CITY CAMPUS BOWER ASHTON TOUR

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11th THE COMPLETE EXPERIENCE in the UK for undergraduate Today is your chance to explore Bower Ashton Campus and get a feel for student life student satisfaction. here. It should take you less than an hour to cover the route, but if you fancy stopping National Student Survey 2019 for a cuppa or exploring further, you’ll need a bit longer. We hope you enjoy the tour. BOWER ASHTON CAMPUS MAP

Key Route around the campus SU The Students’ Union % Information Point Library 95 Building entrance Shop of UWE Bristol graduates are in employment Cafe Cashpoint or further study six months after graduating.

Bus stop Source: Destination of Leavers from Cycle parking Higher Education Survey 2018. LET’S GO

Start at the Information Point – our main access point for These include: Leaving the Library, walk back through the corridor to the lift student support services. It’s in the F Block foyer, just inside • Digital printing, fine print and 3D print rooms and staircase. the green building. Please ask staff at the Information Point for • Textiles If you’d like to see the rest of B Block, you’ll find: a visitor swipe card. This will give you entry to buildings with restricted access. Access to the rest of C Block through the doors at the end of • Photography on Level 3 the corridor is restricted due to construction work. • Fashion on Level 4 Turn right when you get past the Information Point and walk down the corridor of F Block. The new B Block will offer an easy-to-access student hub, which Leave the building where you entered it by the door to the left will be home to mental health, employment and academic of the Students’ Union bar. Go down the ramp/steps. On the right-hand side of the corridor is the newsroom. support along with modernised shop locations for our art shop Look to your left and you’ll see our student services team and Students’ Union shop. Next along the corridor is the EPI Centre – the main IT suite. consulting rooms, where students access help and advice on This is split into four rooms – all with Macs featuring the latest Go down the short corridor to your left and pass the art shop. a wide range of issues.* design software. Here, students can buy a wide range of art, media and design *These are in temporary portakabins awaiting the consumables from specialist paint materials to data storage. Before entering these rooms, please check for an open access redevelopment of our new student centre, which will house sign to indicate no teaching sessions are in progress. At the end of the corridor turn right and then turn left towards all our student support services. If you see this sign, feel free to go in and look around. the exit doors and leave the building. Opposite you’ll see our new D Block. Here you’ll find At the end of the corridor, exit through the door to the left. When you step outside, turn right and go straight ahead flexible workshop spaces, communal areas and the The wooden building on your right is G Block which hosts the towards a flight of stairs that will take you up to the patio following facilities: following facilities: outside A block. • Fabrication, casting and ceramics studios • Film studios When you walk into the building you’ll see the Students’ Union • The Centre for Fine Print Research • Production studio reception and shop. • Interior Design • Two large photography studios • Stop motion animation and CGI studios To see where our largest drama studio is, simply follow the big For security reasons you can only access these facilities with • Sound recording and Foley sound effects studios stickers on the floor or the wall signage directing you to it. a UWE Bristol identity card or a visitor swipe card. • Colour grading studios From the Students’ Union follow the stickers on the floor Walk along until you reach your starting point at the main • Editing suites taking you to B Block which will take you up one flight of stairs. campus entrance. Please pop in and see us at our Information For security reasons these facilities are only accessible with Go through the doors and turn right to enter the Library. Point if you have any questions. a UWE Bristol identity card or a visitor swipe card. When you arrive at the Library, please let reception staff know Take a look at the gallery space directly above the Information Retrace your steps back and head right under the covered that you’re a visitor. Point where there are often student exhibits on display (open walkway through the door, which takes you into C Block. until 17:00). In the Library you’ll find both individual and group study areas. Along this corridor and in the short corridor to your left you’ll Laptops are available to borrow and there’s an extensive DVD Excited by what you’ve seen? Find out more see a number of specialist printmaking facilities and studios. library with a selection of art-house films. uwe.ac.uk Bower Ashton: BS3 2JT Spike Island: BS1 6UX CITY CAMPUS SITES (For parking use BS41 9JH) Watershed: BS1 5TX Arnolfini: BS1 4QA Nelson and Drake House: BS1 2PZ

Clifton Down

Walking and cycling times from B3129 Regent St Bower Ashton to the sites B4051 Castle Park CLIFTON Arnolfini: Park St

RIVER AVON 40 min walk/10 min cycle

Portway

Spike Island: Brandon Hill Baldwin St 25 min walk/8 min cycle Jacob’s Wells Rd Watershed:B3129 WATERSHED Victoria St

A4044 King St Redcliff St 41 min walk/12A369 min cycle

Queen A4 A4 Square A4 ARNOLFINI

The Grove

HOTWELLS Temple Gate A4044 SPIKE ISLAND REDCLIFFE Estate

Cumberland Rd Cumberland Rd Redcliff Hill Commercial Rd A369 RIVER AVON BOWER Coronation Rd Coronation Rd A370 ASHTON A3029 Kennel Lodge York Rd Rd Key SOUTHVILLE A38 B3120 Raleigh Rd Walking/cycling route Greville Smyth Park B3120 Parking Bicycle parking BEDMINSTER Victoria Park

B3120 A3029 BOWER ASHTONA370 ARNOLFINI SPIKE ISLAND A38 WATERSHED200m A38 Bower Ashton is the administrative hub of The Arnolfini is one of Europe’s leading An international centre for the development A leading film culture and digital media centre City Campus. It includes student support centres for the contemporary arts. It houses of contemporary art and design, this space in the South West, the Watershed houses our services, the Students’ Union and a wide range our courses in Graphic Design, Graphic Arts, accommodates our Fine Art courses. As well Digital Cultures Research Centre within the ofA370 resources available for students studying all Drawing and Print, Curating, as well as parts as research activity it hosts a programme of Pervasive Media Studio. Here we deliver some of creative disciplines. of our Fashion Communication and Drama artists’ residencies and exhibitions. our Visual Culture modules for Art and Design and Acting programmes. students, as well as some postgraduate study.