Outside of our department, there are lots of services provided by the university that are well worth you exploring. This page captures some of them.

Student Opportunity

Student Opportunity offers a wide range of face-to-face and online resources, workshops, presentations, one to one information, advice and guidance, and a dedicated enquiry point based in the Student Opportunity Hub in Senate House.

The careers team makes up part of Student Opportunity - there is more information about careers support elsewhere in this handbook - as well as the skills team, which runs the Warwick Award and the URSS, both of which are covered elsewhere in this handbook.

Other teams in Student Opportunity include:

• The Intercultural Training teamLink opens in a new window seeks to enable you to better understand, communicate, and build effective relationships with those from different cultural backgrounds through the ‘Intercultural training programme’.
• The Student Mobility teamLink opens in a new window is able to support students interested in pursuing work and study opportunities overseas, whether a traditional Year Abroad or a period of short-term mobility.
• The Internships, Placements and Work Experience team Provides the WorkReady ToolkitLink opens in a new window, which supports students throughout their work experience journey to secure opportunities and gain the maximum benefit from the experience, enhancing their readiness for graduate employment. Students facing financial challenges to undertake work experience can access support from the Work Experience BursaryLink opens in a new window for unpaid opportunities.
• Warwick VolunteersLink opens in a new window enables students to access a wide range of volunteering opportunities, enabling students to gain experience and transferable skills whilst benefitting the local community.

Student Experience

Student Experience Division was created in May 2022 and is focused on students’ wider experience of the university, beyond their teaching and learning.

• The Student Community Experience team launch new students' time at Warwick with a centralised Welcome programme of information, social activities and transitional support, and curate the year-round Warwick Presents (https://warwick.ac.uk/students/warwickpresents/) programme of vibrant, visible, campus-based events, cultural celebrations and activities.
• The Student Immigration & Compliance team provide international students with vital visa advice and support, and ensure Warwick is compliant with UK immigration rules and sponsor duties. The team supports all EU and international students during their studies at Warwick and assists with immigration advice (a free and confidential service advising on issues including visa extensions, dependant visas, working in the UK during or after study, travel visas, etc.); practical support (bringing family to the UK, provides letters to prove student status for visa purposes, etc). Advice on immigration should only be obtained via appropriately qualified staff in the Immigration teamLink opens in a new window.

It is important to note that changes to an international student’s enrolment statusLink opens in a new window, for instance, temporary withdrawal, resit examinations etc., can have implications for their ability to hold a visa to remain in the UK and students will wish to seek advice accordingly.

Institute for Advanced teaching and Learning (IATL)

IATL offers optional interdisciplinary modules to all undergraduate students in years 2, 3 or 4 (with home department approval). The modules offer students the opportunity to put creativity, critical thinking, innovation and wellbeing at the centre of their learning experience.

IATL’s module catalogueLink opens in a new window provides students with further details on all the modules on offer in the coming academic year and each module has a detailed information page providing information on the assessment, syllabus, learning outcomes and when the module is delivered.

Students should check their home department’s authorisation policyLink opens in a new window before registering their interest in taking an IATL module on the UG Request FormLink opens in a new window to express their interest in taking an IATL module. Applications open in March annually for places on modules in the following academic year.