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Need an answer!! Commuting

Do you think I could commute from London to Medway school of pharmacy in Chatham every day. Also does anyone know where the placements take place for Medway?

Reply 1

If you are staying in the Greenwich accommodation there is a shuttle bus that goes to and from the two sites, it would also be quite easy to get the train (as long as there aren’t any strikes or delays) and shouldn’t take very long to get to and from london/the uni. For placements I was discussing with someone in April and they take into account students travels and reimburse any travel expenses for placements and will only expect you to travel a reasonable distance from either the uni or where you are staying, they did say however if it’s a bit more of a specific industry for a placement that isn’t available locally they would expect you to be willing to travel there if it’s what you want to do but again would reimburse for reasonable travel expenses, this is what I was told in April but it may be good for you to ask too just to confirm

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by m.ayr3s
If you are staying in the Greenwich accommodation there is a shuttle bus that goes to and from the two sites, it would also be quite easy to get the train (as long as there aren’t any strikes or delays) and shouldn’t take very long to get to and from london/the uni. For placements I was discussing with someone in April and they take into account students travels and reimburse any travel expenses for placements and will only expect you to travel a reasonable distance from either the uni or where you are staying, they did say however if it’s a bit more of a specific industry for a placement that isn’t available locally they would expect you to be willing to travel there if it’s what you want to do but again would reimburse for reasonable travel expenses, this is what I was told in April but it may be good for you to ask too just to confirm


-the train station isn’t very far from the uni and all the tube stations will connect to a train station that goes to Kent, would be looking into what trains depending on what area you are in but would definitely be doable

Reply 3

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by m.ayr3s
If you are staying in the Greenwich accommodation there is a shuttle bus that goes to and from the two sites, it would also be quite easy to get the train (as long as there aren’t any strikes or delays) and shouldn’t take very long to get to and from london/the uni. For placements I was discussing with someone in April and they take into account students travels and reimburse any travel expenses for placements and will only expect you to travel a reasonable distance from either the uni or where you are staying, they did say however if it’s a bit more of a specific industry for a placement that isn’t available locally they would expect you to be willing to travel there if it’s what you want to do but again would reimburse for reasonable travel expenses, this is what I was told in April but it may be good for you to ask too just to confirm
is it possible if you can change your placement locations to only in London?

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by Anonymous
is it possible if you can change your placement locations to only in London?


You can ask the placement coordinator, but normally it would be up to 1hr 30 minute travel time however they did say that’s normally only relevant if you’re doing a specific area, for first year it’s just community so they should definitely be able to find you somewhere near you, especially in London

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