Embark on Your UK Adventure: Essential Guide for Indonesian Students

1. Destination UK! The Journey of a Lifetime

2. Introduction • Congrats! • About British Council and Team • Agenda of the Day • Video: The Adventure of a Lifetime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqWaQWUP1ig&list=PL1eoSk9uXqxj3HGLKdm3EipM1nW9tkOt3

3. Preparing For Your Journey • Being well prepared makes life a lot easier • Your place of study should have sent you information: read it carefully! • Get organised (checklist)

4. Check List • Do your research • Visa • Health Insurance • Accommodation • Flight ticket • Pick up arrangement • Welcome Week/Orientation: Important to Attend • Etc

5. VISA • Tier 4 • UK Visa and Immigration • VSF • http://www.vfsglobal.co.uk/indonesia/

6. Accommodation • University/college accommodation • Private accommodation • Home stay • Know check in date

7. Sharing Accommodation

8. Luggage • Clothing and other items • Maximum weight • Precious items • Restricted items • List baggage items

9. What to Bring • Valid passport, with visa or entry clearance • Travel tickets • Health documents (an X-ray report) • Letter of Acceptance • Finance documentation • Originals (or certified copies) of qualifications • Money

10. ***Make sure you keep required and/or important documents***

11. What Else to Bring • An address, telephone number and travel instruction to final destination • Prescribed drugs or medicine and a letter from doctor explaining what they are • A reference letter from your bank in Indonesia – will be useful when opening a bank account in the UK • National dress to wear at social events (batik?) • Indonesian souvenirs

12. Money Matters • Bring enough money to cover your immediate needs upon arrival • Accommodation • Daily needs • 1-2 months • Max cash amount to enter UK

13. To Do List Upon Arrival • Settling in • Choose mobile phone provider • Open a local bank account (preferably a recommended one) • Attend welcome/orientation week • Register at GP at the nearest clinic • Report to the Indonesian Embassy Visit in smaller cities and hold a gathering for Indonesian students • Report to the nearest local police station if needed (please check with your institution for further advice)

14. UK Education and YOU

15. International Atmosphere and Diversity “What I noticed coming here is that all around me are different people, from different cultures, different backgrounds and different faiths. British people have a great capacity for accepting these different faiths.” Chiara, Italy

16. Friendship and Networking “The social life is very good. It’s very very easy to make friends . . . it’s not just study, study, study all the time.” Meldra, Latvia

18. Culture Shock • Stages • Honeymoon • Rejection • Acceptance • Assimilation • Reversed Culture Shock • Coping Skills • Reach out: family, friends, PPI, Indonesian Embassy/consulate, NUS, counseling center • Balance • Look after self

19. Study Method Individual & Group Work Lecturer’s style Writing assignment/paper Be an active student

21. Looking After Yourself

23. Weather Summer : June – August Autumn : Sept – Nov Winter : Dec – Feb Spring : Mar - May

24. Travel and Transport

25. Food Cook vs. Eat Out

26. Free Time “I go to the pub with my British friends and just because you go to the pub doesn’t mean you have to consume alcohol.” Vidyhaah, Sri Lanka

30. Graduation Meinanda Chudahman, International Business, Birmingham University (2007)

31. Career Plan “Through your programme, you do make a lot of contacts, so that I feel that when I graduate, there will be a lot of people I can talk to who will help me on my way. It doesn’t just end at university.” Kathryn, Canada

32. Returning Home • Reversed culture shock • New Career • Stay in touch with your institution and make sure you are listed on their alumni network • Promote UK education • Give Back/Contribute • British Council UK Alumni Engagement • Alumni Gathering • Alumni of the Month • UK Alumni Awards • Etc.

33. Programs in the UK Related to Maritime • University of Strathclyde: Marine Engineering, Offshore Floating Systems, Ship and Offshore Structures, Ship and Offshore Technology, Subsea and Pipeline Engineering and Offshore Renewable Energy • University College London: Maritime Engineering and Naval Architecture Specialism • University of Greenwich: Maritime Policy, Maritime Security, Maritime Engineering • University of Liverpool: Marine Planning and Management • Plymouth University: Marine Science and Engineering • Cranfield University: Marine Accident Investigation and Marine Transport • University of Southampton: Marine Environment and Resources, Marine Sciences, Maritime Engineering Science

34. Programs in the UK Related to Fisheries and Oceanography • University of Hull: Fisheries Policy and Planning, Fisheries Science, Inland Fisheries Management and Aquaculture • University of Wales-Bangor: Shellfish Biology, Fisheries and Culture • University of Aberdeen: Applied Marine and Fisheries Ecology • University of Southampton: Ocean and Earth Science, Oceanography, Ocean Sciences

35. Useful Contacts Perhimpunan Pelajar Indonesia UK (PPI UK) http://ppiuk.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/ppiunitedkingdom Twitter : twitter.com/ppiukofficial Programs: ISIC, Palapa Project, OX-ID, etc Indonesian Embassy in London 38 Grosvenor Square, London W1K 2HW Tel : +44 (020) 7499 7661 Fax : +44 (020) 7491 4993 Email : kbri@btconnect.com

36. www.educationuk.org/indonesia Email us: information@britishcouncil.or.id

37. Closure • Comments • Questions • Story: volunteers • Questionnaire • Best of Luck! • Thank You!