Amenities and Welfare Services
Arden House
| Director of Training and Conference Centres | A. Robinson |
| General Manager | P. Bartlett |
| Deputy Manager | A. Taylor |
| Assistant Managers | C. Edgington C. Hart |
Arden House, the first of Warwick’s three management training centres, offers the following facilities:
- 121 en-suite bedrooms including 1 disabled bedroom
- 9 dedicated lecture rooms
- 17 syndicate rooms
- First class restaurant and adjoining bar
- Private dining room and fitness room
- Ample car parking
- Business Centre
- Wireless Hotspots in both Arden and Felden lounges
- Free Internet eccass in all bedrooms and meeting rooms
- Customer Information Desk
- Conservatory and Patio Area
- Refreshment Centres in both Arden and Felden lounges
Accommodation is available throughout the year with the exception of Christmas, Easter and Bank Holidays. Reservations may be made through reception on Coventry (024) 7652 3904 or extension 23904. Fax no: (024) 7652 2842.
Warwick Arts Centre
Director: A. Rivett, CertEd
Built with funds raised almost entirely from private sources, Warwick Arts Centre is one of the largest combined performing and visual arts centres in the UK and provides an outstanding cultural facility for students and staff of the University and for the local community. Its total annual audience is in excess of 250,000.
The first phase of Warwick Arts Centre opened in October 1974 and comprised a 573-seat Theatre, a Studio Theatre seating up to 200, Conference Room, Music Centre, Bookshop, licensed bars and a cafe. In January 1981 the 1500-seat Arts Centre Hall was opened; in 1986 it was renamed the Butterworth Hall in honour of the University’s first Vice-Chancellor. The third phase of the Arts Centre was completed in January 1986 and comprises a Film Theatre seating 225, a large Bookshop, and an Art Gallery which was formally opened in May 1986 by Sir William Rees-Mogg, Chairman of the Arts Council, and named the Mead Gallery in memory of Phil Mead who had for many years served as University Treasurer.
The Arts Centre presents a wide selection of the performing and visual arts for a large part of the year. The Butterworth Hall offers a broad spectrum of events including classical, jazz, world music and rock concerts, as well as performances by leading comedians. It is home to the Concert Series which features major orchestras and conductors each year. The renowned string quartet, the Coull Quartet, is in residence at the University and gives a number of concerts every year, as well as teaching in the Music Centre. Various student groups also give concerts in the Hall during the year.
The Theatre stages a variety of dance, drama and opera productions and frequently presents the work of major national touring companies. From time to time Warwick Arts Centre co-produces work in partnership with leading companies. The Studio is used for more experimental drama, dance, music and comedy productions. The student Drama Society, WUDS and other University groups use the Studio and the Theatre regularly. Warwick Arts Centre has its own scenery construction workshop and paint frame.
The Mead Gallery is a venue for a range of national touring exhibitions, some of which it curates itself. It also curates exhibitions from the University’s own collection. A film programme, including seasons of foreign films and films receiving their first showing in the area, operates seven days a week throughout the year. The Conference Room, seating 250, is used during the day for academic purposes, whilst in the evening it is available for meetings, discussions or small public performances and hosts the Writers at Warwick programme of distinguished novelists, poets, biographers and critics.
The comfortable and contemporary Arts Centre bars, coffee bar and restaurant provide excellent facilities for socialising and refreshment during the day and evening.
The Arts Centre runs a comprehensive programme of education activities to support and develop its programme of work. Warwick Arts Centre is a resource provided by The University of Warwick with support from Arts Council West Midlands, Coventry County Council, Warwickshire County Council and Screen West Midlands.
Music Centre
Director: P. McGrath
The Music Centre has a remarkable record of high-quality music making in the West Midlands, the UK and abroad. It has an outstanding reputation as one of the most enterprising and dynamic university music centres in the country.
