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1. Attend your course induction

During Welcome, you should attend your course induction where you will meet your course team. You will find out more about your course, online teaching tools and resources, exams, assessments and feedback, as well as the wide range of support that is available to you as a student. Attending your course induction will help you understand what is expected of you and how you will study, it’s also a great opportunity to meet other people on your course.

Should you experience any difficulties accessing your induction timetable or attending induction sessions, please contact your course admin directly. You can find the details for your course administrator in your course handbook.

Online Welcome

2. Collect your campus card

Your campus card is your Student ID, for proving your student status as well as allowing you access to campus, university buildings and our libraries.

As part of your online enrolment you are required to upload a suitable* photograph for your campus card to Online Welcome. For more information about how to collect your campus card once you arrive and the photo upload deadline visit our designated campus card page.

*for details on what constitutes a suitable photo, please visit Online Welcome or review the ‘Further guidance on suitable photographs’ on the campus card info page.

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3. Access your Teaching timetable

Your teaching timetable will be available during Welcome. This provides full details of your lectures, seminars and other timetabled sessions, including the date, time, week number and venue and location. If your timetabled sessions are taking place online, you will receive instructions from your course team about how to access your teaching.

To access your timetable, log in to your virtual learning environment MyBeckett, and scroll down to click on 'Your Timetable' or you can access your timetable via the Leeds Beckett app.

You should discuss any difficulties relating to your engagement with timetabled sessions with your Course Administrator.

If you are having problems viewing a timetable contact: TimeTablingSystemProServices@leedsbeckett.ac.uk.

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Access your timetable

You can access your timetables via MyBeckett

Access your teaching timetable

Room codes

The room code states the campus, building, then room number, and begins with either HC or CC. HC = Headingley Campus; CC = City Campus.

After the campus and building codes, the room number is indicated:

Numbers prefixed by ‘G’ are on the ground floor (e.g. G15)
Numbers beginning with ‘1’ are on the first floor (e.g. 105)
Numbers beginning with ‘2’ are on the second floor (e.g. 227)

For example:

CC LSB107 = CC (City Campus) → LSB (Leslie Silver Building) → 107 (1st floor)

HC CVG04 = HC (Headingley Campus) → CV (Cavendish) → G04 (Ground floor)

Building Code	Building Name	Rooms	School admin office
CC BPA	Broadcasting Place: Humanities	Leeds Law School: Level 1 and 2 classroom and specialist space Fashion, Illustration & Product Design: Level 3 studio space	Leeds Law School: BPA G12b Architecture, Arts and Design: BPAG0
CC BPB	Broadcasting Place: Arts	Architecture, Arts and Design studio space	-
CC CL	Calverley	School of Health classrooms, lecture theatre and specialist space	-
CC LSB	Lesley Silver Building	IT labs (general teaching, open access and specialist)	-
CC LSA	Leeds School of Arts	Film, Music, Performing Arts and Creative Technology: classroom and specialist space	Film, Music and Performing Arts: LSA203
CC NT	Northern Terrace	Built Environment and Engineering: lecture theatres, classrooms and specialist space	Built Environment and Engineering: Reception
CC PD	Portland	School of Humanities and Social Sciences: level 3 and 4 classrooms School of Health: level 6-9 specialist space	School of Health: PD513 School of Humanities and Social Sciences: PD315
CC RB	Rose Bowl	Leeds Business School: classrooms, lecture theatres and specialist space	Leeds Business School: RB517
CC WH	Woodhouse	Lecture theatres	-

Building Code	Building Name	Rooms	School admin office
HC CAE	Caedmon	Carnegie School of Education: Classroom and specialist space	Carnegie School of Education: CNG03
HC CSS	Carnegie School of Sport	Sport: collaborative lecture theatres and specialist space	Carnegie School of Sport: CSS102 Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management: CSS 102
HC CTEB	Carnegie School of Education	Classrooms	-
HC FF	Fairfax	Classrooms
HC CV	Cavendish	Classrooms
HC JG	James Graham	Computing: level 2 computing labs, classrooms, lectures theatres and IT labs
HC LRC	Landscape Resource Centre	Classroom and outdoor specialist space
HC MC	Macauley	Classrooms
HC PR	Priestley	Classroom and IT lab

Sports space is all located at Headingley Campus in the Carnegie Sports Centre.

Arena 1A	Arena 1B	Arena 2
Sport Hall	Swimming pool	HC STP (Synthetic surf pitches)
Athletics	Gymnasium

Other sport spaces:

HC CRI: CRI Sport, Exercise and Science
HC SA: Sports Arena
HC SCTC: Sports Centre - Tennis
HC SH: Sports Hall
HC SP: Swimming Pool
HC STPA: Synthetic Turf Pitch A
HC STPB: Synthetic Turf Pitch B
HC STPC: Synthetic Turf Pitch C
HC STPD: Synthetic Turf Pitch D
HC STPE: Synthetic Turf Pitch E

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4. Access your IT resources

The Library supports students using IT. The Library and Student IT Advice Team is your first point of contact for passwords, MFA, MyBeckett, email, Office 365 as well as borrowing, researching and using the Library. You can contact them 24/7 via phone and chat or view their FAQs and guides to access:

5. Complete our Academic Skills module

Once you’ve enrolled you can take the Study Smart module in MyBeckett to understand what it’s like to study at university, including how your assignments will be assessed and how to make the most of the support available to you. If you’re an international student you should take the "International Students' Academic Introduction", a short online course to help you understand about studying and learning at Leeds Beckett.

Library Academic Skills Modules

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Late arrival

We understand that occasionally illness or family commitments may result in a delay in you joining us for the start of your course. If you are delayed in starting your course, please contact your course administrator.

We will work with you to ensure that you have all the information you need to begin your studies, have access to online induction materials and complete your university enrolment. You can find the details for your course administrator in your course handbook.