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STUDENTS' UNION - WARWICK SU

Student life revolves around Warwick SU - recently refurbished, offering great entertainment, food, student representation across the university, and societies and sports clubs for every interest.

GETTING INVOLVED

Warwick SU offers lots of opportunities to get involved – to meet people, learn valuable organisational skills and put a mark on what happens at Warwick. You can reach the entire University community through the student media – Warwick’s award-winning campus radio station (RaW), the weekly student newspaper, the Warwick Boar, or even Warwick Television. The Union also runs massive events throughout the year, including One World Week, th e Warwick Economics Summit, and the Warwick Student Arts Festival.

Find out more about the Students' Union

CLUBS AND SOCIETIES

The Union supports over 240 societies and 70 sports clubs, covering the most diverse interests – political, campaigning, welfare, music, drama, volunteering and much more. Being involved in a society means meeting like-minded people, and also receiving training in skills and knowledge that will be invaluable throughout your University career and beyond.

Find out more about Student Societies

REPRESENTING STUDENTS

Warwick SU represents students at all levels – from course representatives, through staff-student liaison committees to the University’s key decision making body, the Senate. It is run by students, for students, with elected Sabbatical officers and an elected Union Council.

BRAND NEW BUILDING

The beginning of 2010 saw the opening of the new Union building after a £11 million redevelopment. There is now a self-contained, multi-room nightclub with its own chill-out bar – one of the best venues in the region, bringing A-List live acts to Warwick. You can also sample a range of great club nights – the light-hearted cheesiness of ‘Pop’, the weekly party of ‘Top Banana’, the Drum ‘n Bass of ‘Pressure’ or the eclectic indie tunes of ‘Electric City’ – while the fortnightly ‘Comedy Network’ offers some of the best stand-up in the UK.

SPORT AT WARWICK

The Warwick slogan is "Sport for All" - whether you're a national or international player or an absolute beginner, we encourage you to take part and keep fit. The academic timetable is organised so that Wednesday afternoons are free for sport and many of our students compete nationally or regionally.

Warwick Sport organises an enormous range of sports: from pursuit cycle to Pilates, you’re sure to find something you enjoy. There’s also a daily programme of exercise classes. You can join Warwick Sport for just £34 per year, and this gives you access to all our classes, sports therapy treatments, training and sports club membership.

Find out more about Sport at Warwick

Warwick Sport also has IFI (Inclusive Fitness Initiative) accreditation, a programme that supports us in catering for the needs of disabled and non-disabled people alike.

FACILITIES

The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games has included Warwick in its Training Camp guide for the 2012 London Olympics. This is a testament to our sports facilities which are among the best in British universities and are all conveniently situated on campus. We have:

Around 60 acres of outdoor playing fields, including soccer, rugby, lacrosse, cricket and frisbee pitches
Three outdoor all-weather floodlit pitches, including a synthetic grass pitch – ideal for football, rugby and American football
A new £2.5million indoor tennis centre with floodlit outdoor courts
A ‘Mondo’ 400 metre all-weather running track, similar to the Athens Olympic track, and shared with Coventry Harriers and the city of Coventry
Three sports halls
The University Sports Centre, which includes a 25 metre 6-lane swimming pool, squash courts, a large health and fitness centre, performance weight training centre and an aerobics studio
Our Bear Rock indoor climbing centre (often used for national competitions), including a specialist bouldering centre

Find out more about our Sports Facilities

CREATIVE ARTS

WARWICK ARTS CENTRE

Right at the heart of campus is Warwick Arts Centre, one of the most exciting cultural venues in the country. With two theatres, a newly refurbished concert hall holding 1500 people, a cinema and art gallery, it offers you the opportunity to sample the best in UK and international drama, comedy and dance, hear all kinds of music from contemporary pop to classical, watch the most recent box office successes as well as art house movies, and see the latest contemporary art. Around 300,000 people visit the Arts Centre every year to over 2000 individual events.There are special concessions for students – and it’s right on your doorstep!

Find out more on the Warwick Arts Centre website

MUSIC

Although Warwick does not offer a formal degree in music, we have some of the best student music in the UK. Warwick’s Music Centre, situated in the Arts Centre, offers opportunities for everyone, from beginners to accomplished musicians. Some of our music groups are auditioned, but the majority are not. You can join over 500 music making students in ensembles that include Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, 250 voice Chorus, Rock Gospel Choir, Brass Band and Big Band. We offer subsidised music tuition from a team of visiting professionals, and a number of instrumental, keyboard, choral and organ scholarships.

Visit the Music Centre website

Find out more about Music Scholarships

DRAMA

With all the facilities and expertise of the Arts Centre close at hand, student drama flourishes at Warwick. You can act or direct; try your hand at stand up comedy or cabaret; work backstage or write a play. WUDS (Warwick University Drama Society) puts on eight performances a year in Warwick Arts Centre; other drama groups offer a whole range of performance experience from ‘classic’ musicals and cabaret to original drama. And drama features largely in our annual Warwick Student Arts Festival – the first and biggest student run arts fest in the world.

See the list of Performance Societies

"From the start of my time at Warwick I knew I was going to enjoy my sport here. We have such an excellent programme organised by Warwick Sport and the clubs connected to it. I was so pleased to have been awarded my bursary for athletics: it has helped me both in training and competition and has made me progress into an even better athlete. I will never forget all the fun
I’ve had being part of a club, whether it was organising social events or weekend trips through to promoting our own races and travelling to competitions together as a squad.”

Rachel Wood / Second year / Law

“Music has been a central part of my experience at Warwick. I am a choral scholar, and sing in several choirs and ensembles. The performing opportunities here have been amazing – a particular highlight was singing in Coventry Cathedral. The Music Centre is a great place to meet like-minded people, and my best friends are those I’ve met through ensembles and opera production.”