1. PARTNERSHIP DIVISION
Calendar of Activities 2011–12
Access & Widening Participation Unit
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2. Contents Dear Colleague,
Calendar of activities ..............................4 Welcome to the Access & Widening Participation
Unit’s booklet of activities for 2011–12. These
Activities in detail ....................................6 activities allow us to support your curriculum and
widen access to higher education, which is central
Social Work Taster Day............................6
to our mission at the University of Greenwich.
Pharmacy Taster Day...............................6 This booklet will help you to plan a dynamic
programme for your students that will raise
Health and Social Care Taster Day...........7 aspirations and attainment and engage students
with higher education.
Teaching Taster Day ................................8
This programme is for young people and adults in
Fizz Bang Wallop – Science south-east London, Kent and Medway who:
Taster Day ...............................................9
● Have the potential to succeed in higher
Engineering Taster Day ..........................10 education
● Will be first in their family to enter higher
Business Challenge – ACCA Day ...........11
education.
Health and Social Care Taster Day.........11 The university is committed to increase the
numbers of people in higher education from a
What’s Behind the Walls? range of backgrounds, including those from:
University Taster Day .............................12
● Areas of high deprivation
Computing & Mathematical Sciences ● Areas of low participation in higher
Taster Day .............................................13 education
● Low-income backgrounds
Humanities & Social Sciences
School Conference ................................15 ● Vocational courses.
Science Summer School 2012 ..............16 We also work with under-represented groups
in higher education and have a track record of
Care Leavers Summer School ...............17 success in supporting looked-after children,
care leavers and those with a disability,
Explore Health Care Summer School .....17
To book an activity, simply contact us using the
Create It Summer School ......................18
details on the back cover. Due to circumstances
Analytical Techniques Taster Day ...........19 beyond our control, some dates/times may change;
however, we will do our best to contact you should
Join a Lecture Taster Day ......................20 changes occur.
Code of conduct form...........................21 If none of our events meet your needs, please
contact us as we may be able to develop bespoke
Find out more ........................................23 activities.
We look forward to working with you.
Debi Hayes
Head of Access & Widening Participation
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3. Calendar of activities
Date Event Campus Audience
19 October 2011 Social Work Taster Day Avery Hill Access, Year 13 and FE Year 2 Students
2 November 2011 Pharmacy Taster Day Medway Year 13 and FE Year 2 Students
9 November 2011 Health and Social Care Taster Day Avery Hill Access, Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Students
9 November 2011 Teaching Taster Day Avery Hill Access, Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Students
16 November 2011 Fizz Bang Wallop – Science Taster Day Medway Year 13 and FE Year 2 Students
23 November 2011 Engineering Taster Day Medway Year 13 and FE Year 2 Students
7 December 2011 Business Challenge – ACCA Day Medway Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Students
6 January 2012 Health and Social Care Taster Day Medway Access, Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Students
25 January 2012 Business Challenge – ACCA Day Greenwich Year 13 and FE Year 2 Students
14 March 2012 Teaching Taster Day Avery Hill Access, Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Students
21 March 2012 Health and Social Care Taster Day Medway Year 11 Students
23 May 2012 Health and Social Care Taster Day Avery Hill Access, Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Students
6 June 2012 What’s Behind the Walls? University Taster Day Medway Year 9 Students
13 June 2012 What’s Behind the Walls? University Taster Day Avery Hill Year 9 Students
27 June 2012 Computing & Mathematical Sciences Taster Day Greenwich Year 12 and FE Year 1 Students
28 June 2012 Humanities & Social Sciences School Conference Greenwich Year 12 and FE Year 1 Students
26–29 June 2012 Science Summer School 2012 Medway Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Students
2–4 July 2012 Care Leavers Summer School Medway Post-16 Care Leavers
10–12 July 2012 Explore Health Care Summer School Avery Hill Year 12 and FE Year 1 Students
17–19 July 2012 Create It Summer School Greenwich Year 12 and FE Year 1 Students
On request Analytical Techniques Taster Day Medway Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Students
On request Join a Lecture Taster Day Avery Hill/Greenwich Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Students
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4. Activities in detail Pharmacy Taster Day Health and Social Care
Taster Day
For more information on the following Year 13 and FE Year 2 Students
activities, please see the contact
Access, Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Students
details on the back cover. Who is this for?
FE college Year 2 and Year 13 students who Who is this for?
Social Work Taster Day are interested in pharmacy as a career.
