Notification of Half Term Repair Works at Selby College 25th Feb – 1st March 2019

During half term the College will be having some extensive repair works to its heating distribution system.  This will mean that there will be no central heating in the College for the majority of the week.  Many of the Teaching staff will not be at College and other staff may well be relocated within the site. Some buildings  / departments will be closed off for the full duration of the week.

Please talk to your tutors in advance if you are planning to come in to College to undertake work and access facilities, to ensure that this is possible. We will still have a limited library service, on reduced hours, for you to take out and return books, but with the lack of heating within the building only A007 the silent study area and the J125, the HE room will be available as study areas with some heating.  Even here we cannot guarantee the temperature of the rooms.

Where possible, please plan to take out the books and resources you need in advance of half term, so that you can work on your assignments, projects and homework, without needing to come into College.

New Food Vender

We now have a brand new food vender which is located next to the vending machines in the Jubilee corridor. This vender contains sandwiches, wraps, muffins, cookies and flapjacks! The vender will be stocked throughout term time and also over the half term breaks ensuring both staff and students have access to food.

Sandwich £2

Wraps £2

Cookies £1

Flapjacks £1

Muffins £1

 Selby College SU asks:

Did you know that a Student Union card can save you far more money than it costs?

• I already have a Student Union card
• I need more information
  

We Responded:

186 of you responded that you already have a Student Union card, though some 212 of you identified you might benefit from more information.

Students in school, college or university, studying in professional organisations, distance learning and work based Apprentices are able to buy an NUS/NUS Apprentice Extra Card to get exclusive discounts. You must be 16 or over and studying full time or part time in Further or Higher Education to be eligible for an NUS extra card. There is no upper age limit. 1, 2 and 3-year student discount cards available - prices start from just £12

NUS Extra Cards allow discounts in places such as Amazon, Warehouse, Pizza Express, Co-Op Timberland, McDonalds, New Look, and many more retail, food outlets and other facilities. 

To acquire your NUS Extra Card cards you should apply online on the NUS website: http://www.nus.org.uk/en/nus-extra/

The cards are available throughout the year, and if you have any questions, the Students’ Union will be only too happy to help.  Contact your Selby College Student Union (SCSU) team based in Jubilee scsu@selby.ac.uk for further information

Volunteers needed: Charity Gala Concert on 16th March 2019 at Selby Abbey

If you are interested in supporting Councillor Buckle on Saturday 16h March, please get in touch with Louise Moffatt moffattl@selby.ac.uk  (Marketing Department).

A meal and drink will be provided to any students kind enough to help as ushers. Councillor Buckle would also like to give 2 free tickets (worth £30) for each student to pass onto family or friends.

Your dining experience. Your choice....

From Monday 4th February - New Opening Times

The Refectory: Opens 8.30am and closes 2.30pm every day - Weekly Menu

The Coffee Shop: 10.45am - 1.15pm - a new range of freshly made sandwiches will also be available

The Restaurant: Open Thursday and Friday's 12.00-1.30pm - February's Menu

Student Admin Department

Student Services has a new name – the Student Admin Department – and a new home.  You can find us in J069 in Jubilee (the old Marketing office) but in the first instance, you should go to Kieron in Marketing or Reception.  If they can’t help you, they will contact us.

We have made some small changes for student enquiries; temporary student IDs can be picked up from Reception and forms e.g. sign out, holiday forms, parking permit applications can be picked up from the rotating stand near Reception.

We haven’t changed where you go with your questions or to collect meal tokens and bus vouchers.  All the support is still available from Reception and our old office at different times of the day.  If the office is closed or nobody is on the front desk in the office, just go to Reception who will be able to help you.

Spitting is not only dangerous, it is disgusting.   Do Not Spit

Printing Restrictions

Printing restrictions are now being enforced for all students unless you have paid the £20 annual 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.

LRC Evening Opening Times Are Changing from 7 November…..

In response to HE student feedback, the LRC will be open on alternate Wednesdays until 20:00 after half-term. This will commence from November 7.

 From November 14, it will close at 18:30 on alternate Wednesdays…

 Please be aware LRC will close at 19:00 each Thursday during term, from now on, in order to accommodate this.

Still not bought ALL your recommended textbooks???

Textbook orders can still be placed until the start of half term. After this, prices will change as discounts are reduced, so books will be removed from Wisepay.

You can still contact LRC staff to see if there are copies left on-site that you can purchase. First come, first served…!

If you’ve applied for bursary funding but haven’t yet got books, please complete and hand-back the relevant order form, available from the LRC service counter.

Gaming Club 

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

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

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!

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.

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