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Circuits

Start Date: 30 October 2024 5:00 pm

End Date: 30 October 2024 6:00 pm

Location: Gymnasium, Exton Park

Are you looking to improve your fitness and strength, but need that push to do so? Why not come down to our gym and get motivated by one of our instructors. We will take you through a gym-based circuit session to re-vamp your gym workout and help you get the results you want to see.

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Circuits

Start Date: 23 October 2024 5:00 pm

End Date: 23 October 2024 6:00 pm

Location: Gymnasium, Exton Park

Are you looking to improve your fitness and strength, but need that push to do so? Why not come down to our gym and get motivated by one of our instructors. We will take you through a gym-based circuit session to re-vamp your gym workout and help you get the results you want to see.

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Circuits

Start Date: 16 October 2024 5:00 pm

End Date: 16 October 2024 6:00 pm

Location: Gymnasium, Exton Park

Are you looking to improve your fitness and strength, but need that push to do so? Why not come down to our gym and get motivated by one of our instructors. We will take you through a gym-based circuit session to re-vamp your gym workout and help you get the results you want to see.

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Circuits

Start Date: 9 October 2024 5:00 pm

End Date: 9 October 2024 6:00 pm

Location: Gymnasium, Exton Park

Are you looking to improve your fitness and strength, but need that push to do so? Why not come down to our gym and get motivated by one of our instructors. We will take you through a gym-based circuit session to re-vamp your gym workout and help you get the results you want to see.

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Circuits

Start Date: 2 October 2024 5:00 pm

End Date: 2 October 2024 6:00 pm

Location: Gymnasium, Exton Park

Are you looking to improve your fitness and strength, but need that push to do so? Why not come down to our gym and get motivated by one of our instructors. We will take you through a gym-based circuit session to re-vamp your gym workout and help you get the results you want to see.

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Circuits

Start Date: 25 September 2024 5:00 pm

End Date: 25 September 2024 6:00 pm

Location: Gymnasium, Exton Park

Are you looking to improve your fitness and strength, but need that push to do so? Why not come down to our gym and get motivated by one of our instructors. We will take you through a gym-based circuit session to re-vamp your gym workout and help you get the results you want to see.

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Part-time evening language courses – open evening

Start Date: 11 September 2024 5:30 pm

End Date: 11 September 2024 7:00 pm

Location: Binks, Exton Park

Fancy learning a new language for a discounted price?  

Our language taster courses are a 6-week introduction to the language and culture of a specific country. You will cover things like basic greetings, numbers, weather, dining out as well as some cultural knowledge of the relevant country/countries.  

The cost of this course is £99 and staff and students are entitled to a discount. 

Course dates: 

Want to find out more? Join us for our upcoming open event:  

  • Wednesday 11 September 
  •  5.30pm to 7pm  
  • Binks Building, Exton Park 

Email: ahsstudentrecruitment@chester.ac.uk for any enquiries. 

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Moving in tips

Getting ready to move into University of Chester accommodation? 

We know the whole moving process can be pretty stressful but don’t panic – our Residential Advisers (the team that support students in UoC-owned accommodation) have come up with some top tips to help you out: 

🏡 You’ll find a list of things you should and shouldn’t bring on page 8 of the Residence Guide – make sure you also check pages 9 and 10 for information on regulations and guidance:

🏡 Check your University emails for a link to your Residential Life Teams group, so you can find others sharing your accommodation. 

🏡 Look out for us in the blue Residential Life tops – we’re here to help. 

🏡 Take some time to explore and get to know your surroundings. 

🏡 Bring photos of friends/family and make your room feel like your home from home. 

🏡 Don’t bring everything you own; only buy essentials and explore charity shops for good deals once you get here. 

🏡 Organise your room and keep it tidy – it makes a real difference.  

🏡 Say hello to your flatmates – they may be feeling overwhelmed so don’t lock yourself away, invite them to hang out, cook for them. Try to initiate activities with housemates. 

🏡 Smile and say Hi – don’t wait for an invitation to hang out. This will also help you to gain more confidence. 

🏡 Get involved in as much as you can; Residential Life, Chester Students’ Union (CSU), Sport and Active Lifestyle, and Student Services have loads of activities for everyone and it’s a great way to meet people.  

🏡 Get involved in Sports and Societies and get to know the people you live with at the beginning of term; it’s easier to make friends and connections when everyone is newly arrived. 

🏡 Make sure you tidy and clean up after yourself in any communal kitchens or bathrooms. 

🏡 Always use the extractor fan and keep kitchen doors closed when cooking – your housemates will not be happy if you set the fire alarm off! 

🏡 Get to know your Residential Advisor. 

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Useful new student information

Joining the University soon? We just wanted to make you aware of a couple of important points which will make your life a bit easier on your first visit:

Cashless campus

All our sites across UoC are cashless. This means you won’t be able to use cash and you can only purchase items using your bank card at our sites. This includes all our catering outlets and shops.

Reusable cup scheme

We also operate a reusable cup scheme for all hot drinks. When you purchase a hot drink at our sites you have two options:

  • bring your own reusable mug/cup
  • take part in our resuable cup scheme. Pay £1 and you’ll receive your hot drink in a reusable mug. When you’ve finished your drink you can either return the cup for a token which you can use for another cup next time you need a caffeine hit, or you can keep the cup and use it again.

Security

Please ensure you wear your lanyard which shows your student ID when you visit our sites, This helps our Security team to identify you as a student and helps to keep our sites safe and secure for everyone. Starting UoC later this month? You can find info on where/when to pick up your student ID in your Welcome email (we have/will be sending this to your personal email address).

Printing credit

When you join the University, we’ll load £15 of printing credit on to your Student ID card. You can use this to print out your assignments at any of our on-site libraries. Just head to the “Print Credits” tile on the UoC app to check your balance and top up your credits.

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Positive Action to support our communities

If you would like to volunteer, raise money, or help in other ways, there are many organisations across the country which support asylum seekers, refugees and marginalised people.

Organisations include Hope Not HateMigrant VoiceWomen for Refugee WomenRefugee ActionChoose LoveAmnesty UKUnicefBritish Red CrossRefugee CouncilCare4Calais and many more.

As well as national charities, there are local support groups offering support to individuals such as the Cheshire, Halton and Warrington Race Equality Centre.

Another thing you can do is think carefully about what sort of information you share online: is it from a verified, trusted source? Stay away from sharing anything which might identify accommodation where asylum seekers may be staying or could intensify divisions.

Positivity is vital in counteracting hateful rhetoric, whether that is in person among your friends, family, colleagues and in your community, or more widely online. Refugee Action points out: “A kind word or a smile can make such a difference to all of us. But it can mean even more to someone who has been forced to flee their home because of war and violence. It lets them know that they’re not alone.”

You can take part in Refugee Action’s Welcoming Messages action, writing words of kindness, solidarity and welcome to people who have come to the UK to seek safety.

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