1. Penryn Campus Inbound Students September 2019 Rachel Scofield
Global Opportunities Support Officer

2. Welcome to Penryn Campus!
Welcome to the University of Exeter! I’m Rachel and I’m here to support students to make the most of Global Opportunities. I’ve been helping you to prepare for your exchange with us, choosing your modules, and you’ve also received messages from the wider Global Opportunities team at Exeter. Thank you for choosing Exeter and the Penryn Campus as your study abroad destination! Cornwall is a unique and special place, which I’m sure you’ll come to appreciate during your time here.
We know that settling into a new university culture and making new friends is a big step and will probably be challenging at times - it’s completely normal to experience highs and lows.
All my colleagues in the university are here to support you. I’ll take a few minutes now to talk you through some key information to help you through the week.
This week is called Welcome Week, or Freshers’ Week - it’s a week of orientation activities for ALL new students to the university.
Feel free to take photos of the screens and we will add the presentation to the new students webpages too.
At the end, there will be some time for questions and we will be able to confirm your modules and sort out any problems with your timetable.

3. Your first week…
Check ‘When you first arrive’ information on the New Students web pages (bank accounts, health centre etc.)
Activate your IT account
Document clearance (if non-EU national)
Collect uni card (Info Point, Penryn)
Complete online registration
Attend Induction events
Confirm modules with subject administrator at the Info Point
Complete your Erasmus+ paperwork (if EU)
Take the online Library induction: and a Library Tour: every weekday until Friday 27 September at 12:00 and 18:00. Just turn up at the Library help desk. Tours last approximately 25 minutes.
There are some key activities you need to complete; some of these were listed in your s before you joined us.
Look at the pages on our website giving you key information about things you need to do at the beginning of your time here – and the International Student Welcome programme – events designed to help you settle in. Some of the socials require booking.
Firstly, you should have already activated your IT account – you can’t collect your Uni card or complete online registration until you have done this!
Next, if have a non European passport/ID then you must go through International Student Clearance – all you need to do is present your passport, visa (official transcript and language certificate if Tier 4) to the Info Point, Peter Lanyon Building. If you have tried to register online and you get an error message saying you have incomplete documentation, then this is the reason why.
Collect your university card from the Info Point.
Register online – this is where you agree to the university’s regulations. This is not the same as registration for modules. You are not an official student at Exeter until you have done this.
Attend College Inductions – they will give you essential information related to your academic studies. There will be events throughout this week – look at ‘My Timetable’ for details. You have been enrolled on to the first-year Induction modules for your subject. It’s up to you how many of the events you attend, as some may be more or less relevant for you – but hopefully you have been to the Education and Student Services Talk.
Attend a meeting with your subject administrator (and me) at the Info Point to finalise your modules (it may be possible to do it at the end of this session).
Please also remember to take the online library induction.

4. Hub Info Point and Education Support Services
This is the Info Point, which I’ve already mentioned and is the place to come when you have queries about anything academic-related. The Welfare team is also based there.
It’s in the Peter Lanyon Building (THIS building!) and is open 9-5 Monday to Friday.
You’ll also hear it referred to as the PIP office (Penryn Information Point) or the Hub.
Hub Info Point and Education Support Services

5. Credits Full Year – 120 credits (= 60 ECTS)
One Semester – 60 credits (= 30 ECTS)
If you wish to study fewer credits than this, we need written confirmation from your home university’s coordinator.
If you are a European student, you should take at least 75% of your credits within the department specified in our Erasmus+ agreement with your university.

6. Module choices
Where possible we have given you the module choices indicated on your Study Plan.
Where you have been unsuccessful in a module, this could be for a number of reasons including:
The module is full
The module is not running this year
The module is running in the wrong semester
Many of you have been pre-enrolled on modules. You can add/drop/change your modules until Friday 4th October
Please remember that your modules on your original study plan are not guaranteed – the department always try their best to match you but this is not always possible.

7. Module changes
We have colour-coded your module records to collect at the end. We will help you sort out any issues.
Orange – you still need some credits.
Green – you have enough credits so we will see you if you need to make any changes because of the timetable etc.
You can come and see your subject administrator in the Education Support team at the Info Point, or contact me via or telephone (details at the end of the talk).
Modules must be confirmed by Friday 4 October – no later!
To make changes, you need to meet your subject administrator in the Education Support team at the Info Point. You can also contact me. I will be your go-to point of contact while you are here.
You will also have a personal tutor in your main subject (where you are taking the majority of your modules).
If you are studying modules in more than one subject, make sure you sort out your main subject FIRST and then the other subject. Our academic subjects are divided into Colleges: you will have a ‘home’ College, which is the one for your main subject (Colleges here are Humanities, Life and Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences and International Studies, Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, and the Business School).

8. English language support
‘Welcome English’
a series of workshops open to any new student for whom English is a second language (run by the Languages Team)
helping you ‘find your language feet’, learn more about the area and meet other students from around the world
every weekday from Tuesday 17 to Friday 27 September
17:30 to 19:00 in The Exchange seminar rooms

9. Paperwork
If you have any documents that need signing please let me know.
However, we will only sign Erasmus+ Learning Agreements once your modules have been finalised – usually after Friday 4 October.
Please make sure your documents are as complete as possible and keep old copies for your records (we do not keep copies).
If you have a Certificate of Attendance, you can ask the Education Support team at the Info Point to sign this, once you have registered online.
Certificate of Arrival/Attendance: Your University should have provided you with a template. Once you have registered online, you can go to SID for signature.

