Widening Participation

As part of our Get Ahead UCLan Campus Visits offer, we have a range of interactive workshops which we deliver on campus.

These sessions are designed for primary school children to gain an understanding of these subjects and to enjoy themselves. Subject areas we cover include:

What is University?

It is never too early to start thinking about the future ahead. This session introduces primary aged pupils to what a university is, what it does and what goes on there.

Pupils will learn about what life on a university campus is like and what the day in the life of a student is like in comparison to a day in their own school. Through a series of fun activities and games, they will learn about different jobs and career. They will also learn about the variety of courses that can be studied at a university.

Pupils will start to identify their own strengths and values which could lead them on to their dream career or future. 

Archaeology

Archaeology in the United Kingdom has been in the news a great deal recently. With the find of the Roman mosaic in Rutland, the ten-metre fossil of a ‘sea dragon’ and when Richard III body was found under a car park in Leicester.

Pupils will use their history, art and design, science and geography skills to explore the exciting world of archaeology. They will learn about excavation and the search for human and animal bones and what they can tell an archaeologist about the past.

Using trowels, they will search through a mini excavation to see what they can uncover. Pupils will learn about Roman and Anglo-Saxon pottery and have a go at making their own.

Policing and Forensic Science

In this session, pupils will learn about the role of the police and the importance of British Values. They will discover a mock crime that has been committed and will use their observation and description skills to identity a suspect. Learning about fingerprint theory, they will take their own fingerprints and learn how to identify them.

The pupils will be excited to discover how science and problem-solving skills are applied in real life investigations.

Art & Design and Fashion

Pupils will practise their sketching skills with a series of small ‘warm up’ drawing games. They will explore colour wheels to understand the effect of tone and shade on people’s mood and will even generate their own names for paint shades.

The pupils will go on to create a design sketch, following some ideas from famous professional fashion designers. They will then draw their own design that can be used to create a small outfit (sports kit, ball gown, costume etc) for a ‘Fashion Peg’. Pupils will then use various materials to make their design come to life.

We can also offer some wrap around activities alongside the subject taster sessions mentioned above, these are:

Campus Tours

Students will show you around our campus, from our fantastic social spaces, and sports centre to accommodation. This is the perfect opportunity for your pupils to ask questions and get a real feel for life on campus.

Student Life Talks

Student life talks give your pupils a chance to hear what university is like first-hand from current university students. These sessions aim to answer questions about university life from a student’s perspective. Our students talk about their experiences at university, describe their journey to higher education and their aspirations once they have graduated. Students will cover their university experience, offering more detail about their own subject. 

As part of our Get Ahead UCLan Campus Visits offer, we have a range of interactive workshops which we can deliver on campus. These sessions are designed for high school students to gain an understanding of these subjects and at the same time enjoy themselves.

Subject areas we cover include:

Fashion Design

Students with an interest in Art, Design or Fashion will take part in an outfit design workshop.

Taking inspiration from real life models to create their own fashion designs modelled on a piece of fruit.

Please note this activity is not suitable for students with an allergy to bananas.

Law Human Rights

Participants will learn about Human Rights by unlocking a mystery related to an imprisoned individual. Throughout the session, students will piece together evidence to document specific human rights abuses in a fictional conspiracy story.

Photography

Taking inspiration from professional photographers, students will consider how elements of their own personality and interests can be reflected in their own self-portrait.

Games Design

This practical design activity will use ‘games design theory’ to design and construct a ‘quest’ for a game, where students will then populate it with their own characters, objects and story line to bring to life. 

History

Participants will put their analysis skills to the test using primary sources to solve a fictitious murder mystery committed right here on UCLan Preston Campus.

 We can also offer some wrap around activities alongside the subject taster sessions mentioned above, these are:

Campus Tours

Students will show you around our campus, from our fantastic social spaces, and sports centre to accommodation. This is the perfect opportunity for your pupils to ask questions and get a real feel for life on campus.

Student Life Talks

Student life talks give your pupils a chance to hear what university is like first-hand from current university students. These sessions aim to answer questions about university life from a student’s perspective. Our students will talk about their experiences at university, describe their journey to higher education and their aspirations once they have graduated. Students will cover their University experience, offering more detail about their own subject.