HSS Placement Students

Welcome to our Open Experience Day

We can't wait to welcome you to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. You can search for your Open Experience Day course session below.  

All our activities and sessions are based in Park Building (), Map Reference 11. 

 

Faculty Information Fair


Our drop-in information Fair runs from 10.00am - 3.00pm.

Join us in Park Building and get a taste for life as a Humanities and Social Sciences student. Talk to our knowledgeable staff and students and find out more about our innovative approach to teaching and the wide variety of opportunities and experiences available to support your journey to graduation.

 

Parents and Supporters Talk


11.15am - 12.15pm, Park Building, (), Map Reference 11. 

Whilst you are learning more about your course, parents and guardians can hear about our ethos and the overall student experience offered by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. They will discover more about the many ways we support our students, and how our passion for high quality, innovative teaching equips our students with both the skills and the knowledge required to be employable graduates

 

Course sessions


Search for your Open Experience Day course session below to see more information, including the time and location of each session.

 

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences course sessions

Session details


11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map reference: 11

 

Get ready for an exciting, interactive event where you will step into our state-of-the-art interpreting suite and discover the thrill of interpreting for yourself! But that's not all. You will also get to explore a new language in a fun and engaging taster session. Plus, we will share all the details about our language degree programmes, including how you can personalise your studies with specialisms designed to launch your dream career. This is your chance to get hands-on, explore your passions, and take the first step toward an exciting future. Don't miss out!

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

We look forward to welcoming you to an interactive session where we will be focusing on deepening our understanding of the role of professionals on how to manage risky play in the context of Early Childhood Education and Care. The session will model a real seminar that you will experience when you join us to study at the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú.

You will also have the opportunity to meet your lecturers, and other students who are studying the same course as you and talk to them. Please be assured that there will also be plenty of time for you to ask us questions about what to expect as you launch into this exciting next step on your education with us.

 

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)
 
Map Reference: 11

 

We look forward to welcoming you to an interactive session where we will be focusing on deepening our understanding of the role of professionals on how to manage risky play in the context of Early Childhood Education and Care. The session will model a real seminar that you will experience when you join us to study at the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú.

You will also have the opportunity to meet your lecturers, and other students who are studying the same course as you and talk to them. Please be assured that there will also be plenty of time for you to ask us questions about what to expect as you launch into this exciting next step on your education with us.

 

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

We look forward to welcoming you to an interactive session where we will be focusing on deepening our understanding of the role of professionals on how to manage risky play in the context of Early Childhood Education and Care. The session will model a real seminar that you will experience when you join us to study at the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú.

You will also have the opportunity to meet your lecturers, and other students who are studying the same course as you and talk to them. Please be assured that there will also be plenty of time for you to ask us questions about what to expect as you launch into this exciting next step on your education with us.

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

Step into the shoes of a cybercrime investigator at our interactive mock crime scene! Dive deep into the world of digital forensics as you uncover hidden clues and explore the cutting-edge techniques used to commit—and solve—cybercrimes. Discover how criminological insights meet technology to crack the case, and gain a hands-on understanding of how cyber elements shape modern investigations.

Wrap up your experience with a coffee chat where you can connect with staff and students, ask questions, and share insights. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to see the digital detective in action!

 

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)
 
Map Reference: 11

 

Do you wonder about the causes of crime and how to solve real-life cases? Join us to investigate a real-life case and gain valuable insights into solving it using criminological analysis and practical investigative skills. You’ll have the opportunity to apply your critical thinking and problem-solving abilities to solve the case. Throughout the day, you’ll also explore the diverse roles within criminology and the exciting career paths it offers.

Discover how a degree from the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú equips you with the skills and knowledge to pursue opportunities in criminology and related fields, whether as a professional career or a foundation for further academic study. You'll also have the chance to ask questions and enjoy informal discussions with staff and students.

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

Step into the shoes of a cybercrime investigator at our interactive mock crime scene! Dive deep into the world of digital forensics as you uncover hidden clues and explore the cutting-edge techniques used to commit—and solve—cybercrimes. Discover how criminological insights meet technology to crack the case, and gain a hands-on understanding of how cyber elements shape modern investigations.

Wrap up your experience with a coffee chat where you can connect with staff and students, ask questions, and share insights. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to see the digital detective in action!

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

Ever wondered how we find out whether something is actually blood, at the crime scene? Or how fingerprints are taken? Then come along to our open day and get some hands-on experience with these forensic techniques. Spend some time talking to staff and students about our degree over a coffee and ask all those burning questions you have about forensic science!

