Open Campus Day
The Open Campus Day THIS SATURDAY 7 May 2005 is your chance to help us celebrate our 40th Anniversary. There are loads of events on campus for you to explore. Many departments will be hosting activities across the campus - you can see a list of what's going on below...
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Note that the Campus Open Day is not an Open Day for Prospective Students. Undergraduate Open Days and Postgraduate Drop-ins provide opportunities for students to find out more about studying at Warwick.
10.00 till 16.00 (mostly) -
Street Entertainers including jugglers, face painters, music, sports exhibitions and much more - ALL day long!
Come and join in the fun! If you don't know where we are find out more about visiting the campus.
NEW EVENTS are added all the time - even today - Put this page in your favourites and keep an eye out.
Open Campus Day Event List - Download Programme Here and Map |
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Departmental Celebrations | Venue | Time From | Time To | |
Chemistry Symposium and Reunion
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Coffee | Chemistry Concourse | 10:00 | 10:30 |
Symposium | Chemistry Lecture Theatre L3 | 10:30 | 12:30 | |
Lunch (Private function) | Chemistry Concourse | 12:30 | 14:00 | |
University Challenge | Chemistry Lecture Theatre L3 | 14:00 | 15:00 | |
Reminicences/Talks | Chemistry Lecture Theatre L3 | 15:30 | 17:00 | |
Centre for Lifelong Learning Open Day |
Atrium - University House | 10:30 | 16:00 | |
Mathematics Lecture and Reunion |
Mathematics & Statistics Building | 11:00 | 12:00 | |
Physics Talks and Demonstrations |
Physics Lecture Theatre and Concourse | 10:00 | 16:00 | |
Biological Sciences Reunion |
Medical School Lecture Theatre and Biological Sciences Atrium | |||
Sociology Reunion and talks |
Ramphal Building Foyer and lecture rooms | 13:00 | 15:00 | |
CELTE Archive Launch |
Private Invitations | Social Studies | ||
Lectures and Talks |
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"Superior Buyer-Seller Relationships: It's All About Sex and Money..." |
Nigel Piercy | Warwick Business School | 12:30 | 13:00 |
The World in 2045: Who will rule the world in 2045 |
Professor Shaun Breslin - Politics | Ramphal Lecture Theatre | 11:00 | 12:00 |
The World in 2045: Science or Fiction? How will we live, work, play and reproduce |
Professor Jack Cohen | 14:00 | 15:00 | |
Physics Talks (30 minutes each) |
Prof Chris McConville "Einstein and the Photoelectric Effect" | Physics Lecture Theatre | 10:30 | |
Prof Paul Harrison "Cosmic Particles" | Physics Lecture Theatre | 11:30 | ||
Dr Rudolf Roemer "El Nino and Climate Change" | Physics Lecture Theatre | 12:30 | ||
Prof Sandra Chapman "Art and Science in Antarctica" | Physics Lecture Theatre | 13:30 | ||
Mathematics Lecture - Applications of Catastrophe Theory to Darwinian Evolution |
Sir Christopher Zeeman | Mathematics Lecture Theatre MS01 | 11:00 | 12:00 |
Medical School Talks |
Medical School Lecture Theatre | 12 to 12:45 or 14:00 to 14:45 | ||
Biological Sciences Talks |
Medical School Lecture Theatre | 13:00 | 13:45 | |
Campus Development over the past 40 years |
Liz Pride - University Architect | National Grid Room - Arts Centre | 14:30 | 15:30 |
Tours |
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Discover Warwick Campus Tours |
Many during the day | 45 minutes in length | ||
Archaeology Tour / 3-D Visualisation |
Dr Stephen Hill | Learning Grid, University house for introduction and departure | 12:00 | 13:30 |
Geology Tour |
Martin Bradley | Car Park 2 for departure | 10:30 | 12:00 |
Geology Tour |
Martin Bradley | Car Park 2 for departure | 14:00 | 15:30 |
Arts / Music / Interests |
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Art Workshops |
Open Studies Staff | Social Studies Café | 10:30 | 16:00 |
Renaissance Players -Cancelled -Recorder Ensemble instead. |
Open Studies Staff | Atrium, University House | 11:00 | 11:30 |
Renaissance Players - Cancelled -Recorder Ensemble instead. |
Open Studies Staff | Atrium, University House | 14:30 | 15:00 |
Coull Quartet and Mark Rowan-Hull |
Atrium, University House | 12:00 | 14:00 | |
Big Band |
University Music | Piazza, Main Campus | 12:00 | 13:00 |
Revelation Gospel Choir |
University Music | Piazza, Main Campus | 13:30 | 14:30 |
All day music in the Arts Centre Foyer will be provided by the Music Centre, the orchestras and music societies. |
Arts Centre Foyer | 10:30 | 16:00 | |
Genealogy / Memories |
MRC and Open Studies | Atrium, University House | 10:30 | 16:00 |
Sports at Warwick - " A Day in the Life" Events running across campus , including cricket, tennis at Rootes, and Westwood will have a number of events on all day - utilising the track and other facilities there. At the sports centre there will be basketball, badminton and summer hockey and netball and in the piazza, martial arts and other displays yet to be announced.
