Applicant Day schedule

Accounting

10.00	Coach/bus from College Lane to de Havilland
10.30 - 10.45	Welcome from the Dean/Associate Dean
10.45 - 1115	Student panel for all applicants
11.15	Welcome to subject
11.45	Taster session
12.00 - 12.30	Tour of the facilities

Finance

10.00	Coach/bus from College Lane to de Havilland
10.30 - 10.45	Welcome from the Dean/Associate Dean
10.45 - 11.15	Student panel for all applicants
11.15	Welcome to Finance
11.30	Taster session
12.00 - 12.30	Tour of the facilities

3D animation and visual effects

10.00	Welcome
10.30	Demonstration of facilities - Hands on interactive activities in the motion capture studio.
11.00	Have a go - interactive demo of motion capture and virtual cameras
11.30	Motion capture and virtual camera - interactive demo

Creative media arts/Creative media technologies
10.00 Introduction, getting to know one another and group activities
10.30 Taster session - Chroma key, Photo shoot and VR
12.00 Q&A session with students

Film and TV production

10.00	Who are you? - Please bring your memory with you as we introduce all of the applicants to one another and learn one another’s names. Your chance to find out who’s in the group, where they’re from, and what they love (or don’t love!) about films and TV.
10.30	Big screen scene - We watch and discuss a couple of the big films made by our current students. Can you do better?
11.00	Quiz biz - Terrific prizes are on offer as we all play the ultimate FTV Quiz! (Probably best to bring your own prizes, to avoid disappointment!)
11.30	Fast film challenge - Now it’s your turn… how fast can you tell a short story?!
12.30	Q&A session

Architecture
10.00 Programme talk
10.30 Workshop tour
11.00 Group project - The new bridge
Interior architecture and design
10.00 - 11.00 Programme talk
11.00 - 12.00 Group project
12.00 - 12.30 Workshops tour

Fashion and fashion business

10.30 - 10.45	Introduction/icebreaker
10.45 - 11.15	Programme talk - an overview of the course and student experience
11.15 - 12.00	Taster session - Build a capsule fashion range
12.00 - 12.30	Fashion tour of space and facilities

Graphic design

10.30 - 11.15	Introduction and programme talk - An introduction to the course, followed by a workshop where we'll show you how to develop skills that the best agencies in the world look for when they employ graduates.
11.15	Workshop - Choice of Graphic design or Illustration
12.00 - 12.30	Tour of studio and facilities

Graphic design (advertising and branding)

10.30 - 11.15	Introduction and programme talk - An introduction to the course, followed by a workshop where we'll show you how to develop skills that the best agencies in the world look for when they employ graduates.
11.15	Workshop - Choice of Graphic design or Illustration
12.00 - 12.30	Tour of studio and facilities

Illustration

10.30 - 11.15	Introduction and programme talk - An introduction to the course, followed by a workshop where we'll show you how to use a risograph printer to make amazing fluorescent illustrated badges that you can take home, or sell.
11.15 - 12.00	Workshop - Choice of Choice of Graphic design or Illustration
12.00 - 12.30	Tour of the facilities

Model design and special effects

10.00	Introductions, discussion on what we do and how we do it and for whom
10.30	Taster making session - creating a sculpted form
11.30	Pre-recorded talks from Alumni
12.00	Q&A session with our staff and students

Biological sciences
10.30 Welcome to subject
11.00 Demo
12.00 - 12.30 Practical session
Pharmaceutical science
10.00 - 12.30 Interactive tour of the science building

Business administration and management

10.00	Coach/bus from College Lane to de Havilland
10.30 -10.45	Welcome From the Dean/Associate Dean
10.45 - 11.15	Student panel for all applicants
11.15	Welcome to subject
11.45	Taster session
12.00 - 12.30	Tour of the facilities

Business and human resource management

10.00	Coach/bus from College Lane to de Havilland
10.30 - 10.45	Welcome from the Dean/Associate Dean
10.45 - 11.15	Student panel for all applicants
11.15	Welcome to Human resource management
11.30	Taster session
12.00 - 12.30	Tour of the facilities

Event management and tourism

10.00	Coach/bus from College Lane to de Havilland
10.30 - 10.45	General welcome to all students
10.45 - 11.15	Student panel for all applicants
11.15	Welcome to Event management and tourism
11.30	Taster session
12.00 - 12.30	Tour of the facilities

International business

10.00	Coach/bus from College Lane to de Havilland
10.30 - 10.45	Welcome from the Dean/Associate Dean
10.45 - 11.15	Student panel for all applicants
11.15	Welcome to International business
11.30	Taster session
12.00 - 12.30	Tour of the facilities

