Activities Guide for Schools and Colleges 2018/19 Contents

4 Welcome to the schools and colleges activities guide

5 The Student Recruitment Team

6 On-campus events

8 Academic sessions - Faculty of Arts and Humanities

14 Academic sessions - Faculty of Business and Law

16 Academic sessions - Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing

22 Academic sessions - Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

26 Other on-campus events

28 Off-campus events

29 Coventry University Group

30 Terms and conditions

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3 Welcome to the schools and colleges activities guide

The Recruitment and Admissions Office is delighted to share with you our latest activities guide for schools and colleges for the academic year 2018/19. This guide will highlight the events and activities we can provide for your students this year.

Events are hosted by our Student Recruitment Team who have expertise in working with students of all ages. Certain sessions will be led by members of our academic staff.

All of our events are held on our city-centre campus. We can also visit your school or college to deliver more general sessions.

To book on to any of our events, please email your interest to: [email protected]

4 The Student Recruitment Team

The Student Recruitment Team can liaise with you to inform, advise and guide your students on all aspects of going to university.

They offer outreach talks and workshops to highlight the benefits and opportunities that higher education can bring to your students, as well as aspiration-raising support in school and at the University.

The Team attend higher education fairs and parents’ evenings across the UK, and offer specialist sessions and events on campus. Meet the Team:

Dylan Cozens UK Student Recruitment Manager

Danny North Senior UK Recruitment Officer

Gurj Minhas Senior UK Recruitment Officer

Janice Roden Senior UK Recruitment Officer

Kate Iwaniszewski Senior UK Recruitment Officer

Nasrin Akhtar Senior UK Recruitment Officer

To be appointed UK Events Senior Officer

Hope Nightingale Recruitment Manager Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Ben Tyler Recruitment Manager Faculty of Business and Law

Marilyn Maddams Recruitment Manager Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing

Graeme Morgan Recruitment Manager Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

All enquiries: T: 024 7765 2222 E: [email protected] www.coventry.ac.uk/outreach @CovUniOutreach

5 On-campus events

By bringing students from your school or college on to campus we can offer them a range of academic sessions, as well as the more general progression to HE sessions.

Your students could have the opportunity to explore a subject area they are interested in, or try something new within our four Faculties:

• Faculty of Arts and Humanities • Faculty of Business and Law • Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing • Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

In most cases the sessions can be tailored to a specific age group, but please contact us to confirm this.

We can also offer full campus tours with all of our on-campus events. Our student ambassadors will show your students around our main students’ building, TheHub, the Sports Centre and the Library. They will also show them one of our accommodation options.

To book on to any of these events, please email your interest to: [email protected]

6 Feedback from recent campus visits:

“Just wanted to say a huge thank you for welcoming our students. Your team have really inspired them. They came back to school discussing what they would like to study and how cool it would be to go to university. Please pass on our thanks to your team and of course the wonderful student ambassadors – they are a credit to you.” Eileen Bishop Year 11 Leader | The Coleshill School

“It was extremely well organised and presented, and all the students commented on how well the event went. We look forward to seeing you again in the near future.” Matthew Gerrard Head of BTEC Sport | West Coventry Academy

“We arrange visits for our pupils every year to different local universities and this one has really stood out. The range of activities on offer sets you apart from the rest. The pupils were very animated on their return.” Alec Masson | Barr Beacon School

7 On-campus academic sessions - Faculty of Arts and Humanities

School of Art and Design: Subject: illustration and animation Title: Create your own characters Subject: art Description: This workshop is designed to teach students Title: Artworks in wooden type how to create their own characters for comics, animation or games. Using techniques that are used in industry, your Description: Come and get creative with our collection of students will get to design the hero, the villain, or the creature large wooden type. We will show your students how to set and under the bed. If they’ve already got a story that they’d like to print the letters to create vibrant, visually-alluring compositions. design a character for, they are more than welcome to bring it They can work formally with the letters or more loosely and along, but more important, is for them to bring their imagination. create a poster or art print. Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Session length: 1 hour 30 mins (1pm – 2:30pm) Dates available: Dates available: Wednesday 6 February 2019 Wednesday 23 January 2019 Capacity: 20 Capacity: 10 Subject: interior architecture and design Subject: drawing Title: Diorama – collaging in 3D Title: Ways of seeing Description: In this workshop you will create a diorama, or Description: This session is designed to show your students collage model, a quick and effective way of presenting spatial different types of drawing and mark-making that can be used ideas. Dioramas may be entirely figurative, representational or for their portfolio development. It will also encourage them conceptual, even surreal. Using only paper and card, we can to expand their horizons of what they think drawing is. The create models with depth and perspective. Usually small in session will show them some simple drawing processes that size, and best viewed from one vantage point, dioramas lend will test how open-minded they are to different ways of making themselves perfectly to photography. See your interior design observational and abstract drawings. This session is useful for ideas come to life. anyone interested in a Creative Art or Design degree, from Fine Art, Fashion and Illustration through to Graphic and Industrial Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Design (Product, Automotive and Interior). Dates available: Session length: 1 hour 30 mins (1pm – 2:30pm) Wednesday 23 January 2019 Dates available: Wednesday 6 February 2019 Wednesday 5 December 2018 Capacity: 20 Wednesday 23 January 2019 Wednesday 13 March 2019 Wednesday 19 June 2019 This session can also be delivered at your School or College on request. Capacity: 10-20

