After you’ve booked your offer holder day

Now that you’ve booked your place at one of our on campus offer holder days, please see below all the information you’ll need to make the most of your visit
Roland Levinsky front

Arrival and registration

The on campus offer holder day runs from 9:00–16:00.
On arrival to the campus, please collect your goody bag and register your attendance with a member of the registration team in the Roland Levinsky Building. The registration team will talk you through the programme for the day and answer any questions you may have. We strongly advise that you check the times of the talks and subject sessions that you are interested in, as some sessions are only run once.
Please email studentrecruitment@plymouth.ac.uk if you have any queries or concerns ahead of your visit.

Plan your day

To help you plan your day in advance we will send you a digital copy of the programme one week before the event via email.
A full version of the programme (either digital or printed) will also be available for you upon registration when you arrive in the Roland Levinsky Building for your offer holder day.
undergraduate open day programme students

Plan your travel

Travel bursaries

We are delighted to offer a travel bursary as a way of thanking you for attending our Offer Holder Day. The bursary will be sent after you have attended the event in the form of an e-voucher which can be used for online purchases or added to your Apple Wallet or Google Pay. The amount you are eligible for will depend on where you have travelled from;
  • PL postcodes – not eligible
  • EX, TA, TQ, TR postcodes – £20
  • All other UK postcodes* – £40
To claim this, please head to the Travel Bursary Desk in the Students' Union between 09:00 and 15:30 on the day of the event. Please note, you must apply for the bursary on the day of the event, we will not accept applications once the event has finished. The bursary is only available to the prospective student, if you submit more than one claim per household only one bursary will be issued. If you have any questions, please email studentrecruitment@plymouth.ac.uk.
*The travel bursary is only available to guests travelling from a UK postcode.

Rail discount

You could get over half price* off rail fare for your Offer Holder Day visit
We are delighted to offer you an 20% discount on Advanced Purchase tickets** with Great Western Railway. Railcards can also be used in addition to the discount which could offer you over 50% discount in total. Further information on how to redeem this can be found in your booking confirmation email or by emailing studentrecruitment@plymouth.ac.uk.
*The over half price discount is calculated using the 20% GWR discount and any discount from a valid railcard. Without a valid railcard, the discount will be 20%.
**This offer is on Advanced Purchase tickets only and is only valid on designated dates. We have the right to withdraw this offer to individuals. For more information please email studentrecruitment@plymouth.ac.uk.

Bus discount

As part of a partnership with Plymouth Citybus we are offering the opportunity to park and ride for free at the George Park and Ride Site (PL6 7HB) for people that hold an invitation to our open day. Please use the 42C service direct from the George Park and Ride to the University of Plymouth. This service operates every 30 minutes from 7am until 7pm, then every hour until 10.59pm.
All you need to do is show your invitation to the open day to the driver on the date in question and this will grant you access to the 42C service. This offer is valid for the invitation holder, and any additional passengers will be charged accordingly a single ticket is £2, a day ticket £6 adult and £4.50 Child (Up to age of 18).

Hotel discounts

We have teamed up with three local hotels to offer a discounted stay for guests visiting one of our offer holder days:
Copthorne Hotel
Priority University Rates at the Copthorne Hotel, just minutes from the campus. Please visit www.millenniumhotels.co.uk and use booking code UPLY to get a guaranteed 10% discount from the Best Available Rate, including breakfast.
Crowne Plaza Plymouth
Crowne Plaza Plymouth is only a 10 minute walk from Campus and is located on Plymouth Hoe with stunning sea-views. Visitors can receive a 20% discount off the Best Flexible Rate including breakfast! Reservations must be made using the link provided and cannot be used in conjunction with any other promotion or bookings made via third party websites. Please use this link to book.
Leonardo Hotel Plymouth
Just a stone’s throw from our Plymouth campus, visitors can receive 15% discount from our Best Flexible Rate when booking directly on the Leonardo Hotel website. Please visit www.leonardohotels.co.uk and enter PLYMUNI24 into the promotional code box.
Please note that all bookings need to be made directly via the website. The discount will not be applied to any existing promotional rates. The discount cannot be applied retrospectively to any bookings made on sale rates or third party websites.
Please show your open day registration email upon check-in as proof of attending one of our offer holder day events.

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Event photography and video

Please be aware that some of the University of Plymouth's public events may be attended by University photographers and videographers, for capturing content to be used in University online and offline marketing and promotional materials, for example webpages, brochures or leaflets. If for whatever reason, you or a member of your group, do not wish to be photographed, please make yourself known to staff working at the event on arrival or to the photographer.