November Open Day at Warwick
Join us on campus in November
Saturday 6 November
This Open Day is especially aimed at prospective students for Arts subjects at Warwick, but everyone is welcome to attend.
If you are a prospective student for a Faculty of Arts subject, on Saturday 6 November you will have the opportunity to attend in-person academic sessions and be able to see our new Faculty of Arts building.
Whilst there is no Academic activity for courses in our Faculties of Social Sciences and Science, Engineering and Medicine, it is still a great opportunity for you to visit our amazing campus and to take part in the activities listed below.
What subjects are part of the Faculty of Arts?
- Classics and Ancient History
- Creative Writing
- English Literature
- Film and Television Studies
- Global Sustainable Development
- History
- History of Art
- Liberal Arts
- Media and Creative Industries
- Modern Languages and Cultures
- Theatre and Performance Studies
Faculty of Arts building
Take a tour of campus
Go on a guided Campus Tour with current students. See the Students’ Union building, Warwick Arts Centre, Library, Oculus, cafés, bars and food outlets, and more. You also can visit the new Sports and Wellness Hub facilities and there will be some tours available too.
Experience the new Faculty of Arts building
You'll be one of the first visitors to get an exclusive tour of our brand new building! It's still getting its final touches but you’ll be able to see some of the key teaching spaces. You can read more about FAB here.
What if I miss my slot or they're all full?
You can still explore campus with a self-guided tour instead with our accompanying audio guide.
Relaxed paced tours
If you need a tour to go at a slower pace or in a smaller group, we are able to offer relaxed paced tours from 2pm. Just let our staff know that you would like to go on a relaxed paced tour and they will be happy to help.
The Faculty of Arts building stairs
Explore accommodation
Walking through our accommodation villages will give you a feel for the environment each residence is situated in and help you imagine what living on campus will be like.
Chat 121 online with the Accommodation Team
Available throughout the day from 9:00 to 17:00 via live chat to answer your questions. You can also scan the QR code on each residence display board to see the hall options and pricing for the current academic year and chat with the team to find out how we allocate, how to apply, your first year accommodation options, moving out after your first year and more.
Ask us anything you’d like to know about accommodation during your time at Warwick.
Can I go inside accommodation?
You cannot physically go inside the accommodation yet due to Covid regulations. However, when you are near your block, why not use our accommodation video tours to get an idea of what it's like inside? Simply click through to each hall webpage to see internal images and video fly throughs.
What will I see on the accommodation trail?
We have two Accommodation Trails, one taking you through the following blocks:
- Central Campus
- Tocil
- Arthur Vick
- Jack Martin
- Rootes
- Bluebell
- Cryfield
And another taking you through Lakeside Village:
- Heronbank
- Lakeside
- Sherbourne
Talk to current staff and students
Information Fair
You can use our Information Fair to talk to staff from departments across the University including:
- Community Safety
- Student Opportunity
- Students' Union
- Sustainability
- Wellbeing Support Services
- Warwick Sport
Staff and students will also be available to talk to from Academic departments including:
- Applied Linguistics
- Classics & Ancient History
- Economics
- English and Comparative Literary Studies
- Global Sustainable Development
- History
- Liberal Arts
- Philosophy
- Politics & International Studies
- PPE
- EPP
- PPL
- Psychology
- School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures
- School of Engineering
- School of Law
- Sociology
- Warwick Business School
- Warwick Medical School
Societies Fair
Our Societies Fair will give you an idea of the breadth of societies on offer at Warwick, and talk to current student society executives.
Before you come
- Do a Lateral Flow Test before visiting – keeping everyone as safe as possible is our priority.
- Plan who you are bringing as your one guest.
- Bring your facemasks (unless you are exempt) as we strongly encourage you to wear one inside buildings and in busy areas.
- Pay for parking in advance to save time on the day.
- Take a look at our interactive campus map, to get an idea of where everything is happening on the day and how to get there.
On the day
- Tell us you are here! You will receive a link to check in online via text or SMS to check-in online.
- Collect an Open Day campus map from one of our Information Points.
- Take a tour or self-guided tour of campus.
- Follow the Accommodation Trails round Central Campus and Lakeside Village.
- Scan the QR code on each residence display board to see the hall options and pricing for the current academic year. You can also join a 121 live chat to speak directly with the Accommodation Team to ask questions about accommodation at Warwick. Find out how we allocate, how to apply, your first year accommodation options and anything else you’d like to know.
- Visit our Societies Fair
- Visit our Information Fair
If you are travelling by car
When you book your open day ticket you will be asked to choose an arrival time slot. Please try to stick to your time slot as this will help minimise queues and allow the day to run smoothly. When you arrive on campus, you will be directed to one of our on-site car parks by one of our parking team. Make sure you make a note of where you’ve parked so you can find your car again later.
You will then be met by our friendly Open Day ambassadors who will then help you find your way around campus.
If you are travelling by train
If you are arriving by public transport you will still need to choose an arrival slot on our booking form.