8 Subject: architecture Subject: games art Title: City trading post Title: Sculptris: making monsters Description: The workshop will capture your students’ Description: Students will take part in a workshop where they imagination through exploring architectural space and structure will create a monster using free software called ‘Sculptris’. The with model-making and sketching. Working with tutors and workshop is aimed at introducing students to working in 3D our students, we will give you a brief for a small market stall in space and creating models that could subsequently be used Coventry. Can you identify a product or service that is unique in a game engine. After initial modelling, students will then be to Coventry? What aspects do you need to consider? What are able to paint the model and also learn about other aspects of the main elements? How is the structure unique to Coventry creating what is called an ‘asset’ by looking at ‘texture maps’ and the site? We will provide you with materials, references and and ‘normals’ (rendering that goes on to models to give them a clues to introduce you to the City, our teaching methods and finished look). There is an option for students to work in pairs and course interests. they don’t have to be able to draw to take part in the workshop. Session length: 2 hours (2pm – 4pm) Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Dates available: Dates available: Wednesday 5 December 2018 Wednesday 6 February 2019 Capacity: 12 Wednesday 19 June 2019 Capacity: 30 Subject: international fashion business Title: Celebrity branding Subject: art and design Description: Who is your favourite celebrity? Which brands Title: Introduction to texturing material do they promote and why? This workshop will look at celebrity Description: In this introduction you will learn a variety of culture and how international brands use different personalities ways of applying textures to metal sheets. The session will to promote their products. Your students will be introduced cover using a rolling mill to emboss patterns and shapes, using to how large brands select particular celebrities and how this hammers to create marks and using letter and number stamps affects business in terms of target demographic and return for text and pattern. You will also have the opportunity to make on investment. your texture samples into a simple piece of jewellery. Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Dates available: Dates available: Wednesday 14 November 2018 Wednesday 23 January 2019 Capacity: 20 Capacity: 10

Subject: fashion design Subject: art and design Title: Plastic fantastic Title: Underglaze decoration Description: This workshop will challenge your students’ Description: In this workshop you will be invited to explore perceptions about different materials and their uses in the a variety of underglaze mediums including underglaze pens, fashion industry. They will be introduced to materiality and crayons, fine liners and paintable underglazes to draw/paint accessory making, with a particular focus on using plastic. sponge images and effects onto fired bisque ware. You will They will learn how to cut, shape, bend and mould plastic have the choice of a variety of bisque (pre-fired unglazed ware) to make an accessory of their choice such as jewellery or to choose from, including a range of tiles and products such as wearable art. What will they create? cups, plates, dishes and mugs. Your imagery will be permanent Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) and water tight. Your work will then have a glaze sprayed onto Dates available: the ware and will be sent to you post firing. Wednesday 14 November 2018 Session length: 3 hours (1pm – 4pm) Capacity: 20 Dates available: Wednesday 5 December 2018 Subject: games art Capacity: 10 Title: Photoshop: creating a fantasy scene Description: Students will take part in a workshop where they will create a fantasy scene using photographs which are manipulated in Photoshop, using a technique known as ‘photo- bashing’. The workshop is aimed at developing creative, artistic and composition skills as well as teaching students about using Photoshop and becoming confident with the interface. If students are interested in becoming a concept artist, this is a great introduction to the discipline. There is an option for students to work in pairs and they don’t have to be able to draw to take part in the workshop. Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Dates available: Wednesday 23 January 2019 Wednesday 3 April 2019 Wednesday 10 July 2019 Capacity: 30