Marketing

10.00	Coach/bus from College Lane to de Havilland
10.30 - 10.45	Welcome from the Dean/Associate Dean
10.45 - 11.15	Student panel for all applicants
11.15	Welcome to Marketing
11.30	Taster session
12.00 - 12.30	Tour of the facilities

Computer science

10.15 - 10.30	General welcome to all students
10.30	Welcome Talk by Associate Dean/Head of Department
11.00	Programme talk by Programme Leader
11.30	Student experience talk by students
12.00	Demonstration lecture by academic staff
12.15	Q&A session

Data science
10.15 - 10.30 General welcome for all students
10.30 Introduction to department and programmes
11.30 Taster session
12.00 - 12.30 Tour of the facilities

Information technology

10.15-10.30	General welcome talk to all students
10.30 - 11.15	Welcome talk by Associate Dean/ Head of Department
11.15	Programme talk by programme leader
11.30	Student experience talk by students
12.00	Demonstration lecture by academic staff
12.15	Q&A Session

Robotics and AI engineering
10.00 Welcome to Robotics and AI engineering
10.30 Taster session
12.00 - 12.30 Tour of the facilities

Early childhood education
10.00 Welcome to Early childhood education
10.40 Mini den building
11.30 The value of early reading

Education

10.30	Welcome to BA (Hons) Education. Introduction to the programme
11.20	Taster session in relation to the influence media can have on the understanding of learning and the learners capacity to learn. Looking at the media designed for small children and how this can shape the future of society.
12.10	A short introduction about neurodiversity and autism, understanding about how everyone can support the learning of those with autism to thrive. All are invited to join in a quiz.
12.20	Concluding with a Q&A session to enable any questions to be answered.

Primary education

10.00	Introductions, getting to know each other, group activities
10.30	Taster session - book making exploring different teaching and learning strategies
11.30	Treasure hunt - exploring the Education facilities
12.00	Q&A with students

Aerospace engineering
10.15 - 10.30 General welcome to all students
10.30 Welcome to Aerospace engineering
11.00 Taster session
12.00 - 12.30 Tour of the facilities
Automotive engineering
10.15 - 10.30 General welcome to all students
10.30 Welcome to Automotive engineering
11.00 Taster session
12.00 - 12.30 Tour of the facilities
Civil engineering
10.15 - 10.30 General welcome to all students
10.30 Welcome to Civil engineering
11.00 Taster session
12.00 - 12.30 Tour of the facilities
Electrical and electronic engineering
10.15- 10.30 General welcome to all students
10.30 Welcome to Electrical and electronic engineering
11.00 Taster session
12.00 - 12.30 Tour of the facilities
Mechanical engineering
10.15 - 10.30 General welcome to all students
10.30 Welcome to Mechanical engineering
11.00 Taster session
12.00 - 12.30 Tour of the facilities

English language and applied linguistics

10.00	Introduction/icebreaker - A short overview of the course
10.30	Taster session: using linguistics to solve real world problems
11.30	View from current student and alumni
12.00	Questions and overview for anyone joining from other subjects. Or a tour of facilities.

English literature and/or creative writing

10.30 - 11.20	Icebreaker, talk and activity - 'What makes a good reader' for English literature applicants
11.30 - 12.30	Icebreaker, talk and activity - 'Creating with words' - for Creative writing applicants

Geography and enviroment
10.00 Coach/bus from College Lane to Bayfordbury return transport to collect students at 12.00
10.30 - 12.00 Geography and environment taster session

Diagnostic radiography and imaging

10.00 - 10.30	Welcome talk and icebreaker
10.30	Mini mock/taster lecture - Patient experience / signs and symptoms / anatomy and physiology - could we match these with radiographic appearances on images (basic evaluation) and then lead onto a 'reporting' exercise.
11.00	Interactive taster session - radiographic positioning - set up a mannequin or phantom for an examination
11.30	Patient request prioritisation activity
12.00 - 12.30	Q&A session

Dietetics
10.00 Welcome talk
10.30 Practical session - exploring nutrition - diet lab
11.45 Sim session and Q&A session with ambassadors and staff
Optometry
10.00 Welcome to Optometry
11.30 Taster session
12.00 - 12.30 Tour of the facilities
11.30 Introduction to Optometry
12.00 Taster session
12.30 - 13.00 Tour of the facilities
Midwifery
10.00 Coach/bus from College Lane to Meridian House
10.30 Introduction, subject talk, mini mock lecture
10.50 Practical taster lesson in labs
12.15 Q&A session with our staff and students

Nursing (Adult)

