International Orientation Resources

Useful links from this talk, all in one place

Orientation quiz

• Opening a bank account 
• Healthcare 
• Safety 
• Report + Support 
• Student Visa Advice 
• Academic English courses and workshops 
• Student Information Service 

Leeds University Union

• LUU Welcome 
• LUU Student Voice 
• LUU Engage - events and activities  
• LUU - Your questions answered

Activities and opportunities

• Global Cafe 
• Buddy Scheme 
• Intercultural Ambassadors programme 
• World Unite Festival 
• Language Zone 
• Get Out, Get Active 
• Host UK 
• Writing Back 
• Leeds & You - year-round activities, including outside of term time 

In the city of Leeds

• Leeds International Piano Competition and Piano Trail festival 
• Light Night 
• Abbey Dash 
• Leeds Marathon 
• Park Run 
• Leeds International Film Festival 
• Christmas in Leeds 

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Asking for help

• LUU Help&Support​
• Student Information Service

Opening a bank account

• Opening a bank account – everything you need to know about how to open a bank account in the UK.
• Digital banks
• Highstreet banks
• Getting your bank letter​ – standard bank letter
• Registration Status Certificate – for non-standard letters only (letters that must be addressed to a person in the branch, for example ‘The manager’)
• How to register - you need to complete online registration before you can request a bank letter. 

Choosing a safe bank account

• Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
• Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS)

Fraud and scams 

• Fraud, phishing and scams 
• How to pay 
• Accommodation
• Take Five scam quiz 1   
• Take Five scam quiz 2 
• Who calls me - look up unknown numbers 

Fraud and scams support 

• Harassment and Misconduct team 
• University IT Service Desk Team 
• Contact the police 
• Action fraud 
• Student Visa Advice 

TV Licence 

• Do I need a TV license? 

Budgeting resources

• Cost of living hub 
• LUU online saving information​
• LUU online budgeting information​
• Link to Leeds blogs

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Asking for help

• LUU Help&Support​
• Student Information Service

The UK health system and how to report your illness to the University

• Understanding healthcare and where to get help – the National Health Service and how it works​
• Healthcare and your visa
• Who to tell when you’re ill​​

Registering with a doctor and a dentist

• Local GP surgery finder
• Leeds Student Medical Practice 
• Register with a doctor and a dentist
• Local dentist finder ​

What to expect from a doctor appointment

• Booking and cancelling your GP appointments

Healthcare costs and exemptions

• Prescription charges and exemptions
• Fixed charges for treatment  
• Dental charge exemption

Wellbeing

5 ways to wellbeing

Places to meet people and connect

Meet people and get involved

Connect by being physically active​

• The Edge
• Leeds&You events​
• Get Out and Get Active
• NHS advice on being physically active
• Give it a Go programme

Learn something new or give back through volunteering​

• Clubs and Societies Fair​
• Skills@Library workshops
• Volunteering opportunities​
• Writing Back 

Student Counselling, wellbeing resources and information for disabled students

• Student counselling and wellbeing 
• University mindfulness MP3 recordings
• Disabled international students​
• Disabled student support 

Useful links from this talk, all in one place

• Security Services  
• Safezone app  
• Visa information 
• Safety information  
• Local transport and finding your way around 
• First Buses  
• LUU night bus 
• Bike Hub 
• City Bikes   
• Driving rules 
• Immobilise 
• LUU Engage - search for alcohol free events 
• Types of ID for a night out 
• Citizen Card 
• Harassment and Misconduct 
• Report + Support  

Useful links from this talk, all in one place

• Academic integrity and plagarism
• Skills@Library academic support
• Flying Start resources
• Academic English courses and workshops
• Language Zone resources

Useful links from this talk, all in one place

• Student Circus career advice
• Skills@Library
• Flying Start resources
• Step up to Masters
• Academic English courses and workshops
• Language Zone resources

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Careers

• My Career log in
• Postgraduate Taught students careers support
• Researcher Support
• PhD Careers
• Prospects - job search engine
• Target Jobs search engine
• Linked In
• Student Circus
• Gradcracker - STEM jobs

Visas and immigration advice

• Student Visa Advice Team
• Visa Information - understanding how your visa works
• Find an immigration adviser
• ATAS guidance
• Extend your visa application
• Transfer to a new programme
• Prove your right to work
• Leeds term dates
• Apply for a Registration Status Certificate
• Graduate Visas
• Skilled Worker Visas
• UK working visas
• Replace your BRP with an eVisa

Useful links from this talk, all in one place

• Leeds University Union Help and Support 
• Student Counselling and Wellbeing – 1:1 and groups 
• Chaplaincy (for all faiths and none) 
• Feeling at Home in Leeds group workshops 

Useful links from this talk, all in one place

Equality Act 2010

Disabled international students