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Registration with the police
Big Essex Award – information session
Tours of the Albert Sloman Library
Strategies for study workshop 3
9am – 4pm LTB B
11am – 12pm LTB 2
1.30pm – 4.30pm
5pm – 6pm LTB 3
Also on Tuesday and Thursday. For international students (and dependants) whose visa states that police registration is required. See page 14 for detailed information about who should attend and what you need to bring.
(This session is repeated on Thursday)
Making your First Year Count 2.00pm – 3.30pm Ioe Crewe Lecture Hall Compulsory for all UG students (This session will also be held on Tuesday and Thursday) Let us help you make your first year count! We know your first few weeks at Essex are going to be busy and it may feel like your first year will last forever. However, we promise it will fly by. You don’t need to think about what happens after you graduate right now or what your future career might look like – your first year is about getting involved and trying new things which ultimately will help you develop new skills and make you more employable. This interactive, fast paced session is designed to help you get the very most from your first year. You’ll even be given your very own checklist to take away and ensure you really hit the ground running Attendance is compulsory but you can pick which of the three sessions suits you best.
Come along and find out why over 500 students completed the University’s employability award last year! The Big Essex Award, open to all students, is designed to showcase your extra-curricular achievements and provide concrete proof to employers just how employable you are. So get ahead of the game and make your CV really stand out. Plus, complete the Award and we’ll record it on your degree transcript.
Write.Read.Think.Good. Microfiction for better diction 10am – 11am repeated at 1pm – 2pm 5N.7.23 Do you want to learn to write better essays? Want to have fun doing it? This may be just the thing for you. The University has devised a writing skills course using a completely unique methodology: microfiction. Defined by us as a piece of writing in 10 words or fewer, we use microfiction as an approach to help you to develop three key skills for university success: communicating big ideas (write.good); extracting big ideas (read.good); and organising big ideas (think.good). Delivered in three one-hour parts, the write.read.think.good programme will provide you with a range of tools to engage effectively in the academic writing process, avoid plagiarism, and complete your assignments to a high standard by agreed deadlines. Each programme (two choices of dates are available) will take place on three consecutive days. To find out more visit: www.essex.ac.uk/ldev/microfiction
We offer regular tours during Welcome Week and the first two weeks of term, and you are strongly encouraged to come along to one of these. Please sign up in our Library beforehand – details will be on the notice board in the Library foyer from the beginning of Welcome Week. Tours will be at 15-minute intervals. Each tour will last approximately 30 minutes and provide a general introduction to library services. Additional tours, for which you should also sign up in advance, will be conducted at 4pm and 4.30pm each day during the second week of term, and at 4pm and 4.30pm on Wednesday 15 October.
Games Without Frontiers: The Symbol Game 3pm – 4pm 5N.7.23 The Symbol Game is a card-based exercise designed to improve group problem-solving and communication. It will show you the importance of setting clear objectives, based on a sound analysis and understanding of the problem, which is important in both study and work. And it’s a lot of fun. Games Without Frontiers is a short programme of workshops running from Tuesday to Friday that gives you the opportunity to play educational games which help to identify and develop the sorts of skills which are crucial for success at university and beyond. The programme is also a chance to meet other students of different nationalities, from different departments, and at different levels of study. Places for each session are limited to approximately 30 students and are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
(This workshop is repeated on Friday) Keeping track of what works for you: reviewing, revising and enjoying your study The Welcome Week carousel is a series of three workshops intended for undergraduates, including those returning to study after an interval. All students are welcome and all sessions are free. Each workshop will be repeated so that you can find a time best suited to you.
Campus tours Not sure where anything is? Don’t worry! Campus tours will be leaving from the information point on Square 4 at regular intervals throughout the day. While you’re here, you can also sign up for a town tour which will take place Wednesday to Friday this week.
Town tours Tours of Colchester town centre will leave from the information point on Square 4 at regular intervals on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday – you need to sign up in advance so please visit early to check availability. The tour takes around two hours. You will need to pay your own bus fare, so please bring coins, not notes. This is not a tourist tour; it is an opportunity to find out how to get to all the useful places in Colchester, including the major banks, shops, cinema and police station.