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Whether you like to party, have an appreciation for the arts and culture, live to explore the great outdoors or sample fine foods, South Wales and the surrounding areas offer you plenty of opportunities to enjoy yourself this summer.
Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons.
A new car park barrier system will be installed across the Treforest and Glyntaff campuses.
Glyntaff lower car park will be affected by the car park barrier installation from Saturday 16th June for approximately two weeks. During this time, the existing barriers will be held up and removed. Security will be increasing patrols of the car parks for the duration of the installation.
Following this, the Treforest Student car park will similarly be affected by the new installation from Monday 25th June. Further updates will be provided to ensure all staff and students remain informed.
Please contact estatessecurity@southwales.ac.uk if you have any questions
The Sport Centre at Treforest is offering a 6 week gym membership open to all students, staff and members of the public
Available from Monday 4 June – Friday 31 August 2018 and includes:
Last date for full six weeks is Monday 23 July (limited gym availability between 10-13 July 2018).
For more information contact (01443) 482681 or email Lewys Thomas
Graduating students: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Non-graduating students: Thursday 21st June 2018
We would like to wish you all every success! But whatever your outcome, a dedicated team of advisers will be working across the University campuses on both Results Days. They will be available to discuss your options and answer any questions that you may have.
Appointments are available with Advisers from the Careers, Student Money and Progression teams. Additionally, Immigration and International Student Advice will have drop-ins available. Please see here to access appointment booking.
In the meantime, be prepared!
Remember that University staff are unable to discuss your results with anyone else unless you have given permission for us to liaise with a nominated person on your behalf.
The last day of Summer term is Friday 1st June, and the academic year 2018/19 starts with the Autumn term commencing on Monday 17th September. If you’re staying around the main University campuses over the summer break you’ll need to know what services and facilities are open during the vacation.
This page gives information about many of the main campus facilities but if you need any other information please contact us at unilife@southwales.ac.uk.
Standard summer opening hours for all Advice Zones: 8.30am-4.30pm, Monday-Friday. These hours may vary at certain times due to staff training, check UniLife for updates.
There will be reduced availability of appointments in some areas. Specific adjustments are listed below:
Library vacation opening times up until the end of July can be found here.
See Study Skills Summer 2018 for details.
For the summer opening hours of IT Customer Support please visit IT Services Opening Hours web page.
The Careers & Employability Service opening hours are unchanged over the summer.
The IISA opening hours can be found on their Contact us page page. The Service will be open as usual during the summer.
Opening times can be found on Accommodation Service’s Contact Us page
Childcare Services at Treforest are open normal hours.
Payment Hub will be not be affected by the summer vacation. Any students that need to contact Revenue for any reason should phone on 01443 483340 or via email: revenue@southwales.ac.uk and refunds@southwales.ac.uk.
See the Summer Holiday Catering Unit Opening Hours page for details of catering facilities and availability.
Opening hours can be found on the Treforest Sports Centre page.
There may be changes to availability of specific facilities within the centre, and a reduction in classes, please contact the centre on 01443 482681 for further details.
For details about which of the Students’ Union’s facilities services are open over the summer vacation see the SU website.
USW Health Service will offer limited opening hours during June/July/Aug/ Sept 2018
Please see UniLife for available appointments with a Nurse
There will be NO GP clinic available until the start of the new academic term in September
June opening hours
Advice Zone Online is USW’s new online student support system, which makes finding answers to your questions easier than ever.
Advice Zone Online is the University’s recently launched online student support system. It’s one central place where you can access support from any part of the University, with any type of issue you might have.
Currently Advice Zone Online lets students view Frequently Asked Questions and ask new questions, which will connect them with the right team at the University to get help.
How do I access Advice Zone Online?
Advice Zone Online can be accessed from the UniLife homepage:
What information can I expect to find in Advice Zone Online?
Advice Zone Online currently features frequently asked questions on everything from ‘Your Course’ to ‘Careers and Employability’. Advice Zone Online also enables you to request student letters. Appointment booking will be launching soon.
How can I view Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)?
Once you have logged into Advice Zone Online with your student credentials, you can browse categories and select a subject to see all related frequently asked questions or search using keywords.
What if I can’t find an answer to my question?
If you can’t find an answer to your question, you can ‘Ask Us a Question’. Your question will automatically be sent to the correct University ‘team’. When your question has been answered an email will be sent to your University email address asking you to login to the system.
How do I view my questions and correspondence?
Your questions are stored securely in Advice Zone Online under ‘My Questions’ enabling you to search and track, current and previous queries. You must login to Advice Zone Online with your University credentials to access and view correspondence.
What if I need to add more information to my query?
If your answer hasn’t been resolved, Advice Zone Online makes it easier to interact with staff and find the answer you’re looking for. Return to your query via the ‘My Questions’ button and select an action to re-open the enquiry.
What does ‘a question has been raised for me’ mean?
Your Campus Advice Zone will raise a question in Advice Zone Online on your behalf if your enquiry is made over the phone or face-to-face. You will need your student ID in both instances to verify your identity.
Students should no longer email their Campus Advice Zone; instead, all questions and enquiries should be logged in Advice Zone Online.
Privacy Statement
Advice Zone Online’s Privacy Statement tells you what information might be collected as you use the system, and how your privacy and data security is protected.
From 14th May 2018, Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC in partnership with USW are placing two recycling collection points in Treforest.
These collection points will give students who are leaving halls of residence, or rented accommodation in Treforest the opportunity to drop off any reusable items. These items can then be given to fellow students and local charities. Any item that cannot be reused will be recycled.
Items we would like to see you bring to the collection points are:
If you have anything that you think would be useful for somebody, then bring it along with you.
The collection points will be situated
Opening times at the collection points will be Monday – Friday, 10:30am to 2:00pm. The collection points will be available until 16th June 2018.
Feeling stressed at the moment ?
FREE Anxiety workshops available for students during Mental Health Awareness week
See UniLife Connect to book a place
Tues 15th May – Newport City campus 11.30am – 12.30
Tues 15th May – Cardiff ATRiuM Campus 2pm – 3pm
Thurs 17th May – Treforest campus 11.30am – 12.30
Thurs 17th May – Glyntaff Campus 2pm – 3pm
Monday 14th May. This year the focus is on stress.
Stress is not a mental health problem in itself, but it is a key cause of mental health problems like depression and anxiety and is often linked to self-harm and suicide.
Stress is also known to lead to physical health problems like muscle and joint pain and cardiovascular problems.
Spotting the signs of stress early is crucial to enabling us to manage it and ensuring it isn’t allowed to develop into a more serious problem.
Why not take the stress test, designed using the evidence-based perceived stress scale?
Take the stress test and see how you’re doing
Anxiety workshops are also being held on all campuses next week
Tues 15th May Newport and at the ATRiuM
Thurs 17th May Treforest and Glyntaff
see UniLife Connect to book a place on any of the workshops
Last update:
Wed Jun 20 18:01:46 2018
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