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Welcome Activities

Welcome Week January 2025

If you’re starting with us in January, we are ready to welcome you to UON and get you ready for your next chapter with us.

This year, the Students’ Union and the University of Northampton have a bunch of activities for students to get you familiar with us and keep you busy, while making or hanging out with friends.

To find out more, visit the Students’ Union website to see all their events that are run every week or scroll below to see a selection of things happening for Welcome Week January 2025.


These events are here to help you feel informed, comfortable, and ready as you continue your studies at UON. Plus, they’re a fun way to begin making new friends and connections.

Welcome Week timetable

  • All week

    Welcome Café

    We’ll be offering free tea, coffee and cake and a chance to speak to our support teams!

    • Location: Next to the enrolment, in Learning Hub
    • Time: 9am – 5pm

    Monday 6 January 2025

    Meet & Greet Board Games Night
    • Location: Waterside Bar
    • Time: 7pm
    • Cost: Free
    Prize Bingo
    • Location: Engine Shed
    • Time: 7.30pm – 11pm
    • Cost: Free

    Tuesday 7 January 2025

    Karaoke
    • Location: Waterside Bar
    • Time: 7pm
    • Cost: Free

    Wednesday 10 January 2025

    Clubs and Society Socials

    On a Wednesday, some clubs and societies host their socials in the Engine Shed. At a society or sport, you can make new friends, find a new passion, or enjoy your hobby!

    Thursday 9 January 2025

    Music Bingo
    • Location: Waterside Bar
    • Time: 7pm
    • Cost: Free

    Friday 10 January 2025

    Free drink!

    Buy any Main Meal in the Market and get a free drink

    • Location: The Market
    • Time: 1pm – 2pm
    • Cost: Free
  • Monday 13 January 2025

    Prize Bingo
    • Location: Engine Shed
    • Time: 7.30pm – 11pm
    • Cost: Free

    Wednesday 15 January 2025

    ISS welcome talk for FBL UG students

    Join the International Student Support team as they talk you through some orientation information and host a Q&A for any Undergraduate international students who have enrolled to a course in the Faculty of Business and Law in January 2025.

    • Time: 11am – 12pm
    • Location: Online
    • Open to: International only
    • Link to join: Collaborate
    Clubs and Society Socials

    On a Wednesday, some clubs and societies host their socials in the Engine Shed. At a society or sport, you can make new friends, find a new passion, or enjoy your hobby!

  • Monday 20 January 2025

    Meet & Greet Board Games Night
    • Location: Waterside Bar
    • Time: 7pm
    • Cost: Free
    Prize Bingo
    • Location: Engine Shed
    • Time: 7.30pm – 11pm
    • Cost: Free

    Tuesday 21 January 2025

    ISS welcome talk for FBL UG and PG students

    Join the International Student Support team as they talk you through some orientation information and host a Q&A for any Undergraduate or Postgraduate international students who have enrolled to a course in the Faculty of Business and Law in January 2025.

    • Date: Tuesday 21 January
    • Time: 2pm
    • Location: in person – Learning Hub, TPOD A (Second floor)
    • Open to: International only
    Karaoke
    • Location: Waterside Bar
    • Time: 7pm
    • Cost: Free

    Wednesday 22 January

    ISS welcome talk for FHES students

    Join the International Student Support team as they talk you through some orientation information and host a Q&A for any international students who have enrolled to a course in the Faculty of Health, Education and Society in January 2025.

    • Time: 2 – 3pm
    • Location: online
    • Open to: International only
    • Link to join: Teams
    Clubs and Society Socials

    On a Wednesday, some clubs and societies host their socials in the Engine Shed. At a society or sport, you can make new friends, find a new passion, or enjoy your hobby!

    Thursday 23 January 2025

    ISS welcome talk for FAST students

    Join the International Student Support team as they talk you through some orientation information and host a Q&A for any international students who have enrolled to a course in the Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology in January 2025.

    • Time: 12 – 1pm
    • Location: online
    • Open to: International only
    • Link to join: Collaborate
    Music Bingo
    • Location: Waterside Bar
    • Time: 7pm
    • Cost: Free

    Friday 24 January 2025

    Welcome Breakfast

    Join the International Student Support team for a welcome hot drink and pastry and to catch-up with your fellow new students. This breakfast is open all new Undergraduate or Postgraduate international students who have enrolled in January 2025.

    • Date: Friday 24 January
    • Time: 9am
    • Location: in person in the Engine Shed
    • Open to: International only
    A History of Waterside tour of campus, followed by free hot drink and cake

    If you have just enrolled in January 2025, what better way to find out more about your new place of study than a historical tour of our beautiful Waterside campus, hosted by Nick Allen, Executive Officer for the Office of the Vice Chancellor. The tour will be followed by free coffee and cake in the Engine Shed.

    • Time: 10am
    • Location: in person, in the Engine Shed
    • Open to: all students
    Free drink!

    Buy any Main Meal in the Market and get a free drink

    • Location: The Market
    • Time: 1pm – 2pm
    • Cost: Free

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