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Welcome Week

What is Welcome Week?

Organised by each individual School, the College's central services and the Student Union, Welcome Week involves a series of events and activities aimed at giving new students all the necessary information they'll need whilst studying at Queen Mary, University of London. It also provides a good opportunity for students to meet and interact with academics and other students. Events taking place during Welcome Week will include:

  • An introduction to the College and to your particular School
  • Using the Library
  • Fresher's Fair
  • An introduction to support available, including the Advice and Counselling and Careers departments.

There are many events and activities taking place across all of our campuses during Welcome Week.  Below are the main events which we recommend you attend:

We hope you enjoy and get the best out of Welcome Week 2011!

School/Institute inductions

Each School and Institute organises Welcome Week inductions sessions for their new undergraduate and postgraduate students.  It is important that you attend all of the Welcome Week induction sessions run by your School or Institute in order to meet the staff, fellow new students and get all the information you'll need for your programme.

Details of your School/Institute's Welcome Week inductions can be found on the School/Institute Induction web pages.

Moving In Weekend and campus events

For those living in Queen Mary Halls of Residence, Moving In Weekend this year is Saturday 17 to Sunday 18 September 2011.  Further information about the weekend can be found on the Living on campus web page.

Social events are organised by various departments across the College including the Students' Union and Residential Support Services.  Further information about student events can be found on the Campus events web page.

Library Tours and Drop-in sessions

From the beginning of term the Library will be running a four-week programme of sessions to introduce you to the library.

Library Tours

There is no need to sign up for the following, just come along to the Welcome Desk and join one of the tours:

Mile End Library:

  • Saturday and Sunday,  17-18 September 10.30am-3pm
  • Monday - Friday, 19-23 September 10am-4pm
  • Saturday 24 September 11.30am-4pm
  • Sunday 25 September 13.30am-6pm
  • Monday - Friday, 26-30 September 10am-6:30pm
  • Saturday 1 October 11.30am-4pm
  • Sunday 2 October 13.30am-6pm~
  • Monday - Friday, 3-7 October 10am-6:30pm

Whitechapel Library: every day Monday to Friday at 1pm, starting 19 September.

West Smithfield library: Anytime, just ask a member of staff at the welcome desk.

Drop-in sessions

IT Services will hold IT clinics in the Library at Mile End from Saturday 17 September for any issues with connecting to the network, login problems, accessing the wireless network, printing or any other IT enquiries, and the same IT session will take place at Whitechapel Library on Thursdays from 2 - 4 pm.

The Library at Whitechapel will also be running the following drop-in sessions on specific aspects of the Library:

  • On Mondays from 2 - 4 pm: using the Library, where you can find out about searching the library catalogue, how to access resources from home and how to add credit to your ID card as well as other general library enquiries
  • On Tuesdays from 12 - 1 pm: Blackboard sessions, where you can get help with using Queen Mary's online learning environment

Come along with any questions you have about the Library.

Freshers' Fair

Run by the Queen Mary Students' Union (QMSU) for all new students, this is not to be missed! Visit the Freshers' Fair for fantastic freebies plus stands and stalls from all the QMSU's clubs and societies.

Wednesday 21 - Thursday 22 September 2011 
10am - 4pm
QMotion Sports Hall and Library Square, Mile End Campus

Friday 23 September 2011
10am - 4pm
Library Square, Mile End Campus

Barts and The London Students' Association (BLSA) Freshers' Fair

Medical and dental students can also attend the BLSA Freshers' Fair on the Whitechapel Campus.

Wednesday 21st September 2011
12 - 5pm
Laird Hall and the library, Whitechapel Campus

Further information about the Students' Union events during Welcome Week can be found on their Freshers web pages.

Student Support Fair

The Student Support Fair will be held in the marquee in Library Square, Mile End Campus, and is the perfect opportunity to find out about all the services on offer to you at the College.  Take part in the Student Support Quiz to win fantastic prizes on the day!

Friday 23 September 2011
10am - 4pm
Library Square, Mile End Campus

International Student Welcome Programme

The International Student Welcome Programme will introduce you to living and studying in the UK and, specifically, at Queen Mary, University of London. It is open to all international students and is free to attend - but you do need to register to book a place in advance.  Further information can be found on the International Students web page.

Research Student Induction

This College-wide induction for new research students is not in Welcome Week itself, but on Wednesday 5 - Thursday 6 October 2011.  Please see the Research Students web page to find out more about this induction session.

EU Researchers Night

Queen Mary, University of London is pleased to be participating in the 2011 EU Researchers Night. 

Researchers' Night is a Europe-wide event bringing together the public and researchers once a year on the fourth Friday of September to celebrate research and show how it helps improve people's lives. 

This year it takes place on Friday 23 September 2011 and events will take place simultaneously in 500 different venues in over 30 countries.  Queen Mary University of London is only one of four institutions in the UK who will be hosting a Researchers' Night. 

Researchers' Night is an ideal opportunity to explore research facilities that are usually not open to the public, to try out state-of-the-art technology, to participate in experiments and to exchange ideas with researchers. 

The other UK venues celebrating Researchers' Night in the UK are the University of Huddersfield, the Natural History Museum, and The University of Reading.

For further information please see the Invitations into Researchers' Night website

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