 

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)
 
Map Reference: 11

 

Ever wondered how to get inside the mind of a criminal? In this immersive session, you'll learn how to analyse a crime scene using the principles of real world investigations to create a psychological profile. You'll then consider how this understanding of offender psychology can be taken forward to disrupt offending and secure convictions. We'll explore how your degree at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú will prepare you for working with individuals and agencies across the criminal justice system. You'll also have the opportunity for questions and coffee with staff and students.

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

We look forward to welcoming you to an interactive session where we will be focusing on deepening our understanding of the role of professionals on how to manage risky play in the context of Early Childhood Education and Care. The session will model a real seminar that you will experience when you join us to study at the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú.

You will also have the opportunity to meet your lecturers, and other students who are studying the same course as you and talk to them. Please be assured that there will also be plenty of time for you to ask us questions about what to expect as you launch into this exciting next step on your education with us.

 

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)
 
Map Reference: 11

 

This session offers applicants an engaging introduction to the BA (Hons) English Language and Linguistics programme at the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú. The session begins with a short talk outlining the first-year curriculum, including core modules like "How Language Works" and "Investigating Language Practices," highlighting how the course explores the relationships between language, the mind, and society.

This is followed by a Q&A session with current students, who will share their experiences of studying the course, taking part in optional work placements, and accessing opportunities such as learning a foreign language for free.

Finally, the session concludes with an interactive workshop, where participants will engage in a linguistic analysis activity, demonstrating how language concepts are applied to real-world communication contexts.

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

This session introduces applicants to English Literature at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú in a three part interactive session. The first section is a short subject talk detailing the first year of the course. Following this, applicants will have a Q&A session with current students, before taking part in a taster seminar with a lecturer, who will guide you through a close textual analysis of an extract of prose from the nineteenth or twentieth century.

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

This open day experience will look at culture and war and peace movements. You will directly engage with primary sources that can help us explain and understand how people engaged with issues of patriotism and with social movements that engaged with peace. In particular you will examine music and lyrics as a primary source and what this says about society turning against the Vietnam Conflict in the late 1960s. In this manner you will appreciate a range of cultural sources and how to apply this to historical timelines which may tell us more about a certain time period than more traditional sources, such as newspapers and official documents. Was the 1960s as radical and revolutionary as we are taught? Or does the popular culture of music and film tell us differently?

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

This open day experience will look at culture and war and peace movements. You will directly engage with primary sources that can help us explain and understand how people engaged with issues of patriotism and with social movements that engaged with peace. In particular you will examine music and lyrics as a primary source and what this says about society turning against the Vietnam Conflict in the late 1960s. In this manner you will appreciate a range of cultural sources and how to apply this to historical timelines which may tell us more about a certain time period than more traditional sources, such as newspapers and official documents. Was the 1960s as radical and revolutionary as we are taught? Or does the popular culture of music and film tell us differently?

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)
 
Map Reference: 11

 

At our Open Day, you’ll get a hands-on taste of the excitement and challenges of the world of politics, international relations and international development. In this 90-minute immersive activity, you’ll join a group and create your own political campaign. The topic is up to you! Whether tackling climate change or championing animal rights, you’ll decide on your campaign’s focus, develop its messaging, and design a compelling slogan and media strategy to inspire support. This is your chance to unleash your creativity, explore real-world challenges, and discuss how ideas can move people—and the world.

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)
 
Map Reference: 11

 

At our Open Day, you’ll get a hands-on taste of the excitement and challenges of the world of politics, international relations and international development. In this 90-minute immersive activity, you’ll join a group and create your own political campaign. The topic is up to you! Whether tackling climate change or championing animal rights, you’ll decide on your campaign’s focus, develop its messaging, and design a compelling slogan and media strategy to inspire support. This is your chance to unleash your creativity, explore real-world challenges, and discuss how ideas can move people—and the world.

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

At our Open Day, you’ll get a hands-on taste of the excitement and challenges of the world of politics, international relations and international development. In this 90-minute immersive activity, you’ll join a group and create your own political campaign. The topic is up to you! Whether tackling climate change or championing animal rights, you’ll decide on your campaign’s focus, develop its messaging, and design a compelling slogan and media strategy to inspire support. This is your chance to unleash your creativity, explore real-world challenges, and discuss how ideas can move people—and the world.

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

At our Open Day, you’ll get a hands-on taste of the excitement and challenges of the world of politics, international relations and international development. In this 90-minute immersive activity, you’ll join a group and create your own political campaign. The topic is up to you! Whether tackling climate change or championing animal rights, you’ll decide on your campaign’s focus, develop its messaging, and design a compelling slogan and media strategy to inspire support. This is your chance to unleash your creativity, explore real-world challenges, and discuss how ideas can move people—and the world.

