Welcome Timetable 2025
Welcome Week
As well as the university-wide events for Welcome Week, there are a range of activities taking place in the History Department to help you to settle in. Please see your Personal Welcome Week timetable as well as the full schedule of History events, below. These will all appear in your Welcome Week timetable:
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Walk: History Walking Tour - uncover the hidden histories of campus |
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Sunday 28 SeptemberTake a guided walk with our Student Ambassadors and your fellow students around Warwick campus to uncover hidden histories. |
11:00 - 1200 | No need to book. Meet opposite Cafè Nero. Please arrive on time - look out for your History Student Ambassador (in their History t-shirt). |
Monday 29 September |
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Talk: Welcome to the Department of History Meet key staff in the department. Welcome from Head of Department Prof. Tim Lockey MBE |
9.00-10.30 | Lecture Theatre R0.21 (Ground Floor - Ramphal Building) |
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Meeting: Meet your personal tutor A chance for new undergraduates to meet their personal tutor and peers in the History department. |
11:00-12:00 or 12:00 -13:00 |
Each student will see their individual timings and room location on their welcome timetable. |
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Social Event: History Department Welcome Mixer (Come either Monday or Tuesday) A relaxed social event for new undergraduates to meet staff and peers in the department. Following on from meeting your personal tutor. We can't wait to meet you! |
11:30-13:30 |
FAB3.57, Third Floor open social spaces in the History Department |
Tuesday 30 September |
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Meeting: Meet your personal tutor A chance for new undergraduates to meet their personal tutor and peers in the History department.
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10:00-11:00 or 11:00-12:00 | Each student will see their individual timings and room location on their welcome timetable. NB Some may not have meetings until Week 1. |
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Social Event: History Department Welcome Mixer (Come either Monday or Tuesday) A relaxed social event for new undergraduates to meet staff and peers in the department. Following on from meeting your personal tutor. We can't wait to meet you! |
10:30-12:30 | FAB3.57, Third Floor open social spaces in the History Department |
Wednesday 01 October |
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History JH Mixer Event - for *home joint Honours students only *History and Politics, History and Philosophy and History and Sociology only. A relaxed social to meet your coursemates. |
10:00-11:00 | FAB3.57, Third Floor open social spaces in the History Department |
| Get involved! Hear from current UG students about co-curricular opportunities open to you. Followed by a drop-in in the History Department. |
11:00-12:00 | Lecture Theatre OC1.05 (First Floor - Oculus Building) |
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Drop-in / Student Opportunity / Social Event: Get involved! A drop-in showcasing extra-curricular opportunities within the History Department An informal drop-in where you can explore the many opportunities available to you within the Department of History. Connect with the Student Voice Team and our very own Warwick History Hour podcast. Hear from our dedicated History networks, including the Widening Participation Student Network and the Black Student History Network, JOIN FOR FREE Be inspired by peers involved in the Reverse Mentoring Scheme and Hidden Histories (teaching in schools projects). This is your chance to enrich your academic studies with experiences that extend far beyond the classroom! |
12:00-13:00 | FAB3.57, Third Floor open social spaces in the History Department |
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Current History Research |
14:00-15:00 | Lecture Theatre R0.21 (Ground Floor - Ramphal Building) |
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Introduction to unlocking History! |
15:00-16:00 | Lecture Theatre R0.21 (Ground Floor - Ramphal Building) |
| Settling In: Wellbeing & Support Essentials for New History Students
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16:00-17:00 | Lecture Theatre OC1.05 (First Floor - Oculus Building) |
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Talk / Social event: History Joint Degree Induction for non-home History students ONLY. Welcome to the Department of History! A session for joint degree students with a different department as home department (English and History, Global Sustainable Development, Liberal Arts, Law with Humanities and History and Languages. This is for students who have not otherwise been present for History welcome week events and a chance to meet key staff, find out about the department and ask any questions. |
16:00-17:00 | Room S0.11 (Ground Floor - Social Sciences Building) |
Friday 03 October |
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Talk: Question Everything! What does it mean to be a historian? An interactive session led by members of the department, discussing what it means to be a historian, the key skills and strengths to be a good historian, and how we can all be accountable to each other as historians at Warwick. |
10:00-11:00 |
R0.21 Ramphal Building, Ground Floor |
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Talk: Library Induction for History Students A presentation from the History academic subject librarian Andy Calvert introducing you to the vast resources available in the library specific to History students. |
11:00-12:00 |
R0.21 Ramphal Building, Ground Floor |
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Drop-in Question Everything! Follow up drop-in Do you still have questions? Please come and speak to us. All welcome. |
13:00-14:00 |
Room OC0.01, Ground Floor, Oculus Building |
Week One
There are further induction events planned for the first week of term (w/c 06 October). You will see these in Tabula - your regular student timetable going forward.