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10.00 - 15.00
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Welcome!
I’m delighted to welcome you to the third Access
All Areas open day for the community. Building on the positive feedback from
past events, our programme incorporates popular attractions from previous years and includes
activities which are new for 2015.
When I arrived at Aber almost four years ago,
I was aware that we arranged some fantastic
open days for prospective students and it
has been a longstanding aim to open up the
campus to the local community. We believe
that our Access All Areas day is the perfect
opportunity for you, our neighbours in the
town and the surrounding area, to explore
our campuses, meet some of the University’s
excellent staff and find out more about
some of the really great work happening
here.
We want to celebrate our strong ties with
the local community and encourage people
to take advantage of what we have to offer.
We are working closely with local schools,
colleges, adult learners, local suppliers
and businesses to make the University
even more accessible and I’m pleased that
you have been able to join me and my
colleagues today.
I hope you enjoy your day at the University;
please remember you are welcome to visit at
any time, to use our fantastic facilities such
as the Sports Centre, the Arts Centre and our
excellent cafés and restaurants.
I look forward to meeting you in the very
near future, and catching up with last year’s
attendees!
Professor April McMahon
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Event information
Access All Areas features activity hubs
located at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, The Old
College and Gogerddan Campus (IBERS).
Activities are also taking place at the University Sports
Centre, the Parry Williams Building, and the University Botany Gardens.
Further details on the activities at each location are outlined in this programme.
Travelling between locations
Aberystwyth Arts Centre - Old College
Free travel is available between
Aberystwyth Arts Centre and The Old
College on the Mid Wales Travel 03
Service, using the voucher from your
Access All Areas lanyard.
The 03 bus runs every 60 minutes
between town and Penglais Campus.
You can catch it from the promenade at:
10:20, 11:30, 12:30, 13:30 and 14:30
Photographs
Photographs and video footage will be
taken at this event. These may be used
for marketing purposes. If you have any
objections to your photograph being
used, please alert the photographer and a
member of the Communications & Public
Affairs Team.
Building Work
The University is frequently upgrading
and improving facilities and consequently
there is some building work taking place
on the Penglais Campus. We apologise for
any inconvienence.
Safety
In the interests of your own safety, please
do not touch any materials or apparatus
unless specifically invited to do so by a
member of staff.
Disabled visitors
Aberystwyth Town and University
Campus Plans include a detailed map
showing disabled parking and disabled
access to buildings. Copies can be
downloaded from www.aber.ac.uk/en/
media/departmental/theuniversity/pdfs/
campus-plan-en.pdf, or you can pick up a
copy from the University Reception at the
entrance of Penglais Campus.
In the event of an emergency
Please contact the nearest member of
staff immediately. Instructions in case of
fire are posted in every building, but if
they are not to hand then please vacate
the building by the nearest exit, do not
use the lifts, and remain outside until
informed by a member of University staff
that it is safe to re-enter.
or catch it from the Arts Centre at 10:28,
11:38, 12:38, 13:38, 14:38 and 15.38
Aberystwyth Arts Centre and Gogerddan
Campus
A minibus shuttle will run between
Aberystwyth Arts Centre and IBERS
Gogerddan during the day. Catch the
dedicated service from the back of the
Arts Centre and outside the main IBERS
Gogerddan reception. See lanyard
voucher for details.
Food and Drink outlets
Arts Centre Café
Situated on the first floor of the Arts
Centre, and serving hot food from 12.00
– 14.00. Vegetarian food a speciality, and
yummy cakes too! A range of food and
drinks, including: filled rolls/sandwiches,
home-made cakes, salads etc.
TaMed Da
Situated near the entrance to Penglais
Campus (see map), TaMed Da is an awardwinning restaurant offering exciting,
healthy, nutritious food. Serving lunch
from 12.00 – 14.00. The TaMed bach
coffee shop will be open until 16.00.
Brynamlwg Tafarn
Situated at the top of the Penglais
Campus (see map), Brynamlwyg will
be serving lunch between 12.00 14.00 (bar open 12.00 - 14.30).
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Information Desks – Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Bus Stop (for 03 service to and from town)
Minibus Shuttle Link (to and from Gogerddan)
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Parry-Williams Building (Theatre, Film & Television Studies)
University Sports Centre
Brynamlwg Tafarn
Botany Gardens
TaMed Da
Creative Studios
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Free travel to Old College & Gogerddan Campus
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Aberystwyth Arts
Centre Activity Hub
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A huge range of interactive activities and engaging displays await
you in the Great Hall and marquee, including:
• Experience up close
encounters with
creatures in the
aquarium
• Watch a live map of Cyber attacks taking
place all over the world. Who do you think is
responsible for most of them? You might be
surprised!
• Gain an insight into the history of food and
drink
• Meet ‘Researchers of the Future’ and
discover more about current postgraduate
projects
- Round Studio
Journey through the Solar System as part of our Planetarium experience.
Free tickets will be available at intervals through the day
from the welcome desk outside the Great Hall.
• Try your hand at
drawing biological
specimens
• Find out what data
is gathered about
you through your
day to day use of the internet. How well does
Google know you?
