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Set beside the Regent’s Canal looking onto Mile End Park, the campus has a very relaxed atmosphere. In fact, it’s easy to forget that you are in the middle of a busy capital city. There’s plenty of greenery and attractive spaces to sit, to grab some lunch, to have a coffee or to chat with friends.

On campus:

•Qmotion – www.qmsu.org/qmotion

•Drapers Bar and Kitchen – www.qmsu.org/drapers

•The Drunken Monkey – www.thedrunkenmonkey.co.uk

•Students’ Union – www.qmsu.org

•Library – www.library.qmul.ac.uk

There is a great student community vibe here with the Union bar, nightclub, gym, lecture halls, library and accommodation all located together. Other universities in London simply do

Close by:

•London Fields Lido – www.better.org.uk/leisure/ london-fields-lido

•Mile End Leisure Centre and Stadium –

www.better.org.uk/leisure/ mile-end-park-leisure-centre

•Mile End Climbing Wall – www.mileendwall.org.uk

Our accommodation

All of our accommodation is in self-catered houses, flats and maisonettes. You also have access to rooms in the fully catered University of London Halls in central London.

See what it’s like: For virtual tours of our rooms and full details of the accommodation options, visit www.residences.qmul.ac.uk

Living off campus

Renting private accommodation off-campus is a popular choice for many students. The vast majority of secondand third-year students and even some first-years prefer the independent lifestyle offered by sharing flats or houses with friends.

We provide a range of advice and information to help you to find a convenient and affordable place to stay, including an online listing of privately owned accommodation available for rent. Much of this accommodation is in east or northeast London, within easy walking or commuting distance of Mile End.

Applying for our accommodation

We will send you full details on how to apply for a place in our housing once you have firmly accepted an offer to study here*.

Single sex housing

We offer some single sex flats in residences that share bathroom facilities.

Rent scales and information

The prices quoted relate to the academic year 2012-13 and are reviewed each year. Rent is payable each term in advance.

Student Village and Halls

Rents for single rooms range from £113-£151 per week, including gas and electricity costs.

Rooms are available to first year medical and dental students at Dawson Hall, situated at the Charterhouse Square campus, very close to St Bartholomew’s teaching hospital, and at Floyer House which is situated on the Whitechapel campus. Rents at both residences

range from £117-£131 per week, including gas and electricity costs.

University of London Halls

About 125 Queen Mary students live in the University of London’s (UoL) Halls in central London, about 15 minutes away, alongside students of other UoL colleges. Fees for single rooms cost from £180 per week, including breakfast, evening meals and gas and electricity bills.

Privately rented accommodation

Rents typically range from £100-150 per week.

Family accommodation

If you have a family, we strongly advise you not to bring your partner and children to live in London until you have secured suitable housing. We have a limited amount of accommodation for families, but can provide you with advice on how to find alternative accommodation.

For all accommodation queries, contact us on:

Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 5522 email: residences@qmul.ac.uk www.residences.qmul.ac.uk

As a Queen Mary student, you will automatically become a member of Queen Mary, University of London Students’ Union (QMSU). QMSU aims to ensure that your time at university is not just about studying, but also socialising and gaining new experiences outside the lab or lecture hall. The Union also provides academic advice and welfare support. If you are studying medicine or dentistry at Queen Mary you will also become a part of the Barts and The London Students’ Association (BLSA).

QMSU has a presence across the three main campuses: Mile End, Whitechapel and Charterhouse Square. Located centrally on the Mile End campus is the new Students’ Union Hub, which includes a reception and info point, bookable facilities, a large social space, a multi-faith centre and student media suite. At our Whitechapel campus the newly renovated Association Building features a reception and box office, vibrant café-bar, computer suite, social spaces, meeting room and studio.

Representation

QMSU is led by elected students who work to improve all aspects of your time at university. Elected trustees, student councillors, and

course representatives all play a role in forming the direction of the Union and providing valuable feedback

to the university. These elected students will represent your views; you can also run for election yourself.

Activities

QMSU offers many opportunities for you to get involved, make friends and explore your interests. With activities including volunteering, fundraising, campaigns, media, club sports, ‘give it a go’ sports sessions (Get Active), societies, and employment, there is something for everyone.

Events and entertainment

QMSU puts on a range of events each year, from quiz nights and club nights to cultural celebrations and socials.

