{"id":75,"date":"2017-10-26T13:41:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T12:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmpgr\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2017-12-05T15:44:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T15:44:49","slug":"buddy-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmpgr\/buddy-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddy System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ICM has a buddy scheme in place for all newcomers &#8211; but particularly for international students. If you&#8217;re new to the UK and\/or Newcastle, it might be helpful to get advice from other students who have been through the process. Tell us a little bit about yourself and we&#8217;ll do our best to find a buddy with a similar background to show you around.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-911 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmpgr\/files\/2017\/10\/buddy-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmpgr\/files\/2017\/10\/buddy-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmpgr\/files\/2017\/10\/buddy-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmpgr\/files\/2017\/10\/buddy.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition: if you are not new to the university but are willing to volunteer and help other students, let us know!<\/p>\n<p>You can contact us by sending an e-mail to <a href=\"mailto:icm.pgstudentenquiries@newcastle.ac.uk\">icm.pgstudentenquiries@newcastle.ac.uk<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ICM has a buddy scheme in place for all newcomers &#8211; but particularly for international students. If you&#8217;re new to the UK and\/or Newcastle, it might be helpful to get advice from other students who have been through the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmpgr\/buddy-system\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6759,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-75","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmpgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmpgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmpgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmpgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmpgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmpgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":989,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmpgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions\/989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmpgr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}