How to Survive the Next 12 Months at Royal Holloway UG Induction Dr Donna Brown

1. How to Survive the Next 12 Months at Royal Holloway UG Induction Dr Donna Brown Director Student Ambassador Programme School of Management Eliana Basno Student Representative and Student Ambassador September 2011

2. What Do You Expect of Next 12 Months?

3. Topics Cultural Difference School Activities Campus Activities Managing Parents Local Community Staines Transport To London Finance Diet Support If Anxious

4. Cultural Difference • Diverse Campus ‘V’ Egham And Locale • Diversity Greatest In London>staines>egham • Stereotypes Of English People • Typical Behaviour Of English 18-25 Year Olds? • Respect Of Peers

5. School Activities • Induction • Lectures & Workshops • Personal Tutors • Office Hours • Management Society • Staff-student Committee Representatives • Student Ambassadors

6. Campus Activities • Students’ Union, Societies & Freshers’ Week • School & College Events Messages • Advice Centres • Career Services • Employment Opportunities • Volunteering – Community Action Volunteers

7. 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

8. Alternatives to Egham Staines • 2 Miles Away, Around Twice As Large • 2 Cinemas • Greater Choice Of Restaurants & Bars • Shopping Centre • Accommodation, Rental For Second And Third Years Windsor (& Eton) • 20 Minute Bus Ride • Cinema, Arts Centre & Theatre • Tourist “Central” • Bars And Nightlife • Sporting Activities

9. Transport to London • South West Trains • £12 Return Off Peak, 40 Minutes, Twice An Hour www.southwesttrains.co.uk • Railcards: 16-25 Year Olds In Full-time HE, Save 1/3 • £28 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

10. Managing Parents • School Of Management & College Cannot Talk To Your Parents – Confidentiality • Parents’ Page On Website -> UG Vault • Regular Contact Helps Them • Manage Their “Help” • If They Have Problems?

11. Finance • Students’ Union & College Advice Bursaries & Scholarships Access To Learning Fund – UK Principal’s Loan Fund • Employment – Less Than 20 Hours Per Week! • Summer & Christmas Work • Funderfinder.Org.Uk

12. PowerPoint 151 The eatwell plate

13. Diet • Balanced Diet – Incl. Vegetarianism & Veganism • Beware Takeaways And Ready Meals -> Fat, Salt & Sugar • Students’ Union Sells Low Cost Fruit & Veg’ • Low Cost Recipes Can Be Found At Sainsbury’s – Tasty Meals With Basics Tesco – Two Meals For £5 • Recipes In Reception • Cook For A Friend Or Two • Eat Well Around Exams

14. Thrive, don’t Survive • Differences Between University And Previous Experience?

15. Available after Mn100 and Mn104 lectures all of October Who Can Help?

16. Support, if Anxious • Personal Tutors, Subject Tutors & First Year Tutor • Management Staff-Student Rep’s & Ambassadors • Student Counselling & Medical Centre – Specialising In Exam And Educational Stress • Students’ Union • Chaplains

17. Support, if Anxious a.moraes@rhul.ac.uk