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

At our Open Day, you’ll get a hands-on taste of the excitement and challenges of the world of politics, international relations and international development. In this 90-minute immersive activity, you’ll join a group and create your own political campaign. The topic is up to you! Whether tackling climate change or championing animal rights, you’ll decide on your campaign’s focus, develop its messaging, and design a compelling slogan and media strategy to inspire support. This is your chance to unleash your creativity, explore real-world challenges, and discuss how ideas can move people—and the world.

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)
 
Map Reference: 11

 

Get ready for an exciting, interactive event where you will step into our state-of-the-art interpreting suite and discover the thrill of interpreting for yourself! But that's not all. You will also get to explore a new language in a fun and engaging taster session. Plus, we will share all the details about our language degree programmes, including how you can personalise your studies with specialisms designed to launch your dream career. This is your chance to get hands-on, explore your passions, and take the first step toward an exciting future. Don't miss out!

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

Get ready for an exciting, interactive event where you will step into our state-of-the-art interpreting suite and discover the thrill of interpreting for yourself! But that's not all. You will also get to explore a new language in a fun and engaging taster session. Plus, we will share all the details about our language degree programmes, including how you can personalise your studies with specialisms designed to launch your dream career. This is your chance to get hands-on, explore your passions, and take the first step toward an exciting future. Don't miss out!

Session details 

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

At our Open Day, you’ll get a hands-on taste of the excitement and challenges of the world of politics, international relations and international development. In this 90-minute immersive activity, you’ll join a group and create your own political campaign. The topic is up to you! Whether tackling climate change or championing animal rights, you’ll decide on your campaign’s focus, develop its messaging, and design a compelling slogan and media strategy to inspire support. This is your chance to unleash your creativity, explore real-world challenges, and discuss how ideas can move people—and the world.

 

Session details 

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

This session provides an engaging introduction to the BEd (Hons) Primary Education with Qualified Teacher Status programme at the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú. It begins with a concise overview of the first-year curriculum, highlighting core modules such as "Child and Youth Development," "Core Primary Education," and "Equality and Diversity in Education."

Following this, participants will engage in a Q&A session with current students, offering insights into their experiences with teaching placements and specialised educational settings, including special educational needs (SEN) schools and the education departments of organisations like zoos.

The session concludes with an interactive workshop led by experienced teaching professionals, where attendees will participate in activities that mirror classroom scenarios, emphasizing the development of individual teaching practices aimed at positively impacting young learners.

Session details 

11.00am - 1.00pm  (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

This is an opportunity to immerse yourself into how detectives work from the initial investigation into the lines of inquiry that unfold. You can hear from the experts who will guide you on your thinking and how it relates to a real investigation. You will then have a practical demonstration with a crime scene. Here you will engage and consider the investigation plan and options. Our staff will also provide you with information and examples of how we teach the practical elements.

We'll look at how your university degree at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú fits with Policing as a career or academic option. You'll also have the opportunity for questions and coffee with staff and students.

Session details 

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

At our open experience day, you can immerse yourself into how social workers undertake their work. There will be a chance to use your observation skills in a case study risk assessment exercise in our simulation flat. We will have a go at using some games that social workers use with children in exploring their feelings. You will have the opportunity to meet and ask questions to our current social work students on the course, meet service users with lived experience and also speak to teaching staff.

Session details 

11.00am - 1.00pm  (session duration 2 hours)
 
Map Reference: 11

 

In Sociology we explore exciting, current topics which relate to the world we live in. In this session we will be doing some Sociology together, exploring the theme of generation. What factors shape the experiences of young people growing up today? How might young people be experiencing the world differently to previous generations? How might growing up be affected by technology, changing patterns of work, cost-of-living, changing expectations around relationships and global issues? Come along, meet team members, recent graduates and experience what a Sociology classroom feels like at university alongside delving into the multiple opportunities a Sociology degree provides.

Session details

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

In Sociology we explore exciting, current topics which relate to the world we live in. In this session we will be doing some Sociology together, exploring the theme of generation. What factors shape the experiences of young people growing up today? How might young people be experiencing the world differently to previous generations? How might growing up be affected by technology, changing patterns of work, cost-of-living, changing expectations around relationships and global issues? Come along, meet team members, recent graduates and experience what a Sociology classroom feels like at university alongside delving into the multiple opportunities a Sociology degree provides.

Session details 

11.00am - 1.00pm (session duration 2 hours)

Map Reference: 11

 

In Sociology we explore exciting, current topics which relate to the world we live in. In this session we will be doing some Sociology together, exploring the theme of generation. What factors shape the experiences of young people growing up today? How might young people be experiencing the world differently to previous generations? How might growing up be affected by technology, changing patterns of work, cost-of-living, changing expectations around relationships and global issues? Come along, meet team members, recent graduates and experience what a Sociology classroom feels like at university alongside delving into the multiple opportunities a Sociology degree provides.