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Gaming Club 

A new Gaming Club for students will start on Friday 5th October (12.30-1.30pm) in A215. All welcome. 

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Welcome: How would you best describe your induction to Selby college?

Exceeded my expectations 255 , Met my expectations 806, I need more information 178.

Total = 1239

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At Selby College we are very proud of the help and support we offer students.

It is great that over 85% of students identified the recent induction met or exceeded their expectations, which recognises the hard work that teachers, GSTs and Student Services put in to ensure the first few weeks of the first term help you to settle in to your studies.

We don’t expect you to remember everything you went through on induction which is why you have access to a whole range of support materials to guide you throughout your learning journey and we will revisit some of the aspects in your GST tutorial programme.

The Student Handbook is a useful port of call for most of the information you might need about the College and your course, but further information can be accessed on the student College Moodle site.

If you need help – just ask.
No matter what your course you will find the teaching and support staff are dedicated to helping you achieve the best possible results and ensure you have a great experience at Selby College. If you need help with your course talk to your tutors, but if there is anything else, talk to your GST.

During the induction period we had Fresher’s Fair and the Jobs Fair and it was good to see so many of you getting involved.

Expectations:
Selby College is proud of its students and their successes. You will soon learn about how your course works and the College rules, but these are our main expectations of you:

• Attend all lessons and be punctual as well as meeting deadlines for completing work
• Behave responsibly and follow the Code of Conduct (see page 10)
• Try to achieve your potential by working to the best of your ability at all times
• Tell us of any concerns, problems or change of circumstances
• Respect others

Enjoy your time at Selby College.

College Car Park Users

This year there are very high numbers of students using the college car parks, both in cars and on mopeds/motorbikes.  Unfortunately, some of these students are not following the rules and are driving dangerously.  Some are speeding and a few are even driving into college through the exit gate which could case a serious head-on collision.  A reminder of the rules is below.  Apart from the possibility of causing injury to yourself and others, the consequence of not following the rules is that you will not be allowed to bring your vehicle onto the college site.

• You must hold a current UK driving licence, road tax, MOT (where required) and insurance for the vehicle you are submitting

• Permits must be clearly displayed

• Changes of vehicle must be notified and re-registered (No additional charge).

• Vehicles are parked at the owners risk

• There is a MAXIMUM speed limit of 10MPH within the College grounds.

• You MUST not obstruct fire exits.

• You MUST not park outside designated bays.

• You MUST not park on hatched areas.

• You MUST not park on footpaths or walkways.

• You MUST not park on grass verges.

• Parking of overnight vehicles must obtain prior permission from Estates

• You MUST not drive in a manner that gives cause for concern for the safety of others.

• There are no areas reserved for staff or students. Parking is on a first to arrive basis. 

• Bicycles, motorbikes and scooters should be parked in the designated areas only. 

• College temporary disabled parking permits are available (from health and safety advisor) for staff and or students with temporary injuries or medical conditions if required.

• The College reserves the right to withdraw authorisation to use parking facilities. 

Withdrawal of authorisation

Parking within College grounds is at the discretion of the College. Authorisation to park within the college car parks will be withdrawn for those drivers who consistently flout rules, drive in a manner that gives cause for concern regarding the safety of pedestrians, damage to other vehicles or fails to display or produce authorisation permit as required.

All FE students are invited to take part in this survey  which forms part of the national evaluation of The National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP). NCOP aims to increase the number of young people in higher education by 2020. The survey will take around 10 minutes to complete. It asks how much you know about higher education and what you might like to do in the future.

Please click the link to access the survey

https://yorksj.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8BurnDlF61AOpUN

College Residential Trips for 2019

Discover one of the world’s most beautiful countries!
The Selby College Iceland Tour 2019 is now open to all students! 
Be part of the trip on 24th - 28th February 2019 and experience magnificent waterfalls, stunning landscapes and relax in geothermally heated pools!
Want to find out more? Click here for the full itinerary. http://selby.ac.uk/iceland-tour-2019/
Contact Karen Ralphs on ralphsk@selby.ac.uk for more information or visit room A113 on the first floor of the Academy building.

Textbooks

Textbooks are still available to purchase from college as the deadline for receipt of orders is being extended. Most books are already here on-site so you can obtain them quickly. Please ask at the LRC for an order form, or use Wisepay to purchase. Please see LRC staff with any queries. Thank you.

Post Induction QDP Survey T1 for full time learners. 

• Online Link: https://qdpservices.co.uk/OnlineQuestionnaire.aspx?sid=12010
• Students will require their student id as their personal login to access their questionnaire
• Once accessed, students must complete and finish the whole of the survey as the system will not save part completion of a survey and will not allow learners to re-enter the survey later once log-in details have been used – if the student gets a message ‘survey full’ or similar, it indicates the survey has already been accessed using the student id
• To be completed by all groups in September and October 2018

Selby College Sports Activities starting Friday 28th September

Need textbooks for your second year of A Levels? 

Please collect an order form from the LRC, or use Wisepay. Recommended textbooks are listed on Wisepay, so if you know what you need, you can just go online to pay.

First year textbook forms are still available from the LRC, if anyone needs one.

Vocational textbook forms are being distributed by your lecturer.

For all textbook orders, please use one of the above order forms if you’re applying for bursary, or just prefer not to pay online. Other forms of payment should be made to the Finance office on the top floor of Jubilee. We’ll notify your college email address when your books are ready to collect. 

Please contact the LRC if you have any queries about the college textbook ordering process. Many thanks.

Don't Get Knocked Down - Get Off The Road!

