How to Survive the Next 12 Months at Royal Holloway

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• How to Survive the Next 12 Months at Royal
  Holloway
• UG Induction
• September 2009
• Dr Donna Brown
• Director of Teaching and Learning
• School of Management

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Topics

• Cultural difference
• School activities
• Campus activities
• Managing parents
• Local community
• Staines
• Transport to London
• Support if anxious
• Finance
• Diet

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Cultural Difference

• Diverse Campus v Egham and locale
• Diversity greatest in London
• Stereotypes of English people
• Typical behaviour of English 18-25 year olds?

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School Activities

• Induction
• Lectures workshops
• Personal tutors
• Office hours
• Management Society
• Staff-student committee representatives
• Student ambassadors

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Campus Activities

• Students union, societies freshers week
• School College events messages
• Advice centres
• Career services
• Employment opportunities
• Volunteering community action volunteers

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Local Community

• Eating
• Drinking
• Supermarkets - Tesco
• Pharmacies
• Millman pharmacy, High St, 432325
• Lloyds, 98 St Judes Rd, Englefield Green,432161
• Windsor great park, Savill gardens
• Runnymede Pleasure Gardens

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Staines

• 2 miles away, around twice as large
• 2 cinemas
• Greater choice of restaurants bars
• Shopping centre
• Accommodation, rental for second and third years

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Transport to London

• South West Trains
• 7 return off peak, 40 minutes twice an hour
• www.southwesttrains.co.uk
• Railcards 16-25 year olds in full-time HE, save
  1/3
• 26 for one year, 65 three years
• Transport for London
• www.tfl.gov.uk
• Oyster cards
• www.oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/entry.do
• Time Out Listings Magazine
• www.timeout.com/london

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Managing Parents

• School of Management College cannot talk to
  your parents confidentiality
• Parents page on website
• -gt UG vault
• Regular contact helps them
• Manage their help
• If they have problems?

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Support, if Anxious

• Personal tutors, subject tutors first year
  tutor
• Gloria.agyemang_at_rhul.ac.uk
• Management staff-student reps ambassadors
• Student counselling Medical centre
• Students union
• Chaplains

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Finance

• Students union College advice
• Bursaries scholarships
• Access to learning fund UK
• Principals loan fund
• Employment less than 20 hours per week!
• Summer Christmas work
• Directory of charitable trusts

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PowerPoint 151
The eatwell plate
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Diet

• Balanced diet incl. vegetarianism veganism
• Beware takeaways and ready meals -gt fat, salt
  sugar
• Students union sells low cost fruit veg
• Low cost recipes can be found at
• Sainsburys tasty meals with basics
• Tesco two meals for 5
• Cook for a friend or two
• Eat well around exams