Barnburgh Surgery - information for residential students who need to see doctor

Students living at High Melton who need to see a GP can visit the nearest local doctor's surgery as a temporary patient. It is called Barnburgh Surgery, located in the village of Barnburgh, a short distance by bus. Students who need to see a doctor and don't live on campus click here for information.

Please contact the International Office or Carole Cutts, the accommodation manager to book an appointment, or you can call direct on 0844 5769101.

The opening times are:
Monday: 8am-6pm
Tuesday: 8am-6pm
Wednesday: 8am-7pm
Thursday: 8am-6pm
Friday: 8am-6pm
Saturday / Sunday: Closed

The bus times from High Melton to Barnburgh are as follows:
06:56

08:16
09:06
09:36 then every 6 and 36 minutes past the hour until 14:46, then
15:36
16:41
17:11
17:46
18:14
The journey is less than 10 minutes.

Maps

St. Leger Festival Week

This year the St Leger Festival Week runs from 3th to 12th September, with the race meeting taking place from the 8th to 11th September Doncaster-racecourse. There will be a huge range of events and activities taking place in Doncaster for you to enjoy. Download the map and events listing pdf's below:

St Leger Festival Week Map
St Leger Festival Week Events Listing

http://www.visitdoncaster.co.uk/Tourism/sport_and_leisure/St_Leger_Festival_Week.asp

Social Media and Networking

Inspired by today's Podcamp Social Media 'unconference' which took place at Doncaster College, the Hub, here is a list of some other social networking sites that international students may find useful:

Doncaster College International Facebook group

Doncaster College Facebook page

University Centre, Doncaster Facebook page

Doncaster College International Twitter Updates

Doncaster College Twitter Updates

Doncaster College on Myspace

Doncaster College on Youtube

Doncaster College Flickr

More to be added later - let me know if you have any suggestions.
Ben

New bus times between Doncaster and High Melton

Updated 13rd February 2012. See here for details of other routes.

New website: Doncaster Student Nation

Here is a great new social networking site that "aims to encourage an interaction between students of all nationalities that attend High Melton University Centre and Doncaster College"

It has been created by BA (Hons) English students - take a look at http://doncasterstudentnation.webs.com/.

German students' visit to Yorkshire Wildlife Park

Registering with a dentist (and seeing an emergency dentist)

If you would like to register with a dentist you will need to visit or call the Doncaster Patient Advisory Liaison Service (PALS) which is based at the Health Focus shop in the town centre - see map. Their telephone number is 01302 768550.

If you need to see a dentist urgently, and you are in pain, you can call the Dearne Valley Dental Helpline on 0845 155 0845 who will be able to help.