9 School of Humanities: Subject: sociology Title: Sociology taster sessions Subject: english and creative writing Description: These interactive sessions, delivered by sociology Title: Visual and spoken word poetry lecturers, explore contemporary topics and research, allowing Description: This interactive masterclass provides the students to use their sociological imagination to gain a deeper opportunity to explore visual and spoken word poetry. Your understanding of current issues within their chosen subject area. students will be taught modern approaches to the poetic form We can offer a range of short classes focusing on particular and look at new and interesting ways to present their writing: areas of sociology, such as: • Hip hop and poetry • Why study sociology? • Competition: how to stand out • Gender and sport • Turning words into visual art • Men, women and body image • Overcoming performance anxiety • What does the media tell us about society? Session length: 1 hour 30 mins (1pm – 2:30pm) • Social media and me • Other topics available on request Dates available: Wednesday 19 June 2019 Session length: 1 hour 30 minutes (1pm – 2:30pm) Wednesday 10 July 2019 Dates available: Negotiable. Can be delivered on campus or at your school Capacity: 30 or college. Subject: languages Capacity: 30 Title: Open your mind to new languages and cultures: take on Subject: humanities the world! Title: Humanities experience day Description: In this session students will be able to experience the traditions, culture and history of world languages such as Description: The experience day will give students the French, Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic, Italian or Japanese. Our team opportunity to find out more about the School of Humanities of lecturers will deliver this session in a dynamic and innovative and the subjects we offer. way by taking students on an exciting intercultural journey. Students will have a choice of a range of subject-specific Session length: 1 hour 30 minutes (1pm – 2:30pm) masterclasses delivered by lecturers in: Dates available: • English Wednesday 14 November 2018 • Creative Writing • Sociology Wednesday 5 December 2018 • Politics Wednesday 23 January 2019 • History Wednesday 19 June 2019 • International Relations Wednesday 10 July 2019 • Modern Languages Capacity: 20 These interactive sessions offer the chance to experience typical undergraduate teaching and will give students the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of their chosen subject area. Session length: 3 hours 30 minutes (12:30pm – 4pm) Dates available: Wednesday 21 November 2018 Wednesday 13 February 2019 Capacity: 120

10 School of Media and Subject: music Performing Arts: Title: Music workshop Description: This hands-on workshop will give students the Subject: photography chance to explore music at Coventry by looking at the dynamics of group performance. Students will take part in rhythm and Title: Portrait workshop improvisation exercises and it would be beneficial for them to Description: After a brief welcome to the course and an bring their own instruments. Very few music notation skills are opportunity to ask questions about studying photography needed but students do need to bring an inquisitive mind! at Coventry University, students will take part in a portrait Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) workshop. Working in pairs, students will use a large format camera to make detailed portraits in the studio which will then Dates available: be printed in the darkroom for them to take home. Wednesday 21 November 2018 Session length: 3 hours (1pm – 4pm) Wednesday 6 February 2019 Dates available: Wednesday 19 June 2019 Wednesday 27 February 2019 Wednesday 10 July 2019 Capacity: 20 Capacity: 20

Subject: dance Subject: theatre Title: Dance workshop Title: Physical approaches to performer training Description: In this workshop, we will explore improvisation, Description: This workshop will give your students a taster phrase work, partner graphics, contact improvisation and the of some key aspects of the Theatre and Professional Practice body’s relationship with gravity and the floor. Our workshop course at Coventry University. This will be done by exploring a will be a taster session for the degree at Coventry and together world of physical and visual performance skills that enhance we’ll work through some of the above to give you an idea of and extend the more traditional approaches to acting and what life is like at the University. theatre-making on offer here. We will look at dynamic ensemble Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) work, physical characterisation and range of mask styles. Dates available: Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Wednesday 5 December 2018 Dates available: Wednesday 23 January 2019 Wednesday 14 November 2018 Wednesday 6 February 2019 Wednesday 5 December 2018 Wednesday 3 April 2019 Capacity: 20 Capacity: 20 Subject: theatre Title: Improvisation fundamentals for devising Description: This workshop introduces participants to long form improvisation techniques aimed at enhancing skills in developing narrative, character and situation. We will explore practices from American improvisation guru Viola Spolin, and offer an approach to actor training that moves away from comic ‘game-based’ improvisations in favour of a more collaborative form. Ideal for students developing skills in devising and theatre making. Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Dates available: Wednesday 21 November 2018 Wednesday 23 January 2019 Capacity: 20

11 Subject: media production Subject: journalism Title: Give me a photograph and I will give you a movie Title: MoJo Description: This interactive session, led by media production Description: Mobile journalism (MoJo) enables journalists tutors, will see the students playfully engaging with a selection to leverage the power of mobile phones and tablets to film of still images, as well as cut outs from literary texts, in order and edit on the go. The BA Journalism course at Coventry to experiment with the possibilities of telling a story. This University is designed to equip graduates with the skills to session will explore narrative and non-narrative approaches to navigate the changing media landscape. The taster session will storytelling that free up creativity and spark new ideas. introduce prospective students to the basics of producing on Session length: 2 hours (12pm – 2pm) and for mobile technologies by filming and editing basic video packages using mobile phones and/or tablets. Dates available: Wednesday 6 February 2019 Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Capacity: 20 Dates available: Wednesday 21 November 2018 Subject: media and communication Wednesday 23 January 2019 Title: What is news? What is news to you? Capacity: 20 Description: World events move around us at a blistering speed. Sometimes we take for granted how they are reported to Faculty staff may also be able to visit your school or us. This presentation and workshop activity takes a critical look college to deliver certain subject sessions. Please at how news media channels communicate with us and the way contact us to request this. in which television news has changed over the last fifty years. We’ll look at how music, images and graphics are used in the introductions, and discuss the components of a news report. To book on to any of these events, Then, working in groups your students will get a chance to put together their own reports in the style of the big broadcasters. please email your interest to: Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) [email protected] Dates available: Wednesday 14 November 2018 Wednesday 5 December 2018 Wednesday 23 January 2019 Wednesday 6 February 2019 Wednesday 3 April 2019 Wednesday 10 July 2019 Capacity: 20

