Ancaster Hall (University of Nottingham)

Dear all

Halls Accommodation and Catering Services – Halls of Residence Survey

Your feedback is very valuable to us and we would like to hear from as many students as possible. We do listen to you so please let us know about your experience regarding the accommodation and catering in your hall.

At the end of the survey (which should take no more than 10 minutes to complete) you will have the option of entering a prize draw where you could win one of four £50 Amazon vouchers. Please go to the link below and complete the survey by 15th November.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UoNStudentSurveyNov2013

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There will be a FREE NU2Sport Football session on Sunday 10th November at 8.00pm on University Park 3G. It’s a slight change to the normal rules of Football as its Gaelic Football. It’s a great opportunity for you to try something different for FREE and if you do enjoy it, it will be on the NU2Sport timetable next term for you to develop your skills further. It combines various skills from basketball, football, rugby and more. Take a look at the link below for a quick video on the sport.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEAbWrdB9XU

If you would like to attend please let me know by emailing [email protected].

All are welcome so if you have any friends that would like to attend as well then just pass on their names.


Emma Baker
The University Of Nottingham Sport Activator
0115 748 4072
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/Nu2Sport

Gaelic Football - The Original Beautiful Game Gaelic football combines the suspense of soccer, the skills and scoring of basketball, and the speed of the fastest sports in the world in a free-flowing act...

Just a Reminder:
We're announcing JCR results tonight at 6:30 outside the Dining Hall!!

Also - Pumpkin Carving with be happening tonight from 7:30, in the Dining Hall.
Prize for the best pumpkin!
See you tonight!

JCR love # #

Hi Everyone!
Get involved in your hall by voting for your JCR! Here is a link to the candidates manifesto:

http://www.su.nottingham.ac.uk/elections/candidates/487/

And the voting link:
http://ws.nottingham.ac.uk/su/auth

We will be in Halls today so you can hear the candidates speeches if you are still undecided for whom to vote for!
Voting closes at 12 noon (as in lunchtime) sharp, so hurry and cast your vote!
JCR love! # # #

Candidates

Hey everyone!
The JCR elections have opened and there are several people running for different positions.
The candidates will be giving speeches to encourage you all to vote for them.
Speeches will be THIS THURSDAY, 24th OCTOBER at Dinner Time outside the Dining Hall!
Come and watch!
JCR love # # #

Afternoon All
Just a reminder that you can book to keep your room for storage or stay over the Christmas and Easter vacations. Rooms are going fast and availability is limited if you would like to take advantage of this Service please collect a booking form from the hall office as soon as possible!!!.

Don’t forget to come and join your Management team for a cuppa/biscuit and a chat, throughout the day each Wednesday in the bar, the last 2 weeks have been really great as we love to hear how your all getting on and you can take the opportunity to ask any questions you might have. Lastly please report any problems/ faults with your rooms or any public areas straight away so we can solve the problem as fast as is possible for you.

Many Thanks

Do you want to be on your JCR Committee?

Do you want a say in how your Hall is run?

Then look no further! The Students’ Union are looking for anybody in halls who wants to represent their fellow residents as well as organise a number of hall activities!

We will be holding an information evening on Wednesday 2nd October, 7.30pm at Rutland Dining Hall – this is a must for anybody vaguely interested in finding out all the benefits of being on your Hall Committee!

For more info check out this website, or chat to your current JCR Committee on this group!

http://www.su.nottingham.ac.uk/news/article/6001/JCR-Elections-Nominations-Now-OPEN/

JCR Elections - Nominations OPEN Nominations for the JCR Elections are NOW open! If you’d like to be part of your Hall’s JCR Committee for 2013/14, come along to one of the following sessions!

Hi All Just to update you that this Thursday Oct 3rd {1700HRS ...1900HRS Hall Dining Room} both the Police and Security will be attending Ancaster Hall to offer 2 FREE pieces of Software to all Hall Students Software details as follows.

IMMOBILISE...... Helps Police identify the Owner of lost and stolen Property 100s of times nationwide each day
Records all your expensive electrical items SERIEL NUMBERS onto a National Police DATABASE that if lost can help trace items back to you should they be recovered.
Items Immobilise works best with LAPTOPS,MOBILE PHONES,IPODS,IPADS,GAMES MACHINES,CAMERAS ECT

LOJACK............Once installed on your Laptop the Computrace Agent is embedded into your Computer to which it is extremely difficult to detect or delete.
If Laptop is either lost or stolen you contact Police then log into Lojack centre {FULL DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED} to report your Laptop as missing.
The Recovery team will then be able to trace and locate your Laptop as soon as it is connected to the internet and will transmit precise location GPS and movements of Laptop every 15mins
As soon as enough info gathered Lojack Recovery team will contact local Police who will attend location to recover your Laptop.
For full details go to LOJACK website.
FREE to all students for a period of 2 yrs { 1st come 1st served basis }

'Love your Halls' event is tonight from 7 - 9 pm in the dining Hall!!
It's a Pub Quiz with a few surprises, it'll be really good fun and you'll get to meet more people from Ancy!
See you all there!
JCR love # # #

Dear students,
Hopefully you have all settled into your hall and are enjoying your first week with us at Ancaster.
If you wish to keep your room for storage or stay over Christmas and Easter vacations collect the form from the hall office. First come first served, we have the following left remaining to book for Christmas break and will go fast:

En Suite: 55
Private Shared bath: 11
Single Study: 3
Discounted Single: 12
Large Single: 6

Secondly any student who still has a “Ancaster hall” access card please return it to the hall office. You should have now all arranged your University student cards. If you have not yet received your student card please come to the hall office.

Lastly the hall office is open from 8am – 5.30pm Monday to Friday if you have any problems or issues please report them to us so we can deal with them quickly, Also for the next 4 weeks Hall Management would like to invite you to join us for refreshments in the hall bar throughout Wednesday each week from 10 am, to answer any questions or queries you may have or even just for a friendly chat.

Hi All the official date for moving in to Halls is Sunday 22nd September. Please arrive at the hall between 11am and 3pm to collect you room key and ID card.

The check time is listed is from 10am for Catered Halls but we are asking Ancaster students to arrive from 11am as we have guests departing and we will be busy getting your rooms ready!

Once you have collected your room key and ID card from us the Ancaster Week One Reps will let you know what they have planned for you and point you in the direction of your new room.

There will be a Welcome and fire and safety speech in the main dining room at 5.15pm from the Warden and Hall Management of Ancaster Hall (all students must attend this talk) Followed by meet your tutors and Dinner, the main address from the Vice Chancellor will be in the sports centre at 8.20pm.

Cant wait to meet you all

Hall Management

Hey Freshers :)

Not long now!!! Just a reminder to complete your residence form and email it to us. Also, you will need to register for your uni card. Please see link for details:

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/accommodation/prospectivestudents/beforeyouarrive/cateredhalls/cateredhalls.aspx

Catered halls - The University of Nottingham You will have pantry facilities for hot drinks, microwaveable meals and snacks, and a fridge in your room, so you can bring your own mugs and drinks and snacks.