OPEN DAY UNDERGRADUATE
Visitor guide
What’s happening today?
Discover Buckinghamshire New University at our Open Day, where you can plan your own activities. Whether you choose to meet our students and staff, take a campus tour, or explore our accommodation, the choice is yours. Use the checklist below to help you organise your day and make the most of your visit.
YOUR OPEN DAY TIMETABLE
Check in - have your barcode ready
Welcome talk - find out more about our University and what makes us special.
Course presentation - check the timetable to find out when and where this is for your chosen course. This session will give you a greater insight into the course and a chance to ask all your questions.
View course facilities - whether it is the art studios, our flight simulator or our psychology labs, make sure you get to see the equipment and facilities available to you on your course.
Chat to academics and students - there are no silly questions so please ask away. Our course leaders are available in the main Atrium.
Accommodation tour - book your tour with us when you get here and choose which accommodation you would like to see.
Campus tour - visit the library, The Gym, the cafés and get a feel for the whole campus on a guided tour with our Student Ambassadors. (Please note, you do not need to book on to a campus tour)
Students’ Union - don’t forget the social side, what societies can you join, what is on the menu in the bar, what events do the Students’ Union run and what is THE BIG DEAL?
Student support - our support staff are on hand to talk to you about any additional needs, student finance, applications and admissions.
The town - have a wander out into High Wycombe town centre and experience the shops, restaurants and street food market, it’s all right on our doorstep.
Our accommodation
Brook Street
Brook Street is our budget option halls of residence. It is arranged in flats of 6 to 8 rooms with a shared kitchen diner, two shared toilets and two shared shower rooms. The rooms have single beds, desk, chair, wardrobe and chest of drawers plus a sink in each room with mirror, light and under sink storage. It is 5 minutes walk from campus.
Hughenden Park Student Village
Hughenden Park Student Village is our largest halls of residence and is arranged in flats of 6 rooms with a shared kitchen diner. All rooms have a small double bed and are en suite. It is approx 15 minutes walk from campus. We have coaches running to this accommodation throughout our open day.
Windsor House
Windsor House is right in the middle of High Wycombe, around 5 minutes walk from the campus. It is arranged in flats of 6 rooms with a shared kitchen diner. All rooms have a small double bed and are en suite.
Brook Street
Hughenden Park Student Village
Windsor House
Join us on an accommodation tour
Tours depart every 30 minutes from 10am.
Book your accommodation tour to our Brook Street or Hughenden Park Student Village at the accommodation stand in the main Atrium or through the QR codes below.
Numbers are limited per tour so booking is essential.
To book on to a tour for Brook Street
To book on to a tour for Hughenden Student Village
To check out our accommodation online
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Our student support services
Our fees and funding team are on hand for all questions on student finance and funding.
Want to know more about scholarships and bursaries?
Chat to the team on the stand or email students@bnu.ac.uk
If you need advice on your personal statement or how to apply to university, chat to our admissions team or email advice@bnu.ac.uk
Find out what support we can offer you during your application and when you start university with our Inclusion, Diversity and Disability team within the Student Success Directorate.
You can also email advice@bnu.ac.uk or call 0330 123 2023
See what our Student Support services can offer you
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Your timetable for today
You can plan your own timetable and attend the sessions that most apply to you. We would suggest you check the time of your course session on the next few pages and then build your day around that. We have lots of campus and accommodation tours going throughout the event so you should be able to fit everything in.
Please book onto your tour via the QR code, or at the accommodation stand in the Atrium.
Walking tours to Brook Street last 45 minutes
Coach tours to Hughenden last approx one hour
Parents and carers are invited to attend a presentation on student life at university. This session will provide an opportunity to address any questions or concerns they may have regarding university
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Beeches:
Start your day with our breakfast, coffee, fresh cakes, sandwiches, and a tasty lunch menu. Enjoy global dishes made to perfection!
The Garden:
Escape to our cozy coffee shop for specialty coffee, artisan cakes, smoothies, and toasties!
The Basin :
Enjoy a variety of sandwiches, coffees, and cakes-perfect for a quick bite or a sweet treat.
