Welcome to our Extended Diploma Open Day Thank you for booking your place on an open day at Leeds Arts University — the only specialist arts university in the North of England! We have designed our open days to ensure that you get a full picture of what it’s like to study here, and hope that you enjoy your visit. Arrival & Registration Please arrive at our Vernon Street building and register by giving your name to the student ambassador on the reception desk. Refreshments will be available in the café before the talk starts. The open day lasts up to 2 hours. Course Talk This is the main talk of the open day and it is delivered by the course team in the lecture theatre. The talk will start promptly at your booking time (6.30pm on Wednesdays, or 11am and 12pm on Saturdays). The talk lasts an hour and gives you a thorough overview of the philosophy of the course, the diagnostic process and the pathways you can select in your creative discipline, and further study options after completing the course. Workshop & Studio Tour Immediately after the course talk you will be taken on a tour of our award-winning workshops and to see the studio spaces where you will study. The tour is led by our student ambassadors and lasts around 30 minutes. Q&A with Course Tutors You are able to ask any questions you have to the tutors and student ambassadors either after the course talk in the lecture theatre or after your workshop tour. Student Ambassadors Our team of friendly and passionate student ambassadors are available to share their first-hand experience about what studying here is like. They can share detailed insights about what you will study on your course and give tours of our workshops and studios. They can also talk to you about travelling to Leeds, their experience of leaving school to study at a university and places to go in Leeds. Attending with guests You are welcome to bring up to two guests with you to the open day. We kindly ask you to bring no more due to limited space in our lecture theatre. How to find us Our Extended Diploma is taught in our Vernon Street building which is our oldest site, built in 1903 and based in the city centre. It is just off Millennium square, behind Leeds City Museum, and is marked as number 2 on the map. Please be aware we have two sites, so don’t get confused and go to our other site at Blenheim Walk. Car Parking We do not have any car parking onsite. There are several multi-storey car parks nearby: • Rose Bowl car park, Leeds Beckett University, Portland Crescent, LS1 3HJ 2 minute walk from Vernon Street. • Woodhouse Lane multi-storey car park, LS2 8NQ 5 minute walk from Vernon Street. • St John’s Centre multi-storey car park, Merrion Street, LS2 8LQ 5 minute walk from Vernon Street. • The Light multi-storey car park, The Headrow, LS1 8TL 5 minute walk from Vernon Street. • Victoria Gate multi-storey car park, Eastgate, LS2 7AS 10 minute walk from Vernon Street. Blue badge holders are able to park nearby on Percival Street, please check restrictions before you park. Arriving by rail Vernon Street is a 15 minute walk from Leeds railway station. Taxis are available outside or you can catch bus 27 from the stop on Bishopgate Street (stop Z1), and get off the bus at Woodhouse Lane (stop L2). Arriving by coach Vernon Street is a 20 minute walk from the coach station. Taxis are available outside or you can catch bus 56 from Eastgate (stop G6) and get off the bus at Woodhouse Lane (stop L2). to Blenheim Walk building Hyde Park/ 1 Headingley/ LS2 9AQ Harrogate Outer Ring Road 2 Vernon Street building LS2 8PH P Parking Woodhouse Moor St George’s Field 1 Parkinson Tower University of Leeds University of Leeds P Leeds Metropolitan University Leeds Arena Rose Bowl P Leeds Leeds City General College Inrmary P Civic Hall Morrisons Supermarket Millennium 2 Merrion Square Centre St tland Por City Centre Loop Road RC Cathedral The Cube P Leeds Leeds Leeds Henry Town Central Art Moore Library Gallery Inst. Radisson P Hall Hotel City Centre Loop Road The Light St John’s Centre West Yorkshire Playhouse Victoria Quarter Bon d S tre et Leeds Kirkgate City Market Bus Leeds Station Shopping Trinity Plaza Shopping Plaza Duncan Street Leeds Boar Lane Corn Railway Exchange Station to A643/ From M1 (M62), M621 M621 The South, London Wakeeld, Hull.