Welcome to Bob's Tips!

Welcome! Please allow me to introduce myself and the purpose of this blog. My name is Bob Parsons and I have been working for almost seventeen years with international students studying in the UK. During this time I have helped many students and answered many questions on a wide range of topics. If you have any tips, comments or advice to help international students or students from your country, please post them to my blog. Your experience, suggestions and advice may help many international students in the future. Best wishes, Bob.

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Discount Books at Waterstone’s Bookshop UEA.

Calling All Students!
Waterstone’s UEA
10% student discount
until October 31st
ONLY available
to Loyalty Card holders
PLUS you earn 3 points for every £1 you spend
- equal to another 3%. !

Beat The Queues!
Call into Waterstone’s at UEA and get your card TODAY
Ready for your next book purchase
It’s free and easy to join, you start earning points with your first purchase, and you can earn and redeem points in our shops or online at waterstone.com

Exclusive benefits to cardholders also include:
Emails featuring book reviews on the latest titles,
competitions and the chance to read and review books
before they are published

Exclusive Cardholder offers on selected books

Student Union Handbook.

You can find lots of interesting & useful information for UEA students in the Student Union Handbook. Please take a look: http://www.ueastudent.com/COMPLETE%20HANDBOOK%20-%20for%20web.pdf

Getting to INTO from Norwich City Centre.

From Norwich city centre you can take bus numbers 25 or 26 from Castle Meadow (all the buses are marked University). These buses will take you to the University of East Anglia. For bus timetables - please see: http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/easterncounties/easterncounties/timetables/index.php

Directions to UEA: http://www.ueaconferences.com/docs/Campus_Map.pdf

Directions to INTO: INTO University of East Anglia, INTO Building (Campus Map reference C15 ), is located between The Main Car Park (Campus Map reference P1 ) & The Medical Centre (Campus Map reference C16 ) on University Drive. The INTO office number is: 01603 592977 (9am-5.30pm). The INTO emergency number for use outside office hours is: 07986 957047. Campus maps can be viewed or downloaded from
http://www.ueaconferences.com/docs/Campus_Map.pdf

Free Internet at The Forum - Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library.

Internet at The Forum - Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library.
If you show your passport at the joining desk in the library, you can use the internet at the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library in The Forum for free. Please see http://www.theforumnorwich.co.uk/visit/how-to-find-the-forum.htm for directions & http://www.theforumnorwich.co.uk/explore-the-forum/norfolk-and-norwich-millennium-library.htm for opening times.

Norwich City Football Club.

If you would like to watch Norwich City football matches, you can get a discount when booking your tickets by showing your campus card. For more information and the fixtures, please see www.canaries.premiumtv.co.uk