Welcome Events
Summary of Welcome Events: 19-25 September
Key Information:
- Date and time
- Mon 19 September 2022
- Location
- Various locations, Further info
- Contact
- UWE Events events@uwe.ac.uk
- Audience
- Students
- Cost
- Free, pre-registration required for some events
- Attendance
- Booking not required
What's on?
Summary of Welcome Events across campuses from Monday 19 September to Sunday 25 September.
Monday 19 September
- The weird and wonderful rave
- Mature students' meet-up (Frenchay)
- Mature students' meet-up (Glenside)
- Food shopping trip
Tuesday 20 September
- Table tennis tournament Tuesday
- Glenside Welcome Fair
- Free ice cream! Ice cream van visits UWE Bristol (Glenside Campus)
- Pirate bay adventure golf
- Centre for Music - Live DJ
- Understanding British culture
- Global morning coffee and get started
Wednesday 21 September
- Outdoor cinema at Frenchay Campus presents Mean Girls
- Find out about our sports clubs: drop in (Bower Ashton Campus)
- Find out about our societies: drop in (Bower Ashton Campus)
- Reverie - house and techno boat party
- Gin and juice - hip-hop and RNB party
- Boat trip with cream tea
- Ask me anything about accommodation
Thursday 22 September
- DAA breakfast
- Introduction to common learning issues: workshop 1
- Fresher's zoo party
- Propaganda indie party
- Glenside community garden social - wellbeing café
- Find out about our societies: drop in
- Outdoor cinema at Glenside Campus presents Mamma Mia
- Free ice cream! Ice cream van visits UWE Bristol (Bower Ashton Campus)
- Arnolfini social
- Centre for Music - pop up music station
- Global morning coffee and get started
Friday 23 September
- Friday frienday
- Find out about our national, faith and identity societies: drop in
- Frenchay swap shop - clothes and book swap
- Bingo wonderland
- UWE Drag Race
- Bob Ross paint along
Saturday 24 September
Sunday 25 September
See what's on next week: Summary of Welcome Events: 26 September - 2 October
Speakers
Location
Various locations
Bristol
UK
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