These taster days are for Level 3 students
Access, Year 13 and FE Year 2 Students
What is the aim? studying access, A-levels, BTEC or similar
programmes. 100 places are available.
● To explore the role of the pharmacist and
Who is this for? find out about courses and careers What is the aim?
● To discover what makes a strong
Adults, access, FE college and Year 13 To prepare students for successful entry to
application.
students who are interested in social work. health and social care programmes.
What will the students learn? What will the students learn?
What is the aim?
Staff give presentations on the different
To prepare students for successful entry to At the end of the day, students will:
routes into pharmacy and what admissions
social work programmes. staff look for in prospective students, while ● Understand the different routes into
students talk about what the programmes health and social care and clinical skills
What will the students do? are really like. courses
In the morning, social work staff give ● Have learned how to make a successful
There is also an opportunity to have a tour
presentations on what admissions staff application
of the campus and take part in a workshop
are looking for in prospective students and ● Have learned how to prepare for
covering:
what the university’s BA Hons Social Work interviews
programme is like. ● The making of ointments
● Have experienced being a university
● A clinical demonstration student for a day
In the afternoon, students attend two
activities, which they select from the following: ● The process of dispensing drugs. ● Have developed practical skills in various
subject areas.
● Interview skills Wednesday 2 November 2011
● Personal statements Medway Campus, 10.30am–2.30pm What will the students do?
● Presentation skills
During the morning, there are short talks
Workshops
● Social work practice – ‘Dilemmas’ about different routes into health and social
The morning sessions are tailor made to
● A student’s view of social work care. Students have the opportunity to take
meet the needs of those attending the taster
● Campus tour.
part in a health-related lecture, with useful
day. The afternoon sessions are hands-on
tips on how to take notes and a note-taking
interactive workshops held in our new skills
Wednesday 19 October 2011 quiz that will help with current and future
laboratories.
Avery Hill Campus, 9.30am–3pm studies.
Students select two from the following:
The afternoon sessions are interactive
workshops (see right) . Please note that Clinical Skills
workshops are subject to availability. This workshop enables students to view,
handle and practise with equipment under
supervision. Students learn how to give
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5. injections and measure vital signs, such
as temperature and blood pressure, in
Teaching Taster Day Fizz Bang Wallop – electrophoresis and the process of
genetic fingerprinting
laboratories used to train nurses and Science Taster Day ● Understand the importance of replication
midwives. in human DNA
Access, Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Students
Interview Skills Year 13 and FE Year 2 Students ● Understand how spectroscopes work
and how they are used
Students develop the practical skills they Who is this for?
need to prepare successfully for interviews, ● Know how to calculate anaerobic
All students interested in teaching. 40 places Who is this for? capacity.
working out common questions and
are available.
practising answers, experiencing the role of This taster day gives Level 3 learners
both interviewer and interviewee. an introduction to some new topics that What will the students do?
What is the aim? students study at university. It will inspire
Learning Disabilities Students choose one workshop from:
To prepare students for successful entry to those on applied and A-level programmes in
This session gives students an experiential teaching and related education courses. science at sixth form or college. 80 places Electrophoresis
view of the difficulties faced by individuals are available. Students work in groups to load the DNA into
with learning disabilities through carrying What will the students learn? pre-prepared gels. During a short lecture, an
out tasks such as feeding. What is the aim? electric current separates the DNA. Students
At the end of the day, students will have learned:
To demonstrate scientific topics covered at view results under a transilluminator.
Paramedics
● About different routes into teaching university.
A visiting paramedic team brings its Spectroscopy
● What it is like to be a university student for
ambulance on campus. Staff and
undergraduate students answer questions the day What will the students learn? Academic staff demonstrate different types
of applied spectroscopy with a worksheet to
on the role of the paramedic and share ● Practical skills in various subject areas of At the end of this taster day, students:
highlight the basic principles of spectroscopy.
‘real-life’ experiences. English and mathematics.
● Understand the educational routes into
science in higher education
Psychology
What will the students do? ● Know the basic principles of
Wednesday 16 November 2011
This session gives an insight into the study of Medway Campus, 10.30am–2.30pm
psychology and the ways in which it provides Storyboxes
understanding of our behaviour. Each student The session is a practical workshop looking
is encouraged to participate in games and at the process of storytelling and storymaking
questionnaires as part of a small group. in the primary classroom. Using storyboxes,
storybags and mini backdrops, the student
Resuscitation
will learn how to develop communication,
This workshop offers students an introduction sentence and story structure, and speaking
to skills, techniques and equipment used and listening skills.
in the resuscitation of either adults or
children, enabling them to gain practice of Mathematics
resuscitation techniques using mannequins
Mathematics is vital to all of us and yet can
under supervision.
have a bad press as being difficult or boring.