12 Graduate Degree Show Degree Show Competition

Title: The Collective at Coventry Title: The Collective at Coventry Schools Competition Description: This May will see the celebration and showcasing Description: This year, we are inviting school and college of our graduating students’ work as they continue to make their students to join us in our celebration of 175 years of the mark in the creative world in the Degree Show Festival. We Coventry School of Art and Design. We want to see your invite you to come and see work from our designers, artists, students’ creativity, through video performances, music performers, photographers, filmmakers and writers. All subjects compositions, creative writing or art work. in the Faculty will be exhibiting, but do get in contact to confirm The brief: 175 years – what does it mean to you? which dates the courses you are interested in seeing will be Your students’ work can relate to the past, or can look into the displaying work. future to the next 175 years. Session length: Opening times vary Work: Be as creative as you can. Your students’ submissions Dates available: could be written work, such as a poem or a creative writing Friday 17 May 2019 – Saturday 25 May 2019 piece. It could be a video they produce, photography or a song. (not all subjects will be exhibiting on all dates) It could even be a drawing, animation or installation. Whatever medium they decide to use, we are interested in how they Title: ‘Follow Me Out’ Festival interpret the brief. Description: Our annual dance festival ‘Follow Me Out’ takes Submission: All work, regardless of whether it is physical or place from Thursday 9 May until Saturday 11 May 2019 at the digital, must be submitted to us online via the email address Ellen Terry building. Head down to watch our 3rd year dance [email protected] by Monday 22 April at 5pm. If students showcase their final projects. the work is a physical piece of artwork, it would need to be Dates available: photographed and submitted via email. Thursday 9 May 2019 – Saturday 11 May 2019 Selection: The judging panel will look at all submissions and (performance times TBC) select the work they feel has interpreted the brief well. The chosen winners will then go forward to be exhibited in an online Title: Theatre Showcase Festival exhibition, which will run until 25 May. Description: You are cordially invited to enjoy prime spectator Submission deadline: Monday 22 April 2019 at 5pm. position at a showcase of exciting performance work from final year theatre students at Coventry University. The annual Theatre Showcase Festival takes place from Monday 13 May until Tuesday 21 May 2019. Following in the footsteps of previous Coventry University graduate companies, Noctium (The Country Doctor & Hymns For Robots) and The Fabularium (Reynard the Fox), come and experience the bold, brave and exciting creativity of our 2019 graduates as they blast off from the degree programme. Dates available: Monday 13 May 2019 – Tuesday 21 May 2019 (performance times TBC)

Dates and times are subject to change. Please contact us for further details.

13 Faculty of Business and Law

School of Economics, Finance Subjects: accounting, finance and economics and Accounting: Title: International trade game Description: Replicate world trading from the perspective Dates available for these sessions are: of developed world economies; highly interactive activity Wednesday 14 November 2018 incorporating skills of negotiation, organisation and practical applications. Wednesday 30 January 2019 Session length: 1 hour 30min (1pm – 2.30pm) Wednesday 27 February 2019 Capacity: 40 Wednesday 13 March 2019 Wednesday 3 April 2019 Wednesday 12 June 2019 Wednesday 10 July 2019 School of Law: Dates available for these sessions are: Subjects: accounting, finance and economics Wednesday 14 November 2018 Title: Production game Wednesday 30 January 2019 Description: In this workshop students will take small, plastic Wednesday 27 February 2019 balls from one box to another – sounds easy, right? But reproducing a factory production line isn’t always so simple – Wednesday 13 March 2019 your students will soon find that without an understanding of Wednesday 3 April 2019 economics, things can go very wrong, very quickly. Will their Wednesday 12 June 2019 teams be able to juggle the workload or will someone drop Wednesday 10 July 2019 the ball? An interactive and fun way to gain an appreciation of economics. Subject: law Session length: 1 hour 30min (1pm – 2.30pm) Title: What makes a murderer? Capacity: 40 Description: The defendant, Norman Stanley Fletcher, aged Subjects: accounting, finance and economics 24, had acquired a Smith & Wesson revolver. It was a revolver in the literal old-fashioned sense, having a five-chambered Title: Trading Floor game cylinder which rotated clockwise each time the trigger was Description: Buying, selling. Bears and bulls. Working in pairs, pulled. The defendant, in jest, with no intention to do any harm, your students will be let loose on the financial market with the aim pointed the revolver at his best friend Lenny. It had two bullets of making as much profit as possible. Based on news articles and in the chambers, but neither bullet was in the chamber opposite pattern analysis, students will have to buy and sell shares to beat the barrel. His friend was similarly treating the incident as a all of the other investors, and claim the top spot. The session takes joke. The defendant then pulled the trigger and killed Lenny, still place on our Trading Floor, the largest of its kind in Europe with 44 having no intention to fire the revolver. Is Norman a murderer? dual-screen terminals powered by Bloomberg. Session length: 1 hour 30min (1pm – 2.30pm) Session length: 1 hour 30min (1pm – 2.30pm) Capacity: 40 Capacity: 40

