STUDENTS APPLICATION PROCEDURE

• Please read the separate ‘Application Procedure notes’ thoroughly. Please do not dismiss them and then later find you’ve missed something important. When you sign the application form you are declaring that you have read and understood the Application Procedure notes.

• Therefore if you photocopy the Application Form, please make sure you also photocopy the accompanying Application Procedure notes.

• Please complete the Application Form yourself, though you may need help when choosing the appropriate Group and lectures. Please also send it yourself to the Course Secretary and do not ask anyone else to do so. If you are under 18 please ask your parents/guardian to countersign the form and indicate the relationship.

• Cheques or postal orders should be made payable to "Hereford Ringing Course". A receipt will be sent if you are accepted.

• There is no need to enclose a stamped addressed envelope for our reply.

• The closing date for applications is Thursday, 31st January. Under normal circumstances we must receive your application by then, accompanied by your deposit or the full fee. The balance of your fee should be paid on the first day of the Course. The Secretary will write to you about the second week of February to tell you whether or not you have been accepted. Your cheque will be returned if you are not accepted.

CANCELLATIONS

• Precise numbers have to be given to the College a month before the Course begins. After they have been sent all bookings have to be paid for.

• If weather conditions in your own area or if illness either of yourself or of someone in your family prevented you from coming then we should still have to charge for everything you have booked. When you sign the application form you are agreeing to this condition. Please consider taking out your own ‘holiday’ insurance.

• If you do need to cancel, please contact the Course Secretary on ( 01924 373905 (after Easter Day please call Adrian Moreton ( 07949 896027) as soon as possible.

• If we have to cancel the course for any reason (e.g. a national emergency, or if there were very severe weather conditions in Herefordshire), your deposit will be returned. Please phone the Secretary ( 01924 373905 (after Easter Day please call Adrian Moreton ( 07949 896027) to find out the situation.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Please study both the map and plan and on arrival go to the Ringing Course Reception Desk in the main building.

• FIRE REGULATIONS: Will residents ensure that they have read the notices posted in hostels regarding fire regulations. Each hostel has a designated fire warden who is also the master key holder. Residents will be informed who this is on their invoice. If the alarm sounds, residents must report to their fire warden at the designated assembly point.

• Kettles, toasters or any other similar appliances must not be taken out of the kitchens. Any sort of smoke in the bedrooms will set off the very sensitive fire alarms

• PARKING: Fire regulations forbid the parking of cars on the driveways in front of the hostels. Please note other parking restrictions around the college.

• The College does not allow visitors’ dogs on the premises

SCALE OF FEES

For Resident students: Including bedroom, all meals, and tuition:

l Fees £148.80 l Deposit: at least £75.00

For Non Resident Students: Includes all lectures, demonstrations and practical sessions. Occasional meals may be ordered. If so, please complete Part D of the Application Form.

l Fees £37.00 l Deposit at least £37.00, plus about a third of any meals you order.

MEALS

Unless you have booked all the meals, please mark below those which you have booked, as we find that some people are uncertain what they have ordered.

* packed lunch