Your open day at Oxstalls Campus
Saturday 17 October, 10am – 3pm
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We’re excited to meet you at our open day. Find out everything you need to know beforehand, like how to find us and what to expect from your day.
If you still have questions about your day, take a look at our FAQs.
Your schedule
View your schedule below, including various talks and opportunities to explore our campus.
Tip: you can open each section for more information on each, including course talk times.
Check in at the Business School and grab a programme with course talk times and locations.
An introduction to life at UoG. We recommend you go to the talk listed for your subject to reduce the risk of overcrowding.
10.30am
Courses: Business, Accounting & Finance, Criminology, Law, Marketing, Sport & Exercise
12pm
Courses: Performing Arts & Production, Health & Social Care
Find out when your course talk and taster session is taking place. We’ll let you know where to head for this when you check in on the day. Each session will last approximately 1 hour 15 minutes. Please note – if you’re visiting to find out more about integrated foundation degrees, you should attend the course talk for the full degree.
All Gloucestershire Business School courses. Discover more about studying a business, accounting and finance, law, marketing or social science course at UoG.
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Tours and important extras – available all day
These teams will be available all day in the open day hub to answer any questions you have.
Academics will be available throughout the day when they’re not presenting course talks, and will be happy to answer any questions you have about your course. Please come and say hello to find out more.
Our campus and accommodation tours run every 15 minutes from the Campus Tours stand located in the hub. They’re led by our student ambassadors and you can ask them anything about the campus or student life at UoG.
Running from 11.40am until 5pm, our free shuttle bus will take you to Blackfriars off-campus halls where you will have a guided accommodation tour with a student ambassador. You’ll also be able to view the Upper Quay halls of residence, a 5-minute walk from Blackfriars.
Blackfriars will be available to view between 12pm and 4pm. Upper Quay will be available to view from 12pm to 5pm.
At Oxstalls campus, the shuttle bus stop is next to the roundabout by the main entrance to the campus. Once you have finished with your off-site accommodation tours head back to the bus stop on Commercial Road and you will be able to get a free shuttle bus back to campus.
Check the Buses FAQ section for more detailed timings.
Our free shuttle bus will take you to the International standard Sports Arena where you can see our sports facilities including 3G and 4G all-weather pitches, tennis centre and hockey pitch.
The shuttle bus stop is next to the roundabout by the main entrance to the campus. Check the Buses FAQ section for more detailed timings.
Getting here
The campus address is: Oxstalls Lane, Longlevens, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 9HW
Free parking is available onsite for the event.
Accessible parking spaces on Oxstalls campus will be available for blue badge holders.
When you arrive our friendly student ambassadors will direct you to check in.
Oxstalls Campus is also easy to reach via public transport.
Travel bursaries and discounts
Got concerns over how you’ll pay for travel to UoG? We recognise that the cost of travelling to university events can be a barrier. To support as many people as possible to attend, we’re offering a range of travel bursaries and discounts, listed below.
University of Gloucestershire is offering a travel bursary of up to £75 to eligible applicants to help cover transport costs for our open days.
To apply, please fill out this form and we’ll be in touch to confirm your eligibility.
Eligibility criteria
- Eligibility criteria is based on our Access and Participation Plan .
- Travel support must be requested in advance.
- Contributions towards travel will be reimbursed after the event, unless other arrangements have been made with the organisers.
Getting around
Use the Oxstalls campus map to navigate around the campus, locate the rooms you need to visit for talks, and get a feel for the buildings, facilities, spaces and layout.
Visit the campuses page to find out about the other UoG campuses and Pittville Student Village.
FutureSim
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Whether you’re studying health, social care, education, cyber or AI, you’ll learn by doing in highly realistic settings that mirror professional practice.
Frequently asked questions
Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with our common open days frequently asked questions.
If you still have a question about your booking please email [email protected]
Explore your new home on campus
Oxstalls Campus is just a short walk from Gloucester city centre, home to Gloucester Rugby, the Cathedral where Harry Potter scenes were, filmed and Gloucester Quays.
Oxstalls Campus and integrated Sports Park boast an international standard sports arena. Our students hone their coaching skills, train and play BUCS league games on our array of sports pitches which include 3G and 4G surfaces.
Our state-of-the-art Business School on Oxstalls Campus provides an inspiring environment for your learning and professional growth.
This centre for business opened in 2018 and facilities include teaching and meeting spaces, a business incubation centre, a Thomson Reuters trading room, a moot court room, board rooms, a consumer behaviour lab, and equipment on par with that of a global headquarters.
Our excellent sporting facilities include laboratories designed for you to learn via a hands-on approach. You can explore human performance by looking at gait and joint strength or use the 3D motion analysis system to analyse data in three dimensions.
Using the environmental chamber, you could be training athletes for the Marathon des Sables or even the Olympics. The Physiology lab allows you to carry out V̇O₂ max testing as well as measure lactose levels in the blood.
Over the last few years we have invested over £3.3m on health and social care facilities. These include a mock hospital ward and paramedic skills lab used by students to practise skills such as CPR.
Our clinical skills laboratory space is fitted with modern, state-of-the-art healthcare science equipment including industry-standard imaging facilities.
Our purpose-built Performing Arts Centre benefits from two large, harlequin sprung-floor dance studios, a multimedia suite and a devising studio.
These facilities also include a full lighting rig and sound, and an acoustically designed music and singing room.
Explore Gloucester
If you have time to spare, why not make your way into the centre of Gloucester and get a feel for this historic, vibrant city that you’ll call home.
It’s a 20 minute walk or short drive from Oxstalls and has some great options for shopping at the Quays and plenty of places to eat and drink in Gloucester Docks.