14 Subject: law Subjects: sport, HR and marketing management Title: Corporate Cluedo Title: Managing a sport star Description: Was it the technician on the runway with the Description: Sport management is a serious business. In broken flashlight? Was it the engineer in the office with out-of- this activity, we will briefly introduce you to the sport industry, date blueprints? Or was it the CEO in the boardroom with the showing you why it has to be managed like any other business, cost-cutting memo? In this corporate manslaughter ‘whodunnit’, then explore one particular sector — the sport agent. The your students will need to look at the evidence in the aftermath practical activity will involve selecting a sport star, such as Paul of a fatal passenger plane crash. It’s up to them to decide who Pogba, Lewis Hamilton or Serena Williams, and presenting a should be convicted of corporate manslaughter and why. case about their market value to different stakeholders. It will Session length: 1 hour 30min (1pm – 2.30pm) also consider how the star should be managed at a personal level, taking their personality and any associated ‘quirkiness’ Capacity: 40 into account. This session will engage your students in lively debates and critical thinking whilst broadening their knowledge of sports, elements of human resource management and School of Marketing aspects of brand marketing. Session length: 1 hour 30min (1pm – 2.30pm) and Management: Capacity: 40 Dates available for these sessions are: Subjects: events, project management and marketing Wednesday 14 November 2018 Title: Coventry City of Culture: can you get the sponsorship? Wednesday 30 January 2019 Description: This activity introduces students to the world Wednesday 27 February 2019 of event project management, marketing and sponsorship. Wednesday 13 March 2019 Events have become vital mechanisms for cities and towns to Wednesday 3 April 2019 help boost their economies, create jobs, rejuvenate buildings, Wednesday 12 June 2019 and promote the city brand to try and attract businesses to locate and trade there. In this activity, students must decide on Wednesday 10 July 2019 Coventry’s core benefits, which can attract businesses as event sponsors. They will present their case in the form of a one-minute Subject: marketing and advertising promotional video, using a variety of digital tools. Title: Visioning the future: working for a digital marketing agency Session length: 1 hour 30min (1pm – 2.30pm) Description: Marketing is an inescapable part of modern Capacity: 30 life, and with the growth of modern technologies, something we interact with on an almost continual basis. In this activity Subjects: management and human resource management (HRM) we will briefly reveal the breadth of the marketing sector, then Title: How to make people and staff feel like they matter explore the growth of digital marketing and the jobs available. to an organisation The activity will involve some brief market testing, then develop a strategy to communicate the product value to potential Description: People are the vital ingredient in any successful customers. The session takes place in our DigiComm lab, business. But to get the best from them, they must be properly designed specifically to emulate a real-life agency environment, managed and motivated. In this activity, we reveal the importance where our expert tutors will walk your students through of HRM and the variety of jobs available in this field. Students will a variety of digital tools being used by real-life marketers, then complete a number of practical activities to explore team including the industry-standard Adobe apps available on iPad. dynamics, communications and personality types. Session length: 1 hour 30min (1pm – 2.30pm) Session length: 1 hour 30min (1pm – 2.30pm) Capacity: 30 Capacity: 40

15 Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing

School of Computing, Electronics Subject: (computer) games technology and Mathematics: Title: Space shooter Description: Alien invasion! Earth is in danger! It is your task Subject: computer science to save it by destroying alien ships that are trying to take over the universe and slave the Human Race. This session will show Title: Fun with Turtles (in Python) you how to make a space shooter within a few hours using a Description: Python is a widely-used programming language game engine (Unity 3D). It will begin by showing your students and Turtle is a module within Python which can be used for how the game engine works and how to manipulate it, and will creating drawings on a canvas. The idea is to use programming then move onto more detailed programming tasks and asset tools to draw shapes and thus get a visualisation of some manipulations. The session will conclude with a competition to complicated programming ideas. The name Turtle is used determine who has made the best game. because we imagine the pen as being attached to a turtle and Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) our code as giving the turtle instructions. Dates available: Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Wednesday 3 April 2019 Dates available: Wednesday 12 June 2019 Wednesday 14 November 2018 Capacity: 30 Wednesday 27 February 2019 Wednesday 3 April 2019 Subject: ethical hacking and cyber security Wednesday 10 July 2019 Title: Hacking websites for fun and profit Capacity: 30 Description: The increasing dependence on interlinked computing systems means that any attack on such systems Subject: computer science can have serious consequences for industry, national Title: Fun with databases infrastructure and our everyday lives. One way this threat Description: Nowadays it’s all about the data. Think of the can be combatted is by teaching more people how to hack. amount of data being stored out there − what we need to be Systems developed without aggressive security analysis tend able to do is make the most out of it. to be vulnerable, and it is now common for organisations to employ white-hat hackers (known as penetration testers) The aim of this activity is to introduce students to the concept to attempt to break into their systems. This session will give of databases − how to create one, retrieve data from it and students the opportunity to try hacking into a web service. With create some funky plots in order to showcase and analyse pointers from the team and a little guidance, your students will the data. Students will use SQL programming queries in order start to explore the ways in which software bugs, poor design to interact with the database they have created and the R decisions and misconfiguration can allow an attacker access to statistical computing environment to plot the data and create data that should be private. colourful and meaningful graphs. Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Dates available: Dates available: Wednesday 14 November 2018 Wednesday 30 January 2019 Wednesday 30 January 2019 Wednesday 13 March 2019 Wednesday 27 February 2019 Wednesday 12 June 2019 Wednesday 13 March 2019 Capacity: 30 Wednesday 3 April 2019 Subject: (computer) games technology Wednesday 12 June 2019 Title: Scratch game competition Wednesday 10 July 2019 Description: Create a computer game from scratch. Add Capacity: 30 your characters, weapons and animations. Become a master of game design. We will judge the quality of game based on originality, graphics, storyline and concepts as well as the quality of the user interface. Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Dates available: Wednesday 10 July 2019 Capacity: 30

