Academic calendar
Teaching and Assessment 1 (September 2026 starters) runs Sep 28, 2026 – Jan 22, 2027. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Starting Block (September 2026 starters)
- Teaching and Assessment 1 (September 2026 starters)Relevant now
- Starting Block (January 2027 starters)
- Teaching and Assessment 2 (September 2026 starters)Teaching and Assessment 1 (January 2027 starters)
- Teaching and Assessment 2 (January 2027 starters)
- Main resit period
- Graduation ceremonies
- Programme-led dissertation or unscheduled activity
Campus language
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Showing 18 of 18 terms
A
- Atrium Cafe
- The cafe located within the Bristol Business School (FBL) building.
C
- Carroll Court
- A budget-friendly on-campus housing area at Frenchay, often referred to simply as Carroll.
F
- FBL
- The Faculty of Business and Law.
- FET
- The Faculty of Environment and Technology.
- Frenchay
- The shorthand name for the university's main and largest campus.
G
- Glenside
- The shorthand name for the campus dedicated to health and social care subjects.
H
- HSS
- The Faculty of Health and Social Sciences (formerly part of HAS).
O
- Onezone
- The primary large-scale restaurant and food court located in E Block at Frenchay Campus.
P
- PAL
- Peer Assisted Learning, a scheme where students from higher years facilitate study sessions for lower years.
- Philly
- The Philadelphia-style diner located within the Students' Union building at Frenchay.
- Purdown View
- The university's first low-carbon, 'Passivhaus' student accommodation development at Frenchay.
S
- Student Village
- The main on-campus accommodation at Frenchay Campus, consisting of Brecon, Cotswold, Mendip, and Quantock courts.
T
- The 70
- Refers to the First Bus route 70, the primary bus link between Frenchay Campus and Bristol City Centre.
- The Hollies
- Accommodation located directly opposite the Glenside Campus, primarily used by healthcare students.
- The m1
- The MetroBus route frequently used by students to travel between campuses and the city.
- The SU
- The Students' Union bar and cafe, a central social and dining hub for students.
- The SU
- The Students' Union at UWE, the representative body for all students.
W
- Wallscourt
- Wallscourt Park, a modern accommodation area located on the southern edge of the Frenchay Campus.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Arnolfini
- A contemporary arts center in Bristol city centre that houses UWE's City Campus facilities.
- Blackboard
- The virtual learning environment (VLE) where students access course materials and submit assignments.
- Bolland
- The Bolland Library, the main 24/7 library located at the Frenchay Campus.
- Bower
- The Bower Ashton site, part of the City Campus focused on creative arts.
- MYUWE
- The central student portal used for checking timetables, registration, and official records.
- onezone
- Onezone
- Pharos
- The campus-wide managed print system used by students to print, copy, and scan.
- T Block
- The building housing Design and Technology facilities at Frenchay.
- the_atrium
- The Atrium
- the_coffee_pod
- The Coffee Pod
- the_hub
- The Hub
- UWE Card
- The official student ID card required for building access, library borrowing, and student discounts.
- wild_kitchen
- Wild Kitchen
- X Block
- The Engineering Building at Frenchay, known for its distinctive modern architecture.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Teaching and Assessment 1 (September 2026 starters) runs Sep 28, 2026 – Jan 22, 2027.
- How much campus context is included?
- 18 approved campus terms and 14 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.