Young people waving light sticks dance in a night club.

Welcome Events

Introduction

You will be sent an email giving specific details of your Welcome Event. Please make sure your email address is correct so you can receive this information. The dates and times of Welcome Events can be found on the HWB Dashboard.

Welcome Events

You will need to confirm your place at the event by completing the booking request form, please complete this as soon as possible.

Carmarthen – 22 September 2025 Welcome Event.

Swansea – 22 September 2025 Welcome Event.

Cardiff – 23 September 2025 Welcome Event. 

Cardiff – 25 September 2025 Welcome Event. 

Information on arrival weekend events can be found on the UWTSD Student Union and HWB App.

Students' Union

The Students’ Union is getting ready to unleash a storm of events across our Welsh campuses. The final schedule is still being fixed. In the meantime, you can have a sneak preview of what’s planned by browsing this page. 

Go to the Students’ Union Welcome site for the most up-to-date information. 

Cardiff

24 to 28 September

  • DIY Tie-Dye

  • Trip to IKEA!

  • Escape Rooms

Gallery

Two students crawl across an inflatable obstacle; one, a young woman, smiles directly at the camera.
Six young women of East Asian heritage stand in a line and smile; the student on the far left holds a drink in one hand and makes a peace sign with the other while grinning.
Six students crowd together for a group selfie on a slope overlooking the sea; they are in coats and look windblown, but are smiling; a young man at the front gives a double thumbs-up.

Carmarthen

20 to 29 September

  • Climbing @ Overhang Carmarthen

  • Games Night

  • Welcome Week - Crafternoon Tie Dye

  • Bowling @ Xcel Bowl

  • Immersive Space Escape Room

  • Dodgeball with Carmarthen Wizards

  • Welcome Brunch

  • Seed Planting Session

  • Rugby Taster Session

  • Individual Sports Taster Session

  • Crafternoon Origami

  • Crafternoon Macrame

  • Pizza and a Pint

  • Trip to Tenby

  • Meet the Medieval Society!

  • Hockey Taster Session

  • Welcome Fair

Gallery

A crowded party under pink lights; dancers laugh as they are sprayed with sparkling liquid.
A young woman holds on tight to the saddle of a fibreglass rodeo bull.
Sitting around a table, a group of two young men and four young women with boxes of takeaway pizza and bottles of beer smile and give thumbs-up signs to the camera.

Swansea

20 September to 02 October

  • Swansea Tour

  • Bowling

  • Creation Station

  • The Fiends Gig Night

  • Social Dice

  • Gaming and cocktails at Level 256

  • Bingo Lingo Swansea

  • Bunkers Mini Golf

  • Sound Wars

  • Welcome Fair

Gallery

A human in a cuddly purple dragon suit stands in a line of students with its arms around the two nearest; the student on its right is wearing a pride lanyard and rainbow jumper.
A group of young men sit chatting in a nook formed by tall raised beds; greenery and white and purple flowers spill over the sides of the containers.
A young man and a young woman, the former wearing a Iaith Gwaith lanyard, each hold two Ninety-Nine Flake ice creams and smile towards the camera; an ice cream van is in the background.