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Find us at the High Wycombe Campus, in the East Wing.
Find us at the High Wycombe Campus, in the Gateway Building.
Find us at the Aylesbury Campus, Ground floor overlooking the canal.
Find us at the Uxbridge Campus on Floor 1.
COURSE TIME ROOM
Gateway 1st Floor, Room 13
(Animation VFX)
3D Game Art 11.30am - 12.30pm
Then move to Gateway, Ground Floor, Video Studio 2
Acting (Film, TV and Stage) 11.15am - 12.45pm Meet in ‘The Room’
Acting for Stage and Screen 11.15am - 12.45pm Meet in ‘The Room’
Gateway 1st Floor, Room 13 (Animation VFX)
Animation
11.30am - 12.30pm
Then move to Gateway, Ground Floor, Video Studio 2 Animatronics Design 10.45am - 12.15pm
in ‘The Room’ Architectural Design and Technology 10.45am - 12.15pm
Audio and Music Production 11am - 12pm
in ‘The Room’
Gateway 1st Floor, Audio Studio 1
Aviation Management 11am - 12pm North Wing 2nd Floor Room 15
Aviation Management with Commercial Pilot Training in Aeroplanes 10.45am - 11:45am
Gateway, Ground Floor, Gateway Lecture Theatre
COURSE TIME ROOM
Aviation Management with Commercial Pilot Training in Helicopters 10.45am - 11:45am
Aviation Management with Logistics 11am - 12pm
Aviation Management with Private Pilot Training in Helicopters
10.45am - 11:45am
Aviation Management with Private Pilot Training in Aeroplanes
10.45am - 11:45am
Business and Law Welcome talk
10.30am - 11am
Business Management
10.30am - 11am - Business and Law Welcome Talk 11am - 12pm - Course Talk
Childhood Studies with Early Years 11am -12pm
Childhood Studies with Primary Education 11am -12pm
Gateway, Ground Floor, Gateway Lecture Theatre
North Wing, 2nd Floor, Room 15
Gateway, Ground Floor, Gateway Lecture Theatre
Gateway, Ground Floor, Gateway Lecture Theatre
North Wing 2nd Floor Room 6
10.30am - 11am Business and Law welcome talk in: North Wing 2nd Floor Room 6 11am - 12pm Course talk in: North Wing, 2nd Floor, Room 10
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 2
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 2
COURSE TIME ROOM
- 12pm Gateway, 4th Floor, Room 1 Computing
Floor,
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 5
COURSE TIME ROOM
Criminology and Law 11.30am - 12.30pm
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 5
Cyber Security 10.30am - 12pm Gateway, 4th Floor, Room 1
Cyber Security (MSci (Hons)) 10.30am - 12pm Gateway, 4th Floor, Room 1
Dance 10.15am - 11.30am Meet in ‘The Room’ Dance and Fitness 10.15am - 11.30am
in ‘The Room’ Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10.45am - 12.15pm
North Wing, Third Floor, Room 13
Electronic Music Production 11am - 12pm Gateway 1st Floor, Audio Studio 1 Engineering Design 10.45am - 12.15pm
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 13 Events Management 11am - 12pm Gateway 1st Floor, Room 11 Fashion and Textiles 10.45am - 12.15pm Meet in ‘The Room’ Fashion Design 10.45am - 12.15pm Meet in ‘The Room’ Fashion Promotion & Communication 10.45am - 12.15pm Meet in ‘The Room’
COURSE TIME ROOM
Welcome to sport talk and course talk in:
FdSc Sports Coaching
10.30am - 11am - Welcome to Sport 11am - 12pm - Course Talk
Film and Television Production 11am - 12pm
Film Production 11am - 12pm
Finance
10.30am - 11am - Business and Law
Welcome Talk 11am - 12pm - Course Talk
South Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 2 a + b
Gateway, Ground Floor, Video Studio 1
Gateway, Ground Floor, Video Studio 1
10.30am - 11am Business and Law
welcome talk in:
North Wing 2nd Floor Room 6 11am - 12pm Course talk in: North Wing, 2nd Floor, Room 10
10.30am - 11am Business and Law
Finance and Accounting
10.30am - 11am - Business and Law
Welcome Talk 11am - 12pm - Course Talk
welcome talk in: North Wing 2nd Floor Room 6 11am - 12pm Course talk in: North Wing, 2nd Floor, Room 10
COURSE TIME ROOM
10.30am - 11am - Business and Law
Finance and Business
Fine art
Forensic Psychology
Welcome Talk 11am - 12pm - Course Talk
