Subject Taster and Career Insight Day
Thursday 27 April 2023
Why attend?
The Subject Taster and Careers Insight Day will contain a fantastic array of academic taster sessions from across our world-class departments as well as careers insight sessions from the University and other employers to help you meet Gatsby Benchmarks 5 and 7.
Running from 9.00am - 3.00pm, students will also be able to head on a campus tour, chat to academic departments and employers and really experience what life as a student is like.
Who’s it for?
This free-to-attend event is aimed primarily at Year 10 and 12 students. There is no limit on the number of students you can bring with you.
Bookings
Due to incredibly high demand, bookings for this event are now closed. We are operating a waiting list system, so if you fill in the form below we may get back in touch if space becomes available.
What do students think about the event?
I loved how friendly everyone was and the fact that it was so easy to ask questions!
It was great that I could experience what an actual lecture would look and feel like - and being able to see the different buildings and different parts of campus.
Event questions
If you have any questions about this event, please contact schools@le.ac.uk.
General activities
Careers Insight Fair
12.00pm - 1.45pm
Campus tours
9.00am - 2.00pm
Meet one of our Ambassadors at the Campus Tour Hut in Centenary Square. Tours will roughly be 40 minutes long and take place both inside and outside.
Information and guidance for Year 10 students
Change is here: Your future, your choice (suitable for year 10 students only)
9.00am - 9.45am
Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 2
Change is here: Your future, your choice (suitable for year 10 students only)
12.00pm - 12.45pm
Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Information and guidance for Year 12 students
Personal statements (suitable for year 12 students only)
12.00pm - 12.45pm
Bennett Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Choosing your course and university (suitable for year 12 students only)
2.00pm - 2.45pm
Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 2
Student life talks
9.00am - 9.45am
Charles Wilson Building, Belvoir City Lounge
10.00am - 10.45am
Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 3
11.00am - 11.45am
Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 2
1.00pm - 1.45pm
Charles Wilson Building, Belvoir City Lounge
Interactive climate change lecture
Peach Lecture: Carbon, climate and cheese: Understanding how everyday items contribute to the climate crisis
11.00am - 11.45am
Bennett Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Subject sessions
Accounting and Finance
Macro Finance
1.00pm - 1.45pm
Bennett Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Archaeology and Ancient History
Why did the chicken cross the world?
11.00am - 11.45am
Attenborough Building, Film Theatre
Biological Sciences
Electron Microscopy
1.00pm - 1.45pm
Fielding Johnson Building, Peter Williams Lecture Theatre
Drop-in labs (suitable for year 12 students only)
Drop-in between 9.00am - 11.45am and 1.00pm - 2.45pm
Meet at the Maurice Shock Building reception
Business and Management
Management as a career
11.00am - 11.45am
Fielding Johnson Building, Peter Williams Lecture Theatre
Chemistry
Materials research in Chemistry: Batteries, electronics and aeroplanes
9.00am - 9.45am
Fielding Johnson Building, Peter Williams Lecture Theatre
Computer Science
Can computers add up?
1.00pm - 1.45pm
Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 2
Criminology
Do what I say and you won't get hurt
11.00am - 11.45am
Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Economics
The economics of matching
10.00am - 10.45am
Attenborough Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Engineering
General/Mechanical Engineering
10.00am - 10.45am
Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 2
Aerospace Engineering is not "Rocket Science"...
12.00pm - 12.45pm
Fielding Johnson Building, Peter Williams Lecture Theatre
English
Unlocking Shakespeare's sonnets
10.00am - 10.45am
Bennett Building, Lecture Theatre 2
Film Studies
A brief introduction to reading film
11.00am - 11.45am
Bennett Building, Lecture Theatre 10
Geography, Geology and Environmental Science
Super eruptions: The most destructive volcanic events
10.00am - 10.45am
Bennett Building, Lecture Theatre 1
The chicken at the end of the world: Food consumption and a geography for the Anthropocene
11.00am - 11.45am
Bennett Building, Lecture Theatre 2
Tropical corals as living sensors of climate change
12.00pm - 12.45pm
Bennett Building, Lecture Theatre 2
History
Women in Britain during World War II
12.00pm - 12.45pm
Charles Wilson Building, Belvoir City Lounge
Journalism
An introduction to Journalism: Who, what, when, where, why and how?
11.00am - 11.45am
Attenborough Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Law
Can Law change the world's climate?
10.00am - 10.45am
Fielding Johnson Building, Peter Williams Lecture Theatre
Marketing
Services Marketing
9.00am - 9.45am
Attenborough Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Mathematics
The art of spaghetti bridges
2.00pm - 2.45pm
Fielding Johnson Building, Peter Williams Lecture Theatre
Media and Communication
Contemporary media: Its uses and abuses
2.00pm - 2.45pm
Bennett Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Medical Sciences
Using genomics in cancer research
9.00am - 9.45am
Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Medicine
Medicine calling: Diagnosing and treating mental health conditions
9.00am - 9.45am
Bennett Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Chronic kidney disease - what happens when the kidneys don't work as well as they should?
10.00am - 10.45am
Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Midwifery
9.00am - 9.45am
Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 3
Modern Languages
Shakespeare in French film (suitable for year 12 students only)
9.00am - 9.45am
Bennett Building, Lecture Theatre 4
Inclusivity in Modern Languages
11.00am - 11.45am
Bennett Building, Lecture Theatre 4
Where does Spanish come from? (suitable for year 12 students only)
12.00pm - 12.45pm
Bennett Building, Lecture Theatre 4
Nursing
Family-centred care: Adult and child nursing
2.00pm - 2.45pm
Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 3
Operating Department Practice
Healthcare's best kept secret
11.00am - 11.45am
Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 3
Politics and International Relations
Can we justify torture?
11.00am - 11.45am
Charles Wilson Building, Belvoir City Lounge
Psychology
Behind bars: Prisons as a place of behaviour change? (suitable for year 10 students only)
1.00pm - 1.45pm
Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Night owls: Studying sleep in young adults (suitable for year 12 students only)
2.00pm - 2.45pm
Ken Edwards Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Radiography
How science and technology provide vital health information
1.00pm - 1.45pm
Attenborough Building, Lecture Theatre 1
Sociology
Practising your sociological imagination
1.00pm - 1.45pm
Attenborough Building, Film Theatre