Where are the toilets on campus?
Our Open Day ambassadors will direct you to the nearest toilet to your arrival point or car park. All of the buildings labelled on the Open Day campus map will have toilets which are accessible.
Don't forget...
Come and chat to as many people as possible.
- Visit the Information Fair to chat to staff and support staff.
- Visit the Societies Fair to chat to students and see the huge variety of societies you could join.
- Visit your department.
Remember to stay safe by keeping a 2 metre distance from other visitors, staff and students whenever you can.
See the answers to all your questions
We know you have lots of questions about your visit, so we've put some of our most frequently asked questions online including:
- What happens when I arrive?
- How long can I stay on campus?
- How many people can I bring with me?
Enjoy campus safely
Our priority is the safety of all our visitors and our staff and students.
Face masks
In line with Government guidance, we are asking visitors to wear a face mask when visiting campus, particularly indoors, unless you are exempt. Their latest guidance makes it clear that we are not at the end of the pandemic, and still need caution.
Asking visitors to wear a face covering is among the measures we have put in place to ensure everyone can enjoy their visit safely. We will continue to review our approach in line with Government guidance and feedback from our visitors.
Lateral Flow Tests (LFTS)
We also strongly recommend that all visitors take a free lateral flow test (available to order online or from your local pharmacy) before attending an Open Day.
Other measures
We are also working to keep you safe in other ways:
- Not filling rooms where sessions are taking place to capacity, to enable some distancing.
- Putting one-way systems and 1.5m distancing in place whenever possible
- Making as much activity as we can bookable, to avoid overcrowding
Find out more about our Covid safety measures on our Safety on Campus website.
Take a tour of campus
Go on a guided Campus Tour with current students. See the Students’ Union building, Warwick Arts Centre, Library, Oculus, cafés, bars and food outlets, and more.
You can visit the new Sports and Wellness Hub facilities and there will be some tours available too.
What if I miss my slot or they're all full?
You can still explore campus with a self-guided tour instead with our accompanying audio guide.
Explore accommodation
Walking through our accommodation villages will give you a feel for the environment each residence is situated in and help you imagine what living on campus will be like.
Chat 121 online with the Accommodation Team
Available throughout the day from 9:00 to 17:00 via live chat to answer your questions. You can also scan the QR code on each residence display board to see the hall options and pricing for the current academic year and chat with the team to find out how we allocate, how to apply, your first year accommodation options, moving out after your first year and more.
Ask us anything you’d like to know about accommodation during your time at Warwick.
Can I go inside accommodation?
You cannot physically go inside the accommodation yet due to Covid regulations. However, when you are near your block, why not use our accommodation video tours to get an idea of what it's like inside? Simply click through to each hall webpage to see internal images and video fly throughs.
What will I see on the accommodation trail?
We have two Accommodation Trails, one taking you through the following blocks:
- Central Campus
- Tocil
- Arthur Vick
- Jack Martin
- Rootes
- Bluebell
- Cryfield
And another taking you through Lakeside Village:
- Heronbank
- Lakeside
- Sherbourne
Talk to current staff and students
Information Fair
You can use our Information Fair to talk to staff from departments across the University including:
- Community Safety
- Student Opportunity
- Students' Union
- Sustainability
- Wellbeing Support Services
- Warwick Sport
Staff and students will also be available to talk to from Academic departments including:
- Applied Linguistics
- Classics & Ancient History
- Economics
- English and Comparative Literary Studies
- Global Sustainable Development
- History
- Liberal Arts
- Philosophy
- Politics & International Studies
- PPE
- EPP
- PPL
- Psychology
- School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures
- School of Engineering
- School of Law
- Sociology
- Warwick Business School
- Warwick Medical School
Societies Fair
Our Societies Fair will give you an idea of the breadth of societies on offer at Warwick, and talk to current student society executives.
Meet your Department
Please note, we won’t be holding any academic presentations on campus in October as we are limiting large gatherings indoors.
Instead, we encourage you to also attend our Virtual Open Days to attend sessions from academic departments and learn about our courses.
Our departments are currently planning the following activities:
- Applied Linguistics: Undergraduate programmes drop-in sessions
- Chemistry: bookable department tours
- Classics and Ancient History: meet staff and students in the Information Fair
- Computer Science: bookable chats with staff and students and bookable tours
- Creative Writing: meet staff and students in the Information Fair
- Economics: due to the popularity of Economics it is not possible to hold activity and enable all visitors to be socially distanced. We are working on ways to connect prospective students with current students on the day.
- Education Studies: bookable Q&A with Admissions, bookable Q&A with Dr Mark Pulsford, and bookable student-led department tours.
- Engineering: bookable student-led tours
- English Literature: meet staff and students in the Information Fair
- Film and Television Studies: meet staff and students in the Information Fair
- Global Sustainable Development: meet students in the Information Fair
- History: meet staff and students in the Information Fair
- History of Art: meet staff and students in the Information Fair
- Law: due to the popularity of Law it is not possible to hold activity and enable all visitors to be socially distanced. We are developing plans to connect prospective students with current students on the day.
