No images? Click here We are really looking forward to meeting and getting to know you!Welcome to Wentworth Graduate College, the only College at the University of York dedicated to the postgraduate experience. My name is Claire Anderson, I manage the College team alongside Barry Crump (College Administrator), and Thomas and Taran, your College Life Advisors. We work together to make sure every Wentworth College Member is welcomed to the community and able to make the most of their time at University. All our events, services, academic and non-academic programming are designed with the postgraduate student and researcher in mind. Being a member of Wentworth means you will have the opportunity to build on your academic experience with unique opportunities for interdisciplinary and skills-based learning while developing contacts and networks that will stay with you throughout your life and career. Find out more about your new community - follow us on Facebook and Twitter or visit our website. See you soon, Dr. Claire Anderson, College Manager. Online InductionCompleting the first part of your postgraduate online induction is a great place to start your university journey. York prides itself on being a community built on respect, and this induction explains more about the community you will be joining and our values. It is packed with useful information, resources, and online courses to support you and help you prepare to become part of our learning community Welcome and OrientationWe have planned in-person and online events and activities providing safe opportunities to meet other new postgraduates. We know that not all of our international colleagues will be able to get here for the start of welcome week due to travel restrictions and we will be extending our welcome events to allow for this. Details on Welcome and Orientation will be sent out in our next email. You will also be able to sign up for many free Wentworth College events, tours, and workshops. In the meantime, you can take a look at our campus tour and watch these interviews with some of our postgraduates. Please use the links provided in our emails and only buy tickets through the links we send you. Unfortunately, there are some fake pages and scams to watch out for. Pre-arrival SurveyWe are keen to hear from you. Please complete our college pre-arrival survey and share with us your interests and ambitions or feel free to ask a question. Quarantine and Self-IsolationIf you need to self-isolate on arrival for quarantine purposes, please fill out the self-isolation form. The University will contact you and you will receive information on support and where to get essentials, as well as a voucher to spend on Google Play, Spotify, Just Eat, Sky Store, Deliveroo, and others. You should fill this in before you get here with your dates of arrival. What should I be doing now?
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