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OBU Step up Jan 2013 3:Layout 1 Guests Wednesday 23 January 2013 Tim Campbell 9.30am Arrival and registration STEP UP Tim Campbell first became known by the British public after being 9.45am A welcome address to all key Breaking down barriers in education hired by Lord Alan Sugar in the first series of the BBC’s The Apprentice. speakers, workshop leaders and Tim left Lord Sugar’s company students Amstrad after two years and went on to found Bright Ideas Trust, a social enterprise which encourages young budding entrepreneurs from disadvantaged backgrounds 10.05am Talk on university options available to start business ventures, by giving them greater access to start-up finance, real business mentors and professional services advisors. Guests Tim has a real passion for empowering entrepreneurs and 10.30am Tim Campbell his wealth of experience will give a fantastic insight to any 23 Jan 2013 young person that attends this event. 9.30am - 2.30pm 11.00am Break Headington Hill Campus, Nelufar Hedayat Oxford Brookes 11.15am Melody Hossaini University Nelufar is an award winning documentary presenter, reporter 11.45am Lunch and journalist for the BBC. 12.45pm Workshop Session Melody Hossaini Melody Hossaini, Founder & CEO of 14.15pm Feedback InspirEngage and former BBC Apprentice candidate, will be Special Guests delivering an interactive 14.30pm Departure presentation that will provoke thought and take you on a Tim Campbell journey. InspirEngage International is one of the world’s leading organisations in skills training and youth Melody Hossaini engagement. Melody is passionate about supporting Nelufar Hedayat young people to fulfil their potential using innovative methods that encourage life-changing growth. Established in 2009 it has grown a portfolio across 100+ countries, and reached over 1 million people. At the event Melody will share her own personal story of starting life in Reserve your war-torn Iran and how she is now running a successful place online global social enterprise that is changing the lives of millions of young people. www.brookes.ac.uk/step-up Step Up Workshops Alice in Wonderland Breaking down Dazzling with Digits Rachel Long Many magic tricks are based on mathematics, Ken Brownsey barriers in including several which are performed by world class The writing of computer programs can be considered a professional magicians. This workshop will begin with education combination of an art form, a craft and an engineering a magic show, and will then look at some of the discipline. This workshop promises to be hands on; mathematics behind the magical effects. By the end of students will start from scratch and be able to develop the workshop, participants will be able to perform their their programming skills at the rate that best suits them. own magic. Whether a beginner or accomplished programmer the workshop accommodates all levels and leaves the Sell Yourself: Your USP students with further routes to pursue their programming ambitions. Nelufar Hedayat Understand your unique selling points (USPs) are your strengths and no-one else will have the same USP Business and Marketing combinations as you. These strengths should be pivotal in Management your life. Find out how to make them work for you. Frances Brassington and Jacqui O’Rourke Marketing’s all about advertising, isn’t it? Actually, no, it Art and Design Ruth Millar isn’t. Through the ‘marketing mix challenge’ (with prizes!), You will have the opportunity to make a simple concertina we aim to show you that marketing is a rich and complex This conference book with a single-page folded cover, and fill it with a six business function. It requires a deep understanding of is aimed at word concrete poem using rubber stamp printing. target consumers and a creative approach to designing the perfect product that they all want to buy! students in year 11, 12, 13 and further Policy Makers take Drugs... Want to be a CSI investigator? education colleges. It is Seriously Richard Huggins Alessandra Rocchetti designed for students of African An in depth examination of drug use in the UK; what CSI: Oxfordshire is a workshop run by Oxford Brookes Caribbean and Asian descent, attending policies are working? What are not? University PhD students that will give you the chance to schools and colleges in Oxfordshire, You will come together as a group to draft a proposal learn how a forensic investigator works. Put your hands on Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes. With the to create a sustainable, workable and relevant policy real equipment, perform an experiment with DNA and solve to tackle drug use in the age group 16-18. Bring your a murder case! help of key speakers and interactive ideas to the floor… workshops, students will have the opportunity Ready to wear gloves and a labcoat? Join CSI:Oxfordshire to discuss their aspirations for the future. .
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