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

Percy Gee Building, Students’ Union

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

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