Freshers' Week Timetable
There are a whole host of activities taking place during Freshers' Week, both academic and social. Below is a listing of all of the official events taking place during Freshers' Week. Please note that some activities take place on more than one occasion, and others are one-off events. Use this timetable as a reminder of where you are meant to be and when! You will find a personalised version of the timetable via the RISISweb Portal (once you have completed Online Enrolment).
You can use the links below to view the full timetable for each day (or download the Full Freshers' Week Timetable (PDF - 1,189KB))
Friday 7 October
| Time | Title | Location | Further information |
|---|---|---|---|
09:00 - 17:00 | Provision of Campus Card | Palmer Building, Room G.05b | |
09:00 - 17:00 | Sports Trials | Playing Fields/SportsPark | |
09:00 - 13:00 | Graduate Institute of Political & International Studies (GIPIS) Induction | Palmer Building, Room 1.06 | |
09:00 - 12:30 | Real Estate & Planning - Case studies | Business School, SEGRO Lecture Theatre G15 | |
09:00 - 10:30 | Management Help Desk and Registration | Business School, Room 137 | |
10:00 - 16:00 | Using Computers on Campus | Main Library, S@iL. | It's important to drop in for just a few minutes to see how things work here on campus |
10:00 - 13:00 | Activity for Part 1 students in Meteorology | Meteorology Building, Room 1L61 | |
10:00 - 13:00 | Film Theatre & TV Introductory Activities | Minghella Building, Bob Kayley Theatre | |
10:00 - 13:00 | MSc students on Accounting Financial Management or International Management and Accounting - Business Game B | URS Building, Rooms 2s12 and 2s14 | |
10:00 - 13:00 | Registration of non-English Language students taking Part 1 modules in Applied Linguistics | HumSS Building, Room 210b | |
10:00 - 12:00 | Activity for Part 1 students in Chemistry | Chemistry and Pharmacy Building, Lecture Theatre 1 | |
10:00 - 12:00 | Disability Advisory Service Drop-In; Whiteknights Campus | Carrington Building, Disability Advisory Service | For students with disabilities who do not have an individual appointment already booked. This event is repeated this afternoon. |
10:00 - 12:00 | Management and Accounting Undergraduate Induction Part 2 | Business School, Room G11 | |
10:00 - 11:00 | Finding Your Way in the Library workshop | Book at the desk on the Ground Floor of the Main Library | This workshop is repeated every day until Friday 14 October |
10:00 - 11:00 | Introduction to Laboratory and Field Work - School of Biological Sciences | Hopkins Building, Large Teaching Laboratory | |
10:00 - 10:30 | Managing Your Money - Undergraduates | Palmer Building, Room 1.03 | |
10:30 - 16:30 | Medical Practice registration | Palmer Building | |
10:30 - 14:30 | School of Economics Undergraduate module registration | HumSS Building, Room 181 | |
10:30 - 13:00 | School of Economics Postgraduate Welcome | Palmer Building, Room 1.02 | |
10:30 - 11:00 | Think like an Entrepreneur | Carrington Building, Room 101 | |
10:45 - 11:15 | Managing Your Money - Postgraduates | Palmer Building, Room 1.03 | |
11:00 - 13:00 | Department of Mathematics and Statistics Postgraduate Welcome | Mathematics Building, Room 113 | |
11:00 - 13:00 | Department of Pharmacy Postgraduate Welcome meeting | Food Biosciences Building, Room 118 (Pharmacy Practice Lab / Seminar Room) | |
11:00 - 13:00 | Welcome meeting for Postgraduate students in the School of Systems Engineering | School of Systems Engineering, Gordon Lecture Theatre | |
11:00 - 12:00 | Finding Your Way in the Library workshop | Book at the desk on the Ground Floor of the Main Library | This workshop is repeated every day until Friday 14 October |
11:00 - 12:00 | Introduction to Laboratory and Field Work - School of Biological Sciences | Hopkins Building, Large Teaching Laboratory | |
11:00 - 12:00 | Legal Skills Module (LW1LS) Lecture | Agriculture Building, Madejski Theatre | |
12:00 - 13:00 | Allocation of text books, lab coats etc for Part 1 students in Chemistry | Chemistry Building, Laboratory G | |
12:00 - 13:00 | Business and Management Undergraduate Placement Induction | Business School, Room G11 | |
12:00 - 13:00 | Compulsory Laboratory Safety Meeting: Students in the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences | Chemistry and Pharmacy Building, Lecture Theatre G | |
12:00 - 13:00 | Finding Your Way in the Library workshop | Book at the desk on the Ground Floor of the Main Library | This workshop is repeated every day until Friday 14 October |
12:00 - 12:30 | Music at the University | Palmer Building, Room 1.04 | |
12:00 - 12:30 | Reading Experience and Development (RED) Award | Carrington Building, Room 101 | |
13:00 - 14:00 | Hall Fire Safety Talk - Mackinder Hall - residents of Blocks A, B, C, E | Palmer Building, Theatre | Attendance is compulsory if you are a Halls resident |
13:00 - 14:00 | School of Economics Postgraduate Lunch | Palmer Building, Room 1.03 | |
13:00 - 14:00 | Soup Lunch | Chaplaincy Centre | |
14:00 - 17:00 | Tutor Meetings: All students in the Faculty of Life Sciences will be told of the time and location of their first meeting with their Personal Tutor at the School/Department Welcome or the Module Selection Interview | ||
14:00 - 17:00 | Tutor Meetings: All students in the Faculty of Science will be told of the time and location of their first meeting with their Personal Tutor at the School/Department Welcome or the Module Selection Interview | ||
14:00 - 16:00 | Disability Advisory Service Drop-In; Whiteknights Campus | Carrington Building, Disability Advisory Service | For students with disabilities who do not have an individual appointment already booked. |
14:00 - 16:00 | School Activity: Students in the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences | Food Biosciences Building, Rooms 2-33 and 2-34 | |
14:00 - 16:00 | School of Management Essential Masters Level Skills session | Business School, Room G11 | |
14:00 - 15:30 | Mature Students' Quiz | Carrington Building, Room 101 | What have you learnt in your first week at Reading? Bring your own team (4 members), or join one when you get here |
14:00 - 15:00 | Finding Your Way in the Library workshop | Book at the desk on the Ground Floor of the Main Library | This workshop is repeated every day until Friday 14 October |
14:00 - 15:00 | Hall Fire Safety Talk - Dunsden Crescent/Windsor Hall residents | Palmer Building, Theatre | Attendance is compulsory if you are a Halls resident |
15:00 - 16:00 | Finding Your Way in the Library workshop | Book at the desk on the Ground Floor of the Main Library | This workshop is repeated every day until Friday 14 October |
15:00 - 16:00 | Hall Fire Safety Talk - Mackinder Hall - residents of Blocks F and H | Palmer Building, Theatre | Attendance is compulsory if you are a Halls resident |
15:00 - 15:30 | Agriculture, Policy and Development School Meeting | Agriculture Building, Nike Theatre | |
16:00 - 18:00 | School of Management Postgraduate Social Event | Business School, foyer | |
16:00 - 17:00 | Finding Your Way in the Library workshop | Book at the desk on the Ground Floor of the Main Library | This workshop is repeated every day until Friday 14 October |
Saturday 8 October
| Time | Title | Location | Further information |
|---|---|---|---|
14:00 - 18:00 | Walk to Sonning | meet at the Chaplaincy Centre | Organised by the Chaplaincy Centre |