Bars, shops and cafés

On each of our campuses, QMSU runs social spaces and venues for you to take a break, relax or grab something to eat. At Mile End visit Ground café, The Learning Café, The Village Shop, Infusion, or Drapers Bar and Kitchen. At Whitechapel visit The Griff Inn Bar and Restaurant and Box Office. Charterhouse Square is home to the Shield café.

Sport, health and fitness

Taking part in sport at university is a great way to keep fit, meet people and generally have a good time. Along with clubs and Get Active, QMSU runs two health and fitness centres

– Qmotion at Mile End (see page 8), and Fitness to Practice, a smaller facility at Charterhouse Square.

Find out more

To find out more about QMSU, visit: www.qmsu.org

Did you know?

•We host over 120 student-run societies. Whether you’re interested in a particular culture, faith or political party, or you love film, debating or philosophy, there’s almost certainly something for you. If your interest is not covered, you can always start a society yourself.

•QMSU also run over 60 sports clubs, including aikido, basketball, cheerleading, cricket, horse riding, netball,

rock climbing and table tennis.

•If you want to make a difference in the local community, there’s a huge range of short and longer-term volunteering projects on offer run by

QMSU, including kids’ activities, helping the elderly and homeless, conservation projects, and sports schemes.

•QMSU also supports four independent student-run media outlets: a newspaper (QMessenger), magazine (Cub

magazine), a TV station (QMTV), and a radio station (Quest Radio). Getting involved is

a great way to develop your journalistic skills, to meet new people and to have fun.

Value of a QM degree

Queen Mary graduates are highly prized by employers, and have some of the highest starting salaries of any university in the UK (£23,656 in 2011*). Your standing among graduate recruiters will only be enhanced by our membership of the Russell Group of leading universities.

Why our graduates stand out

We have worked with employers, students and academic staff

to define the skills, values and behaviours that capture the distinctive features of our learning environment and that make

our graduates so sought after.

The attributes include:

•the skills to influence, negotiate and lead

•curiosity and openness to change

•initiative and resilience in meeting challenges

•ability to work individually and in collaboration with others

•the skills to use technologies to access and interpret information.

You will develop some attributes on your programme of study – through group work, presentation and debate, for example. Others you will develop through work experience or by belonging to student societies and sports teams. Find out more

at www.mindthegap.qmul.ac.uk

Learn a language

In today’s global economy, learning another language can make you highly attractive to employers. Even if you’re not studying a language as part of your degree, you can still develop these skills by signing up for a language course with our Language and Learning Unit. Languages offered include Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. See

www.languageandlearning.qmul.ac.uk

How we support you

The Queen Mary Careers Centre team provides support on CV and application-writing, interview technique and other employer recruitment methods, such as assessment centres – whether you are applying for internships, parttime work or a graduate role.

Meet employers

We offer a range of opportunities for you to meet with employers on campus, giving you the chance to get a better understanding of a company or sector, to find out how

organisations recruit, and to network and build contacts. Around 200 employers and training organisations visited the campus last year, including BAA, Barclays Capital, the BBC, Citibank, the European Commission, Jaguar Land Rover, Marie Curie, M&G Investments,

The National Archives, PwC, Shell, Teach First, and numerous law firms.

Queen Mary undergraduates went on to work for a variety of employers in 2011, including:

Meet Queen Mary graduates

We also invite former students from your subject area to share their experiences of the workplace with you. These more informal sessions are helpful as you can ask anything you like and get the inside track on particular companies or industries. Former students who came to the campus last year included bankers, civil servants, consultants, doctors, engineers, journalists, lawyers, politicians, scientists and writers.

For more information about the Careers Centre team’s services, see www.careers.qmul.ac.uk

Start planning your career

It’s never too early to start thinking about your career options. Here are five useful sites to get you started:

•www.careers.qmul.ac.uk

(QM’s Careers Centre site)

•www.prospects.ac.uk (general advice, info and career planner)

•www.careerstagged.co.uk

(general info)

•www.icould.com

(good video profiles)

•www.careerplayer.com

(good video profiles)

Work experience

Thanks to our numerous employer recruitment events, large campus, and proximity to Canary Wharf, the City, and central London, at Queen Mary you will have an unusually large and diverse range of opportunities

to develop vital work experience.

