DISCOVER QUEEN’S GLOBAL FAM
5-10 MARCH 2023 ITINERARY
Sunday 5th March
Time Activity Notes
2.00 - 6.00pm Arrival in Belfast and transportation to Grand Central Hotel. Registration at hotel.
6.00 - 7.30pm Dinner at hotel
7.30pm Close/ Free Evening
Monday 6th March
You can meet our team at our registration desk on the ground floor of the hotel between 2-6pm. You will be allocated a team name for the duration of the FAM.
Join us for an informal dinner and get to know the other delegates.
Enjoy a drink at the Grand Central Hotel Observatory and take in the stunning views of Belfast city. Alternatively, feel free to get out to see the city sights.
Time Activity Notes
8.30am Meet in hotel lobby, ground floor Please ensure you wear comfortable shoes for walking and a warm, waterproof coat. You won't need to bring anything else with you.
8.45am Coach transportation to Queen's Please ensure you take the correct coach at all times, allocated in teams as follows:- Bus A- Victoria/ Titanic/ Riddel/ Galileo/ Whitla; Bus B- Botanic/ Elmwood/ Lagan/ McClay/ Lanyon.
9.00 - 11.00am Welcome to Queen's! Campus Treasure Hunt
11.00am - 12.00pm Visit to One Elmwood, our brand new Student Centre and Students' Union
12.00 - 12.15pm Coach transportation to Riddel Hall
12.15 - 1.00pm Lunch
1.00 - 5.00pm Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) Showcase
5.15 - 5.30pm
Please ensure you stay with your team and student ambassador at all times.
Coaches will depart from the side entrance to One Elmwood, on Elmwood Avenue. Please ensure you take the correct coach, as allocated to your team.
Join staff from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences for lunch in the Isdell Courtyard at Riddel Hall.
The afternoon includes a tour of Riddel Hall, Queen's Management School (QMS), the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC) and our School of Law.
Coach transportation to hotel Coaches will depart from outside the front of the main Lanyon Building. Please ensure you take the correct coach, as allocated to your team.
6.15pm Meet in hotel lobby, ground floor
6.30pm Coach transportation to Queen's Please ensure you take the correct coach, as allocated to your team.
6.45 - 9.30pm Welcome Dinner
We will be joined by senior members of the University as well as our recruitment teams for a drinks reception and dinner in the magnificent Great Hall at Queen's.
9.45pm Coach transportation to hotel Coaches will depart from outside the front of the main Lanyon Building. Please ensure you take the correct coach, as allocated to your team.
Tuesday 7th March
Time Activity
Notes
9.00am Meet in hotel lobby, ground floor Please ensure you wear comfortable shoes for walking and a warm, waterproof coat. You won't need to bring anything else with you.
9.15am Coach transportation to Queen's Please ensure you take the correct coach, as allocated to your team.
9.30am - 12.00pm Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS) Showcase
12.00 - 12.15pm Walk to Elmwood Hall
12.15 - 1.15pm An Undergraduate Experience Like No Other
1.15 - 2.30pm Lunch
This morning includes interactive workshops and demonstrations at our extraordinary Computer Science Building and the innovation hub at the Ashby Building.
Please ensure you arrive promptly by 12.15pm.
We will be joined by a panel of staff and students to help us explore the unique UG experience at Queen's.
Enjoy our 'street food' style lunch in the Blue Sky Room in One Elmwood. Then take some time to enjoy our campus before the next session. Please ensure you arrive promptly by 2.30pm.
2.30 - 3.30pm Developing Future Ready Graduates Our Careers, Employability and Skills team will demonstrate how we support students on their path to employment.
3.45pm Coach transportation to hotel Coaches will depart from the side entrance to One Elmwood, on Elmwood Avenue. Please ensure you take the correct coach, as allocated to your team.
4.00pm Free afternoon
6.45pm Meet in hotel lobby, ground floor
7.00pm Departure for dinner at your chosen restaurant
10.00pm Return to hotel
Enjoy a rest or get out to discover our wonderful city.
You will be joined by a staff member and other delegates and will walk to your chosen restaurant. Please ensure you wear comfortable shoes for walking and a warm, waterproof coat.
If you wish to return to the hotel earlier, this is fine by us!
Time Activity
6.00 - 8.00am Optional hike at Cave Hill Country Park
8.30am Meet in hotel lobby, ground floor
8.45am Coach transportation to Queen's
9.15 - 10.30am Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences (MHLS) Showcase (Part 1)
Notes
This activity is subject to weather and will be confirmed on Tuesday, 7th March. If it goes ahead and you wish to join us, please meet at the hotel lobby promptly at 6am, for departure at 6.10am. Please ensure you wear comfortable shoes for walking and a warm, waterproof coat. We aim to return no later than 8.00am.
