UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON

UNDERGRADUATE OPEN DAY UNDERGRADUATE OPEN DAY Wednesday 25 June, 2pm – 6pm Boston Manor Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GA

uwl.ac.uk/ open 94% of our graduates are 25 JUNE in employment

2014 within six months of graduating* Welcome to the University of West London

We are delighted that you are interested in studying at the University of West London and look forward to meeting you. Contents The open day will be a great opportunity for Your arrival 4 WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON you to find out more about the course you Tours 6 are interested in and see why 94% of our graduates are in employment within six Course Information Fair 8 months of graduating*. One Stop Shop 10 Deciding which university to apply for can be Subject talks 12 tough, and we hope our open day will help Talks planner 14 you to make an informed decision. Please do

not hesitate to ask any of the team if you General advice 18 CONTENTS have any questions. How to find us 20 Future Campus 23 Professor Peter John Registration fast-track 27 Vice-Chancellor University of West London

* According to Employment Performance Indicators (EPI) figures published by HESA in 2013. Graduates who have studied an undergraduate degree programme.

2 3 Your arrival

When you arrive, please go to the main reception at our Brentford site, Paragon, where we will collect your completed fast-track registration form (which can be found on page 27 of this booklet) or where you will be able to register if you have not done this already. YOUR ARRIVAL Refreshments Free tea and coffee will be available throughout the day.

Helpdesk If you need any advice or help throughout the day you can visit our Helpdesk. The team there will be able to answer your questions, direct you around campus and advise you on how to make the most of your day.

4 5 Tours Tours

General campus tours Nursing and Midwifery Simulation Accommodation tours We believe the best people to show you Centre tours Paragon is our award-winning student around our facilities are our current students. Our Simulation Centre has state-of-the-art accommodation which has 810 ensuite Who better to give you a real insight into facilities to allow for hands-on training. The single study bedrooms, each with communal what it’s like to be a student at the University Centre is able to replicate theatre, critical kitchen/dining areas, fitted to the highest of West London? care, A&E (Accident and Emergency), standards including WiFi. It is located at our midwifery, ward-based and community Brentford site. Times: From 4pm onwards. Tours will leave environments, supporting the educational approximately every 30 minutes and you do needs of students from a range of Times: Tours run regularly throughout the not need to book a space. disciplines. day. Bookings can be made on a first come first served basis at the Helpdesk. Location: The campus tour meeting point is Times: Tours run regularly throughout the opposite the Helpdesk. day. Bookings can be made on a first come Location: Please check with our Tour first served basis at the Helpdesk. Operator at the Helpdesk five minutes before TOURS your scheduled tour time. TOURS Location: Please check with our Tour Operator at the Helpdesk five minutes Staff from the Accommodation Service will before your scheduled tour time. be available to answer any queries.

Due to high demand, it may only be For more information about our possible for one guest to accompany you accommodation visit: on this tour. uwl.ac.uk/accommodation

6 7 Course Information Fair The Claude Littner

Talk to our academics one-to-one Business School Visit our Course Information Fair to talk to our academics one-to-one. Representatives from each of our Schools will be on hand to Join Claude Littner at 3pm in PH11TH where he will talk about the world answer any questions you may have. of business and the launch of The Claude Littner Business School.

Time: 2pm - 6pm Claude has owned many large organisations such as Powerleague, before selling his share in 2009, and is the current Chairman of Sir ’s Location: Refectory, Ground Floor and IT company Viglen. Mezzanine COURSE INFORMATION FAIR He is also well known for his tough stance with contestants on the BBC’s • College of Nursing, Midwifery and The Apprentice. Healthcare • Ealing Law School • Ealing School of Art, Design and Media See Claude in action: • London College of Music • London School of Hospitality and www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbpW7CY9Cnc Tourism • School of Computing and Technology • School of Psychology, Social Work and Human Sciences • The Claude Littner Business School.

8 9 One Stop Shop One Stop Shop

The One Stop Shop is based at our Ealing Accommodation Disability support Health and well-being site and helps with all non-academic student At the One Stop Shop, you will be able to Come and speak to our Disability Advisors, We look after our students through close links enquiries. They can answer any questions discuss your accommodation options and who work with students with a wide range with local doctors and GP practices. you may have on a one-to-one basis, about how to apply for a place in our Student Halls of disabilities, including but by no means the following: of Residence. restricted to: We offer a counselling service in case you • specific learning difficulties (such as feel your well-being is being affected or • accommodation They can also advise you on: dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD) compromised and would like to talk in confidence about any issues. • disability support • letting agents and private rented • mental health difficulties (such as • funding advice accommodation depression, bi-polar disorder) Our chaplaincy represents faith communities • student residences. • health and well-being - including health, • long term medical conditions (such as and gives personal and spiritual support counselling and chaplaincy HIV, cancer, multiple sclerosis) for students of any religious background or ONE STOP SHOP • general student advice. • unseen disabilities (such as diabetes, none. ONE STOP SHOP asthma, epilepsy) • sensory impairments (such as visual impairment, hearing impairment) • mobility or physical impairments (such as paralysis, arthritis).

