International orientation  International orientation resources

• Watch the Bridging academic expectations (for undergraduate students) webinar recording
• Watch the Bridging academic expectations (for taught postgraduate students) webinar recording

Useful links from this webinar

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

• Watch the Disability Support pre-arrival webinar recording
• Watch the Disability Support post-arrival webinar recording

Useful links from this webinar

• Disability Services
• Equality Act 2010

Useful links from the workshop

• Leeds University Union help and support
• Student Counselling and Wellbeing
• Chaplaincy (for all faiths and none)
• Feeling at Home in Leeds group workshops

• Watch the Healthcare and Wellbeing webinar recording

Useful links from this webinar

Asking for help

• Leeds University Union help and support
• Student Information Service

Illness and the UK health system

• Understanding healthcare and where to get help
• 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
• Booking and cancelling 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 and You events
• Get Out and Get Active
• NHS advice on being physically active
• Give it a Go programme

Learnng something new and 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
• Disability Services

• Watch the house hunting in Leeds webinar recording. Use the passcode: Ync.Rnp4

• Watch the Money and Banking webinar recording 

Useful links from this webinar

Asking for help

• Leeds University Union help and support​
• Student Information Service

Opening a bank account

• Opening a bank account in the UK and getting your bank letter
• Registration Status Certificate
• How to register

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 
• Action fraud
• Student Visa Advice

TV Licence

• Check if you need a TV licence

Budgeting resources

• Money management
• LUU online saving information
• LUU online budgeting information
• Link to Leeds blogs

This webinar is relevant for anyone who is in Leeds for six months or less.

• Download the orientation essentials webinar slides (PDF)
• Watch the orientation essentials webinar recording

Useful links from this webinar

Staying safe 

• Safe Zone app information
• Complete the Student Fraud Awareness course

Helpful contacts 

• Email the Student Information Service at studentinfo@leeds.ac.uk
• Email the Harassment and Misconduct team: reportandsupport@leeds.ac.uk

Student Visa Advice

• Student Visa Advice
• UK Visas and Immigration
• UK Council for International Student Affairs
• Electronic Travel Authorisation
• Re-entry to the UK

Money and budgeting 

• First Bus journey planner
• Money for when you arrive and opening a bank account
• Choosing a bank (high street banks)
• Cost of living and money management information
• Leeds University Union saving information
• Leeds University Union budgeting information
• TV Licensing website

Healthcare and wellbeing 

• Medical services and what to do if you're ill  
• UKCISA information for international students about health and healthcare
• Healthcare and your immigration status
• Find an NHS GP
• Leeds Student Medical Practice
• Register with a doctor of dentist
• NHS appointments and bookings at your GP surgery
• NHS services prescription charges
• Who to tell when you're ill
• Leeds University Union Help and Support
• Student Counselling and Wellbeing
• Support for disabled international students

Faith 

• Prayer, contemplation and faith-based support 
• Chaplaincy

• Watch the Prepare to Study at Leeds (for undergraduate students) webinar recording
• Watch the Prepare to Study at Leeds (for taught postgraduate students) webinar recording

Useful links from this webinar

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

• Watch the Staying Safe in Leeds webinar recording part 1
• Watch the Staying Safe in Leeds webinar recording part 2

Useful links from this webinar

• 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 team
• Report and Support

Useful links from this webinar

Careers

• My Career log in
• Postgraduate taught students careers support
• Researcher support
• PhD careers
• Prospects – job search engine
• Target Jobs search engine
• LinkedIn
• Student Circus
• Gradcracker – STEM jobs

Visas and immigration advice

• Visas and immigration advice for current students
• Student Visa Advice team
• Find an immigration adviser
• Transfer to a new programme
• Prove your right to work
• Term dates
• Registration Status Certificate
• Graduate visas
• Skilled Worker Visas
• UK working visas