1. The University of Greenwich
Week 1 ‘Induction’
Science Without Borders
Students
Session 2 - Afternoon
13 January
2014

2. Buildings - Codes
Medway Campus Building Codes:
P=Pembroke
B=Blake
J=Jellicoe
N=Nelson
DA=Drill Hall
PK=Pilkington

3. Tap water in
the UK is
fine to drink!

4. Bike Hire Scheme Medway
• Link to info on university site
• Registration is available for university
students and staff at a cost of just £10 per
year.
• Bikes may then be used Monday to Friday
free of charge, or for £6 per day at
weekends.

5. Buying a bike Medway
• Argos is good value and is a catalogue
shop
• Argos, 125-127 High St, Town Centre,
Chatham ME4 4DH - 0845 165 7413
• www.argos.co.uk e.g. £59.99 bike here

6. Accommodation Office Medway
Room 057, Blake Building,
Chatham Maritime, Chatham, Kent
ME4 4TB
Tel:020 8331 9063 / 9069
me.accommodation@gre.ac.uk
Toby will email re rubbish etc.

7. Register with police
• To register please call or email in advance to set up an
appointment – there is a wait for an appointment, but you
need to make sure to arrange an appointment in the first
7 days here.
• No person will be seen without an appointment
• Contact - Nationality Department on the public enquiry
lines:
• 01303 297337 (15 2137)
• 01303 297338 (15 2138)
• E mail nationality.dept@kent.pnn.police.uk

8. Register with police
• Some international students need to register with the
Police. Check your Visa. If it says "report to police" or
"must report to police within 7 days", you must register at
the Nationality Department at Longport Police Station.
You can get more information from the Medway Student
Centre.
• You must register within seven days of UK arrival and
you will need your passport, two recent passport-size
photographs and the registration fee, which is £34.
• Kent Police Nationality Registration Office is based at
Longport Police Station, Ashford Road, Newington, Nr
Folkestone, Kent, CT18 8AP.

9. Student Portal
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https://portal.gre.ac.uk/cp/home/displaylogin
Username and password is the same for accessing WiFi too – across all 3 campuses
Use your university email account
‘Turn It In’ – name of software for submitting
assignments online
Moodle is accessed through the Student Portal

10. Facebook
• Please add me as a friend and I
will add you to the Greenwich
SWB group 
• This page will be used for most
correspondence from me

11. NUS Extra Card
• Apply online here
• Costs £12
• Student discounts including 10% off
at Cooperative food shopping

12. Shopping
• Asda Chatham Superstore
387 Maidstone Rd, Chatham, Kent ME5
9SE (01634 666112 )

13. Shopping
• Charity shops popular in UK – second
hand and new items
• Primark – clothing and household
• Food shops scale (cheapest to
expensive)? Aldi, Lidl, Asda, Tesco,
Coop, Sainsbury's, M&S, Waitrose

14. National Health Service
Students can register with:
St Mary's Island Practice
Island Way West
St Mary's Island
Chatham
Kent
ME4 3EP
Telephone: 01634 890712
Dr Wahab
124 Luton Road
Chatham
Kent
ME4 5AD
Telephone: 01634 819195
Drs Rahman and Soni
12 Balmoral Road
Gillingham
Kent
ME7 4PG
Telephone: 01634 854933
Dr B.N.Singh
28a Garden Street
Brompton
Gillingham
Kent
ME7 5AS
Telephone: 01634 845 898