Get Ready for Your Summer Experience

You will be able to find out the location and timings on your agenda. Please click the link above in the timetable section of the page.

There is no official dress code. We encourage students to dress smart casually for their programmes, essentially no tracksuits. There will be days on certain programmes where students will need clothes they don’t mind getting messy; if this applies to you, you will be told in advance.

Groups are allocated by the programme chosen; we cannot guarantee any specific friendship groups being put together.

Students who are staying in the accommodation will not be able to leave the accommodation unsupervised. Students will have a range of evening activities both in and out of the acommodation during their stay with us.

Our final registration is at 10:00pm, where students will be registered at their room doors.

We ask that students are dropped off and picked up by a parent, guardian or named adult, from the programme. For students who are staying in the accommodation with us, we ask that you let us know how and when you are arriving and departing at least 3 weeks before the start of your experience.

Students who stay in the accommodation are escorted to and from their programme venues every day by their PALs

Students on our Future programmes will have dinner in the accommodatoin and a packed lunch provided to take with them. If the weather is nice, we take the students to eat outside!

For students who stay in the accommodation, please let your PAL know as soon as possible that you aren’t feeling well and are unable to attend the day. For non-residential students, please email info@investin.org as soon as possible. If it’s a planned absence, please log a Leave Request on Reach for approval by the InvestIN team at least 48hours in advance.

We understand that sometimes you are delayed on your way to your programme due to transport issues. We ask that you get in contact with us at info@investin.org as soon as possible.

There is no pre-reading or prior knowledge expected before attending your Summer Experience. We just ask that you have a genuine interest and enthusiasm for your chosen programme!

Residential students will get 3 meals a day. Breakfast and dinner are served canteen style with a mixture of hot and cold options. We provide packed lunches for those students to have a lunch on the go.

We do not provide food to non-residential students.

We are able to cater to most dietary restrictions, however we just ask that you let us know in advance so we can ensure we can cater for it.

All of the rooms we have are single ensuite rooms, so no students share a room.

All rooms are ensuite.

Accommodation is allocated by career.

InvestIN is not a school and therefore does not hold the same rules regarding the use of mobile devices on-site. InvestIN allows students to have possession of their own devices throughout their time with InvestIN. However, InvestIN are very clear with students about when it is and is not appropriate to be using their mobile phones during the education programmes and activities. Unless advised otherwise, students are required to store their phones and pay attention to the speaker and programme content.

All residential students will join us each evening from 8pm-10pm for an array of social activities. These activities will take place at the halls of residence and surrounding areas and include a private trip to a Soho cinema, a quiz night and a wellness evening, as well as opportunities to bond with your course mates and unwind after a busy day.

On the weekends, all 2 week residential students will have the chance see the sights of London on our weekend social programme as well as a chance to get some rest! Our future students will not be able to leave the accommodation unsupervised.

Students who are attending a 1 week experience will get a digital certificate shortly after their programme. Students on the 2 week experience will receive their physical certificate at the graduation ceremony on the final day and industry reference letters will be sent out in September.

You are welcome to send things to the accommodation during your experience. Please address them using your full name followed by InvestIN. However, we can’t guarantee that packages arriving before the experience will be received by InvestIN as we do not have staff on site.

Parents are welcome to visit the accommodation, and are welcome to help you settle into your room on check in day. However, we ask that after check in day parents sign in as visitors with a member of staff and remain in the communal spaces.

You do not need to bring bedding or towels, these are all provided with the room.

Towels are changed twice a week, and bins are emptied at the same time. The rooms are fully cleaned once a week, usually on a Friday or a Monday. However, rooms will not be cleaned if they are not tidy.

We do our best to find venues that have air conditioning, however, AC is not common in the UK and our accommodation rooms don’t have them. We advise all residential students to bring a portable fan with them.

All of our accommodation buildings have laundry facilities that students are able to use. For further information on how laundry works, please check the accommodation packs.

We will have a space for students to leave their luggage in the accommodation after they have checked out, although this is left at your own risk.

Our accommodation sites do not have gym facilities onsite, however there are a number of gyms in the nearby area that students can sign up to.

Check-in is open from 12pm until 5pm on arrival day. We will run an informal social programme during this time, and then a formal induction session starts at 5:30pm. Students have to check out of their rooms by 10am on their final day.