During your Study Abroad exchange

If your class timetable does not match your Learning Agreement, please update it via the online portal.

For any questions about your Learning Agreement, contact the study abroad or international team at your home university.

If your Learning Agreement requires a signature, please email: studyabroad@yorksj.ac.uk.

Send any required documents to studyabroad@yorksj.ac.uk for signing.

Please allow up to 48 hours for the paperwork to be processed and returned.

If you are on a student route visa, you may travel during the validity of your visa. However, travel is only permitted outside of term time.

Please refer to our academic term dates.

If you are on a visitor visa or electronic travel authorisation (ETA), you cannot leave the UK after entry to the UK (until the full study duration is completed) as stipulated by the visa terms.

If you wish to travel within the UK, you must make sure you do so outside of term time. Please refer to our academic term dates.

Depending on your visa, you may be able to work a certain number of hours during the term.

Please check your visa stipulations to see how many hours you can work. Make sure you maintain a study/work-life balance, as your studies must remain your priority.

Please note that voluntary work will count towards the work entitlement stipulated on your visa.

Full time work is only permitted outside of term time. Please refer to our academic term dates.

As a single semester student, you may not work or volunteer during your time in the UK.

Find out the times and locations of your classes: lectures, workshops and seminars. Find where buildings are on campus using our online campus map.

Read the Moodle sites for your modules carefully and regularly. These include:

• Dates, briefs and instructions for assignments
• Reading lists
• Lecture topics and information
• Preparation tasks for seminars and classes

As soon as possible, find out the important dates for class tasks / submission of assignments. You must always submit your assignments on time.

At a UK university, you'll be expected to manage your independent study time, because most of your study time will be outside of class (reading for assignments, for example)

You must find out about referencing and avoiding plagiarism. If you are unsure about referencing or have any questions when you are enrolled at YSJ, speak to your personal tutor or your Academic Liaison Librarian for advice (not other students): Referencing support page.

You must attend 100% of your lectures, workshops and seminars. If you cannot attend a lecture, you must report your absence online.

Always prepare before lectures, so you can understand more of the lecture.

Don't look at your phone, translate or talk to other students during lectures.

You can ask questions at the end of a lecture.

Arrive on time for your lectures and classes, and try to sit at the front of the class - it will be easier to hear and understand.

You will be expected to use a computer for your University work. If this is new or confusing, don't worry - not everyone is a technology expert! Our Digital Training team will be very happy to help you.

In workshops and seminars, you are expected to participate by giving your ideas and opinions on a text or topic, and to maybe work in a group.

Make sure you contribute to class discussions - don't wait to be asked by name!

Not all questions and discussions will be based on 'facts', so there may not be one 'correct' answer. Always prepare before attending the seminar (read the task / text and find useful vocabulary to express your ideas!).