2017-2018 BURSARY FORMS AVAILABLE NOW

Click above on 'Student Info' then Student Services to access information and application forms for 2017-2018.  Don't forget, if you are a returning student, you have to re-apply for help each year.

Help the College keep the Campus Safe for Everyone

In light of the Manchester bombing and heightened security, we would like to remind all students that they must wear their lanyards at all times whilst on the college site. In certain practical sessions there are exemptions, but you must be wearing your lanyard once you leave that session. There will be ongoing regular lanyard checks indoors and outside, so please make sure you and your friends are wearing them.

Check Out The News On Moodle

Moodle is one of the ways that Selby College uses to communicate with students.  On this front page you will find news items, notices, events and messages. Don't forget to check on a regular basis so that you know what's happening in college.

Students charging phones/laptops etc

Please note, students are NOT allowed to plug anything electrical in to power sockets in college.  This includes charging phones, laptops etc.  All portable electrical equipment in college must pass a test before it can be plugged in; this is to ensure that the equipment is safe to use.  Any equipment found plugged in will be removed and taken to Student Services.

WisePay

Selby College subscribes to a secure online payment system called WisePay where payments can be made conveniently using most major credit or debit cards.

The WisePay service operates in hundreds of colleges, schools and academies across the UK and offers a convenient means of payment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

An email will be issued from WisePay at the beginning of the academic year providing a username and password for your WisePay account.

You can access WisePay here, by logging onto Moodle or through the College Website (selby.ac.uk) and clicking onto the WisePay icon.

If you have any queries regarding WisePay please contact wisepay@selby.ac.uk

Backup your USB memory stick

Please make sure you have a copy of your assignments and college work.
Don't let your memory stick be the only copy of your work.

USB sticks do break and fail, plus you can lose them.

Ideally keep a copy of your work in your college Home area (H: drive), we back it up each night.
Use your memory stick as a means to fetch your college work to and from home.

Part-time students can apply for student finance for 2017/18 now!

It's time for part-time students who started their course on or after 1 September 2012 to apply for student finance for 2017/18!

Apply as early as possible to make sure you get your money in time for the start of your course.

It's quick and easy to apply online following the three steps below:

1. Register online (if you're a continuing student, log in to your existing account and reapply
2. Fill in the application
3. Print, sign and return the declaration form

Please put your rubbish in the bins provided around the college site. DO NOT throw it on the floor or into neighbouring properties.

New students going to university or college in 2017/18 can apply for their student finance now.

Just follow our three easy steps to make sure you get your money in time for the start of your course.

1. Visit SFE's student finance zone
Before they apply, students should look at the range of resources we have on our student finance zone - www.thestudentroom.co.uk/studentfinance - to find out what they can get and how to apply.

2. Register online
The quickest and easiest way to apply is online at www.gov.uk/studentfinance.

3. Fill in the application
They don't need a confirmed place at university. They can use their preferred choice of course and simply update the details online if they need to.

Continuing students should wait for SFE to contact them before they apply. We will automatically process applications for some continuing students for 2017/18. Continuing students who do not have their applications automatically processed will be contacted and asked to apply online.

Student Union & Selby Council create New Youth Wellbeing Fund

Selby District Council is teaming up with Selby College and Students' Union to create a new Youth Wellbeing Fund.

The Fund will offer small grants for local young people between the ages of 16 and 24 from within the Selby district to help them overcome challenges affecting their education and impacting on their mental wellbeing.

Cllr Richard Musgrave, Executive member and lead councillor with responsibility for housing, leisure, health and culture, explained, "This new Fund to improve the mental health of young people in our community has grown from the work we carried out last year focussing on mental health issues.  At the workshops last year mental health provision and support for young people was raised as an issue again and again. Setting up this Fund is the direct result of those workshops and I'm proud to be able to say that we're supporting something that will support young people in our district facing these issues.”

Students can be referred to the Fund from within the education system, for example by their tutors. Young students will also be invited to become trustees of the Fund for a year - something that provides vital additional experience and skills.

Allan Stewart OBE, Principal and Chief Executive of Selby College commented, "We're ambitious about what we can achieve with the Wellbeing Fund. We are aiming to raise £1,000 to kick-start this project. In the longer term discussions are already taking place about a possible live music fundraising event which will help students gain valuable experience of event planning as well as fundraising.

The Fund will offer small grants of up to £100 to help students who need support to overcome challenges affecting their education - this could be buying equipment so a student can join a local sports club or to access a counselling service.

Allan added, "The Fund will help students stay in education and realise their individual potential. A secondary role for it will be to raise awareness of mental health issues for young people.”

A Just Giving page has been set up for the Wellbeing Fund: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/youthwellbeingfund

Name Your Memory Stick

If you lose your memory stick but it is found in college, how can it be returned if there is nothing to identify the owner?  If you name your memory stick it can easily be returned, saving you the problem of losing all your work.

• Plug in the memory stick
• Open File Manager
• Click on the memory stick (Removable Disk) then right click and select Rename
• Type in your own name and press enter

Easy Peasy !!

Student Jobs Board

There is a Student Jobs Board located outside J034.  It is updated every Monday with full and part time vacancies.  There are also job files available in the GST office, one with Apprenticeship vacancies and one with other vacancies. 

• Find out about the latest job vacancies
• Search for jobs and apprenticeships
• Get help to apply

Just drop in the Work Placement office and talk to Rebecca James.

Do You Need Some Financial Help?

Selby College has bursary funds available to help students with the cost of travel, kit, uniforms, meals at college and equipment.  Further information and application forms are on the Student Services page (click on Student Info then Student Services at the top of this page).  OR, you can talk to Student Services or your GST to get help with your application.

Get Fit at the Selby College Gym!

The gym (first floor Jubilee) is open to staff and students on Wednesday afternoons, 1pm - 4pm.  Just go along and see the staff for your induction.