Questions
      
       
      Questions 
        and Answers
      When 
        should I arrive for my course? Top 
      
        - Arrival Day is 
          Saturday and rooms are available from 1400 hrs. 
 
       
      What 
        happens on the first Sunday of the course? Top 
      
        - 16+ students attend 
          an orientation programme of St. Clare's, the local area and Oxford City.
 
       
      When 
        do I start my course? Top 
      
        - You start your 
          course at 0900 hrs on Monday with a placement test.
 
       
      When 
        does my course finish? Top 
      
        - The last teaching 
          day is the final Thursday of your course; the day before you depart.
 
       
      When 
        do I have to leave at the end of my course at St. Clare's? Top 
      
        - You leave on Friday 
          and we ask you to vacate your room by 1000 hrs.
 
       
      Is 
        insurance included in the course fees? Top 
      
        - All course fees 
          include travel insurance ie. travel, medical and personal possessions 
          cover. Policy details will be sent with the joining documents.
 
       
      Are 
        airport transfers included in the course fees? Top 
      
      Are 
        there any course rules? Top 
      
        - Details of rules 
          for the courses will be sent to you in your joining documents. There 
          are not many, but they relate to behaving in a way that accords common 
          courtesy to everyone around you, observance of the night-time curfew 
          relevant to your age group and any local laws that apply (eg. drinking 
          alcohol, misuse of drugs etc.).
 
        - We reserve the 
          right to expel any student whose behaviour we deem to be unacceptable. 
          In this unlikely event fees will be forfeited and all travel and ancillary 
          costs borne by the student/parent.
 
       
      How 
        many excursions can I go on during my course? Top 
      
        - 16+ students have 
          one excursion per week included in the course fees but may select as 
          many additional excursions as they wish to from the activities programme, 
          for which a local fee will be charged.
 
       
      How 
        much spending money will I need to bring with me? Top 
      
        - 16+ students: we 
          recommend £70 for additional activities/excursions, souvenirs, 
          etc. plus a £30 key/damage deposit which is refundable at the 
          end of the course on return of key/no damage caused.
 
       
      Who 
        looks after me in my house/residence? Top 
      
        - 16+ students stay 
          in houses where there is a residential warden who lives there all the 
          time.
 
       
      Can 
        I share a bedroom with my friend? Top 
      
        - It is part of St. 
          Clare's mission to promote international understanding through education. 
          Boys and girls are accommodated separately, sharing rooms with similar 
          aged students and as far as possible of a different nationality. It 
          is more likely that you could be in the same house as your friend, but 
          not usually the same room.
 
       
      What 
        about laundry? Top 
      
        - 16+ students can 
          use the on-site coin-operated washing machines for a small charge.
 
       
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