10.00	Coach/bus from College Lane to Meridian House
10.30 - 10.40	Welcome and introductions
10.40 - 11.00	Infection prevention and control
11.00 - 11.20	Quiz time - A nursing quiz with a prize to be won
11.20 - 11.40	Meet our mannequins - A visit to our simulated ward
11.40 - 12.00	Q&A session

Nursing (Child)

10.00	Coach/bus from College Lane to Meridian House
10.30 - 10.40	Activity 1 – The premature baby – changing the baby’s nappy in the incubator
10.40 - 11.00	Activity 2 – Can you name the bones? Interactive activity with a life size skeleton
11.00 - 11.20	Activity 3 – 'Listen to my heart' – listening to heart sounds on a child mannequin
11.20 - 11.40	Activity 4 – Choking – interactive activity on helping a child or adult who is choking
11.40 - 12.00	Q&A session with our staff and students. All activities will run concurrently and candidates will have an opportunity to participate in each activity.

Nursing (Mental Health)

10.00	Coach/bus from College Lane to Meridian House return transport to collect students at 12.00
10.30	Welcome and icebreaker
10.40	Interactive session - using emotional memory to aid communication. Participants will be invited to join in a fun activity which will demonstrate how we can use recall to aid memory and history taking for service users with cognitive impairment.
11.15	Co-production and your modules. Participants will be able to hear from service users how they help co-produce our modules.
11.30	Q&A with lecturers and students. Participants will be able to chat with students and lecturers about the course structure, teaching on the course and placements plus ask any questions.

Paramedic science
10.00 - 10.45 Introduction, subject talk and mini mock lecture
1-0.45 - 12.15 Practical taste lesson in labs
12.15 - 12.30 Q&A with staff and student ambassadors
Physiotherapy
10.00 - 10.30 Subject talk and mini mock lecture
10.40 - 12.15 Practical taster lesson in physiotherapy labs
12.15 - 12.30 Q&A with staff and student ambassadors
Social work
10.00 Welcome and an introduction to the role of the social worker
10.30 Mock lecture - Social work values and ethics
11.30 Learn more about our placements
12.00 Our teaching and facilities

Therapeutic radiography

10.00	Welcome and introductions
10.30	Mini Taster lecture – Delivering radiotherapy treatment to lung cancer patients
11.30	Practical session on the VERT (Virtual Environment for Radiotherapy Training)
12.00	Q&A with our staff and student ambassadors

History

10.30 - 11.20	Design a new town – introduction to urban history – the history of utopian experiments of towns (Roman towns, garden cities, New Towns).
11.20	A day in the life of a History student
11.30 - 12.30	At Halloween, children are busy making and buying costumes. We see numerous little witches running around the streets with their brooms and bags full of sweets. But how did children fit into the real-life witch trials? What were their experiences? In this taster lecture, we will consider how Children used what they knew about witchcraft and demonic possession to their own advantage. How they pushed back against a society that was structured by religious norms and age hierarchies.

Philosophy
10.30 - 11.20 Introduction and 'refuting fringe ideas' activity.
11.30 - 12.30 Love and Philosophy interactive taster session

Law

9.45	Coach/bus from College Lane to de Havilland
10.00	Welcome to the Hertfordshire Law School and ice breaker
10.15	Insight into induction and student support at Hertfordshire Law School
10.30	Panel: Your first year at HLS
11.10	Taster session: Interactive street law
11.50	Networking and co-curricular exhibition

Criminology and criminal justice

9.45	Coach/bus from College Lane to de Havilland
10.00	Welcome to the Law School and ice breaker
10.15	Insight into induction and student support at Hertfordshire Law School
11.30	Panel: Your first year at HLS
11.10	Taster Session: Interactive street law
11.50	Networking and co-curricular exhibition

Media and journalism

10.00	Getting to know you
10.15	Audiences and Influencers: How your favourite celebrities and influencers enhance their brand and use images to engage us--learn the secrets and the media concepts behind their success.
11.15	Break
11.30	So what's it like being a student? Interview and writing practice with our ambassadors. Your journalism starts here.
12.00	Questions and feedback

Music
10.00 Welcome from Head of Music
10.45 Hands-on activities
12.00 Tour of facilities

Astrophysics
10.00 Coach/bus from College Lane to Bayfordbury
10.15 - 10.30 General welcome to all students
10.30 - 12.00 Talk and tour
12.00 - 12.30 Return back to College Lane
Data science
10.15 - 10.30 General welcome for all students
10.30 Introduction to department and programmes
11.30 Taster session
12.00 - 12.30 Tour of the facilities
Mathematics
10.15 - 10.30 General welcome for all students
10.30 Introduction to department and programmes
11.30 Taster session
12.00 - 12.30 Tour of the facilities
Physics
10.00 Introduction to department and programmes
10.15 - 10.30 General welcome to all students
11.30 Taster session
12.00 - 12.30 Tour of the facilities

