CS_MyWarwick_newsletter_23_24_Term 2_ Week_2_ RD

Subject:
New campus bus service, Tri-Grid sporting challenge and the SU's free breakfast club...
From:
The Student Communications Team
To:
1St Year Ug Student <warwickazorus+ug1st@gmail.com>
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Hello 1St Year Ug,


Your Week 2 newsletter

Welcome to your Week 2 newsletter. We hope you've had a great start to Term 2! From free breakfasts at the Students' Union to the Social Impact Careers Fair, there's plenty happening on campus. Why not challenge yourself and join the Warwick Tri-Grid Challenge in February, or try your hand at filmmaking by entering the Warwick Presents Take 24 competition? Read on to find out more...
 

Latest news and updates 

Running

Warwick Tri-Grid
Challenge

Challenge yourself, get active and have fun. Warwick’s Tri-Grid Challenge (19 February to 3 March) is your chance to track how far you run, walk, swim and cycle over two weeks, to earn points and win prizes. Enter individually or as a team today.

Person walking towards bus

New campus
bus service

The University has partnered with National Express to fund a dedicated bus service, providing regular transport between the main campus, Leamington Spa and Warwick Innovation Campus, twice a day from Monday to Friday. Find out more.



 
Breakfast items

Free Breakfast
Club

Brought to you by your Students’ Union’s VP Welfare & Campaigns, join the (Free) Breakfast Club every Tuesday and Thursday from 8-11am in the SU Green Room until the end of term. Grab some tasty snacks and a hot drink, so you’re fuelled to kickstart your day.

Housemates wanted

Housemates
Wanted

Looking for housemates or accommodation for this year or next year? The Students’ Union’s Housemates Wanted page allows you to easily list and manage your own posts to help you find housemates or accommodation.



 

Get involved


Student Accommodation Survey

Whether you’re living on campus, renting in the local area or living at home with family or friends, help shape the services Warwick Accommodation can offer and you could win 1 of 16 Amazon vouchers.

Take 24: Filmmaking Competition

Warwick's 24-hour filmmaking competition returns for 2024! The clock starts ticking at 6pm on 2 February. Teams will have just 24 hours to write, shoot and edit a short film. Our judging panel will name their winners, and
we'll reveal all at a prize screening on campus. Sign up before the end of January.

Be part of British Science Week

British Science Week runs from 8 - 17 March and the Warwick Institute of Engagement is running a number of events to join the celebration. If you’d like to share your passion for STEM with the public, we need your expertise to make these events happen! Express your interest here.

 

What's on

Postgraduates at a fair

Social Impact
Careers Fair

The Social Impact Careers Fair takes place on 24 January. Explore a career in the charity sector, public sector, international development and sustainability. You can talk to employers about career opportunities and get an insight into how to begin your career in these sectors.

Mindu Hornick

Holocaust
Memorial Day

Join two speaker events on Wednesday 31 January to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. Mindu Hornick MBE, a 93-year-old Auschwitz survivor, shares her experiences of being torn from home at just 12 years old, while Professor Zoe Waxman (University of Oxford) discusses women’s experience of the Holocaust.



 

Spotlight on...

The Big Garden Birdwatch

At Warwick, we’re hosting a presentation in conjunction with the local RSPB Coventry and Warwickshire Group to prepare people to take part in the Big Garden Birdwatch, the world’s largest annual garden wildlife survey. Last year, over 9.1 million birds were recorded in the survey.

Join the presentation on 24 January to find out how you can get involved in the Big Garden Birdwatch (26 - 28 January) on campus!


Robin in snow


Best wishes,

Raneem
and the Student Communications team