16 Subject: information technology for business Subject: physics Title: NoSQL: next-generation data storage Title: Classical physics Description: The traditional way to store data has been to Description: This masterclass will focus on the fundamentals use a relational database but these tools struggle to handle the of classical physics through lectures and hands-on experiments huge data sets needed by modern online systems. NoSQL is a and discussion groups. term used to describe any database that does not use the SQL Session length: 3 hours (1pm – 4pm) language. These include key-value stores, document databases, Dates available: graph databases and others. In this session, students will Wednesday 14 November 2018 be getting to grips with MongoDB, the most popular type of document database and using it to manipulate a large data set. Capacity: 24 Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Subject: physics Dates available: Title: Optical physics Wednesday 14 November 2018 Description: This masterclass will focus on the fundamentals Wednesday 27 February 2019 of optical physics through lectures and hands-on experiments Wednesday 10 July 2019 and discussion groups. Capacity: 30 Session length: 3 hours (1pm – 4pm) Dates available: Subject: mathematics Wednesday 12 June 2019 Title: Randomness in mathematics 1 Capacity: 24 Description: We will look at two aspects of how randomness is important in mathematics. First, we will use random numbers Subject: electronic engineering to approximate π, and then we will see how to randomly Title: Motion controlled robotic vehicles generate a new text from an existing one using the way in which the letters are distributed in the existing text. Description: Students will be introduced to microprocessors, microcontrollers and associated peripherals and their application Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) in embedded systems. The students will work in small groups Dates available: (2-3) to build and race small, remote controlled, robotic vehicles Wednesday 14 November 2018 simply by using a remote controller. On completion of the system Capacity: 30 assembly process, the teams will be given an obstacle course to negotiate and follow. Subject: mathematics Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Title: Randomness in mathematics 2 Dates available: Description: We will look at two aspects of how randomness Wednesday 14 November 2018 is important in mathematics. First, we will use random numbers Wednesday 12 June 2019 to approximate π, and then we will turn messages from letters Wednesday 10 July 2019 into a binary code in the most efficient way possible. Capacity: 20 Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Dates available: Wednesday 12 June 2019 Capacity: 30

Subject: mathematics Title: Randomness in mathematics 3 Description: We will look at two aspects of how randomness is important in mathematics. First we will see how to randomly generate a new text from an existing one using the way in which the letters are distributed in the existing text, and then we will turn messages from letters into a binary code in the most efficient way possible. Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Dates available: Wednesday 10 July 2019 Capacity: 30

17 School of Energy, Construction Subject: disaster management and Environment: Title: Operation “pop” Description: In this session students will learn about how Dates available for these sessions are: crowds behave at mass gatherings like festivals and music Wednesday 14 November 2018 concerts. Based on recent emergency incidents and current developments in managing crowded places, students will Wednesday 30 January 2019 discover how to keep themselves and their friends safe and Wednesday 27 February 2019 how event operators and emergency services manage security Wednesday 13 March 2019 and safety at large public events. Developed by the lead Wednesday 3 April 2019 emergency planner for Glastonbury 2017. Wednesday 12 June 2019 Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Wednesday 10 July 2019 Capacity: 30 Subjects: construction and design Subject: civil engineering Title: Virtual reality explorer Title: Design, build and break Description: In this session students will immerse themselves Description: In this session students will use computer aided in the cutting-edge world of virtual reality (VR), exploring brand design to design and produce bridge drawings, gaining skills new building designs as well as travelling around the world and knowledge of various bridge types along the way. Using the to visit architectural landmarks. They will also learn how to drawings, in teams, the students will then build their bridges, recognise the value of VR and how it fits into the future of digital utilising varied materials to understand material as well as and creative design. structural performance. Finally, the students will get the chance to break the bridges, monitoring deformation and forces. The Session length: 1 hour (1pm – 2pm) students will assess how each bridge and material performs, Capacity: 30 deepening their mechanical and structural understanding. Session length: 3 hours (1pm – 4pm) Subjects: construction and design Capacity: 20 Title: From drawing board to reality (virtually) Description: In this session students will not only design their own building concept in 3D software but will get the opportunity to walk around it and experience design innovation at the cutting edge of technology. It is not always possible to imagine architectural 2D plans as the completed project, but this workshop will help bring the project to life, showing how it works in a virtual world. Session length: 3 hours (1pm – 4pm) Capacity: 30

