Calling all freshers: Here’s your ultimate A-Z guide for university life at Warwick

If you’re a Warwick fresher in 2025, you’ve probably joined a bunch of group chats and are eager to start this new chapter of your life. To help you hit the ground running, The Warwick Tab has created a mini guide to get you ready for the best few years of your life.

Trust me, these 26 things will 100 per cent be experienced before graduation, and basically mean you’re a true University of Warwick student.

A is for Aldi

Good luck with the weekly walk back from Aldi if you live in Lakeside or Sherbourne.

B is for Benugo

You can’t be on campus every day and never try Benugos at least once – especially since there’s a discount on Mondays.

C is for Circle

The longstanding Warwick tradition where you’re dressed in a silly outfit, you don’t know the rules, the points don’t matter and the alcohol is purple.

D is for Dirty Duck

Warwick’s attempt at an on-campus pub, complete with pub quizzes and karaoke nights.

E is for economics students

They’re everywhere. The quarter zips, the talk of LinkedIn and Springs, and the complaints about micro, macro, and why history is the bane of their existence. You can’t escape them.

F is for FAB

Pro-tip, even if you think you can take the stairs to floor five, I promise you, you can’t.

G is for Geese

The true rulers of campus. Cross them at your own risk – they’re the only thing on campus scarier than your dissertation deadline

H is for Health Centre

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Where you’ll be cured of whatever illness you think you have, if not by the doctors then by the three-week wait to see one.

I is for intro lectures

These are the only 9ams you will definitely make it to.

J is for Jidong

Because who doesn’t want to splurge on some expensive bubble tea?!

K is for Kasbah

The weekly venture into Coventry on a Monday night, ending with a kebab and an Uber split six ways.

L is for Leamington Spa

Home to jazz bar, scenic parks, and the eternal north versus south debate.

M is for monitoring points

Make sure you at least go to the seminars that are monitoring points, because no one wants to have the awkward chat with their personal tutor.

N is for neon

Where you most definitely will get into a shoving war with someone if you’re in the main room – good luck going two minutes without being jostled by the person next to you.

O is for Oculus

Where the revolving doors never work, but you’ve got more than enough plush seats and large windows.

P is for Pop!

THE place to end up after circle.

Q is for queue jump

If you’re not on Fixr on a Tuesday evening or trolling freshers group chats for a Smack q-jump, good luck getting in.

R is for Rootes grocery store

Your one-stop shop for expensive snacks and running into people you’re avoiding!

S is for Sports Ball

Warwick’s annual excuse to swap kit for black tie, colourful dresses, and drinking from 1pm.

T is for T-Bar

Because nothing says “productive afternoon” like fish bowls and pool.

U is for U1/U2

If you choose to live in Leamington after first year, make some friends who have a car, because the U1 and U2 lines truly aren’t for the weak.

V is for Viallis

Is a Neon night out even complete if you don’t stop for some nuggets and chips while you wait for the bus (and watch a fight break out).

W is for Warwick Student Cinema

Cheaper than Vue, comfier than your flat kitchen: It’s the best place to procrastinate.

X is for 2X/3X

Good luck finding a seat in term three — 3x is Warwick’s unofficial prison wing with the garish neon green desk dividers.

Y is for year abroad

Half Erasmus, half existential crisis in a new timezone.

Z is for Zeeman Building

The equation scrawled on the chalkboard has been there for years. Honestly, WHO uses those chalkboards!?

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