Activities and Events

Be Inspired Days

Our Be Inspired Days offer students so much more than just a taster session. They can get a feel for a subject area, while getting to test-drive a selection of specific degree programmes, helping to familiarise them with new, exciting fields and courses. These practical, on-campus sessions place students in our modern facilities, next to our academic experts.

The events listed below offer your students the chance to explore a range of fields they may have not previously considered. Places are limited and we recommend early booking to avoid disappointment.

'Be Inspired' - Astrophysics

7 December 2023 and 25 June 2024

With a focus on astrophysics, this day takes students through the cosmos to examine discovered exoplanets, work out if these planets are suitable for habitation, and plan how we are going to get to them. Students will also be able to hear about exciting developments in the field of astrophysics and work to solve problems currently faced by industry.

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'Be Inspired' - Business and Marketing

13 December 2023, 24 January 2024, 22 May 2024

Using the case study of our fictional company, De La Haye Airlines, students can engage in sessions based on our Accountancy and Finance, Management, Marketing, and Tourism courses to explore how the airline could shift from being a passenger airline pre-pandemic to carrying medical supplies and vaccines, and transport key workers before returning to its traditional business model. Students can also examine and provide their solutions to the issues this change has caused for the airline.

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'Be Inspired' - Alternatives to Medicine

16 January 2024 and 26 June 2024

Students can get behind the scenes of healthcare to explore exciting career options beyond medicine through expert-led masterclasses in topics such as pharmacy, biomedical science, drug discovery and development, and pharmaceutical science. These sessions give students the opportunity experience industry standard facilities and find out what it is like to learn at university.

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'Be Inspired' - Designing the Future

17 January 2024 and 19 June 2024

Students can build the future in workshops which consider how we will live in 1000 years. Through the courses of Architecture and Interior Architecture and Design, this day encourages students to create cities and buildings which are fit for the future they imagine.

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'Be Inspired' - Drama and Theatre

23 January 2024

Students will take part in a series of workshops that explore the staging of Charles Dickens's famous festive ghost story, A Christmas Carol, fresh from our own 2023 Christmas production. This Be inspired Day features Q and A sessions with the production's cast and crew, as well as creative and technical workshops which explore how we might bring ghost stories to theatrical life.

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'Be Inspired' - Design

28 February 2024

Students can explore the fascinating subjects of illustration, graphic design, product design, creative advertising, and photography, and find out more about our Arts Foundation Year course, through exciting workshops led by industry-experienced academics.

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'Be Inspired' - Engineering

21 March 2024 and 11 June 24

Students who would like to become an engineer of the future will be able to delve into a plethora of related courses during this session, including mechanical and electrical engineering, engineering design, and mechatronics.

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'Be Inspired' - Film, Media and Journalism

17 April 2024 and 5 June 2024

Media shapes the narrative of the modern world, and through creative workshops in our industry standard facilities, students can find our first-hand what it is like to work in a tv studio, create a radio bulletin, build motion graphics, and make ethical decisions from industry-experienced academics. This day is an excellent opportunity for any student interested in film production, media production, media studies, or journalism.

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