Economics
10.30 - 10.45 Welcome From the Dean/Associate Dean
10.45 - 11.15 Student panel for all applicants
10.00 Welcome to Economics
10.30 Taster session
12.00 - 12.30 Tour of the facilities
Politics and international relations
10.30 - 12.30 Politics simulation activity

Sociology

10.30 - 11.20	Creating criminals: Media, crime, and society - Narratives about crime form part of our everyday life: we read about it in the news, hear about it through social media, and it’s something that we might talk about with family, friends, or even sometimes strangers. This taster session gets us to explore how these narratives are shaped by society, and in turn, shape the world around us.
11.20 - 11.30	Your day as a Sociology student
11.30 - 12.30	Agreement and argument: Researching multi-faith communities - How much does religion affect how people behave in society? What happens when different religious communities live and work side by side? This interactive taster lecture examines how sociologists investigate these multi-faith dynamics, the methods and ideas that help them to explore these influences on the communities in question.

Psychology
10.00 - 10.45 Mind games
11.00 - 12.00 Psychology at Herts and what you get from a degree
11.30 Tour of facilities on campus

Sport, exercise science and sports therapy
10.30 Tour of the Institute of Sport
11.00 Split into programmes
11.30 Practical taster - Exploring sports science
12.00 Q&A with our staff and student ambassadors
Sport studies
10.00 Welcome to Sports studies
10.30 - 11.30 Practical coaching session
12.00 Welcome to Sports studies
12.30 - 13.00 Practical coaching session

Applicant Day schedule

Accounting and finance

Animation, film, games and creative media

Architecture

Art, design and fashion

Biological sciences

Business

Computer science

Education and teaching

Engineering, AI and robotics

English and creative writing

Geography and environment

Health, nursing, midwifery and social work

History and philosophy

Law and criminology

Media and journalism

Music composition, technology and production

Physics, astrophysics and mathematics

Politics, economics and sociology

Psychology

Sport

10.00	Introduction, getting to know one another and group activities
10.30	Taster session - Chroma key, Photo shoot and VR
12.00	Q&A session with students

10.00	Programme talk
10.30	Workshop tour
11.00	Group project - The new bridge

10.00 - 11.00	Programme talk
11.00 - 12.00	Group project
12.00 - 12.30	Workshops tour

10.15 - 10.30	General welcome for all students
10.30	Introduction to department and programmes
11.30	Taster session
12.00 - 12.30	Tour of the facilities

10.00	Welcome to Robotics and AI engineering
10.30	Taster session
12.00 - 12.30	Tour of the facilities

10.00	Welcome to Early childhood education
10.40	Mini den building
11.30	The value of early reading

10.15- 10.30	General welcome to all students
10.30	Welcome to Electrical and electronic engineering
11.00	Taster session
12.00 - 12.30	Tour of the facilities

10.00	Coach/bus from College Lane to Bayfordbury return transport to collect students at 12.00
10.30 - 12.00	Geography and environment taster session

10.00	Welcome talk
10.30	Practical session - exploring nutrition - diet lab
11.45	Sim session and Q&A session with ambassadors and staff

10.00	Welcome to Optometry
11.30	Taster session
12.00 - 12.30	Tour of the facilities

11.30	Introduction to Optometry
12.00	Taster session
12.30 - 13.00	Tour of the facilities

10.00 - 10.45	Introduction, subject talk and mini mock lecture
1-0.45 - 12.15	Practical taste lesson in labs
12.15 - 12.30	Q&A with staff and student ambassadors

10.00 - 10.30	Subject talk and mini mock lecture
10.40 - 12.15	Practical taster lesson in physiotherapy labs
12.15 - 12.30	Q&A with staff and student ambassadors

10.00	Welcome and an introduction to the role of the social worker
10.30	Mock lecture - Social work values and ethics
11.30	Learn more about our placements
12.00	Our teaching and facilities

10.30 - 11.20	Introduction and 'refuting fringe ideas' activity.
11.30 - 12.30	Love and Philosophy interactive taster session

10.00	Welcome from Head of Music
10.45	Hands-on activities
12.00	Tour of facilities

10.00 - 10.45	Mind games
11.00 - 12.00	Psychology at Herts and what you get from a degree
11.30	Tour of facilities on campus

10.30	Tour of the Institute of Sport
11.00	Split into programmes
11.30	Practical taster - Exploring sports science
12.00	Q&A with our staff and student ambassadors

10.00	Welcome to Sports studies
10.30 - 11.30	Practical coaching session