Welcome to Term 3 - we hope you had a good break! There's plenty going on this term whether you're working, preparing for assesments or taking a break from study.
This week you can sign up for FAB Fest - the Faculty of Arts Building opening festival, see Moana on the piazza big screen and go along to Workshop Wednesdays where you can get creative and meet new people. Bookings are also now open for the Active Bystander Intervention course to develop your skills and confidence to safely challenge harmful behaviour. You can also take a travel survey, apply to become a residential community assistant and get involved in a project looking at our research culture and representation. Read on for more.
A reminder of our guidance for keeping safe this term - you’re strongly advised to continue wearing a face covering in teaching, learning and study spaces and you should stay at home if you feel unwell, have symptoms or test positive for Covid-19 or any other infectious disease. You should let your Personal Tutor or department Senior Tutor know if you’re unwell. We will continue to let you know about campus vaccination clinics - book a slot for Thursday 28 April 9.30 - 13.00.
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Campus and Community
Warwick Presents: plan in your time for fun and take a break from studies
Warwick Presents is your best way to stay up-to-date with any upcoming local and on-campus events involving: food, activities, arts and music. This week we'd like to highlight Workshop Wednesdays, where you can join local artists each Wednesday to try something new by creating or making something. Find out more about this weekly, free event. Also, this week, come to the Piazza on Tuesday 26 April at 7:30 to enjoy free popcorn and watch Moana on the Big Screen!
Apply to become a Residential Community Assistant
Third and fourth year undergraduates and postgraduate students can now apply to become Residential Community Assistants next academic year and applications are now open until 29 April. If you're interested in supporting students and creating a sense of community within halls of residences, why not apply today?
FAB Fest - come along to Faculty of Arts Building opening ceremony and festival
You're invited to the official opening of the Faculty of Arts Building taking place from midday on Friday, 20 May. The opening ceremony will be followed by FAB Fest – a festival celebrating the arts at Warwick. Join an afternoon of workshops, activities, performances and other events taking place right across the building and green spaces in the vicinity. Events will be delivered by staff, students, alumni and guests, and will include VR gaming experiences, Bridgerton dance workshops, Roman cookery demonstrations, escape room experiences and much more!
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and our campus
We’ve been chosen to host a Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games athletes’ village over the summer, when nearly 2,000 competitors from the Games will be on campus, training and making use of our world-class facilities. From mid-June we’ll be getting campus ready to welcome the competitors – and we’ll be in touch if any of these preparations will affect you. Find out more about what the Games mean for our local communities and how you can get close to the action in Coventry, Leamington and Warwick.
Travel survey - take part to win prizes
We’d really appreciate it if you could take 10 minutes to tell us how you view your travel options and challenges as you get to and from Warwick. Your views will help us develop plans for campus travel and access. Complete the survey and you'll be entered into a draw to win some great prizes.
#WarwickSpring - enter our photography competition
Whether on or off campus, show us what your spring looks like this year in a photo or video for the chance to win one of three Love2Shop vouchers. Find out more and submit your entry...
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Student Opportunity and Events
Book onto our Active Bystander Intervention Course
Bookings are now open for the Active Bystander Intervention course where you can develop the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to safely challenge unacceptable behaviour. Explore what being an Active Bystander is, how we can challenge harmful social norms, and techniques and strategies we can use to intervene when it’s safe to do so. The course is open to UGs and PGTs, is HEAR accredited, and you'll get a certificate of participation. Sign up for the course.
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Learning, teaching and research
Study residential modules online and abroad - apply now!
Warwick's International Intensive Study Programme (WIISP) modules provide a short-term opportunity to study alongside students on residential modules in Venice, Brussels and Warwick and online. Apply now for online modules by 12 noon on Tuesday 3 May (including the popular Achieving Sustainability: Potentials and Barriers). Applications for residential modules close at 4pm on 16 May (including overseas modules eligible for Turing funding).
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Best wishes,
and the Student Communications Team
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