FAQs about Open Days

Yes, everyone is welcome to attend our open days.

However, because of space limitations, we encourage you to only bring one guest.

Where additional guests are not permitted, there are many other alternative activities listed in the programme which they may want to take part in or they can enjoy a coffee while they wait.

Explore our cafés and restaurants.

Yes, all of our Open Days require booking in advance due to their popularity.

You should also pre-book any specific talks and sessions you wish to attend throughout the day.

See our guidance on accessibility here.

Please cancel your place on the Open Day by clicking on the link in your confirmation email called 'View my booking'. Alternatively you can let us know by emailing opendays@warwick.ac.uk.

Under the Agenda tab, you will see ‘My Registered Sessions’ on the far right. Under this, you will see all the sessions you have chosen so far. We recommend you add your sessions to your own personal calendar to get reminders of what sessions you have booked. You can do this by clicking ‘Add to Calendar’ and you can choose to add to your Google, Outlook, iCal or Yahoo account.

You can remove yourself from a session at any time and this will open a space for someone else. To do this, go to ‘My Registered Sessions’, and click the seat icon on the top left. You will then be prompted to confirm if you wish to remove the session from your schedule or keep this in. You can choose any additional sessions you want, as long as there are spaces still available on your chosen session.

Follow this process:

1. Make sure you book your place on the event by filling in your details on the booking form.
2. You will then receive a confirmation email which will contain a link to the Agenda page so you can choose your sessions.
3. You will see a small seat icon on the top left hand side of your chosen session which will book your place onto this session.
   
4. You can then repeat this process and choose further sessions using the above points.

The University is located in the heart of England, 3 miles (5 kilometres) from the centre of Coventry, on the border with Warwickshire. Whether you're travelling to the University by car or public transport, there are many ways of travelling here.

See our advice on how to get to campus.

Please ask all of your students to register individually for the Open Day so that they can pre-book sessions. Additionally, please email opendays@warwick.ac.uk with details of your school so that we can give you information about coach parking.

Don't worry, all of the sessions are being recorded so you can view them at anytime afterwards. Please cancel your place to allow someone else to attend.

Please try the following troubleshooting if you experience problems accessing your sessions:

Make sure you are logged in to choose your sessions. To do this, don’t input your email address again on the Agenda page, go back to the confirmation email in your inbox and repeat the process detailed above.

In order for you to access the sessions you have to book your place by registering on the site; as long as you've done this you can book on and enter any session up to 2 minutes before it starts.

Have a look back at the site as there are many of the same sessions running across different days. All of the sessions are also being recorded so you can view it at any time.

Be sure to check your spam or junk folder in your inbox first to see if it is in there. If your email is not in there and has not come through, contact us on opendays@warwick.ac.uk with your name and the email address you booked through and we will help to resolve this for you.

• When joining the session, you will be asked to enable your webcam and microphone. Please do not do this unless you are attending an interactive session. Any questions you have can asked in the live chat text boxes.

• Moderators will not enable your microphones and webcam, should you happen to leave them on, unless you join an interactive session

• Any comments you post in the Room Chat will appear to all attendees in the session.

• Please avoid sharing any personal information within the session. This includes your address, surname, email address, phone number, school or college, usernames or any sensitive personal information.

• In the unlikely event that you see or hear anything upsetting or inappropriate in the course of the online event, please use the Q&A live chat to contact the moderator privately.

• Be aware that all sessions will be recorded.

• We want a session where people feel safe to share their views, and to challenge the views of others. Please be courteous to other attendees, even if you disagree with them.

• Do not record the online session, take screenshots, or share images or recordings of the session, via emails or on social media

• We will avoid one-to-one online interaction with anyone under 18 if no other trusted adult is also in the session. If this situation occurs by accident, for instance because another participant has lost connection, we will terminate the session.

• Since our sessions include some under 18s, we discourage swearing and do not allow content of a violent or sexual nature.

Many departments are holding drop-in sessions on the day, including tours, demonstrations and Q&A sessions. There's also the opportunity to attend our virtual open days.

You can access our event platform through the webpage on a desktop computer, laptop, or mobile device. Our event platform officially supports Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Microsoft Edge (Chromium). You may be able to use other browsers, but they are not officially supported. If possible, we recommend using a device with the above-listed browsers. We also recommend you disable all pop-up blockers and ad-blockers as they might interfere with the session broadcasting.

Our Open Days consist of both central and academic activities that you can join. Our full programme of activities will be made available before the events so that you can plan your day to make the most of your visit. You will also be able to pick up a copy of the Open Day ProgrammeLink opens in a new window and Campus MapLink opens in a new window from one of our Information Points when you arrive on the day.

Our central offerings include a 'Welcome to Warwick' talk (lasting approximately 30 minutes), campus tours, and accommodation viewings. Drop in to our Information and Societies Fair and meet staff and students from a variety of societies, student support services and academic departments that all contribute to the student experience at Warwick.

Information Fair

• English and Comparative Literary Studies
• School for Cross-faculty Studies (GSD, Liberal Arts and Design Studies)
• Community Safety Team
• Residential Community Team
• Student Funding Support
• Wellbeing and Student Support
• Counselling and Psychotherapy Services
• Disability Team
• Student Opportunity
• Study Abroad
• Warwick Accommodation
• Widening Participation at Warwick
• Admissions
• Degree Apprenticeships
• Warwick Foundation Studies
• Theatre and Performance Studies
• Warwick Medical School
• Language Centre
• Music Centre
• Advice Centre
• Students' Union
• Warwick Sport

There is no specific start time to the event, it depends which session you book as your first activity. Some activities are drop-ins and run throughout the day.

You are able to enter the virtual room from 2 minutes before your session is due to start.

We have a wide variety of food and drink outlets on campus, and you can find the opening times for the Open Days on our website.

You can book to stay in our below onsite accommodation at Warwick Conferences. Use the promo code OPENDAYBB for a discount. Please note that the following accommodation is only open for booking (subject to availability) on the below dates:

• 11th October – Radcliffe (10th October is also available - subject to availability)
• 25th October – Scarman (24th October is also available - subject to availability)

You can access the link to your session in the following ways:

• Go to ‘My Registered Sessions’ under the Agenda tab to view your session links.
• Follow the link to your session from your personal calendar if you have added this in after your booking.
• Follow the link you received in the email you received after booking your place at the event.

Email reminders are not sent automatically. We recommend that you add your chosen sessions to your personal calendar; and set up an alert.