EC London

•Whats New ?•Work Experience Programmes

•Double Banking•A Day in the life of EC London

•Any Questions…..

What’s New At EC London ?

Staff

This week Sam Buchan

takes over asDirector of Studies

In the accommodation department Jen joins Polly

Over the summer we have an intern to help us in the office but we also intend to employ a Spanish speaking intern to focus on the Spanish Scholarship students but also help out in customer services

What’s New At EC London ?

Classrooms

We are currently closing a deal to give us about 10 classrooms in a Georgian building less than 5 minutes walk from EC London

This will bring the total classrooms sites in use at EC London to 5 which we feel is the maximum without affecting quality………

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What’s New At EC London ?Accommodation

We have justed closed deals to give us two more student houses (with 12 twin beds each – 24 total) on Churchill Road in Willesden Green

One of our summer Spanish Scholarship residences may become available year round. We have spare beds in this residence in Bayswater in 2008 (particularly in Ausgust). Fact sheet will follow very soon, …..

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What’s New At EC London

Customer Services / New Products

EC Job Club !We offer the following FREE services to all our students Help preparing CV Advice on applying for jobs on London (including letter writing and

presentation) We have a database of local suppliers (cafes etc.) to whom we can send

student CV’s In 2008 we are guaranteeing three interviews to any students booking

afternoon classes. These interviews will either be with the suppliers mentioned above or local job agencies/job centres

Level of English should really be intermediate upwards If the student has 6 months catering experience and at least upper-

intermediate English level, one agency will guarantee a job !!!

UK Work Experience Programmes

GENERAL INFORMATION

• EC UK is using Twin, a work placement agency based in Lewisham, south London. They offer paid and unpaid work placements for students

• Our contact at Twin is Joanne Sayer, the Work UK manager • Once a work placement booking is received at EC central it is sent to

Twin• Details of the placement are sent to the student approximately 1-2

weeks before it is due to begin• Twin does not visit every company that they use. They tend to work on

referrals from other companies• Twin run placement workshops on Wednesdays and Fridays from

12:30pm - 1:30pm – N.B. Laura B went to one of these and it was very useful, definitely a good idea for students to attend

• Non-EU citizens must take a four week course before their placement, a two week course afterwards and a nationally recognised exam such as IELTS in order for their visa to be valid

UK Work Experience ProgrammesPAID PLACEMENTS

• Placements can be 12 - 24 weeks in length• Twin has very few contacts in London, Brighton and Cambridge.

Most placements will take place in rural areas and can be anywhere in the UK

• Students work an average of 37 hours per week• Salary is usually minimum wage and paid monthly• Statutory holiday entitlement• No extra pay given for working bank holidays• Placements can range from working in McDonalds to a theme

park to a guesthouse, etc• Students pay their transport costs from the school to their

placement. Twin will recommend the best route and give details of transport costs, times, etc

• Accommodation is provided and rent is usually deducted from the student's salary (usually GBP 20 - 70 per week for food and accommodation) 

• Accommodation is very basic and usually on site• Students can pay GBP 80 to receive a Cambridge work

experience certificate at the end of their stay if they wish 

UK Work Experience Programmes

UNPAID PLACEMENTS (Internships)

• Placements can be 3 - 12 weeks in length (part-time and full-time both possible)

• Twin can arrange placements in London in a variety of industries (e.g. finance, law, HR, etc)

• Students should give three industry choices as the first choice cannot be guaranteed

PAID WORK LONDON

• Minimum upper-intermediate level• Minimum 6 months

Double Banking

Why do we double bank ?

• To make more money….• To fill the school even more….• To give teachers more hours….

Why do we double bank ?

• To offer more students great quality tuition, activities and service

• To offer a more flexible, fair timetable• To allow more students to take advantage of EC’s great

locations and quality

A Day in the life of EC London• 08:30 – open school – on Mondays many students come to reception to

check the timetable (we tell them to check on Fridays) – some are not too happy if their classes are not in Stukeley Street

• 08:50 – teachers make their way from Stukeley street to other locations• 09:00 – Classes start – some students take advantage of AFTERNOON

CLASSES and use the EMPTY computer room• 10:30 – First Break – smokers pile onto the street – others grab a coffee in

the café• 12:15 – Lunch Break – a huge queue appears in the café for the daily

special. Café fills very quickly• 12:30 – A few students come to reception for information (Jobs,

accommodation, sight-seeing)• 14:00 – Staff get a chance to grab a sandwich from the café• 15:00 – Walk in students come to look around the school• 16:00 – Agent visits and want show around including accommodation

visits.; We book these but the agent decides to go chopping instead !!! Video of school and accommodation will greatly improve this service

• 17:00 Jon, our premises manager arrives and reports on any furniture/building related issues. He prepares for evening classes (not EC but good usage of empty classrooms)

• 18:00 Chris our social guide/resident historian takes the students on a walk ending in an old traditional pub

 

A Day in the life of EC London

• Population this week – 240 (60 in 2007 !!!!)•30 Nationalities•Approx split :

•200 morning only classes (8 weeks +)•80 Intensive classes (all durations)•40 Afternoon only classes

•Not in brochure – short term (less than 8 weeks) afternoon classes – deduct 30% from gross price

 

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Any Questions......