Welcome to your course
We are delighted to welcome you to your course at the Westminster School of Arts, and congratulations for enrolling on this exciting programme.
Welcome to Westminster School of Arts
We are delighted that you are joining our vibrant and exciting community where we aim to support you in achieving your creative and academic potential. We are committed to your development, and we have a team of permanent teaching staff, leading practitioners, technical support staff and industry partners who you will work with in a variety of ways through your journey at Westminster.
Based on our Harrow Campus, the School of Arts benefits from generous spaces for students to undertake their creative practice, join community events and a full suite of some of the most advanced technical and digital workshops.
During Welcome Week, we have planned a programme of activities for you, to help you navigate your way around the campuses, understand how to engage with your course team and space to get to know one another. Please do attend these events.
We look forward to meeting you in Welcome Week and seeing you and your creative work flourish at Westminster.
With every best wish
Virginia Grose
Head of Westminster School of Arts
Collecting your ID card and completing enrolment
As part of your induction and to complete your enrolment, you'll need to collect your student ID card.
Your time slot for collection is:
2.30pm, Monday 14 September 2026
Marylebone Campus
For more information about enrolment, including related FAQs, visit our Enrolment for new students page.
Course induction schedule
Your course induction events may take place online or on campus – check the details for each event below.
The timing and venue for events may change, so double check this page closer to the date.
Fashion department welcome
10am–12pm
Auditorium, room LG.01
Harrow Campus
Collecting your ID card and completing enrolment
2.30pm
Marylebone Campus
Course welcome, Inductions, Activity and Task
10am–4pm
Room ELG.03, E block
Harrow Campus
Optional: Students' Union Marylebone Welcome Fair
10am–4pm
Ambika P3
Marylebone Campus
The fair will provide you with the opportunity to see what the Students' Union and University have to offer outside of your studies.
Please visit the UWSU Welcome website for full details.
Independent Work Tasks
Times TBC, details to be given out Tuesday 15 September.
Room ELG.03, E block, Harrow Campus
Optional: Students' Union Marylebone Welcome Fair
10am–4pm
Ambika P3
Marylebone Campus
The fair will provide you with the opportunity to see what the Students' Union and University have to offer outside of your studies.
Please visit the UWSU Welcome website for full details.
Optional: Outdoor Film Screening
6.30–9.30pm
All new students are invited to an outdoor cinema event at Harrow Campus. The college will be providing one free drink and a choice of snack for the first 500 attendees, as well as a paid bar during the screening.
Drop in Session - Questions and Answers with Course Leader
10am–2pm
Room ELG.03, E block
Harrow Campus
Head of School welcome
2pm
Auditorium, room LG.01
Harrow Campus
Optional: Students' Union Harrow Welcome Fair
10am–4pm
The Den
Harrow Campus
Your one stop shop to finding out about your Students' Union and everything that we have to offer to make your time at Westminster as enjoyable as possible.
Please visit the UWSU Welcome website for full details.
Optional: Welcome Festival
11am–5pm
Harrow Field
Harrow Campus
Food, drinks, entertainment, and music for students – registration required.
Please visit the UWSU Welcome website for tickets and full details.
Course resources
Blackboard
Blackboard is our online learning platform, which you'll be able to log in to after you've set up your University email address and password.
Teaching timetables
Teaching starts in the week commencing Monday 21 September and you can check your teaching timetable to see when and where your classes are being held.
Course handbook
Full details on the course structure, modules and course team are included in the course handbook, which can be found on Blackboard.
Equipment and materials
All students should have access to a laptop that can be brought to classes when necessary (not just a tablet as the software we use on this course will not run on them properly).
While you can borrow laptops through the University for 24 hours, it's better to have your own. If you're not sure what to buy, our technical support team can advise you once you've enrolled.
You'll be eligible for a student discount on computer purchases.
Support and services
Welcome to Westminster
Visit our Welcome to Westminster page for everything you need to get started at Westminster.
Student Centre
If you need help with enrolment or have any questions, please use the live chat.
Academic English
If you'd like to hone your academic English skills, watch our Academic English for Disciplinary Study Module video for starters and consider joining one of our Academic English Modules. If you have any questions, get in touch with the Academic English team at [email protected].