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Undergraduate mini open day
Wednesday 17 December
What is a mini open day?
Our mini open days give you an opportunity to explore our campuses across Cheltenham and Gloucester and get a real feel for life at UoG.
You’ll meet your future lecturers, support teams and student ambassadors.
What to expect
Our mini open day runs from 11am until around 2pm – make sure you arrive on time to make the most of your day.
Head to your open day hub, grab your printed programme, and get ready to start your day.
Start your day with an introduction to UoG and discover who we are and what we stand for.
Hear directly from our students about their uni experience and get your questions answered in our peer-to-peer Q&A.
Use this time your way. Have some lunch, chat with our professional service teams in the open day hub, or join an early campus tour before your course talk.
Dive deeper into your course of interest. Meet our lecturers and discover how your course will be taught at UoG.
Bookable from the open day hub, follow our Student Ambassadors and explore our facilities, get a feel for our campuses and take look at where you could be living.
Whilst you’re here, why not see what Gloucestershire has to offer students.
Check out the Brewery Quarter in Cheltenham, browse the shops and grab a bite to eat and a drink at one of the many restaurants there.
In Gloucester, take a trip to the Gloucester Food Dock for delicious street food options, and visit Gloucester Quays to bag a bargain at the outlet shops.
Explore your campus
Once you’ve booked your place, we’ll let you know which campus to attend via email.
You can also visit our off-campus accommodation – Pittville Student Village in Cheltenham, and Upper Quay in Gloucester.
FAQs
Yes, parking will be free at Oxstalls, FCH, and Park Campus, just give your car registration to the Student Ambassador on arrival.
If you’re visiting City Campus, we recommend parking at Kings Walk Car Park, Gloucester, GL1 1EA, Hare Lane South Car Park, Gloucester, GL1 2DA or Eastgate Shopping Centre Car Park, 2-9 Bell Ln, Gloucester, GL1 1TH.
Please note parking is limited at FCH so we recommend parking at the Price of Wales Stadium (GL50 4RN), which is just a five minute walk away from FCH.
You are welcome to bring a guest or two or attend on your own. Whichever you feel most comfortable doing.
You don’t need much, just comfortable shoes for walking and any questions you might have about courses, accommodation, or student life.
Please contact [email protected] or 01242 714300 and we will be happy to help.
Contextual Offers
We are committed to ensuring people from all backgrounds can access university. To support our widening participation work the University uses contextualised offers.
What are contextual offers?
Contextual offers are a type of contextual admissions where universities adjust their standard offer requirements for certain applicants. The University acknowledges that academic achievements can be influenced by various factors, such as socioeconomic background, school attended, and personal circumstances.
Each student will be considered on an individual basis by the Admissions Team. Information used will be primarily taken from the applicants’ UCAS application form and we will also take the following contextual information into consideration to make an offer at a reduced grade, for the course they have applied for. A student will be flagged to us if they meet one or more of the below criteria:
- The applicant has been in care or looked after for three months or more
- Home postcode is in a low participation neighbourhood – (POLAR/IMD Q1 &2)
- In receipt of or has been in receipt of Free School Meals (FSM)
- Attended a lower performing school / college
- Partnership institutions / Strategic alliance
- Students not supported by their family (estranged)
- Refugees and asylum seekers UCAS application form
- Students with caring or parenting responsibilities – Identified via UCAS application
- Military experienced students / Military family – UCAS application form
- Sustained participation in a recognised Outreach programme*
- Summer residentials*
- Mentoring projects*
- Sustained engagement with outreach activity
*With proof of agreed attendance or minimum engagement met.
To support the University to make an adjusted offer, we encourage applicants to complete all fields on their UCAS form.
For more information or to ask any questions contact [email protected] or [email protected]
Book your place
Contact us
If you have any other questions, or special requests for our open days, get in touch using the options below.
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