In an effort to change this perception, we will
Wednesday 9 November 2011 demonstrate a range of innovative ways of
Wednesday 23 May 2012 looking at mathematics.
Avery Hill Campus, 10am–3pm
Wednesday 9 November 2011
Friday 6 January 2012
Avery Hill Campus, 10am–3pm
Medway Campus, 10am–3pm
Wednesday 14 March 2012
Avery Hill Campus, 10am–3pm
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6. Business Challenge – Health and Social Care
ACCA Day Taster Day
Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Students Year 11 Students
Who is this for? Who is this for?
Designed for 16 to 18-year-olds, these days Year 11 students who are interested in a
are open to all Level 3 learners on A-level, health and social care career. This taster day
BTEC and similar courses with an interest in does not include psychology.
business and finance. 40 places are available.
What is the aim?
What is the aim? To learn more about different careers
The Association of Chartered Certified and routes into health and social care
Accountants (ACCA) Business Challenge is a professions.
popular business simulation aimed at dispelling
traditional perceptions of accountancy and What will the students learn?
emphasising the increasingly strategic role
The taster day covers:
finance plays in business.
Engineering Taster Day ● Know what life is like on the campus
What will the students learn?
● The terminology used in the medical
profession
● Understand the process of materials
testing The day will explore the role of finance through ● The entry requirements for health and
Year 13 and FE Year 2 Students social care courses
● Learn how to calculate the strength of a interactive simulation. Students develop key
material skills, including: ● The programmes run by the University of
Who is this for? ● Understand the process of rapid ● Application of numbers
Greenwich
prototyping. ● Communication ● Skills used in the health care profession.
This taster day is for Level 3 learners in Year
2 at college or at school on A-level design ● Improved learning and performance
and technology or engineering courses. It What will the students do? ● Problem solving What will the students do?
is also of interest to those who are studying ● An ability to work with others.
Students choose one workshop from: Students participate in two workshops,
on vocational diplomas and have a general
chosen from:
interest in a career in engineering. 40 places Materials Testing What will the students do?
are available. The students engage in the process of ● Adult Resuscitation
The Business Challenge has run successfully
materials testing on a range of materials. ● Child Resuscitation
for a number of years and has been hugely
What is the aim? They learn the process and how to calculate
popular with both students and teachers. It is an ● Clinical Skills
the strength of a material.
To raise awareness of studying engineering at excellent opportunity to bring business finance ● Learning Disability.
university. Design a Car to life in a way that is challenging and fun.
Students use SolidWorks software to design Wednesday 21 March 2012
What will the students learn? their own car. This is an opportunity to Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Medway Campus, 9.30am–3pm
At the end of this taster day, students will: learn how the design can be turned into a Wednesday 7 December 2011
prototype using a rapid prototyping machine. Medway Campus, 9.15am–2pm
● Understand how to design a car using
SolidWorks software Year 13 and FE Year 2
Wednesday 23 November 2011 Wednesday 25 January 2012
● Have experienced a practical exercise at
Medway Campus, 10am–2.30pm Greenwich Campus, 9.15am–2pm
the university
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7. What’s Behind the Walls? Computing &
University Taster Day Mathematical Sciences
Taster Day
Year 9 Students
Year 12 and FE Year 1 Students
Who is this for?
Year 9 students who are interested in going to Who is this for?
university and on to higher education.
60 places are available. Students thinking about studying a course in
computing or mathematics at university.
What is the aim?
What is the aim?
To introduce young people to the idea of
studying at university. To provide students with first-hand
knowledge of university life, and an
What will the students learn? opportunity to experience some of the
subjects taught within the university’s School
At the end of this taster day, the students will of Computing & Mathematical Sciences.
have learned:
● The dynamics of team work What will the students learn?
● Business-style decision making By the end of this taster day, students will
● Evaluative and analytical skills
have:
● Learned about a particular area of
● Communication and delegating skills
computing or mathematics and gained
● Presentation and confidence-building skills.
practical skills in this area
● Found out more about the university’s
What will the students do?
