January 2025 welcome

Date
Wednesday 15 - Friday 31 January 2025

Starting university this January? Discover the different events taking place across January that you can to get involved in.

What's going on during January welcome?

The following are taking place at the Preston Campus. Events and timings are subject to change.

Card printing, checks and fees

The following services will be situated in the upper ground floor area of the Student Centre. These services will be available between Wednesday 15 and Friday 24 January (week days only), 8.30am - 5pm:

  • University card printing
  • International document checks 
  • Fee payments 
  • Medical Centre

DBS checks

These are taking place every Wednesday afternoon on the lower ground floor of the Student Centre.

Library tours

Tours of the library will run every day between Friday 17 January and Friday 24 January (week days only):

Students' Union events

The Students' Union are running a host of events throughout January. See the Students' Union welcome page for more information.

Bank account support for international students

Lloyds Bank will be available to support international students with opening bank accounts, 1pm - 4pm, on the dates below:

  • Wednesday 15 January
  • Thursday 16 January
  • Wednesday 22 January 2025
  • Thursday 23 January 2025

Welcome drop-in activities

Burnley welcome

The Big Welcome Back

A variety of services and activities will be provided in Victoria Mill social space such as:

Worried about making friends at uni?

We've teamed up with Umii, an app which matches you with other UCLan students based on your interests, course and societies. It makes it super easy to connect, start conversations and develop friendships together.

Discover Umii

Where next?

Welcome and arrival information

We look forward to welcoming our new and returning students to the University of Central Lancashire.

Student life

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Cost of living support hub

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