Funding advice Ask about money matters on a one-to-one basis and take the opportunity to discuss student loans, scholarships and bursaries.

If you are considering studying part-time, please visit the One Stop Shop for more information on funding.

10 11 Subject talks Subject talks

There will be a number of talks Introduction to the University of West Parents Talk London This talk will give parents and guardians lots throughout the day to help you We will welcome you to the University and of hints and tips on the support they can find out more about our courses will showcase the exciting opportunities the provide throughout the university application and facilities. University has to offer. process.

Time: 2.15pm Time: 4.30pm We recommend that you go to your subject talk before you visit the Course Information Location: PHG03 and PHG04, Ground Floor, Location: PH113, First Floor, Brentford site Fair, to help you make the most of your time. Brentford site UCAS Application and Personal You do not need to book for any of the Money Talk Statement Workshop talks. SUBJECT TALKS Come along to our Money Talk, where we In today’s competitive climate, a high quality SUBJECT TALKS will be presenting a guide to student finance. personal statement can be vital in securing The talk will also cover the UK National your place at your first-choice university. Scholarship Programme and what financial help may be available to you. This workshop will certainly help to get you started. There will be plenty of ‘top tips’, Time: 3.30pm and 5pm helpful hints and work sheets to take away with you at the end of the session. Location: PH113, First Floor, Brentford site Time: 4pm and 5.30pm If you cannot attend this talk you can visit our One Stop Shop who will be able Location: PH113, First Floor, Brentford site to answer any questions you might have.

12 13 OPEN DAY SCHEDULE 2.15pm 3pm 3.30pm 4pm 4.30pm 5pm 5.30pm University-wide talks Introduction to UWL PHG03 and PHG04 Money Talk: to include NSP and scholarships information PH113 PH113 Parents Talk PH113 UCAS Application and Personal Statement Workshop PH113 PH113 London College of Music Welcome Talk PH509 PH509 Music Management PH509 Music Performance and Composition (Classical/Jazz) PH510 PH510 Music Performance and Recording (Popular Music) PH511 PH511 Music Technology and Live Sound Production PH511 PH511 Musical Theatre and Acting for Stage PH510 PH510 Theatre Production PH510 London School of Hospitality and Tourism TALKS PLANNER TALKS PLANNER Welcome Talk PH707 Culinary Arts and Professional Cookery PH708 PH708 Hospitality and Events Management PH707 PH707 Tourism Management/Airline and Airport Management PH705 PH705 College of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare Welcome Talk PH120 PH120 Adult Nursing PH119 PH119 Child Nursing PH119 PH119 Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Nursing PH112 PH112 Midwifery PH120 PH120 Operating Department Practice PH112 Ealing School of Art, Design and Media Welcome Talk PH609 Advertising PH602 PH602 Broadcasting/Broadcast Journalism PH603 PH603 Fashion and Textiles PH604 PH604 Film Production PH606 PH606 Graphic Design/Motion Graphics PH603 Media Studies PH604 Photography PH607 PH607 Public Relations PH602 PH602 Visual Effects PH603

14 15 OPEN DAY SCHEDULE 2.15pm 3pm 3.30pm 4pm 4.30pm 5pm 5.30pm The Claude Littner Business School Welcome Talk PH11TH Accounting and Finance PH11TH PH11TH Business PH11TH PH11TH School of Computing and Technology Welcome Talk PH109 Applied Sound Engineering PH109 Architectural Technology, Construction Management PH110 and Civil Engineering Computing Talk and Demonstration Session PH114 Ealing Law School Criminology and Law PH704 PH704 School of Psychology, Social Work and Human Sciences Forensic Science PH611* PH611* TALKS PLANNER TALKS PLANNER Psychology (includes workshop) PHG03 and PHG04 Social Work (includes workshop) PH608 PH608

PLAN YOUR DAY 2.15pm 3pm 3.30pm 4pm 4.30pm 5pm 5.30pm 6pm 6.30pm

*These talks include tours of our specialist facilities unique to the subject area