School of Computing & Mathematical
● A range of generic motivation and study Sciences and the range of programmes
skills activities, or it offers
● A range of subject-specific tasters, run by ● Gained an understanding of the careers
student ambassadors, around team work. open to computing and mathematics
graduates
Workshop ● Experienced being a university student
Making a Mortar Board for the day.
Students make their own mortar boards,
which they can then wear during a mock What will the students do?
graduation ceremony at the end of the day. Students will spend the majority of the day
participating in one of three workshops
(described overleaf). In addition, they will
Wednesday 6 June 2012
have the opportunity to take a tour of the
Medway Campus, 10am–2pm
Greenwich Campus, and put questions to a
Wednesday 13 June 2012 panel of university staff and students.
Avery Hill, 10am–2pm
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8. Workshops ● Learning how to write an application
for your mobile and vote for your own
Humanities & Social
Lights, Cameras, ACTION!
– A Film/TV Production
website over the Internet. Sciences School
Subject areas: ICT, computer science,
A hands-on introduction to making films and
TV programmes. During the day, you will
computer forensics, web technology. Conference
work in a team to devise an idea for a short
I’m a Mathematician
narrative sequence. After you have learned Year 12 and FE Year 1 Students
– Get Me Out of Here
some basic camera skills, you will shoot the
Did you watch The Story of Maths? Are you
footage and, after a brief overview of very
a fan of Numb3rs? Were you inspired by A Who is this for?
basic editing techniques in our Apple Mac
Beautiful Mind? Discover the exciting world Students thinking about studying a Workshops
suite, you will edit your shots into a sequence
of mathematics. Learn how mathematicians humanities course at university.
and add music and sound to give your piece Conflict
think. See how mathematics shapes the
atmosphere. It may not be a blockbuster, but
world we live in and have fun with stimulating Different ideas, ideologies, beliefs and
it will be a fun start! What is the aim? opinions give rise to conflict, whether within
mathematical problems and puzzles. This
Subject areas: digital media, multimedia, film workshop will provide you with ideas about To provide students with first-hand the home, between groups, within a nation
production, TV production. a range of career possibilities open to knowledge of university life and an or between nations. Perhaps one day we
mathematics and statistics graduates, from opportunity to experience some of the will even see conflict between different
Does Computing Have the X-Factor? the financial world to the latest research subjects taught within the university’s School worlds! The history of humanity has been
Discover the extra factor that computing projects. of Humanities & Social Sciences. one of survival intertwined with conflict and
has to offer you. During this course, you will co-operation. With the passage of time and
participate in a series of hands-on tutorials
Subject areas: ICT, computer science, What will the students learn? social progress, people have found new ways
computer forensics, web technology. to live together but also new ways to destroy
that will allow you to try different and exciting By the end of this taster day, students will
areas of computing for yourself. This could each other. Our contemporary society
have:
include: dramatically illustrates the destructive (and
Wednesday 27 June 2012
● Learned about a particular subject constructive) potential of new technologies
● Learning about what goes on under the Greenwich Campus, 9.30am–3pm
area within the School of Humanities & and global communications. These conflicts
hood of a PC Social Sciences and will have had the can, on a larger scale, lead to war and the
● Building your own website with Flash opportunity to discuss some of the key contemporary phenomenon of terrorism.
animations issues and debates within that area
Is conflict inevitable? What are the reasons
● Found out more about the School of
for political conflict? Can anything be done
Humanities & Social Sciences and the
to prevent conflict? Does conflict inevitably
range of programmes it offers
end in violence? Should political conflict
● Experienced being a university student be governed by a set of rules? Is conflict
for the day. resolution simply a matter of might over
right? This workshop will consider these
What will the students do? issues.
Students take part in two workshops from a Thinking through the Green Problem
choice of three. These consist of a lecture, In confronting what is called the
followed by a seminar in which the students ‘environmental crisis’, philosophy can help
consider and discuss the issues raised us to understand the relationship between
during the lecture. In addition, students will the human being, nature and technology.
take a tour of the campus and will have an By asking ourselves about what it is to be
opportunity to put questions to a panel of human or what ‘nature’ is, we can investigate
university staff and students. how we live and explore options for a better
way of living and being. Is technology
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9. something we control or something that
controls us? Is it inevitable that we consume
Science Summer Care Leavers Summer Explore Health Care
the environment? Is nature something School 2012 School Summer School
distinct from the human, and do we have a
duty to look after it, or should we embrace
technology as the only way in which Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Students Post-16 Care Leavers Year 12 and FE Year 1 Students
we might solve the crisis? What are our
responsibilities in the face of the extinction of Who is this for? Who is this for? Who is this for?
animal and plant species?
