UK Campus
Facilities
Campus facilities include a purpose built training building with a large meeting room as well as smaller seminar rooms and a research library. A computer lab with internet access is also available. Most of the site is equipped with wireless internet access.
Most of the accommodation is in a multi-storey brick building. The rooms usually have two people per room and are equipped with washbasins. There are bathrooms on each floor. A lounge, located on the middle floor, has facilities for making hot drinks. A few flats for those coming with families are available.
The Bede building with its purpose built catering facility including two dining areas is a delightful complement. A lounge between the two dining areas offers an ideal place in which to relax.
Residence
We encourage course participants to live on site while they take courses with us, not least because of the value of group study. We also ask that you not take on regular outside commitments while studying.
Please also note that keeping pets on the Campus is not permitted.
Electricity sockets in the UK are different from most other countries; however, adaptors are available for your use.
Arrival
Courses normally start between 8.30am and 9am on a Monday. If you are coming from a long way, you should plan to arrive during the preceding weekend. Please write to the Registrar about your arrival date before making travel arrangements, so that we may confirm that accommodation is available for you when you get here. The first day of the course will usually include a short orientation to the Campus and facilities available.
Departure
You are expected to stay for the duration of your course and to leave after lunch on the departure date. It is usually possible to stay between courses. This depends on need and other planned use of the rooms.
Visitors
It is usually possible to have visitors stay as paying guests but this should not interfere with studies. Please ask the Registrar before making arrangements.
Shop
There is a small shop in the Bede building which sells stationery, stamps (also available at Reception), greetings cards, Christian books & CD's, confectionery and a variety of other items that you might need for study. It is open for short periods each week.
Laundry
Coin operated laundry facilities are available on the Centre.
Recreation
There are facilities for indoor and outdoor games, and there is also a small, unheated open-air swimming pool for summer use. Anyone who plays a musical instrument is encouraged to bring it to contribute to worship times and/or for their own pleasure.
Community Life
The Campus operates on a voluntary basis. Those participating in longer training courses may be expected to help for a short period each day in practical tasks such as cleaning. Expectant mothers and mothers who have small children with them are exempt from this.
Insurance
Insurance on the ETP UK Campus does not cover personal belongings. If you would like personal insurance cover, please arrange this before you come.
Medical Matters
Those coming from countries that have a reciprocal agreement with the UK will need to bring their European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) and register with the local doctor soon after arrival. Otherwise, free treatment is not available. If you are here for less than three months, you do not need to register and you will be treated without charge as a temporary patient, as long as you produce your EHIC.
If you are non-resident in the UK and your country has no reciprocal agreement with the UK, you must take out insurance for medical treatment for the time you are in the UK, as all treatment is chargeable.
If you are taking any special medication, it may be wise to bring sufficient supplies for your whole stay, as doctors are reluctant to prescribe medicines for a condition they have not personally diagnosed.
Please note that doctors in the UK will not give injections as treatment for allergies or asthma, because of possible side effects. If you are taking treatment for allergies or asthma by injection, contact the NHS, for alternatives.
Vaccinations The local Health Centre prefers for these to be given only if absolutely necessary. If, however, you or your children need vaccinations while here, remember to bring a list with dates of any vaccinations you have already had. For some vaccinations a fee has to be paid.
Childcare Provision
We no longer have an onsite nursery, but there are nurseries in the vicinity that may be able to help look after children aged between three months and five years.
Unfortunately, we are also not able to offer childcare provision for children aged over five years of age.
What we really recommend for families, where both parents will be taking courses, is that you bring a relative or friend to look after your pre-school children. Your child(ren) will need to be looked after from 8:30 - 12:30 and, again in the afternoon, from 14:00 - 17:00, in order to allow you to both profit from the teaching given and to pursue your study in an uninterrupted manner.
Please write to etp_uk@sil.org at least six months in advance of the course you plan to attend, with details of your child(ren) and the plans you have for the supervision of your child(ren). We will be pleased to advise and inform you of any further options available.
Images from the Campus
You can view or download some photos by clicking on any of the links below:
- Aerial view of the centre
- The Bede Building
- The Tyndale Building
- Map of the Wycliffe Centre
- Dining room Discussion
- In the computer lab
- A teaching session in progress
- Adult Literacy Class