18 Subject: energy Subjects: engineering, construction, geography and Title: eZero island disaster management Description: In this session students will start by exploring Title: Transport systems part of the campus and auditing the energy consumed by a Description: Discover the relationship between transport university and its students. What do we use energy for? How and the main issues facing engineers in the 21st century – much? Where and when? They will then identify and evaluate global poverty and disasters. This workshop actively engages fossil fuels and green technologies for effective energy provision students in real-life case studies in which participants have to for domestic consumption. Finally, they will be challenged choose the most appropriate transport infrastructure for two to plan and generate sufficient power supply for an island to towns with different needs and requirements. In collaboration run efficiently for 24 hours. This activity includes online game with Engineers Without Borders UK. activities like those developed by Coventry University lecturers Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) in collaboration with Siemens. Capacity: 30 Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) (A shorter version can be offered in which students complete two of the three parts of the session) Capacity: 25

Subjects: geography and natural hazards Title: Operation “splash” Description: In this session your students will learn about how flood risk is estimated. Students will learn about flood To book on to any of these events, modelling and assess how essential buildings (hospitals, please email your interest to: schools and energy supply) are at risk of flooding. The [email protected] activity allows two outputs: 1) identifying affected areas, evacuation routes and requirements for mass shelter of affected populations and 2) identifying measures (such as flood barriers, drainage and afforestation) that could be implemented to reduce the impact of flooding in the area. Developed in partnership with the Environment Agency (Midlands Region Incident Management Team). Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Capacity: 30

19 School of Mechanical, Aerospace Subjects: aerospace, aviation, engineering, physics and Automotive Engineering: Title: Aerospace fundamentals: flight simulation Description: This activity will give you a flying start as an Subjects: mechanical, automotive, manufacturing, aerospace engineer. Using the flight simulation suite, students engineering, physics, mathematics will have the chance to learn about how aircraft are controlled. They will test their piloting skills by flying an aircraft in our flight Title: The world of mechanical engineering: a practical simulators and learn how to complete a circuit, identifying what introduction to the hidden world of the internal combustion systems are required. Students will also get a chance to see (IC) engine how well they perform against their friends and review how they Description: The IC engine is a microcosm of the world can improve next time. of engineering; just about every field of engineering is Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) encapsulated within one machine. Students will participate in the partial strip down and rebuild of a typical Spark Ignition Dates available: Engine and discover the science and engineering that goes into Wednesday 14 November 2018 this commonplace machine. Wednesday 12 June 2019 The internal combustion engine is the most common source Wednesday 10 July 2019 of motive power for road transport, used in everything from Capacity: 15 small motorcycles to the largest trucks. Under supervision, students will take apart and rebuild a typical automotive Subjects: aerospace, aviation, engineering, physics internal combustion engine. As they dismantle the engine, the Title: Aerospace fundamentals: aerodynamics and wind supervisor will explain how the engine works and what each of tunnel testing the major components does. Description: Working as if they were future aerospace This is a hands-on exercise which will require the use of hand engineers, students will use our state-of-the-art wind tunnels to tools such as spanners, Allen keys, socket wrenches etc. Full learn about how fluids create lift, why it is important in flight and supervision will be given for this and everyone is encouraged to why we want to control this force in flight. Students will be able have a go. to carry out a laboratory experiment and analyse the results Once the engine has been stripped down there will be an that are produced. opportunity to attempt to beat the re-build record for the Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) engine. The supervisor will time how long it takes your students to put the engine back together and put all the tools away. The Dates available: current record is 7 minutes 53 seconds. Wednesday 14 November 2018 PPE (overalls and safety boots) is required at all times and will Wednesday 12 June 2019 be provided. Wednesday 10 July 2019 Session length: 2 – 3 hours (1pm – 3pm/4pm) Capacity: 15 Dates available: Wednesday 14 November 2018 Wednesday 30 January 2019 Wednesday 27 February 2019 Wednesday 13 March 2019 Wednesday 3 April 2019 Wednesday 12 June 2019 Wednesday 10 July 2019 Capacity: Maximum of 12 students per engine/supervisor