Students and staff of all degree subjects are encouraged to play and/or sing in any of the ensembles. These include Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, Wind Orchestra, String Orchestra and Big Band. There is a flourishing Early Music Consort and Music Theatre Warwick presents a variety of shows. The Brass Society includes Brass Band and Symphonic Brass. Vocal ensembles include Chamber Choir, the large Chorus, Gaudeamus (female vocal ensemble) and the University Consort, as well as Revelation Rock Gospel Choir and Warwick Student Opera. There is a very active Chamber Music Society. The Music Centre also boasts a wide selection of world music ensembles, which include a popular Samba and Djembe group, the Drumming Society, the Folk Music society and the World Music band. Most of the ensembles require no audition, but some, including Chamber Choir, do audition early in the first term. Check with the Music Centre for details. Many performances take place in the excellent Arts Centre facilities.
Over 30 visiting professional musicians provide vocal and instrumental tuition and the Coull Quartet is appointed Quartet in Residence.
Support for student musicians is available in the form of Scholarships (see page 317) and Bursaries (see page 319)
Radcliffe House
| Director of Conferences & Hospitality | A. Robinson (based at Scarman House) |
| General Manager | D. Cahill, MIH |
| Food & Beverage Manager | J. Holton |
| Front of House Manager | R. Goodwin |
Radcliffe House is one of three dedicated Training and Conference Centres within the University of Warwick.
The Centre, which opened in October 1986, comprises 154 study bedrooms with en-suite facilities, lecture and syndicate rooms equipped to a high standard, dining, private dining and lounge bar facilities, plus games and exercise rooms. Ample car parking space adjoins the building. Accommodation is available throughout the year. Reservations for lunch/dinner or accommodation may be made through Reception on (024) 7647 4711 or internal extension 75(0).
Scarman House
| Director of Training & Conference Centres | A. Robinson |
| Operations Manager | R. Harrison |
Opened on 1 July 1991, this is the third Conference and Management Training Centre to be built by the University. It is named after the University’s second Chancellor, Lord Scarman, who unveiled a plaque at Scarman House on March 13th, 1992.
Located off Gibbet Hill Road on the northern section of the Warwickshire land, the centre provides 204 ensuite bedrooms, 13 teaching rooms supported by 40 syndicate rooms, dining and bar facilities and includes a private dining room, games room and exercise room.
Reservations may be made direct with our Central Sales Office on (024) 7652 3222.
Department of Physical Education and Sport
Director of Physical Education and Sport: T. Monnington, BA, MA Birm, TCert
The indoor and outdoor sports and physical recreation facilities on the University campus are very substantial, catering for a broad range of interests. Outdoors, the facilities include extensive playing fields for football, rugby, hockey, cricket, American football and lacrosse, primarily located on the Cryfield area of campus adjacent to our outstanding sports pavilion. In addition there are two floodlit, all-weather, sand-filled pitches; ideal for hockey and an artificial grass pitch, designed specifically to provide training and match facilities for contact sports, especially football and rugby. The artificial pitches are located on the Westwood Campus complemented by a recently refurbished Mondo, eight-lane 400-metre athletics track and nine porous tarmacadam tennis courts (six of which are also available for netball). Current redevelopment of our Westwood tennis courts include construction of a 4 court indoor tennis centre and provision of floodlighting on the remaining four outdoor courts for tennis and netball. Three synthetic grass tennis courts complete the extensive range of outdoor sports facilities, located on Central Campus.
Indoors the University Sports Centre on Central Campus incorporates two four-court sports halls (one of which provides four indoor cricket bays), a 25-metre, six-lane swimming pool, six squash courts and a multi-purpose gymnasium for such activities as martial arts, table tennis and fitness training. The Centre has also had an indoor Climbing Room for several years. In the summer of 2004 this room was significantly redesigned and improved. Construction of an independent bouldering room has made Warwick a major indoor climbing centre of regional significance. In 2003, a new fitness gym was also opened with 80 exercise stations, complemented by a refurbished weights room. In addition, an air-conditioned studio was also opened. On the Westwood campus there is a third sports hall, which is used for a number of indoor sports. The University now has sports facilities that are the envy of most UK institutions of higher education and was awarded a five star rating by the Sunday Times in its Good University Guide in 2005/06. It was further ranked in the top 4 institutions in the country for its quality sports facilities, support services and intra-mural activities on campus in the Times ‘Good University Guide 2007’.