- Liberal Arts: meet staff and students in the Information Fair
- Life Sciences (Biology): bookable tours of department, Life Sciences demonstrations and information posters
- Mathematics: bookable student-led department tours
- Media and Creative Industries: meet staff and students in the Information Fair
- Modern Languages and Cultures: meet staff and students in the Information Fair
- MORSE, Mathematics and Statistics, Data Science: Bookable building tour and chats with current students and staff
- Philosophy: bookable student-led department tours. Drop in sessions from 10am to 3pm with the Philosophy Admissions Tutor and Philosophy Academic. Marquee outside Social Sciences.
- Physics: bookable department tours, bookable demonstrations, and bookable meet the Head of Department and Admissions Tutor
- Politics and International Studies: drop-in marquee outside Social Sciences, why study Politics and International Studies at Warwick?
- Psychology: bookable department tour
- Sociology: drop-in marquee outside Social Sciences, Why study Sociology at Warwick?
- Theatre and Performance Studies: meet staff and students in the Information Fair
- Warwick Business School: undergraduate admissions drop-in, and bookable student-led tour of WBS
- WMG:
- BSc Cyber Security bookable campus tours
- BSc Digital Healthcare Science: meet staff in the Information Fair
- Warwick Medical School
- MSci Integrated Science Demo 1: eduWOSM engineering – drop-in
- MSci Integrated Science Demo 2: Crawling proteins – drop-in
- MSci Integrated Science Demo 3: Swimming Plants -– drop-in
- MSci Integrated Science Demo 4: Turing patterns – drop-in
- BSc Health and Medical Sciences Drop-in
What if I can't meet my department on the day?
You can meet all the departments in our Virtual Open Days.
Before you come
- Do a Lateral Flow Test before visiting – keeping everyone as safe as possible is our priority.
- Plan who you are bringing as your one guest.
- Bring your facemasks (unless you are exempt) as we strongly encourage you to wear one inside buildings and in busy areas.
- Pay for parking in advance to save time on the day.
- Take a look at our interactive campus map, to get an idea of where everything is happening on the day and how to get there.
On the day
- Tell us you are here! You will receive a link to check in online via text or SMS to check-in online.
- Collect an Open Day campus map from one of our Information Points.
- Take a tour or self-guided tour of campus.
- Follow the Accommodation Trails round Central Campus and Lakeside Village.
- Scan the QR code on each residence display board to see the hall options and pricing for the current academic year. You can also join a 121 live chat to speak directly with the Accommodation Team to ask questions about accommodation at Warwick. Find out how we allocate, how to apply, your first year accommodation options and anything else you’d like to know.
- Visit our Societies Fair
- Visit our Information Fair
If you are travelling by car
When you book your open day ticket you will be asked to choose an arrival time slot. Please try to stick to your time slot as this will help minimise queues and allow the day to run smoothly. When you arrive on campus, you will be directed to one of our on-site car parks by one of our parking team. Make sure you make a note of where you’ve parked so you can find your car again later.
You will then be met by our friendly Open Day ambassadors who will then help you find your way around campus.
If you are travelling by train
If you are arriving by public transport you will still need to choose an arrival slot on our booking form.
Where are the toilets on campus?
Our Open Day ambassadors will direct you to the nearest toilet to your arrival point or car park. All of the buildings labelled on the Open Day campus map will have toilets which are accessible.
Don't forget...
Come and chat to as many people as possible.
- Visit the Information Fair to chat to staff and support staff.
- Visit the Societies Fair to chat to students and see the huge variety of societies you could join.
- Visit your department.
Remember to stay safe by keeping a 2 metre distance from other visitors, staff and students whenever you can.
See the answers to all your questions
We know you have lots of questions about your visit, so we've put some of our most frequently asked questions online including:
- What happens when I arrive?
- How long can I stay on campus?
- How many people can I bring with me?
Enjoy campus safely
Our priority is the safety of all our visitors and our staff and students.
Face masks
In line with Government guidance, we are asking visitors to wear a face mask when visiting campus, particularly indoors, unless you are exempt. Their latest guidance makes it clear that we are not at the end of the pandemic, and still need caution.
Asking visitors to wear a face covering is among the measures we have put in place to ensure everyone can enjoy their visit safely. We will continue to review our approach in line with Government guidance and feedback from our visitors.
Lateral Flow Tests (LFTS)
We also strongly recommend that all visitors take a free lateral flow test (available to order online or from your local pharmacy) before attending an Open Day.
Other measures
We are also working to keep you safe in other ways:
- Not filling rooms where sessions are taking place to capacity, to enable some distancing.
- Putting one-way systems and 1.5m distancing in place whenever possible
- Making as much activity as we can bookable, to avoid overcrowding
Find out more about our Covid safety measures on our Safety on Campus website.
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