Students studying A-level and applied Looked-after children and young care leavers Post-16 healthcare students.
In this workshop, students will explore some science courses. aged 16 and over.
of the complex interdependencies between
What is the aim?
the human being, nature and technology and What is the aim? What is the aim?
try to identify the hidden elements within the To enable students to experience university
To provide an insight into studying science at To provide a taster of university life. life and find out more about healthcare
discussion of the environmental crisis.
university as well as a taste of university life. programmes on offer at university.
Bling Sociology: Are We a Lost
What will the students learn?
What will the students learn?
Generation of Consumers?
At the end of this summer school the
What will the students learn?
This session analyses the changes in During the four-day residential taster event,
students will attend lectures, take part in lab- students will have learned what it is like to be This a challenging and practical learning
consumer patterns, more specifically the
based workshops, undertake library-based at university and will have developed personal experience that offers students the chance
growth of the ‘bling’ culture in Britain, from
research and prepare presentations. There and practical skills in various subject areas. to extend their specialist knowledge. The
a sociological perspective. The session
will also be the opportunity to take part in summer school will draw upon expertise
addresses the following questions: What During this three-day taster event you will
a range of social activities, including tenpin from across the university and will include
are the origins of bling culture? Why are experience a little bit of university life –
bowling, a sports evening and a disco. contributions from health lecturers, visiting
people in society aspiring to bling culture? spending time at workshops, taking part in health experts and dieticians, and the use of
Is aspiring to this culture specific to younger debates, developing personal skills, meeting
Accommodation is in student halls. Breakfast, our clinical skills laboratories.
generations? What implications does bling new friends and joining a mock graduation
lunch, dinner and other refreshments will be
culture have in terms of attitudes towards
professional and academic achievement for
provided. ceremony. What will the students do?
up-and-coming generations? Does bling What will the students do? There will be a range of activities over the
culture and the overall notion of a consumer Tuesday 26 June–Friday 29 June 2012 three days, including a practical ‘first aid
society signify the end of the protestant work Medway Campus Students take part in a series of workshops. at work’ day where students will have the
ethic? What does the immediate future hold Previous workshops have included: opportunity to gain a qualification. They will
for bling and consumerism – especially in also be able to visit the health kiosk for a
● Health and Social Care
these difficult economic times? check-up of their vital signs and statistics,
● Creative Arts
● DNA including height, weight, body mass index,
The first part of this workshop will consider blood pressure and cholesterol. These
● Psychology
the theoretical and sociological discussions activities will enable students to explore
● Sports Science
around changes in attitudes to consumerism health in a multifaceted way, from a range of
● Business.
from modernity to post modernity. The perspectives.
second half will be devoted to exploring the
origins of bling culture and what constitutes Monday 2–Wednesday 4 July 2012
it. In the final part, students will be asked to Tuesday 10–Thursday 12 July 2012
Medway Campus, 10am–4pm
reflect upon whether ‘the end of bling is nigh’ Avery Hill Campus
in light of the credit crunch.
Thursday 28 June 2012
Greenwich Campus, 9.30am–3pm
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10. Create It Summer Analytical Techniques Workshops
Students will participate in a selection of
School Taster Day the following workshops:
● Mass Spectroscopy
Year 12 and FE Year 1 Students Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Students
● Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
● Infra-Red Spectroscopy
Who is this for? Who is this for? ● High Performance Liquid
This event is for students currently studying Chromatography
Students who are considering studying
events management, music technology or chemistry who are thinking about studying a ● Gas Chromatography.
video production at university. Places are chemistry-related course at university.
We have the facilities to run all of these
limited, so interested students will need to go
through an application process. What is the aim? workshops in one day; however, if you are
interested in a particular technique, it is
To provide students with an opportunity to possible to focus on one workshop to fit
What is the aim? explore a range of analytical techniques. The in with what your students are currently
To provide students with an insight into how day will also give students an opportunity studying.
these subjects are taught and the opportunity to experience some of the subjects taught
to experience university life. within the university’s School of Science.