10.30am - 11am Business and Law welcome talk in: North Wing 2nd Floor Room 6 11am - 12pm Course talk in: North Wing, 2nd Floor, Room 10
10.45am - 12.15pm Meet in ‘The Room’
10.30am - 11.30am
Foundation Degree (Arts) Health and Social Care 11am - 12pm
Foundation Degree (Arts) Professional Practice Early Years Practice 11am -12pm
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 6
North Wing, 2nd Floor, Room 13
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 2
Furniture Design 10.45am - 12.15pm Meet in ‘The Room’
Games Development 11am - 12pm Gateway, 4th Floor, Room 6
Graphic Design 10.45am - 12.15pm Meet in ‘The Room’
Hair and Make-Up for Film and Performance 10.45am - 12.15pm Meet in ‘The Room’
COURSE TIME ROOM
Health and Social Science 11.30am - 12pm
Hospitality Entrepreneur 11am - 12pm
Hotel and Events Management 11am - 12pm
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 5
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 11
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 11
Hotel Management 11am - 12pm
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 11 Illustration 10.45am - 12.15pm Meet in ‘The Room’
Intelligence, Security and Resilience 11am - 12pm
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 4
Interior and Spatial Design 10.45am - 12.15pm Meet in ‘The Room’ International Business Studies 10.30am - 11am - Business and Law Welcome Talk 11am - 12pm - Course Talk
10.30am - 11am in: North Wing 2nd Floor Room 6 and then 11am - 12pm in: North Wing, 2nd Floor, Room 10
COURSE TIME ROOM
Hospitality Management 11am - 12pm North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 11
Tourism Management with Air Travel 11am - 12pm North Wing, 2nd Floor, Room 9
10.30am - 11am - Business and Law
Welcome Talk 11am - 12pm - Course Talk
10.30am - 11am Business and Law welcome talk in: North Wing 2nd Floor Room 6 11am - 12pm Course talk in: North Wing, 2nd Floor, Room 12
10.30am - 11am - Business and Law Welcome Talk 11am - 12pm - Course Talk
10.30am - 11am Business and Law welcome talk in: North Wing 2nd Floor Room 6 11am - 12pm Course talk in: North Wing, 2nd Floor, Room 10
COURSE TIME ROOM
10.30am - 11am Business and Law
Marketing and Media Communications
10.30am - 11am - Business and Law
Welcome Talk 11am - 12pm - Course Talk
Mechanical Engineering
10.45am - 12.15pm
Media Production 11am - 12pm
welcome talk in: North Wing 2nd Floor Room 6 11am - 12pm Course talk in:
North Wing, 2nd Floor, Room 10
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 13
Gateway, Ground Floor, Video Studio 1
Music and Live Events Management 11am - 12pm
Gateway 1st Floor, Room 11 Music Business 11am - 12pm
Gateway, 1st Floor, Room 11 Music Production 11am - 12pm
Gateway 1st Floor, Audio Studio 1 Music Production and Business 11am - 12pm
Gateway 1st Floor, Audio Studio 1
COURSE TIME ROOM
Music Production and Performance 11am - 12pm
Gateway 1st Floor, Audio Studio 1
Musical Theatre 12.45pm - 2pm Meet in ‘The Room’
Occupational Therapy 11am - 12pm
Operating Department Practice 11am - 12pm
Paramedic Science 11am - 12pm
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 10
South Wing, 4th Floor, Room 4
South Wing, 4th Floor, Room 6 a+b
Photography 10.45am - 12.15pm Meet in ‘The Room’ Physiotherapy 12.30pm - 1.30pm
South Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 4
Police Studies with Criminal Investigation 11am - 12pm
North Wing, 1st Floor, Room 9 Professional Policing 11am - 12pm
North Wing, 1st Floor, Room 9
COURSE TIME ROOM
Professional Practice - Early Years 11am -12pm
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 2
Professional Practice - Education & Training 11am -12pm
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 2 Professional Practice - Primary Education 11am -12pm
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 2
Psychological Studies 10.30am - 11.30am
Psychology 10.30am - 11.30am
Psychology and Criminology 10.30am - 11.30am
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 6
