If you have any questions at all during welcome week, or just feel a little lost, please do speak to a member of College staff, a member of the JCR, or your Rep. We are all here to help, and make sure you have the best time possible.
Travel for road and rail users. To help you plan your journey, we’ve added a section to our Welcome site that offers travel information, as well as links to the latest updates. Please regularly check the page for new information before you begin your journey.
There's no better place!
There's no better place to be than our welcoming community, and there are plenty of friendly faces ready to make you feel part of our Furness family. There's something for everyone here - from our Trev Quiz to our variety of sports teams - and despite being the smallest college, we make sure we are loud and proud at Lancaster! We can't wait to meet all our new members.
Victoria Phillips, JCR President 2021.
Aside from any departmental inductions there will be a number of events taking place through Welcome Week that you are expected to attend including the Welfare and Deanery talks. You will be able to find them all in your Welcome Week Schedule, so please look out for the Furness events and go along to them.
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