10. Semester dates & assessments
Semester One:
Classes (Term 1 – Autumn): Monday 23 September Friday 13 December
Holiday: Saturday 14 December - Sunday 5 January
Exams (Term 2 – Spring): Monday 6 January Saturday 11 January You are expected to sit exams here in Penryn. Timetable is released at the end of November.
Semester Two:
Classes: Monday 13 January - Friday 27 March
Holiday: Monday 30 March - Friday 24 April
Exam period (Term 3 – Summer): until Friday 12 June
Classes end on 13 December, but many of you will have exams in January. You are expected to sit exams here, unless your subject gives you permission to take an alternative assessment.
Your personal exam timetable is released at the end of November.
Those of you staying for the full year and coming back in Semester 2, your classes will start on Monday 13 January.
If you are here for the full year, you are required to remain at the university for the whole of the Summer Term exam period.

11. Assessment - exams
Do not book your return flight home until you have received your examination schedule.
Some exams will be scheduled on a Saturday. We expect you to remain here during the examination period.
Your exam timetable will be made available on iExeter.

12. Alternative assessments
If you are only here for the first semester and your module is assessed by exam, you may have an alternative assessment.
Usually a written assessment
Sometimes an exam taken at home
Check with me - permission MUST be granted.
There must be a legitimate reason to miss January exams (e.g. if classes at your home university start in Exeter’s exam week).
If you are studying modules in different subjects you need permission from each subject.
Full year students MUST take exams in Exeter in May – alternative assessments are not permitted.

13. Attendance Lectures begin on Monday 23 September.
If you have not finalised your modules by the above date, do not worry as tutors will understand.
Attendance is recorded – if you do not attend, you may get into trouble with the university.
If you are in the UK on a study visa, missing too many contact hours may mean we have to report you to the UK Border Agency, with the risk of deportation.

14. UK grading system Overall average Classification
At least 70% First Class Honours
At least 60% Upper Second Class Honours
At least 50% Lower Second Class Honours
At least 40% Third Class Honours
The minimum pass mark is 40%.

15. UK grading system

16. Exeter grading system - postgraduate
The minimum pass mark is 50%
Postgraduate induction sessions on Wednesday 18 September:
am: Postgraduate Welcome, drop-in (DM Masters Seminars 1&2)
3-4pm: Career Zone talk (Daphne DuMaurier building, Lecture A/B)

17. Failure and reassessment
The pass mark for an undergraduate module is 40%
The pass mark for a postgraduate module is 50%
If you do not achieve the minimum mark overall for a module, you have failed the module and will not obtain any credits for it.
Reassessment:
All students are entitled to reassessment. Please see the Referred/Deferred Assessment webpage for more details.
Deferred assessment = you could not take the original assessment (e.g. you were ill).
Referred assessment = you failed the original assessment.
Please note: it is essential that you check with your home university the assessment requirement for your studies here at the University of Exeter.

18. Extensions and mitigation
If you feel illness or other circumstances may affect your ability to undertake an assessment you may be able to apply for an extension or deferral.
The university calls this process ‘mitigation’.
Mitigation does not include short-term illness or IT-related issues (e.g. lost work or late printing for assignments, so please back up your work).
Mitigation requests must be supported by evidence e.g. a doctor’s note, hospital appointment etc.
Individual lecturers or tutors are not able to grant mitigation/extensions.
You must complete the online mitigation form available at
All mitigation will be treated as confidential.
You must submit mitigation within one day of the assignment deadline or day of the exam, otherwise it will not be considered – you can contact the team via

19. Other useful information
Please always use your Exeter address when contacting us.
Certificates of Arrival/Departure and Confirmation of Student Status letters can be provided and signed by the Info Point team.
Transcripts will be sent by the Info Point team.

20. Help Global Opportunities Support Officer – Rachel Scofield:
book an appointment at the Career Zone:
Info Point:
Peter Lanyon Building, open 9-5 Monday – Friday
The Compass (Student Services):
in the Library (The Exchange building), open 9-5 Monday – Friday
The Students’ Union:
For queries related to any aspect of your experience as a Study Abroad exchange student you can contact me - I also act as a contact point between you and your home university’s Study Abroad teams.
Info Point – any questions you have about life as an Exeter student, particularly academic issues from your timetable and module choices to advice on wellbeing, mitigating circumstances etc.
The Compass - a student information service offering help and advice on any aspect of university life - the first port of call for Student Services enquiries and refers to a range of services: accessibility, living support, academic skills etc.
The Students’ Union has a team of specialist trained advisers who can advise on private accommodation, financial or academic problems, settling in; also societies and volunteering.
We are here to help

21. What does your SU give to you?
Student Voice
Student Presidents
Leadership Team
Academic Representation
Student Opportunities
Sports Clubs
Societies
Volunteering
Fundraising
Advice Service
Free, impartial & confidential
Housing
Finance
Academic appeals
And lots, lots more!

22. Get involved… Social events in the Welcome Programme:
onal/
Study and Work Abroad Fair – 6 November

23. You are invited…

24. We wish you a very happy time studying with us!
Finally…
We wish you a very happy time studying with us!
Any Questions?