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Sports Centre, Westwood Sports and Central Piazza | 10:30 | ||
Showcases - Things to look at and do! |
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NEWLY ADDED: The Library: then and now".
The display is a pictorial comparative of the library in the 1960's/70's and 2000's showing its' development over the 40 years.
It will begin on 7th May.
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The Library | All Day | ||
40 years of light is an exciting and innovative project that will project images from the University's recent and more distant past onto buildings and hard surfaces around the University’s main campus.
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All over campus - see separate web page. | All week long. | ||
Campus Development Display/Photographs and talk to staff |
Arts Centre Foyer | 10:30 | 16:00 | |
40 years of Innovation at Warwick |
Medici Fellows | Maths Building "Street" | 10:30 | 16:00 |
Warwick Manufacturing Group Displays and Interactive inventions |
International Manufacturing Centre | 10:30 | 16:00 | |
Robot Football Demonstrations |
International Manufacturing Centre | 10:30 | 16:00 | |
Warwick HRI Display ( details attached) |
International Manufacturing Centre | 10:30 | 16:00 | |
Medical School Showcase and Meet staff & students |
Medical School Lecture Theatre | 11:00 | 15:00 | |
Biological Sciences showcase and tour of laboratories |
Biological Sciences Atrium | 10:00 | 12:00 | |
Warwick Business School - Open House - come and see for yourself what makes this one of the best business schools in the world. | Warwick Business School | 11:00 | 13:30 | |
Warwick Environmental Network Display |
Maths Building "Street" | 10:30 | 16:00 | |
Warwick Formula Student Racing Car |
Outside IMC building | 10:30 | 16:00 | |
Job Opportunities at Warwick |
Personnel office | University House Café | 10:30 | 16:00 |
Studying at Warwick |
Academic office | University House | 10:30 | 16:00 |
Bring your memories, scanning services |
MRC | Atrium, University House | 10:30 | 16:00 |
Students' Union |
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Display of 30 years of the Union at Warwick |
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Music and Demonstrations of Sport etc. |
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Chaplaincy Open Doors / tea&coffee |
Chaplaincy | 10:30 | 16:00 | |
Children |
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Story Telling by age group |
Lifelong Learning | Meeting Rooms, University House | 10:30 | 16:00 |
Street Entertainers, face painting, balloons |
Piazza outside University House and Rootes Reception | 10:30 | 16:00 | |
Refreshments |
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Marquee ‘Hot Beef Shack’ - weather permitting |
1100 - 1700 | Piazza outside University House and Piazza outside Rootes Reception | 11:00 | 17:00 |
Costcutter and Mobile Van by Arts Centre | 10:30 | 16:00 | ||
Arts Centre |
Café Bar (Bar) | 12:00 | 21:00 | |
Café Bar (Food) | 11:00 | 21:00 | ||
EAT | 12:00 | 16:00 | ||
Library |
Café | 10:00 | 16:00 | |
Rootes Social Building |
Bar Food | 12:00 | 22:30 | |
The Bar | 12:00 | 23:00 | ||
VIVA | 08:00 | 15:00 | ||
University House Café |
08:00 | 16:00 | ||
Students' Union Food Outlets |
times and venues tbc |
For further information watch this space or contact Caroline or Claudie on 024 7657 4569 or claudie.combelas@warwick.ac.uk