16 17 General Advice General Advice

Careers and Employment Service and Library As a student, you automatically become a Volunteering Students spend a lot of their time in the member of the University of West London If you would like to talk to someone about Library, so why not speak to one of our Students’ Union. Our role is to make sure careers, or if you are thinking of working dedicated Library staff, who can help you that you have the best time, socially and part-time during your studies, then the make the most of the resources available? academically, throughout your studies. We Careers and Employment Service will be able believe that the best way to do this is by to help. As well as our extensive stock of specialist employing students, and coaching students, books and journals, the Library provides to deliver the services, events and activities We can help you to make choices that fully-networked, open access work stations, that you want. This means that there are are right for you whether they involve scanners, colour printers, DVDs and audio loads of opportunities for you to get involved, employment or further study. playback. learn new skills, meet new people and create your perfect experience. We offer a bar, gym GENERAL ADVICE You can also speak to us to find out what and café on campus exclusively for your use. GENERAL ADVICE volunteering is all about. From One Day When you arrive, make sure to come and Challenges to Volunteer Placements, there is meet us and be part of something great! something for everyone. This year’s elected Students’ Union President, Jodie Vickery, will be available Mentoring all day for you to ask any questions you may The Mentoring team supports students to have about studying at the University of ensure that they have a successful, rewarding West London. and positive student experience at UWL, as well as meeting their individual course For all of the latest news and challenges. They provide one-to-one drop updates, please follow @uwl_su in sessions, which are available daily, with and #westisbest on Twitter. information, guidance and support for all student experience related concerns; academic, personal or social. Come along and meet the team for more information.

18 19 How to find us 7 Ealing

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The University of West London 2 has excellent transport links. Walpole 3 Park The Brentford site is served by 6 fast rail-links and there are also excellent local bus services.

Lammas 4 Visit www.tfl.gov.uk to plan your Park journey. South 5 Acton RD LE EDA AIR HOW TO FIND US HOW TO FIND US RD Y LE By bus M By road RA B Bus routes 65, E2, E8 and H91 serve the Sat Nav postcode: Gunnersbury Brentford site with stops nearby. TW8 9GB Park

BOSTON MANOR O CCU (PICCADILLY LINE) PATI ON L Little ANE W 8 IN You can also catch the free UWL Shuttle B D Ealing Street address: OS M I TO L N L

M bus from Eaing Broadway and South Ealing A R Boston Manor Road, TW8 9GA N O O A R D R stations, which runs every 15 minutes. O A D 1 Our Brentford site is located on the A3002, To Central By underground Boston Manor Road. The M4 motorway and London To South West BRENTFORD

The nearest underground station is Boston and Wales STATION the A4 are a few minutes’ drive away.

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Manor (15 minutes’ walk), which is on the 4 5

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A3 Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly Line. Parking 002 We recommend using public transport to By train travel to us, as parking in Brentford is limited The nearest train station is Brentford (5 and there is no parking available on site. minutes’ walk), with scheduled trains to and 1 Brentford site 3 Ealing Studios 5 Bramley Road Surgery 7 Villiers House 2 4 8 Student Village Housing from Central London arriving at Waterloo Walpole House Vestry Hall 6 Ealing site

station. Shuttle bus stop

20 21 FUTURE CAMPUS #FutureCampus Follow Future Campus is an exciting project @Uniwestlondon to modernise the University of West #FutureCampus London’s Ealing site which will be rolling out in phases over the next two academic years.

The project is part of our long term strategy to continually improve the learning experience and social spaces for FUTURE CAMPUS our students.

This is an exciting time to join the University of West London. A brand new Students’ Union was launched in September 2013 with a new bar and lounge, gym and modern café. Visit our Furthermore, by September this year, the Facebook group University will boast a new library, brand ‘UWL Future new refectory, updated bookshop and a Campus News’ social space in the heart of the campus.

These changes will take place predominately in the summer breaks to minimise the impact on day-to-day life at the site. futurecampus@ If you have any questions, please visit uwl.ac.uk www.uwl.ac.uk/futurecampus or contact the Future Campus team by emailing [email protected]

Alternatively, visit our Facebook group: ‘UWL Future Campus News’

23 22 23 @UniWestLondon @UniWestLondon facebook/UniversityWestLondon University of West London University of West London

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24 25 UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON Registration fast-track

To fast-track your registration, please fill in the attached form and hand in to one of the team on the day.

Name REGISTRATION FAST-TRACK

Address UNDERGRADUATE OPEN DAY

Mobile number

email

How many guests have accompanied you?

Subject that you are interested in

Year of entry OCTOBER

Full-time study

Part-time study 2013

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94% UNDERGRADUATE OPEN DAY of our graduates are in employment within six months of graduating*

25 JUNE

* According to Employment Performance Indicators (EPI) figures published by HESA in 2013. Graduates who have studied an undergraduate degree programme. 2014