Benefits and discounts
Find out more about benefits, discounts and support available to UWE Bristol alumni.
Postgraduate discounts and scholarships
We're delighted to offer UWE Bristol alumni a tuition fee discount of 20% for 2024 entry on a number of our full-time and part-time taught postgraduate courses. If you graduated from an undergraduate course last year or are due to graduate this year, you may be eligible to apply for a Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship, which provides a 50% discount on selected full-time and part-time postgraduate courses.
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Professional development
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Our expert staff and diverse professional training courses offer you the opportunity to acquire new skills and enhance your existing experience. Many of our short and professional courses offer discounted prices to UWE Bristol alumni.
Trailblazer programme
Offered exclusively to UWE Bristol alumni, our Trailblazer Programme focuses on maximising personal impact, boosting effectiveness and leaderships skills.
Careers and business support
Whether you’re a recent UWE Bristol graduate or a long-standing member of our alumni community, we can support you to find a new job, progress in your role, change career, or launch a new business. We can also help you to recruit UWE Bristol student and graduate talent for your organisation.
Alumni Connect networking and mentoring
Join a community of over 5,000 UWE Bristol alumni and students from around the world. You can find industry experts, professional contacts, local connections and old friends. You can offer to be a mentor or browse for a mentor yourself.
Find out more about Alumni Connect
Support for new graduates
Access to UWE Bristol systems
If you have recently graduated, or are soon to leave UWE Bristol, please look at the information for final year students, which clarifies how long you have access to systems such as Blackboard and MYUWE.
LinkedIn Learning
With free access to LinkedIn Learning for up to a year after you complete your course, explore a vast library of over 16,000 expert-led online courses and video tutorials.
Blackbullion online money resource
Blackbullion is an award-winning education technology company which offers free financial advice online, equipping students and graduates with money skills for life. Free access is available whilst you still have a UWE Bristol email address – so for around one year after course completion.
Blackbullion for alumniLibrary membership
UWE Bristol alumni are able to join the library as members for free. Alumni are entitled to borrow up to five books at a time free of charge. Please note that, due to the University's licensing agreements, you are unable to borrow audio-visual materials and short-loan items.
To take advantage of the Library borrowing entitlement, simply complete the online application to join the Library.
Join the Library
Centre for Music
Alumni membership to the Centre for Music is £75. This includes access to all our professionally-directed ensembles and choirs and the opportunity to join us at national competitions, tours and events.
Become a memberReunions and finding old friends
Reunions
If you’re interested in arranging a reunion event, our reunion web pages explain how we can help.
Find your friends
We can also help you connect with old University friends, either through our Alumni Connect site or find your friends service.
UWE Bristol Centre for Sport
Alumni receive discounts on membership packages, facility hire and sports services such as physiotherapy.
There is also the opportunity to get involved in events, such as the Bristol 10K where you run as part of the Varsity team. Keep an eye on the UWE Bristol Sport website for news.
To join, you’ll need to provide proof of your alumni status at the Centre for Sport. You can request proof by emailing the Alumni Team at alumni@uwe.ac.uk.
Discounts on The Students' Union at UWE sports, clubs and societies
UWE Bristol alumni are welcome to join The Students' Union at UWE sports clubs. You can join by paying twice the sports fee that students pay, excluding sub-aqua. The sports fee provides you with access to as many sports clubs as you wish and comprehensive insurance. Please see the sports information from The Students’ Union at UWE.
In order to join a society there will also be an additional fee, which varies depending on the society you wish to join. Please refer to individual societies for more information.
Visit the Glenside Sport Rehabilitation Clinic for a consultation
UWE Bristol's Sport Rehabilitation Clinic based on Glenside Campus offers a variety of services to alumni with sports-related injuries.
The service is run by students on the BSc (Hons) Sports Rehabilitation course, under supervision by experienced clinicians, specialising in musculoskeletal management, exercise-based rehabilitation and fitness. Initial consultations cost just £4.50 for UWE Bristol alumni.
Referencing tools
Alumni can access our free referencing tools such as Mendeley and Zotero.
Mendeley is a free online reference manager tool that allows you to store and format references and then incorporate them into Word documents. It can help you to manage and organise your research and collaborate with others online. It enables you to import citations and research papers from online databases, and it can generate bibliographies.
Zotero is a free online reference manager tool that allows you to store and format references.
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