To support sports participation a new sports administration was created in 2004/05, Warwick Sport. The new organisation has responsibility for organising all sport on campus, with significantly increased resources, to support an expanded programme of activities to further enhance the quality of the sporting experience at Warwick. Membership of Warwick Sport rose during the 2006/7 academic year to nearly 10,000 staff and students.
The Sports facilities on the Central Campus open as follows:
| Monday - Sunday | 7.15am - 10.00pm |
The finishing time for all activities is half an hour before the closing times above.
University Senior Tutor
| University Senior Tutor | S.J. Lamb, BA Birm, MA Warw |
The principal duties of the University Senior Tutor are to co-ordinate the Personal Tutor system; to consider and propose training schemes for Personal Tutors; to liaise with and, where appropriate, co-ordinate the activities of those individuals, organisations and administrative offices which fulfil a student welfare function within the University and to give support, help and advice to individual students; and to co-ordinate the provision of services and the handling of problems relating to students with disabilities. The Senior Tutor is an ex officio member of the Senate.
University Counselling Service
| Head of Counselling | S. Crookes, BA, MEd Birm, CQSW, DipSocWork, Cert.EmailCounselling, BACP Accred, AUCC (part-time) |
| Counsellors | H. Czepkowski, MA, BEd Warw, DipCounselling, DipCaseworkSupervision, DipPastoralCare A. Pablow, BSc Coventry, DipCounselling, BACP Accred, AUCC (part-time) S. Tarren, MA York, DipCo, CertCo, DipCaseworkSupervision, Cert.EmailCounselling, Cert BACP Accred, AUCC (part-time) L. Warkinson, BA Warw, DipCounselling, BACP Accred, AUCC (part-time) R. Worsley, MA Camb, MPhil Birm, MA Warw, PCGE, BACP Accred, AUCC (part-time) |
The principal duties of the University Counselling Service is to offer confidential, professional counselling to all students and staff of the University by means of face to face counselling, group work, email or such forms relevant to the population; to act as a consultative service to members of the institution on matters of concern in relation to the emotional of pschological health and well-being of all members of rhe University where such difficulties are impairing academic performance or their capacity to fulfil their employment responsibilities; and to facilitate skills training in relation to areas of counselling expertise.
University Health Service
General Medical Services
The Health Centre is situated on the main campus and is open from 9am – 6pm, Monday to Friday during term time and 9am– 5pm during vacations. Two GP group practices work from here, both having male and female doctors. Both practices run an appointment system.
In conjunction with the nursing staff, general medical services are provided for patients registered with these GP practices including travel and contraceptive /sexual health clinics. Nurse practitioners hold daily minor illness sessions for self-limiting medical conditions. Details of arrangements for home visits and emergency medical consultations outside office hours are provided on registration. There is a physiotherapy service based in the Health Centre to which the GPs can refer patients. Normally the doctors are only on site when holding surgeries. There are Nurse Practitioners or Practice Nurses available, usually by appointment, between 9am – 6pm (5pm in vacation).
All students living on campus should register at the Health Centre as soon as possible. Students living off campus in Coventry may also be able to register. In an emergency the staff at the Health Centre will give whatever assistance is appropriate to any student, staff or visitor on site who is ill whether or not they are registered with either practice. However anyone registered with another GP in the vicinity will only be seen by a doctor in a medical emergency. UK students should bring their NHS number or NHS card and details of their previous GP with them in order to register. Overseas female students who hold the results of a cervical smear or PAP test should give this information to the Health Centre.
For further information, please contact the Health Centre on ext: 24888. Web Site: www.uwhc.org.uk
Careers Centre
Director: H. R. Wooldridge Smith, BA Brad, MA Leeds
The Centre aims to enhance the employablity of Warwick students and recent graduates and develop their capacity to move self-sufficiently into, and within the labour market to fulfil their potential through sustainable employment. To this end we offer careers guidance, a range of activities that develop the career management skills of our students, a comprehensive range of employer presentations and recruitment fairs and on and off-line careers resources. We run a Career Management Certificate which is credit-bearing. Full details of our programme of workshops, fairs and presentations are listed on our website, http://go.warwick.ac.uk/careers. Our website offers a comprehensive range of needs-based advice and information links to allow our users to explore their options and research their career strategies in this most accessible medium.
