Your pre-arrival course information

Pre-arrival checklist Your tick list of things to do before you start your postgraduate course. After you enrol, your next step is to view your course pre-arrival pages. Key information and advice are provided on these pages to help you personalise your unique study journey. It includes a welcome from your course leader, your course handbook, your welcome and orientation schedule, and wellness and career information. The information we provide at this stage is designed to help reduce your worries and concerns.

Finalise accommodation (if needed) and travel arrangements.

Obtain and set up equipment required for course and Technology Enhanced Active Learning (see section on TEAL).

Attend the Kickstarter and Pre-arrival online events (see Key activities).

Engage with the course pre-arrival page and key University information.

Accessing your pre-arrival pages The first steps are similar to the enrolment process: 1. Log in to our online system, Track My Future - uel.ac.uk/trackmyfuture a. Log in using your username (eg, u1234567@uel.ac.uk) and the pass word you created in step 2 (above). b. You will be asked to authenticate your login. Use the enrolment process. c. A video is available on YouTube providing a step-by-step guide to logging in for the first time: youtube.com/watch?v=dQp9UjJPLss. Watch this before proceeding. d. If you get stuck, please contact our IT Service desk https://uel.topdesk.net/tas/public/login/saml or call us Mon - Fri 8.30am - 5pm on 020 8223 2468. 2. Once logged in, select ‘Click on New students - preparing to start, then visit Launchpad’

3. Once on your course-specific pages, you will find a welcome from your course leader and key information to help you make the transition to university. This includes: – Your course handbook and instructions for accessing course materials. – An electronic copy of this - Welcome and Orientation Guide. – Key course contact details (eg, course leader email address). – Information about your Welcome Week schedule. – Required pre-arrival work to undertake in preparation for your studies. – Information on success in learning at university. – Support and Wellbeing information. – Introduction to Teaching Enhanced Active Learning. – Introduction to Track My Future.

Teaching Enhanced Active Learning - TEAL - A quick guide

What is TEAL? Our teaching focuses on the complete person. We offer a personalised approach to education that takes account of your career readiness, soft skills and wellbeing. Powerful learning happens when students are actively involved in doing, making, sharing, collaborating and problem solving - so we use an approach called Technology Enhanced Active Learning (TEAL) which combines traditional face-to-face, on campus tuition with cutting-edge technology.

Welcome to the New World of Careers First Eduction Your career is our priority. We’ve made a lot of innovations to our curriculum and delivery modes in the past few years. Working closely with industry, we redesigned our entire curriculum to better prepare you for the future world of work – adding a Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth https://www.uel.ac.uk/about/mental-wealth module into every course, and embedding superb careers support into our holistic approach to education.

The pandemic also forced us to re-think our approach to teaching delivery to ensure our students were supported and thrived whilst learning remotely. Now we are back on campus, we’ve worked with industry partners like Amazon to ensure the best use of technology is implemented alongside face to face, on-campus delivery.

Our approach sees lecturers and professional services using our technology-rich campus and facilities to teach and scaffold learning, for example by using the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), MS Teams and a variety of other tools – including simulations, AR/VR, online quizzes and the provision of virtual learning materials such as e-books.

What are the benefits of Teaching Enhanced Active Learning? We encourage an educational experience that is active, social, collaborative, engaging and student owned, supported by the use of learning technologies. This enables:

– Increased face-to-face learning and teaching - you will spend your timetabled contact hours on campus and have access to a wide range of additional learning and career development opportunities.

– Where possible, timetabled contact hours will be scheduled in blocks (for example 2.5 days at the start or end of the week) to give you the most out of your time on campus.

– Access to recorded lectures, notes, readings and e-resources through the VLE, so that your engagement in learning takes place beyond timetabled hours.

– Access to industry standard technology and specialist spaces that help prepare you for your future career.

– Dedicated time, every Wednesday afternoon, for most students to engage in activities and development programmes such as sport and physical activity, volunteering and student-led clubs and societies.

– A holistic approach to learning and teaching, providing a range of opportunities to actively develop academically, personally and professionally.

– Access to our on-campus and virtual Career Zones: places to receive advice and guidance, meet employers, practice interviews and engage with opportunities for internships and jobs.

– Personalised support throughout the learner journey, with access to academic advisers, skills tutors, career coaches and wellbeing advisers.

– A dedicated portal – “Track My Future (TMF)” – which provides access to all learning and support services and your own student engagement dashboard.

Education can do more Our programme of co-curricular experiences is designed to go beyond academic skills.

We invest in your professional and personal development through a range of initiatives, including our enrichment programme which includes the following opportunities: – Sport, physical activity and health – Student societies and groups – Industry speakers, events and visits – Cultural and social events – Volunteering – Student enterprise – Internships – Events for students living in on-campus accommodation – Academic enrichment activities, including personalised support opportunities

Gain the edge with our Careers first focus Our Careers first focus means we want to help our students reach their full potential, in and outside of the classroom, and make everything you achieve count towards your future career success. The East London Edge Programme gives you opportunities to complete online learning to help you boost your skills and get career ready. You can complete a range of learning pathways, and gain digital badges, in areas including: – Work-based Learning – Professional Development – Student Life – Volunteering and Community Engagement – Entrepreneurship & Innovation – Students develop core competencies in these areas, keep a record of this valuable learning within the Career Passport, and learn to articulate this to future employers. – If you have any questions about how your course will be taught, or how to get involved in any of the co-curricular experiences or East London Edge Programme, please get in contact with your course leader or school.