DATES
What will the students learn? What will the students learn? If possible, we will provide these workshops on a
date and time to suit you, so, if you are interested in
Over the course of three days, students By the end of the taster day, students will any of these techniques, please contact us.
will enjoy a challenging and interactive have:
learning experience with an emphasis on ● Experienced analytical techniques first
practical group work. As well as gaining hand
new specialist skills and knowledge, they
● Found out more about the range of
will develop teamworking, project planning
courses and programmes that the School
and communication skills. There are three
of Science offers
strands available: events management,
● Experienced being a university student
music technology and video production. The
summer school culminates in a live event. for the day.
What will the students do? What will the students do?
Depending on the strand chosen, students Students take part in several workshops,
will produce a remixed version of a local which consist of an introductory talk followed
band’s music, shoot and edit a video or plan by either a demonstration or an interactive
a showcase event. hands-on workshop (depending on the
specific technique). They will then be given
the opportunity to put questions to a panel of
Tuesday 17–Thursday 19 July 2012 university staff and students.
Greenwich Campus
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11. Join a Lecture Taster ● Gained an understanding of the careers
linked to the subject lecture Code of conduct
Day ● Experienced being a university student
We hope that you enjoy your time at the university. However, there are a number of rules that
for the day.
we would expect you to respect at all times. This code of conduct is not meant to be over-
Year 12/13 and FE Year 1/2 Students restrictive; it has been written only to ensure the well-being of every student during the time
What will the students do? you spend with us. Please read it carefully and sign below.
Students will spend time with student
Who is this for? ambassadors, and take part in a campus ● At no point shall I jeopardise the ● At no point shall I attempt to buy,
This taster day is for students thinking about tour, presentation on student life and academic experience of other students. sell or consume alcohol or any illegal
studying a degree programme at university. structured Q&A session. They will also join a ● At no point shall I fail to carry out a substances.
lecture or seminar, subject to negotiation with reasonable request by a member of ● I will attend all timetabled activities
What is the aim? academic staff. staff. unless I have permission for an
● I understand that any abusive or anti- authorised absence from a member
To provide students with first-hand
social behaviour, such as homophobic, of staff.
knowledge of university life and an DATE
opportunity to experience some of the Subject and times to be negotiated. These taster sexist or racist language will not be ● I will follow all instructions for any
subjects taught within the university. days are held at Avery Hill, Greenwich and Medway tolerated under any circumstances. emergency procedure, such as a
campuses. ● I shall not vandalise or damage any fire drill.
What will the students learn? property belonging to the university, ● I will keep to my own accommodation
staff or fellow students. area and obey the night-time rules
By the end of this taster day, students will
● At no point shall I involve myself in during residential events.
have:
dangerous activities that are likely to ● I will follow any additional health and
● Learned what a university lecture is like by cause injury to students, staff or myself. safety rules and regulations that are
joining a lecture in either teacher training necessary to keep me, other students
● I will not leave the university premises.
or health or a humanities subject such and staff safe.
as English or sociology, which will be
arranged by negotiation and availability I understand that I will not be allowed to remain at the university in the event of serious
misbehaviour on my part. I understand that I or my family will be wholly responsible for
arranging transport back to my home and I also understand that I or my family will have to
cover the full cost of this.
I have read and understood this code of conduct and agree to the rules set
out above.
Signed: ...................................................................................................................................
Full name (capital letters):........................................................................................................
Date: ......................................................................................................................................
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12. What our students say
“Now I’ve got that extra push from
the ambassadors and I’ve seen what
I can achieve.”
“It has encouraged me to think about
what I want to do.”
“It was really interesting to see what
your own DNA looks like!”
“It was a lovely day with helpful,
well-informed ambassadors.”
“Really useful tours, activities and
careers information which offered a
great insight into the courses.”
“I really enjoyed the week as I got to
experience the laboratory settings.”
“I enjoyed today and the entire The University of Greenwich website provides
campus experience.” a range of informaton on our taster days and
other events. To find out more visit www.gre.
“It’s been a very useful week, as well ac.uk/schoolsinfo.
as enjoyable.”
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13. For more information, please contact:
Access & Widening Participation Unit
University of Greenwich
Avery Hill Campus
Southwood Site
Avery Hill Road
London SE9 2UG
Telephone: 020 8331 9793
E-mail: access@gre.ac.uk
Medway Campus
Central Avenue
Chatham Maritime
Kent ME4 4TB
Telephone: 020 8331 8586
E-mail: access-medway@gre.ac.uk
Website: www.greenwich.ac.uk
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