Planetarium Experience
• Take the ‘commodity challenge’ to discover
more about where common household
goods come from
• aMAZEing maps: teaching and cartography,
a walk through some of our map store
• Discover more about the role of glaciers in
shaping our environment
• Take part in ‘A Slice of Pi’ mathematical
experiment
• Beat the clock to build the giant foam
Snafooz® puzzle
• Finding Words – try out our interactive
poetry game’
Put your knowledge of the solar system
to the test with the interactive star
wall located in the Theatre Bar on
the first floor of the Arts Centre.
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4
11.00 – 11.45
Tickets released from 10.00
12.00 – 12.45
Tickets released from 11.00
13.00 – 13.45
Tickets released from 12.00
14.00 – 14.45
Tickets released from 13.00
Irish Taster Session
12.00 - 12.30
- Marquee
Pick up some Irish phrases at this informal language ‘taster’ session
led by the Department of Welsh - No pre booking required.
Mindfulness Sessions
- Creative Studio 8
Spaces for these taster sessions are limited and will be allocated on a first come basis. The
session will be held in Creative Studio number 8 located behind the Arts Centre.
Session 1: 12.00 - 12.30 | Session 2: 13.00 - 13.30
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Galleries and Exhibitions
Take the opportunity to view the free exhibitions in
the Arts Centre galleries including the prestigious
British Wildlife Photography Awards.
Gallery 1: Clive Hicks Jenkins ‘Dark Movements’
Gallery 2: British Wildlife Photography
Ceramics Gallery: Philip Eglin Ceramics
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Parry Williams
Building
TV News Reader Experience
The Box: Season 19 artists films by Lindsay Perth,
Consuelo Radclyffe, Bill Viola, Martin Clark & Janice
Parker and Anthon Hecht
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Call into The University Sports Centre (see map) as part of your visit.
Swimming
10.00 - 15.00
Enjoy a free swim at The University Sports Centre
between10.00 - 15.00.
Hand in the voucher from your lanyard at the
reception desk.
Collect a FREE pass
Visit the Sports Centre during Access All Areas
(10.00 – 15.00) to collect a free FitTogether
pass. This pass is valid for one adult to attend
one FitTogether class FREE of charge between
Monday 29 June and Friday 10 July. See pass and
accompanying timetable for further information.
- Television Studio
Your opportunity to see how a TV studio works and
read the news from an autocue in front of a ‘green
screen’.
Café Gallery: Lin S.F.Huang – Silk Road to China
University Sports
Centre
10:00 – 12:00
13:00 – 15:00
Student Showcase
10.00 - 15.00
- Emily-Davies Studio
Visitors to the Parry Williams building will have
the opportunity to view a showcase of work
from students in the Department of Theatre,
Film and Television Studies
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Gogerddan Campus
(IBERS)
Visit IBERS Gogerddan to discover more about the impact and
application of IBERS research.
University Botany
Garden
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Visitors can take a guided tour or wander through the
glasshouse. Staff will be on-hand to answer questions.
Botany Garden
IBERS Gogerddan
Interactive activities for all the family.
Free guided tours will run through the day including
the opportunity to visit the most advanced research
greenhouse in the UK, the BBSRC funded National
Plant Phenomics Centre.
Tours leave from IBERS reception at:
Tour 1 - 11.00
Tour 2 - 12.30
Tour 3 - 14.00
11:00 – 15:00
There are some truly weird and wonderful
species to see in the Botany Garden. You will find
carnivorous plants that feed on insects, the largest
flowering herb (a banana), plants that mimic
freshly laid butterfly eggs, sensitive mimosa that
recoils when touched, not to mention some of our
favourite plants, cocoa and coffee. You can also
see, and sometimes smell, a gigantic arum lily that
gives off a scent like rotting flesh, attracting flies to
act as pollinators.
University Botany
Garden
The Botany Garden is situated directly opposite the
main entrance of Penglais campus. Parking is very
limited at the Botany Garden, so please walk, cycle,
Visitors can take a guided tour or wander through the glasshouse. Staff
use the bus, or park near the Arts Centre.
will be on-hand to answer questions.
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Reception
FREE travel on the minibus shuttle between IBERS Gogerddan and
Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
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The Old College
Old College Talks
10.45 – 12.00 (Welsh) 12.15 – 13.30 (English)
Join Elgan Davies, who was the Old College Librarian
for almost 30 years, for an informative talk about this
Grade 1 listed building. Hear about its fascinating
history, and how it came to be purchased in
March 1867 to form the University of Wales. The
surroundings will convey a real sense of history and
fellow feeling for the generations that have passed
through the venerated corridors of Old College.
Meet the Robots
10:00 – 15:00
Meet interactive entertainment robots and see
projects built by school children who are members
of Aber Robotics Club.
Learn more about the role robots can play in remote
environments and how the data they capture can
be used.
Rocks – A Beginners Guide
The Quad
Take part in one of the hands on practical sessions
scheduled during the day (no pre-booking required):
Session 1 - 11.00
Session 2 - 12.00
Session 3 - 13.00
Session 4 - 14.00
New Life for Old College
10:00 – 15:00
View a selection of work by Mary Lloyd Jones, one
of Wales’s most distinguished and highly acclaimed
visual artists.
Learn about the skill involved in creating mosaics
with demonstrations running through the day.
10.00 - 15.00
Discover more about the exciting proposals for the
regeneration of the prestigious Old College building
and contribute to the current phase of public
consultation during your visit.
Discover more about the Aberystwyth PrintMakers
and the School of Art.
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