University of Reading guide: 最高位のs, open days, 料金s and accommodation
Overview
As it approaches its centenary, the University of Reading is enjoying a 殺到する in 使用／適用s and enrolments. 使用／適用s last year were 20% up on pre-pandemic levels and the 近づく-4,500 students 認める has been より勝るd just once before. The university is based 大部分は on the 320-acre Whiteknights campus in this sizeable 通勤（学）者 town. A lake, woodlands and formal gardens break up the academic, social and 冒険的な 施設s. The London Road and Greenlands campuses are smaller, the latter 住宅 the renowned Henley 商売／仕事 School on the banks of the Thames, while a new campus in Malaysia will ますます 申し込む／申し出 the 選択 for UK students to 熟考する／考慮する abroad. The university, which owns 2,000 acres of 農地, has an 優れた 評判 in 農業 and animal science, 同様に as 存在 one of the 主要な centres for the 熟考する／考慮する of meteorology and 気候 change. From 2024, Reading is moving from a three-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 academic year to one made up of two semesters. The 目的（とする） is to 供給する greater clarity in degree structures, and at the same time Reading is also reviewing all course content and degree programmes to make sure 準備／条項 is 独特の and 反映するs student 需要・要求する.
支払う／賃金ing the 法案s
The Reading Bursary 供給するs £1,100 per year in cash or as a tuition 料金 権利放棄 for all students from homes where the 年次の 世帯 income is いっそう少なく than £27,000. These 支払い（額）s form the 本体，大部分／ばら積みの of the £2.8m paid out by the university in the 2021-22 academic year in 財政上の support to undergraduates. Other bursaries are paid to care leavers and estranged students, to students on work or 熟考する／考慮する placements, and in the form of pre-入ること／参加（者） travel bursaries and pre-使用／適用 bursaries for 見込みのある students with known disabilities. Scholarships are 大部分は 的d at international students, although there are a 限られた／立憲的な number of 支配する-明確な／細部 awards. University-owned accommodation begins at £5,600 for a 40-week 契約 in the cheapest self-catered rooms, rising as high as £15,500 for a two-bedroom flat on a 51-week 契約.
What's new?
Reading is moving from a three-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 academic year to a two-semester model in 2024. It says the 意向 is to make course structures clearer, to 改善する the タイミング and 質 of teaching and 査定／評価, and to 改善する the 有効性 of 査定／評価. Reading is reviewing all course programmes and modules, programme 配達／演説／出産 and student experience. Teaching and social spaces on campus are 存在 昇格d and there will be more technical support and laptop 貸付金s for students. Reading makes a 納得させるing pitch for the green student, coming fourth in this year's People and 惑星 最高位の of universities based on their 環境の and 倫理的な 業績／成果. 炭素 放出／発行s have been 削減（する） by 50% in the past 13 years as it 作品 に向かって 達成するing 逮捕する 無 炭素 by 2030. The university has also joined the Menus for Change universities' 研究 collaborative to make meals served on campus healthier and more environmentally friendly. The move draws on Reading's eminence in 農業, food and nutritional science; it has recently served burgers made from beef sourced from the university farm using 20% いっそう少なく beef. There has also been an 増加する in vegan dishes.
Admissions, teaching and student support
Contextual 申し込む／申し出s are made for all Reading courses except those with an 統合するd 創立／基礎 year. The 申し込む／申し出s 的 all students from under-代表するd groups and are typically two grades below the published 入ること／参加（者） 必要物／必要条件s. In 2022, more than a ４半期/4分の1 of entrants 伸び（る）d a place at Reading through a contextual 申し込む／申し出. Career activities and 率先s are embedded in the curriculum and designed with inclusivity in mind so that all Reading students stand the best chance of 後継するing, 関わりなく their background. Reading has 逆戻りするd to pre-pandemic methods of course 配達／演説／出産 as its 基準 approach with an in-person teaching model 流布している. 'Our 焦点（を合わせる） on in-person activity is because we believe that the best learning experience arises from 存在 a part of our campus community,' the university told us. 'Flipped' learning using a pre-記録，記録的な／記録するd lecture, for example, in 前進する of a 関係のある in-person teaching 開会／開廷／会期, is used only occasionally. Working closely with the students' union as part of the student welcome programme, Reading 申し込む／申し出s 指導／手引 on where to find mental health and wellbeing support. The university counselling and wellbeing service has a multidisciplinary team of counsellors, mental health nurses, social 労働者s and counselling volunteers.
