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International Summer School

Pre-departure Briefing

1 July 2011

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1 July 2011

CUPL

Dr John Withrington

Director, International Office

Exeter is ranked 10th

of all UK universities Times Good University Guide 2012

1 Oxford

2 Cambridge

3 London School of Economics

4 Imperial College

5 University College London

6 Durham

6 St Andrews

8 Warwick

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8 Warwick

9 Lancaster

10 Exeter11 York12 Bath

13 Bristol

14 Sussex

15 Edinburgh

Located 2.5 hours from London

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91% think Exeter is “a good place to be”.

International Student Barometer (Autumn

2010)

Holland Hall Accommodation

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Preparing to leave home

Hand Baggage:

• Passport, Visa, Tickets

• Doctor’s note about any medication

• Paperwork – bank details, insurance documents, University

contact details

• Money: suggest you have some £ cash and traveller’s

cheques when you arrive for immediate expenses

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cheques when you arrive for immediate expenses

• Warm clothes for when you land? (About 22 degrees in

London today.)

• Suitcase: always clearly label your bag with name & UK

address! 20 kg maximum is usual.

• Leave contact details with family

Arrival in the UK

� Follow sign for “Arrivals”

� Passport Control – join correct queue

� Health control – routine health check possible

� If any problems at immigration ask them to call Richard on 0044 (0)7976 238063 or 0044 (0)7745 156966, or call the Immigration

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0044 (0)7745 156966, or call the Immigration Advisory Service 0044 (0)20 8607 6570

� Baggage Reclaim & Customs – Red / Green / Blue (EU) channels. No food products (see: www.hmce.gov.uk )

� Allow 2 hours to clear immigration, baggage & customs

Ring home on arrival

• CUPL arrives TK 1979 at LHR, at 10.05?

• Meet at the Meeting Point in Terminal 3 - near

Marks and Spencers

• Richard Foord will meet you from 12.00 noon

onwards, and take you to coach. He will be wearing

a University of Exeter t-shirt

Rendez-vous

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a University of Exeter t-shirt

• Coach departs London Heathrow Terminal 3 at

14.00 on Saturday 16th July. Some wait possible for

stragglers!

• Will take about one hour by coach to reach your

hotel: Travelodge, Covent Garden

Introducing Richard Foord!

If unable to make the rendez-vous,

contact Richard Foord on:

• 0044 (0)7976 238063 or

• 0044 (0)7745 156966

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• 0044 (0)7745 156966

Introducing Lucy Thompson!

If you don’t want to use our ‘Meet and

Greet’ service, please tell Lucy by …

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14th July!

Travelodge Covent Garden

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Check in from 15.00 Dinner at 18.00

Travelodge Covent Garden

If you want to make your own way from Heathrow

to the hotel…

• Hotel located at 10 Drury Lane, High Holborn, London WC2 5RE:

Tel: 0871 984 6245

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Tel: 0871 984 6245

• Use the ‘tube’ (i.e. subway) from Heathrow to Covent Garden

station, on the Piccadilly Line (direct, no changes, will take about an

hour). Cost about £5.00. Do NOT take a taxi – very expensive!

• Lucy will be in reception from 18.00 to meet late arrivals.

London: 17 July

• 09.00 – introductory talk by Richard, then two

hour guided tour on foot: wear comfortable

shoes!

• Houses of Parliament and Big Ben

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• Houses of Parliament and Big Ben

• The Cenotaph

• 10 Downing Street

• Horseguards Parade

• Trafalgar Square

• Buckingham Palace … then dinner!

London: 18 July

• Tower of London

• Thames River cruise

• Free time - London Eye?

• Globe Theatre, Shakespeare’s Much Ado about

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• Globe Theatre, Shakespeare’s Much Ado about

Nothing

Tower of London

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Shakespeare’s Globe

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London: 19th July

• British Museum

• Free time

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London: 20th July

Coach to Exeter departs at 09.00

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Coach to Exeter departs at 09.00

Exeter: an historic student-

friendly city

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Cost of Living in the UK

Higher than Beijing!

Very roughly, £1 = RMB 10

• Magazines between £2 and £5, daily newspaper 50p to £1.20

• Cup of tea: £1 - £2

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• Cup of tea: £1 - £2

• Paperback books: £6+

• Taxi from St David’s station to campus: £4.50

• Pack of cigarettes (20): £6 + …. Heavily taxed!

• Kg of rice: 45p to £2.00

• Meal at a Chinese restaurant: £10 and upwards

Climate Change:• Fan Jiani, East China Normal

University

International Management:

• Chen Qianliang, China University of

Political Science and Law

• Guo Zheng, Tsinghua University

Class of 2011 Living with Global Change:

• Caidengzhuoga, China University of

Political Science and Law

• Gu Yan, East China Normal University

• Liu Ying, East China Normal University

• Yao Xinliang, East China Normal

University

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• Guo Zheng, Tsinghua University

• Hu Xuan, Tsinghua University

• Li Ning, China University of Political

Science and Law

• Xu Chong, China University of

Political Science and Law

• Yu Yanchen, East China Normal

University

• He Linfei, East China Normal University

Shakespeare and His World:

Class of 2011

Law

• Qin Zhengyang, China University of

Political Science and Law

• Zheng Qiyang, East China Normal

University

• Zhou Jinyi, China University of Political

Science and Law

• Chen Bingqiao, China University of

Political Science and Law

• Feng Jiayu, East China Normal University

• Hu Anzhi, China University of Political

Science and Law

• Jin Meidong, China University of Political

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Science and Law

• Zhu Yunyi, East China Normal

University

• Jin Meidong, China University of Political

Science and Law

• Li Jun, East China Normal University

• Liu Jing, China University of Political

Science and Law

• Li Yuanshuo, China University of Political

Science and Law

Further information

Lucy Thompson:

Email: L.C.Thompson@exeter.ac.uk

International Office:

Email: intoff@exeter.ac.uk

www.exeter.ac.uk/international

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