Are you ready for Induction Week?

What you need to do before arriving at Plymouth
Are you ready for Induction Week?

Have you uploaded your photo?

If you have not already done so, please upload a photo of yourself using the e@pplicant page and following the online instructions.

Your photo is required for your University card which will be issued to new students by your faculty during Induction Week. If you haven’t uploaded your photo prior to Induction Week the production of your University card will be delayed.

If you have problems uploading your photo we have various points on campus where we will take your photo and upload it for you. You will need to provide ID and have your student reference number.

Locations where we will take your photo and upload for you:

Location Opening times
Faculty Office University card collection venue as per your course induction programme Please attend at your scheduled date and time
Card Office 10/09/18 - 28/09/18 only Student Information Gateway, Ground Floor, Roland Levinsky Building Monday-Friday 9.00-12.30 and 14.00-16.00 (15.30 Friday)
Charles Seale Hayne Library Level 0 Monday-Friday 09.00-17.00

Have you checked out your course induction programme?

This will provide your itinerary of essential course induction sessions.
You can access them here

Have you completed online enrolment?

If you have not yet enrolled online you can do so at home or in the Charles Seale-Hayne Library where there will be Library and IT Enquiries staff available to help you. 

For instructions for completing online enrolment and FAQs follow the online enrolment tile from the 'essential induction information' gallery on your course induction page which can be found at https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/student-life/new-students/induction.

International students and students who are nationals of a non-EEA country – have you visited the International Student Advisory Service in the Student Gateway to have your documents scanned?

If you are a student joining the University of Plymouth from outside the EEA, we are required by UK Visas and Immigration to scan your passport and visa (if applicable). You must complete this scanning to be able to complete online enrolment and to collect your University card. Please bring your passport, visa and offer letter to International Student Advice, Ground Floor, Roland Levinsky Building.

Have you completed online module choice?

Depending on the requirements of your subject, you may be asked to choose optional modules at the start of your course. In addition we require all first year students to undertake a Plymouth Plus module as part of your first year course of study.

The Plymouth Plus module sits within an intensive learning period the first four weeks of the second semester, in your first year. It is designed to widen the academic offer by bringing together students from different courses, with different outlooks and knowledge, to research and investigate a real world or discipline based problem.

If you have no optional modules you will not have to complete online module choice. Where your course includes optional modules or you are offered a choice of Plymouth Plus modules, you will need to complete online module choice.
   
For further information and to access the system, follow the online module choice tile from the 'essential induction information' gallery on your course induction page which can be found at https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/student-life/new-students/induction.

Have you received a confirmation email that the Student Loans Company has been notified you have completed enrolment?

If you are a Home student and have applied for a student loan we need to inform the Student Loans Company (SLC) that you have completed enrolment and are in attendance before they release the autumn term loan to your bank account via the BACS payment system.

Where possible the process of confirming your enrolment to the SLC is completed automatically as part of online enrolment and you will receive an email confirming whether or not this was successful. If unsuccessful there are a number of options to manually activate your student loan which are explained further in the Student loans 2018/19 tile on the 'essential induction information' gallery on your course induction page which can be found at https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/student-life/new-students/induction.

You may need to bring your Financial Assessment papers from Student Finance England/Student Finance Wales to the Student Funding Unit staff based on the 4th Floor of the Nancy Astor Building so that we can enter the details onto the SLC database. The barcode on the top left of the assessment sheet is the one we will scan. If you do not have your paperwork, you must bring your student support number with you as we can still activate your funds from this.