Facilities On The Carmarthen Campus

In this blog post I'm going to talk about some of the non academic facilities offered at UWTSD on the Carmarthen Campus. I'm going to talk about the main facilities that I know a lot of students use and the super useful ones that we do have right on our campus!

The Students Union

The Students Union is the hub of the campus not only for nights out but for food as well. The union boasts a bar called The Attic upstairs where you can enjoy a quiet drink after lectures are over  as well as a main club area downstairs open for nights out on Wednesday and Friday. This is also where the student staff running the SU are based and if you have any questions or queries about the SU and how you can get involved you can get into contact with them. They're all super friendly and always available to help new students if you need it. I'll link their Twitter handles at the end of the blog and any other accounts I mention will be linked and labelled at the end if you want to message them directly or get any information.

The Carmarthen Sports Centre

We are so lucky to have our own gym and sports centre right on campus filled with tons of machines ready for your use. The gym membership is very affordable compared to others offered in town and is super convenient as it's on campus for those living there. Students in the Sports, Health and Outdoor Education faculty are lucky enough to get their membership free, but for other students it is super affordable and there is always an offer on for a reduced yearly membership during Freshers. For a yearly membership it's £190 and for a monthly membership it's £20, these rates do go down during the first few weeks at university as I mentioned before. So if you're all about the gains and not in the Sports, Health and Outdoor Education faculty I would strongly recommend getting a gym membership at the beginning of the year when that first student loan comes in.

The Swimming Pool

We're also really lucky to have our own heated swimming pool on campus which is open to students and lecturers for free! Swimming lessons are often held here for the general public so just have a look on the pools schedule and see when you can take a dip for free. Swimming is a great way to exercise and if you can't afford a gym membership this is an amazing alternative.

The Cwad

The Cwad is a multi-purpose learning space which quite a lot of students spend their time in. This is because we have our very own Starbucks in the Cwad with student discounts which is amazing. They also serve food there as well so a lot of students tend to get their lunch or a snack there. Other than the Starbucks, that I go to sometimes too regularly, there are tons of computers there, a stationary shop, comfy sofas and some of the study rooms that you can book online to have group space to work. Very useful for Acting I must say. This is where quite a lot of students hang out and do work or where they go during their breaks between lectures. The vibe there is very awesome and they've also started a book swapping scheme there.

So those are some of the main facilities that are non academic on the Carmarthen Campus. I'll most likely do another blog about some of the other facilities that are related to studying such as the library and the Halliwell Theatre, but I hope you all have enjoyed this blog post. If you have any questions regarding the non-academic facilities offered on the Carmarthen Campus or have any questions in general about UWTSD and studying there, you can send me a Tweet on Twitter or private message me on it. I'm hoping to get my UWTSD Facebook account up and running soon so I will also be available to answer questions on that soon. I've left links like I said I would down below and they are all clearly labelled. Enjoy!

SU Twitter
SU Website
Sports Centre Website
Cwad Website