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Incoming Exchange and Study Abroad Students – Semester Two

Semester two induction information for students joining us from other universities on exchange or study abroad programmes. Activities are for students who are here for the full academic year or semester two only.

Your Welcome Week programme runs from Monday 19 January to Friday 23 January 2026.

To help you transition smoothly into university life, we've designed this bespoke schedule for your course. It contains a mix of informative sessions, networking opportunities and fun activities.

Some activities are specific to your course, while others will introduce you to opportunities and events across the wider university.

You will find a list of your activities below. Click on an activity title to show the activity description.

Please note that:

  • all activities may be subject to change. Check back regularly for the most up-to-date information
  • your activities may be a mix of in-person and online sessions. If applicable, links to online sessions will be provided in the activity description 

In the meantime, you can visit our welcome pages – they're filled with lots of useful information for you in the lead up to you joining us.

Monday 19 January

15:00 – NUBS Incoming Student Induction

Time: 15:00 to 16:00

Venue: Online via MS Teams

Attendance: Compulsory

Sign-up required: No

Meet your School Exchange Coordinators, Gill Holden and Dr Matt Walker, and the Placement and Study Abroad team (Aaron, Anna and Ellen) who will welcome you to the programme and explain how your studies will work.

Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 396 939 681 544 43

Passcode: Rz3gf6xr

Wednesday 21 January

14:00 – NUBS Module Selection Session

Time: 14:00 to 15:30

Location: NUBS Room 1.01PC

We will explain how the timetable works and we will be on hand to answer questions about Business School modules and to review your module choices.

This is an interactive session. Please make sure you have your university IT user name and password. 

Thursday 22 January

14:00 – NUBS Module Selection Session

Time: 14:00 to 15:30

Location: NUBS Room 1.01PC

We will explain how the timetable works and we will be on hand to answer questions about Business School modules and to review your module choices.

You do not need to attend this session if you attended the session on Wednesday. However, if you still have further queries you are welcome to attend.

This is an interactive session. Please make sure you have your university IT user name and password. 

Friday 23 January

10:00 – HASS Module Fair – Herschel Learning Lab

Time: 10:00 to 11:30

Venue: Herschel Building, HERB.1 Learning Lab and PC Cluster 

Attendance: Optional

Sign-up required: No

This drop-in session is aimed at anyone who is interested in taking a module outside of the Business School.


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