Please ensure you wear comfortable shoes for walking and a warm, waterproof coat. You won't need to bring anything else with you.
Please ensure you take the correct coach, as allocated to your team. Coach A will depart for the School of Biological Sciences; Coach B will depart for the Medical Biology Centre (MBC).
This morning includes a visit to our state-of-the-art, world class School of Biological Sciences and the KN Cheung SK Chin InterSim Centre - a cutting-edge training facility for our healthcare students.
10.30am Coach transportation Coach A will depart for the Medical Biology Centre (MBC) Coach B will depart for the School of Biological Sciences.
10.45am - 12.00pm Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences (MHLS) Showcase (Part 2)
12.00pm Coach transportation to School of Biological Sciences
12.15 - 1.00pm Lunch
1.00pm Walk to INTO Queen's Study Centre
1.10 - 3.00pm INTO Queen's Showcase
Coach A will depart for the School of Biological Sciences.
Join staff from the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences for lunch in the foyer of the School of Biological Sciences.
Join the INTO Queen's team for subject-specific taster sessions and Q & A panel.
3.00pm Coach transportation to Queen's Please ensure you take the correct coach, as allocated to your team.
3.15 - 4.00pm Afternoon Tea at the Graduate School
4.15pm Coach transportation to hotel
4.30 - 5.30pm Optional drop in visits to BT1 Accommodation / Free time
5.30 - 6.00pm Free time
6.00pm Meet in hotel lobby, ground floor
6.15pm Coach transportation to Cathedral Quarter
6.30 - 7.30pm Appetisers and Instagram at Ollie's, the Merchant Hotel
7.30 - 10pm An Evening at The Dark Horse
10pm Coach transportation to hotel
Discover more about this historic building and all that the School has to offer our graduates to make them future-ready innovators and leaders.
Coaches will depart from outside the front of the main Lanyon Building. Please ensure you take the correct coach, as allocated to your team.
Visit our Accommodation at Elms BT1 (slots will be allocated on arrival on 5/3/23) or enjoy some free time.
Please ensure you take the correct coach, as allocated to your team.
Sample one of Belfast's most exclusive venues based right in the heart of the city, and which once housed bank vaults as part of the headquarters of the Ulster Bank.
Take a rare and unique glimpse at our city's historical past in this traditional Belfast coffee house, where dinner will be cooked live outdoors surrounded by local street art.
Please ensure you take the correct coach, as allocated to your team.
Thursday 9th March
Time Activity Notes
9.30am Meet in hotel lobby, ground floor Please ensure you wear comfortable shoes for walking and a warm, waterproof coat. You won’t need to bring anything else with you.
9.45am Coach transportation to Hillsborough Castle Please ensure you take the correct coach, as allocated to your team.
10.15am Visit to Hillsborough Castle
Go on a guided tour of the castle and see the grand state rooms which the British Royal Family use during their visits. Then wander through the historic gardens to discover the ornamental lawns, waterways, woodlands and glens that surround the castle.
12.00 - 1.00pm Lunch Lunch will be served at the Stable Yard Tea Room.
1.15pm Coach transportation to Belfast City Centre Please ensure you take the correct coach as per your chosen afternoon activity:- Bus A- Shopping in city centre/Titanic Belfast; Bus B- Guided tour/Whiskey Tasting
5.00 - 6.15pm Free time
6.15pm Meet in hotel lobby, ground floor
6.30pm Coach transportation to Titanic Hotel Please ensure you take the correct coach, as allocated to your team.
6.45 - late Farewell Banquet Dinner Enjoy your final night in Belfast in style at the fabulous and historic Titanic Hotel.
10.30pm - midnight Coach transportation to hotel Coaches will depart the Titanic Hotel to return to the Grand Central Hotel approximately every 20 minutes.
Friday 10th March
Time Activity Notes
Check out and departure for airport. Check out is at 11am. If you have a taxi pickup booked to take you to the airport please ensure you are ready to depart and meet your driver promptly outside the hotel at the specified time.
In case of emergency, please contact your regional lead:-
Latin America Camila Táutiva +573196373373
Europe and Central Asia Thomas Gamester +447813067017
North America Anya O'Connor +447342079395
Sub Saharan Africa Wole Ibukun +2349130887887
South East Asia Kong Tzer Miin +60165269165
Pakistan Fahad Qayyum +923004370880
INTO Javlan Abudurezhake +447557594810
Middle East and North Africa Khaled Halawa +971526669859
South Asia Neeta Tyagi +919811118005
You will be staying at the Grand Central Hotel
9-15 Bedford Street, Belfast BT2 7FF
Tel: +44 (0) 28 9023 1066