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TODAY NEWPORT OPEN DAY Programme and map 22 October 2022
"At USW we have always known that a better tomorrow is possible. Through our courses we will help you prepare for your tomorrow today.
We offer learning to reflect today’s student needs and tomorrow’s employer demands. Many of our courses are professionally accredited and designed in partnership with industry leaders. Our teaching is relevant and our facilities are industry standard.
I hope you enjoy your open day here with us at the University of South Wales.”
Professor Ben Calvert Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive
USW NEWPORT
Newport is an independent, multicultural city that’s full of ideas and opportunities.
Our modern campus is on the riverfront, home to a community of learning that’s dedicated to improving people’s lives. From teaching and counselling to cyber security and artificial intelligence, our courses here will create a better tomorrow.
Like the rest of USW, our Newport Campus diverse and friendly. Everything you need is in one place, like the library and Starbucks, and most other things can be found in the city around campus.
USW Newport Open Day
WE’VE MADE IMPRESSIVE STRIDES WITHIN THE GUARDIAN UNIVERSITY GUIDE, RISING 29 PLACES THIS YEAR! Guardian Good University Guide 2023 TWO THIRDS OF USW’S RESEARCHERS ARE WORLD LEADING OR INTERNATIONALLY EXCELLENT (REF 2021)
ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES
REGISTRATION AND HELPDESK
10am-3pm Main Foyer
INFORMATION FAIR
10am-3pm Main Foyer ACCOMMODATION CAREERS DISABILITY AND WELLBEING ENQUIRES AND ADMISSIONS STUDENT FUNDING
INFORMATION TALKS
A10
12.30pm FINANCE TALK
1pm WELSH AT USW
1.15pm APPLYING THROUGH UCAS
1.45pm GREAT PERSONAL STATEMENTS
OTHER ACTIVITIES
10am-3pm Our library on B Floor is open 10am-3pm Accommodation tours are available. Come and speak to us at the Help Desk.
CAMPUS TOURS
10am-3pm As part of your academic session you’ll have a tour of your course facilities.
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COURSE SCHEDULE
APPLIED CYBER SECURITY & COMPUTING
10.15am Welcome to USW Talk – A32
10.30am Computing and Cyber Security course introduction and activities
BUSINESS
10.30am Welcome to USW Talk – A15
10.45am Business and Management course introduction and activities –C30
EARLY YEARS EDUCATION
10.15am Welcome to USW Talk –D01
10.30am Early Years Education course introduction and activities
EDUCATION
10.15am Welcome to USW Talk – A10
10.30am Education course introduction and activities
HOTEL AND HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
10.30am Welcome to USW Talk – A15
10.45am Hotel and Hospitality Management course introduction and activities – C16
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PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING
10.15am
10.30am
SOCIAL WORK
10.15am
10.45am
TEACHING
10.15am
10.30am
WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
10.15am
10.30am
YOUTH AND COMMUNITY
10am Registration
10.15am
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Welcome to USW Talk –C05
Psychotherapy and Counselling course introduction and activities
Welcome talk – A29
Subject talk and facilities tour.
Welcome to USW Talk –A10
Teaching course introduction and activities
Welcome to USW Talk –D03
Working with Children and Families course introduction and activities
Welcome to USW Talk, Youth and Community course introduction and activities – D03
DISCOVER
The best way to find out if the University of South Wales is right for you, is to explore and get a feel for the place.
So when you’re done at the Open Day, why not explore a bit more? South Wales has so much to offer and you’re never far from somewhere completely different.
3 minutes away: Grab a coffee and a bite to eat in one of the many cafes or pubs around campus.
20 minutes away: Head to Cardiff to explore Wales’s capital city – you won’t be disappointed!
45 minutes away: Escape to the awe-inspiring spaces of Brecon Beacons National Park.
TOP FACTS ABOUT NEWPORT
Just five miles from Newport city centre are the remains of a Roman amphitheatre, fortress and baths, built at Caerleon nearly 2,000 years ago.
It’s claimed that Kurt Cobain of Nirvana proposed to Courtney Love at TJ’s, Newport’s famous alternative music club.
THIS OPEN DAY IS THE BEST WAY TO FIND OUT
IF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES IS RIGHT FOR YOU, SO MAKE THE MOST OF IT AND FIND OUT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
Newport’s transporter bridge is a grade II listed structure and one of only 10 transporter bridges that remain in use worldwide.
Always politically active and independent, Newport Rising in 1839 was the first largescale armed protest in Great Britain calling for democracy and the right to vote.
Newport has been a port since medieval times, when the first Newport Castle was built by the Normans in 1172.
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Roman ampitheatre, Caerleon