There have been several near miss incidents involving students standing or loitering on the road as cars and other vehicles enter and exit the campus. To prevent an accident, make sure you stand on the pavement not the road!  Students are also crossing the road without looking, just stepping out in front of cars then being intimidating to the driver when they have to stop for them.

If you see a friend doing this, please point it out to them as rolling across someone's bonnet is no fun and funeral costs can be expensive!

Seriously, be warned, staff have been advised to challenge anyone doing this and persistent offenders will face disciplinary action.

Be courteous - Make way for people with prams or walking with youngsters

The college site includes a Nursery, with parents coming on and off site pushing youngsters in prams or walking with them. Remember you were little once, behave how you would want someone to behave if it was your mum or dad taking you to Nursery. Please be courteous and make room for anyone with a youngster so they can proceed along the path. There is no need to step on the road to do this though as there should be plenty of room to pass!

Arriva Service diversion - 405 and X45

Start Date: 01/10/2018

End Date: 21/12/2018

Location: A19, Chapel Haddlesey

From Monday 1st October, services 405 and X45 will be subject to a major diversion between Hut Green and Selby.

From 1st October, the A19 at Chapel Haddlesey will be closed to all vehicles for the replacement of the bridge over the River Aire.

For the duration of this closure, services 405 and X45 will operate to a revised timetable and route. As a result of the road closure, Chapel Haddlesey and Burn villages will not be served by 405, 476 and X45.

Doncaster to Hut Green

Between Doncaster and Whitley Silver Street there will be no changes to the times or route of the 405 or X45. All buses will operate as their normal route number, but northbound buses will display ‘Hut Green’ or ‘Whitley’ on the front.

The weekday 15:50 405 from Doncaster will terminate at Whitley and the current 16:41 from Hut Green to Doncaster will start from Whitley at 16:46. All other journeys between Hut Green and Doncaster will operate to current times.

Hut Green to Selby

Between Hut Green and Selby, all journeys will operate on a major diversion. After Hut Green all buses will run on a non-stop diversion through Snaith. Services will be renumbered to designate their routing:
• 405B – Hut Green to Selby Bus Station – via Brayton, non-stop from Hut Green, Tranmore Lane to A19 at Brayton, Mill Lane
• 405S – Hut Green to Selby Bus Station – via Staynor Hall, non-stop from Hut Green, Tranmore Lane to Staynor Hall estate

Most 405B and 405S journeys will connect with service 405 at Hut Green, but please click here for a timetable for details of connections.

These diversions are currently expected to be in place until 21st December 2018.

Arriva Service diversion - 476

Start Date: 01/10/2018

Location: A19, Chapel Haddlesey

From Monday 1st October, service 476 will be subject to a major diversion between Hut Green and Selby.

From 1st October 2018, the A19 at Chapel Haddlesey will be closed to all vehicles for the replacement of the bridge over the River Aire.

For the duration of this closure, services 476 will operate to a revised timetable and route. As a result of the road closure, Chapel Haddlesey and Burn villages will not be served by 405, 476 and X45.

Journeys serving Hensall Village

These journeys will pass through Hensall Village the opposite way to normal.
• Buses towards Selby will enter the village along Wand Lane (from the A19) and exit the village near the railway station.
• Buses towards Pontefract will enter the village near the railway station and leave the village along Wand Lane.

Between Hensall and Brayton, buses will run on a non-stop diversion through Snaith. Service 476 will operate non-stop from Hensall, Station Road to the A19 at Brayton, Mill Lane

Journeys not serving Hensall Village

Between Hut Green and Brayton, buses will run on a non-stop diversion through Snaith. Service 476 will operate non-stop from Hut Green, Tranmore Lane to A19 at Brayton, Mill Lane

A revised timetable will be in place to allow extra time for this diverted route. Please click here for more information.

These diversions are currently expected to be in place until 21st December 2018.

Selby College Sports Activities

Student Lanyard Colours 2018/19:

2018-2019 Bursary Forms available now

Click above on 'Student Info' then Student Services to access information and application forms for 2018-2019.  Don't forget, if you are a returning student, you have to re-apply for help each year.

Click here to find out how you can download and install Moodle Mobile on your device.

Have you checked your college email today (qnumber@selby.ac.uk)?

This is the main means of communication from Tutors, GST's and Student Services. You must check this on a daily basis to ensure you are not missing any vital course related information. Access to your college account is available both in and outside of college via this link https://mail.selby.ac.uk where you can log in with your qnumber and usual password.

If you prefer to link your college email to your personal email this can be easily done using this YouTube Video or paper based guide.

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

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.

USB Memory Sticks - Hints and Tips

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.

Remember to name your memory stick, if you lose it in college we can then identify the owner

• 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

Help the College keep the Campus safe for everyone

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.

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. 

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.

Printing Restrictions

Printing restrictions are enforced for all students when terms starts next week, i.e. unless you have paid the £20 fee or you are in one of the exempt categories e.g. receives a bursary, HE, Apprentice, paid for course or part time you will not be able to print.

If you are not eligible to print, then you won’t see any printers available to print to. You will need to go and pay the fee via WisePay or Finance or come and see the IT Technicians if you think you should be exempt and have been missed off.

Don’t forget print credits still apply! Credits are just a mechanism to prevent rogue and wasteful printing e.g. stopping students sending print jobs of 50 pages. If you run out of credits you can go to the LRC or Network Services and get additional credits. Additional credits are free they do not need to paid for. 

Students automatically get an additional 200 new credits every Sunday.
B/W pages cost 5 credits each.
Colour pages cost 50 credits each.

Travel for Half Price on Arriva Buses - Application Forms Available in Student Services