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 6
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 6
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 3
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 4 Set Design for Stage and Screen 10.45am - 12.15pm Meet in ‘The Room’
COURSE TIME ROOM
SFX Props and Modelmaking for Film and TV 10.45am - 12.15pm Meet in ‘The Room’
Social Work 11am - 12pm North Wing, 2nd Floor, Room 11
Software Engineering 10.30am - 12pm Gateway, 4th Floor, Room 1
Songwriting and Music Production 11am - 12pm
Sound Design 11am - 12pm
Sport and Exercise Science
10.30am - 11am - Welcome to Sport 11am - 12pm - Course Talk
Gateway 1st Floor, Audio Studio 1
Gateway 1st Floor, Audio Studio 1
10.30am - 11am Welcome to Sport talk in: South Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 2 a + b 11am - 12pm course talk in: South Wing, 1st Floor, Room 1
COURSE TIME ROOM
Sport and Exercise Science with Strength and Conditioning
10.30am - 11am - Welcome to Sport 11am - 12pm - Course Talk
10.30am - 11am Welcome to Sport talk in: South Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 2 a + b 11am - 12pm course talk in: South Wing, 1st Floor, Room 1
Welcome to sport talk and course talk in:
Sports Coaching with Performance Sport
10.30am - 11am - Welcome to Sport 11am - 12pm - Course Talk
Sports Coaching with Physical Activity
Sports and Exercise Psychology
10.30am - 11am - Welcome to Sport 11am - 12pm - Course Talk
South Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 2 a + b
Welcome to sport talk and course talk in:
South Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 2 a + b
10.30am - 11.30am
North Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 6
COURSE TIME ROOM
Sports Therapy
Sustainable Product Design
10.30am - 11am - Welcome to Sport 11am - 12pm - Course Talk
10.30am - 11am Welcome to sport talk in: South Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 2 a + b 11am - 12pm Course talk in: South Wing, 1st Floor, Room 4
10.45am - 12.15pm Meet in ‘The Room’
Textile Design 10.45am - 12.15pm Meet in ‘The Room’
Visual Effects
11.30am - 12:30pm
Welcome to Sport 10.30am - 11am
Gateway 1st Floor, Room 13 (Animation VFX) Then move to Gateway, Ground Floor, Video Studio 2
South Wing, 3rd Floor, Room 2 a + b
Open daychecklist
Here are a few questions to help you find out everything you need to know about our university –feel free to ask our staff and students any questions during the day or via our website chat bnu.ac.uk
THE UNIVERSITY
Where is the university in relation to the town?
Are the public transport links good?
Is the university on one campus, or spread out?
Is there transport between the campuses?
ACCOMMODATION
Is accommodation in university halls guaranteed for first years?
Can you walk to the halls of residence?
How much does accommodation cost?
Is there a choice of options – en suite/studio etc.?
STUDENT SUPPORT
What support is available to me?
I have a disability – what additional support is available to me?
What clubs and societies can I join?
Are there any scholarships or bursaries I can apply for?
When is the library open?
Will I feel safe here?
Are there any additional fees?
YOUR COURSE
Will I be taught face to face on campus?
What is the timetable like?
How many hours will I be taught?
How much teaching is practical?
How will I be assessed – practical/exams/coursework?
What are the entry requirements?
Is there an interview, audition or portfolio review?
How do I apply?
What are the facilities for teaching?
What industry/business experience will I get?
What do your graduates go on to do?
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Queen Alexandra Road
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP11 2JZ
Aylesbury Campus
59 Walton Street
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire HP21 7QG
Uxbridge Campus
106 Oxford Road
Uxbridge
Middlesex UB8 1NA
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