We encourage students to start thinking about their future careers and developing the skills that recruiters seek as early as the first year of their undergraduate degree. Approximately 60% of graduate opportunities are filled on the basis of genuine career interest, evidence of skills and potential to develop, rather than knowledge or relevance of degree subject. For most students it takes considerable time and effort to research these opportunities and to formulate their decisions from this range of choice. We recommend that students start to research their options, gain experience and formulate their plans from their first year.
Vacations offer students a significant opportunity to gain an insight into graduate work through work experience. We encourage students to make full use of the support that we give them in identifying and obtaining such opportunities, reflecting on their experiences and using these to exemplify their suitability for graduate employment. The Centre has a dedicated Work Experience team which offers bursary funding for students wishing to undertake unpaid opportunities.
We offer short guidance appointments bookable up to a week in advance between 10.00am and 5.00pm most weekdays in term time and most days in the vacations. Where desirable a longer guidance consultation will be made by a Careers Consultant following this initial discussion.
We are located in the Student Development and Support Centre on the ground floor of University House. Our information resource, the Careers Hub is located within the ground floor of the Learning Grid.
Opening hours:
For advice and help:
| Monday | 10.30am - 5.00pm |
| Tuesday - Thursday | 9.00am - 5.00pm |
| Friday | 9.00am - 4.00pm |
For information and resources:
The Careers Hub, with all our information and resources, is open 24/7. The Help Desk is typically manned from 9.00am to 5.00pm or into the early evening during term.
In January 2004 the Service achieved accreditation under the ‘ Matrix’ Quality Standards for its advice and guidance and was one of two UK universities awarded a Matrix Excellence Award in November 2004. In May 2005 we were voted 4th best University Careers Service by the Association of Graduate Recruiters. The Service strives to achieve excellence on behalf of the students it serves.
Chaplaincy
| Chaplains |
Fr. P.J. Fernando BPh, BTh Rome, BSc Lond, MSc, DipEd Sri Lanka |
Founded and built in 1974 by the Christian and Jewish communities, the Chaplaincy Centre is well situated at the heart of the University campus. The Chaplaincy is a vibrant space open to all members of the University community. You can come here for meetings, to relax or study together, enjoy light refreshments, or spend time in public worship or quiet thought. It’s a popular gathering place that welcomes students of any or no faith.
The Chaplaincy is home to the Anglican, Roman Catholic, Free Church, Muslim and Jewish chaplains, who are always glad to meet students socially and pastorally. As a valued part of the University’s Welfare network, the chaplains offer everyone a sympathetic ear in total confidence.
There are regular services for all denominations as well as many social events. Christian groups meet several times a week for prayer, Bible study and discussion. On Friday nights Jewish students meet for the Shabbat meal, a kosher kitchen is available in the building. A beautifully appointed Islamic Prayer Hall was inaugurated last March, providing the diverse Muslim community on campus with a superb new facility. This is located next to the existing Chaplaincy building.
The new Chaplaincy website can be found at the following web address: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/chaplaincy/
Nursery
Nursery Manager: Debbie Castle
The University Nursery has premises at Westwood with accommodation for up to 47 children between the ages of three months and five years. The children of both student and staff parents are accepted.
Charges for 2007-2008 are as follows:
| Full week | Full day | Morning session | Afternoon session | |
| Under 3 | £191.25 | £38.50 | £20.00 | £18.50 |
| Over 3 | £153.25 | £31.00 | £16.50 | £14.75 |
The opening hours are as follows (all year round)
| Monday – Thursday | 8.15am – 5.45pm |
| Friday | 8.15am - 5.15pm |
The Nursery is open all the year round, except for one week in August and customary and statutory holidays.
Places are offered on a first come first served basis.
Please see our website www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/nursery for further details.