Welcome

Welcome to the Institute of Education at the University of Warwick.

This website aims to provide information specifically to International Students.

We will include here links that we believe you will find helpful, together with e-copies of some of the documents you will be given.

Publications

Essential publications for you include:

• Welcome Guide for International Students
• Graduate Studies Handbook
• Glossary of Acronyms

People to help

Dr Stella Hart Stella dot Hart at warwick dot ac dot uk - Coordinating Tutor for International Students

Mary Lugalia - WIE PhD Scholar with responsibility for International Students

Useful links

Our Study Skills Web site

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wie/teaching/support/studyskills/international/

Warwick University International webpage

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/international/ 

Grad Soc

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/wie/courses/degrees/docs/research/wiega/

Students’ Union

http://www.sunion.warwick.ac.uk/portal/Default.aspx 

Post-graduate Society - arranges a variety of events for postgraduates including weekly socials, monthly meals in restaurants around Coventry, Leamington and Kenilworth, cinema trips, some sporting events, parties, trips across and outside the UK providing many opportunities for meeting other postgraduates often outside of your own group and department.

http://www.warwicksu.com/societies/postgraduate/

Free academic english classes and support (provided by Centre for Applied Linguistics)

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/al/learning_english/insessional/

Websites for further help with academic english

www.academicvocabularyexercises.com

Bringing families

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/international/immigration/dependants/

BBC World Service

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/index.shtml 

Chaplaincy

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/chaplaincy/ 

Induction 2011/12

Link to induction presentations and information