Opportunities include:

•many on-campus jobs, including assisting with conferences, building e-learning tools, conducting campus tours, helping with open days, stewarding halls of residence and working in our bars, cafés and restaurants

•easy access to hundreds of offcampus jobs across London via the QM JobOnline vacancy site (www.careers.qmul.ac.uk/jobs). Our students undertake a range of roles, from museum intern to lab assistant

•a thriving Students’ Union offering over 1,200 opportunities to volunteer onand off-campus in leadership, sports, creative, community and tutoring roles

•70+ employer recruitment and networking events per year

•support, funding and training for entrepreneurs and an active student Entrepreneurs Society.

Queen Mary offers competitive rates of pay for on-campus jobs and shifts are available to suit your timetable.

There is also a variety of unpaid opportunities on-campus – mentoring and student journalist roles, for example – to help you build your work experience and CV.

When you arrive at Queen Mary, you’ll be invited to our Experience Works Fair to find out more about these on-campus opportunities as well as the numerous opportunities for part-time and volunteer work in and around London.

The London advantage

Queen Mary’s location between the City and Docklands means that some of the biggest names in finance and business are nearby, many of which advertise vacancies with us. London is also a centre for the creative industries (eg advertising, the arts), new tech companies, the legal professions, the media, and offers excellent opportunities in science and engineering, teaching and the medical professions. As a student here, you’ll be well placed to look for work placements and to build

contacts. Closer to graduation, you’ll be able to get to interviews easily.

Did you know?

•Queen Mary graduates are consistently among the most well paid in the UK – our graduates had an average salary of £23,656 in 2011.

•Last year over 200 employers and training organisations visited the campus and we ran over 70+ employer recruitment and networking events.

•Our QM Projects scheme links up students with local charities to work on meaningful projects

– anything from developing a website, to helping with event planning or funding applications.

•Our Students’ Union runs its own extensive scheme to place students with local charities, including one-off events and regular volunteering.

•Last year we launched QM Temps, an in-house agency to help you find temporary work both on and off campus.

•There are over 800 vacancies available to browse on the QM JobOnline vacancy site.

Emily Huns, Head of Careers at Queen Mary

Do graduates still earn more than those without a degree?

Yes, graduates do earn more than non-graduates, although much depends on which sector and role the graduate goes into. Average graduate salaries – in the larger firms that report such figures – were increasing year-on-year for a long time and have stayed remarkably stable during this recession.

What should I do – study a subject I’m likely to enjoy, or one that I think will lead to a job?

Generally, one you enjoy and are good at, since motivation and a good grade are two of the five most important factors in making a graduate employable. The other three are relevant work experience, a real understanding of what a job entails and a well presented and evidence-based application and interview (ask a careers consultant about this). Remember that many graduate jobs are open to students of any discipline. However, if you feel safer doing something you feel will lead to a job rather than the subject you enjoy most, that's ok – as long as you enjoy it enough to do well at it.

Tell us about the Queen Mary Careers Centre team.

We provide a range of services including:

•helping you to find work experience and part-time work on- and-off-campus

•arranging careers events where you can meet prospective employers and network with past students

•guiding you through career options after university

•advertising vacancies

•training you in CV and application writing and interview techniques

•advising on whether postgraduate study will improve employment prospects

•providing skills training for student groups such as Students’ Union societies and volunteers.

Read more about the team at www.careers.qmul.ac.uk, where you'll also find job vacancies, our blog and student career profiles.

Museums and galleries

London has more art galleries and museums than any other UK city. The major museums, such as The British Museum, The National Gallery, The Science Museum, Natural History Museum, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Victoria and Albert Museum all offer free entry.

•www.britishmuseum.org

•www.nationalgallery.org.uk

•www.sciencemuseum.org.uk

•www.tate.org.uk

•www.nhm.ac.uk

•www.vam.ac.uk

Theatre

You can often get discounted tickets for West End shows by buying them on the day. The same goes for opera: the English National Opera, for example, offers discounted day tickets. There are also lots of great (and affordable) fringe performances from up and coming stars.

•www.eno.org

•www.londontheatre.co.uk

•www.thestage.co.uk/listings

Shopping

From flagship high street shops and department stores, to niche boutiques selling creations from the latest young designers, when it comes to shopping, London has it

all. Close to Queen Mary, Brick Lane has lots of quirky vintage shops, as well as a weekend market. Oxford Street is only 15 minutes away by tube, while Europe’s largest urban shopping centre, Westfield Stratford City, is just one tube stop from Mile End.

•www.ladenshowroom.co.uk

•www.sundayupmarket.co.uk

•http://uk.westfield.com/stratfordcity