We expect to present the following maths-based OU courses, subject to sufficient numbers:-
M208, M248, M256, M337, M343, M346, M359, M362, M363, M366, M373, M381, M820, M821, M823, MS221, MST209, MST326 and MT365
The Weekend is designed to help with exam revision, and is open to all OU students. We offer full board and non-resident tariffs and there is a discount of £10 per person to
current M500 Society members.
If you are taking a mathematics-based course which is not included in the above list, either because it is a new course or it did not run in 2008 because there were insufficient
applicants, then please contact Jeremy and ask if the course may be included.
FULL BOARD PACKAGES
Accommodation
Friday night and Saturday night
Meals
Saturday - cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner
Sunday - cooked breakfast and lunch
Breaks
Tea, coffee, etc., Saturday and Sunday, morning and afternoon
Residences and charges
Lakeside
Standard charge - £234.00
Discounted charge to M500 members -
£224.00
Additional charge for bed and breakfast on
Thursday or Sunday night, if required - £40.00 per
night
Aston Business School
Single
Standard charge - £278.00
Discounted charge to M500 members -
£268.00
Additional charge for bed and breakfast on
Thursday or Sunday night, if required - £65.00 per
night
Twin/Double - there are only 6 twin rooms
Standard charge per person - £235.00
Discounted charge per person to M500 members - £225.00
Additional charge for bed and breakfast on
Thursday or Sunday night, if required - £44.00 per person per
night
NON-RESIDENT PACKAGE
Accommodation
None
Meals
Saturday and Sunday Lunch
Breaks
Tea, coffee, etc., Saturday and Sunday, morning and afternoon
Standard charge - £115.00
Discounted charge to M500 members -
£105.00
TUITION
Classes will be held in Aston Main Building. Approximate distances
from the residences are Lakeside 500 yards,
Aston Business School 100 yards.
There are five teaching sessions for each course, which are Friday
19.30 - 21.30, Saturday 9.30 - 12.30 and 14.00 -17.30, and Sunday
9.30 - 12.30 and 14.00 - 17.00. Total teaching time, excluding
the tea breaks, is about 13.5 hours.
If you are doing more than one course, you are free to go to any
of your courses for any session. Most tutors will produce a timetable
to help you decide which course to go to for any particular session.
ACCOMMODATION
Aston Business
School is not arranged in flats; it’s like a hotel, with
bedrooms on floors 3 and 4. All ABS rooms have en-suite facilities.
The medium-rise and high-rise Lakeside
accommodation is in flats of six to ten bedrooms. All Lakeside
bedrooms have en-suite shower and toilet.
Lakeside is near the city centre ring road, so traffic noise can
be quite noticeable
ABS is away from the road (and nearer to the teaching block),
so is quieter.
Aston require that all bedrooms in ABS be vacated after breakfast
on Sunday, unless you are staying Sunday night. Residents in Lakeside may keep their rooms until 5pm on Sunday.
YOUR ACCOMMODATION
REQUIREMENTS
Sexes in flats are mixed in general. We assume 'single-sex' is
less important in the en-suite accommodation in Lakeside, where
facilities are not shared.
We allocate low flats on a first come, first served basis. There
are not many low flats, so please ask only if you really need
one. All flats are served by both lifts and stairs.
There are a few specially equipped ground floor rooms in Lakeside
which are suitable for wheelchair users.
We put 'quiet-requesting' people together by flats where possible,
and we also ask everybody to be reasonably quiet. But, as we said,
there may be traffic noise, particularly in Lakeside, which we
can't do anything about.
Aston is a non smoking campus and you must not smoke in any communal
area.
Groups of friends larger than two are not put into 'quiet' flats,
because it's possible such groups will socialize a bit too enthusiastically.
And if one friend wants 'single-sex', the other friends have to
belong to whichever sex that is.
CATERING
Friday dinner is not included, but
hot food will be on sale before classes on the Friday evening
for those who want it.
ENTERTAINMENT
On the Saturday night we plan to have a 'popular mathematics' lecture
and quiz.
WEEKEND INFORMATION
Full details, instructions,
maps, etc., are sent to all students shortly before the event.
The Aston
University web site has information about travel, campus layout,
maps and so on.
CAR PARKING
Due to a new student residences project, the university car parks will be unavailable on Friday afternoon. There are pay & display car parks close to the venue, but Aston University highly recommend the use of public transport.
Limited car parking in one car park on Aston Campus is available between 6pm on Friday and 9am on Monday, with clamping possible outside these times.
ALL BOOKINGS
Receipts are issued on request; but there is no procedure to issue
invoices in advance of payment (to sponsors, for example).
If you cancel your booking, please confirm in writing. If you
cancel before the 20th August 2009, you are entitled to a refund
of your payment less £20. Refunds for later cancellations
cannot be given.
If your course is full, there will be a waiting list, and your
cheque will not be cashed unless a place becomes available.
If a course has to be cancelled for any reason, a full refund
is made to students who consequently do not attend the Weekend
for tuition or study.
NON-MEMBERS
Non-members can apply to the Weekend at the
discounted member rate (£10 off) if they also apply to join the M500 Society for year 2009. Membership will be backdated to the beginning of the year and end on 31st December 2009.
Annual subscription to the Society is currently £15. To
join, fill in an application
form and if including this with the Weekend application please enclose a separate cheque.
Note: Every year a few people erroneously claim to be members,
and this causes us unnecessary work. If you claim to be a member, but are not, we reserve the right to charge you the full fee for the Weekend even if you later join. The membership year runs
from January to December. If you receive the M500 Magazine by
post every two months through 2009 then you are a member. If you
don't then you probably aren't.
PAYMENTS
Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope if you want a receipt
/ acknowledgement.
If you book after 30th June 2009, you must send the full fee,
and a stamped addressed envelope please.
Please make cheques payable
to 'The M500 Society'.
Cheques must be in sterling and payable at
a UK bank.
Please make sure you have funds to cover your cheque. A bounced
cheque will incur charges and may cause you to lose your place.
If it's difficult for you to send a cheque - if you are overseas
and don't have a UK bank account, for instance - then we can take payment by BACS
transfer.
CLOSING DATE
The last date for receipt of bookings is 20th August 2009.
Details
of payment by BACS transfer
Email Jeremy
Humphries if you have any questions.
Jeremy Humphries, M500 Weekend 2009, 36 Penmanor, Finstall, Bromsgrove,
Worcs B60 3BZ
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