International Orientation Day

International Orientation Days, run each September & January, are two of my most favourite days of the year.  It's always a pleasure to be part of this welcoming programme and to play a small part in helping students to adjust and settle to life in the UK.
This year I ran a session in the morning entitled 'Arriving in the UK: first impressions and expectations'. 

Students engaged well in the exercise and my post-it board was soon inundated with comments.  

Not sure who wrote this but there are plenty of
sports societies on campus, you should check
the GKUnions website :-)

Sorry our beer is weak,
try some of the local stuff!!

This is my very favourite - what a lovely comment :-)

Thank you to Mohamed, Aiste and Yasir who helped to round off the orientation programme with a student panel, sharing a little of their own experiences with the new students and answering question.

We then held a social/games session for new internationals though I think many had gone off to have their dinner!

Last, but by no means least, a HUGE THANK YOU to My colleague Katie Jenkins who put a mammoth amount of work in to planning and organising the day. Katie, you are always a pleasure to work with :-)