Why are Uni Open days only held on weekdays?

theaman

Why is there never any on the weekends when more people can get to the open days and take a look around?

Reply 1

Leekey

theaman

Why is there never any on the weekends when more people can get to the open days and take a look around?

Funny you should be posting that on a Saturday when Reading are having an openday!!! :biggrin:

Reply 2

theaman

Leekey

Funny you should be posting that on a Saturday when Reading are having an openday!!! :biggrin:

I want a London uni really, and none of the unis seem to hold any open days on the weekends. :mad:

Reply 3

mr-shiraz

Probably because people don't like to work at weekends, so they hold open days during the week instead. It is annoying though, but its a good excuse to miss a few days school.

Reply 4

Xenon

theaman

Why is there never any on the weekends when more people can get to the open days and take a look around?

You shouldn't really complain. After all you get a day off school for each open day. And if u're going to visit a london uni, take some time out to hang around there for a bit with some mates or something.

Reply 5

*Amy*

It's driving me nuts, i am a saturday girl for a local shop and i feel extremely bad having to take the saturdays off to see the universities. >_<

Reply 6

Clearing and Applications Advisor

theaman

Why is there never any on the weekends when more people can get to the open days and take a look around?

Because Universities don't pay overtime to the staff who have to be around (we have a slave clause in our contracts - work as many hours as it takes to get the job done)...so noone would be willing to work the weekend for free (especially the academics).