Academic Sessions for Schools and Colleges

Date and time

The Applied Sciences Taster Event takes place on 12th November 2024 from 12:00-15:00.

Description

The Department of Applied Sciences has an exciting and extensive portfolio of subjects and students will be introduced to a handful of these in the Taster Event. Students will receive an overview of all our Applied Science courses from an Academic, alongside a 2-hour practical workshop in an Applied Science strand of their choice. This Event is first come, first served and there is a limited capacity available.

Please note, for the Chemistry session, you must be studying Chemistry or an equivalent at A Level. For Food Science, you must be studying Science, Food Technology, Home Economics or an equivalent at A Level. These are course specific requirements to be able to study these Applied Sciences course at Undergraduate level.

Teacher

If you're a teacher and are looking to enquire about bringing a number of your students, please click here.

Student

If you are an individual student looking to attend, or your place has been confirmed with your teacher/school, please click here to choose your session.

We will contact you via email if your space has been confirmed and with further details about the Event.

Date and time

We a have two Business Taster Days which are taking place on 15th and 22nd November 2024, from 10:30-15:00.

Description

Our Business Taster Days have returned where students are able to experience three taster sessions from an Academic for the majority of our Business courses. This may help students decide which Business course is best suited for them when choosing their University options.

Teacher

If you're a teacher and are looking to enquire about bringing a number of your students, please click here.

Student

If you are an individual student looking to attend, or your place has been confirmed with your teacher/school, please choose your session preferences on your chosen date below. Please note, this Event is first come first served and there is a limited capacity available. We will do our best to allocate you to your chosen strands, this will depend on the availability of each session. You will hear from us before the event with your session timetable for the day.

• 15th November
• 22nd November

Date and time

Health Alive takes place on 20th November 2024 from 09:30-15:15.

Description

Our annual Health Alive event is returning for its sixth year. Students are able to experience four strands of Health courses in our industry-standard Clinical Skills Centre, led by an Academic professional. This event is extremely popular each year and is first come first served.

Teacher

If you're a teacher and are looking to enquire about bringing a number of your students, please click here.

Student

If you are an individual student looking to attend, or your place has been confirmed with your teacher/school, please choose your session preferences here.

Please note, this Event is first come first served and there is a limited capacity available. We will do our best to allocate you to your chosen strands, this will depend on the availability of each session. You will hear from us before the event with your session timetable for the day.

Date and time

NUSTEM Week takes place from 24th-28th February 2025, during the half term period.

Description

Every February half term, the NUSTEM team coordinates an “Experience Week” for a limited number of Year 12 students from local schools. We deliberately run this week in February as our own University students are on campus and our participants can have a better experience of what life at university is really like. Attending this week-long event is a unique experience which is a stand-out on UCAS applications when applying for STEM subjects.

• During a typical Experience Week, participants will:
• Attend a first year university lecture of undergraduate programmes
• Interview an Academic researcher or postgraduate student
• Create and showcase a research poster
• Visit laboratories, specialist facilities and get a guided tour of our campus
• Experience student life at university

To initially register your interest for the event please click here. Once complete, you will hear from our NUSTEM team in the following weeks about the outcome of your application.

Date and time

Every Thursday 17:30-18:30 from Thursday 7th November.

Description

Our NUSTEM team are pleased to present a range of activities and online webinars for students and staff. 

NUSTEM evening lectures

The NUSTEM Evening Lectures are aimed at Y11 to Y13 students and their teachers. Each lecture is focused on a different topic, and aims to show how Physical Sciences and Mathematics matter and where they can lead. The lectures will be mainly presented by staff at Northumbria University with some external guest speakers from industry.

To book a place please visit nustem.uk/eveninglectures and press "book your place" next to each lecture abstract.

Contact

For any questions, please contact Antonio Portas via email:antonio.portas@northumbria.ac.uk 

Music / History / Wellbeing Workshops for Years 7-13

Workshops inspired by Tudor rounds and catches, tailored for different year groups, abilities, and aims:

• Singing in Harmony
• Singing History: Renaissance / Tudors / Reformation
• Singing for Wellbeing / Belonging
• Singing and Creating (new words for old tunes)
• Composing Rounds and Canons (some musical literacy required)

For more information please contact Katherine Butler: katherine.butler@northumbria.ac.uk and to see more please click here.

Description

Around 100 students visited the University and had the opportunity to experience an advocacy session and taster lecture during the day, as well as a campus tour and look round the facilities. This was a popular event which has received great feedback.

During the 2023/24 academic year, we held over a dozen taster events. These events allowed the students to gain an insight into what it would be like to be a Northumbria student, as well as the opportunity to experience our world-class facilities.

2023/24 Taster Days

Maths

Business x2

Midwifery, Nursing & Health courses

Humanities x2

Psychology x2

Maths, Physics & Chemistry Week (NU STEM week)

School specific Taster Days x3

Date and time

The lecture takes place from 18:30-19:30 on 3rd October.

Description

Babel Lecture 2024: 'Original Pronunciation - The sound of Shakespeare' 

What did Shakespeare's accent - and that of his actors and audience - sound like? What can we learn from hearing and speaking his works in that accent? And with no recordings or transcriptions available to us, how do we know?