20 Subjects: aerospace, aviation, engineering, physics Subjects: mechanical, physics, mathematics, Title: Aircraft fundamentals: Harrier Jump Jet computing, automotive Description: When we learn about aircraft we have to Title: Driverless cars of the future: explore the understand the bigger picture on how an aircraft actually technical challenges manages to fly. This includes how we control the forces on an Description: Driverless cars are already being trialled on our aircraft and what devices we use to do this. Students will have roads in the UK. Before this becomes our everyday reality, the chance to act as maintenance engineers on our Harrier vehicle manufacturers must tackle a range of technical and Jump Jet and learn how to work safely and with the correct ethical challenges. Using a scaled down ‘line following’ tools. They will also learn the importance of teamwork within driverless car, students will explore the technology behind the engineering and the art of effective communication. car and the technical challenges. Working in teams, students Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) will be given the task to design the on-board computer to travel around a course – the fastest team wins. Dates available: Wednesday 14 November 2018 Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Wednesday 12 June 2019 Dates available: Wednesday 14 November 2018 Wednesday 10 July 2019 Wednesday 30 January 2019 Capacity: 15 Wednesday 13 March 2019 Subjects: mechanical, automotive, manufacturing, Wednesday 12 June 2019 engineering, physics, mathematics Capacity: 30 Title: F1 race experience in data-led car design Description: Students will be taught the principles of data Subjects: mechanical, automotive, manufacturing, analysis in making engineering decisions. Using data from a race engineering, physics, mathematics car as an example, they will interpret the graphs showing car Title: Aviation sustainability: looking to the future performance using the same software as used in the F1 pit lane. Description: This will be run as a LEGO activity. Following Students will then analyse three sets of data from three different an introduction on how LEGO can be used in education to cars to understand how different variables affect the driving conceptualise ideas, students will be split into groups and performance of a vehicle. With this newfound expertise, they will encouraged to discuss some of the significant environmental be given the opportunity to design and test their own “ideal” car. and sustainability issues that the aviation industry is currently This car will be loaded into our full motion Cruden F1 Simulator, facing. They will then have approximately half an hour to create and students will then be able to drive their car around a classic a LEGO model or form to present what they see as the main F1 circuit and see if their performance predictions are correct. threat to sustainable aviation, or how they see the future of Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) aviation with regard to sustainability. Dates available: They will then present their LEGO concepts back to the Wednesday 14 November 2018 other groups. Wednesday 30 January 2019 Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Wednesday 27 February 2019 Dates available: Wednesday 30 January 2019 Wednesday 13 March 2019 Wednesday 27 February 2019 Wednesday 3 April 2019 Wednesday 13 March 2019 Capacity: 20 Capacity: 30 Subjects: manufacturing engineering Title: Creating the lean manufacturing experience – using LEGO Description: It can be difficult for students to understand the foundations and principles underpinning lean and agile manufacturing without first-hand experience. In this session, students will have the chance to experience the principles for themselves to get a feeling for how it all works. By playing the LEGO Kanban (JIT) game, we can gain valuable knowledge and experience without physically entering a workshop. The aim of the game will focus on the material flow in a pre-defined timeframe and system. This will show how to get from an existing process to a Kanban streamline system, along with visualisation and modifying working under time constraints. Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Dates available: Wednesday 14 November 2018 Wednesday 30 January 2019 Wednesday 27 February 2019 Wednesday 13 March 2019 Wednesday 3 April 2019 Wednesday 12 June 2019 Wednesday 10 July 2019 Capacity: 15

21 Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

School of Nursing, Midwifery Subject: nursing Title: An introduction to Adult Nursing: where will your career and Health: take you? Subject: all health courses Description: This interactive session is designed to introduce Adult Nursing to students as a career option, busting myths Title: Patient journey from hospital to home regarding pay and progression opportunities and giving a Description: Welcome to the patient journey at Coventry realistic overview into the many specialities and disciplines open University, where your students will experience an intriguing, to those with an Adult Nursing degree. Students will be amazed fun-filled and exciting simulated experience. The unique to discover where their career can eventually take them, from simulated ambulance, operating theatre, ward area and working in neo-natal intensive care or with young families and terraced house brings the story to life in a realistic environment. children as a Health Visitor, School Nurse or Practice Nurse, to The students will learn new skills such as first aid, clinical working in highly specialised areas such as adult intensive care, measurements and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. They will surgery, palliative and cancer care, prison nursing, rehabilitation also have the chance to meet current students from all health- or respiratory medicine. care professions who can tell real-life stories based on their Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) own experience. Dates available: Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Wednesday 13 March 2019 Dates available: Tuesday 19 March 2019 Wednesday 10 October 2018 Wednesday 19 June 2019 Wednesday 6 March 2019 Capacity: 30 Wednesday 13 March 2019 Wednesday 10 April 2019 Wednesday 8 May 2019 Wednesday 15 May 2019 School of Life Sciences: Wednesday 19 June 2019 Subject: biomedical / human biology courses Capacity: 20 Title: DNA analysis Subject: physiotherapy Description: Come and join us for an insight into our Title: Why our bones are so important to our daily lives Biomedical Science, Human Biosciences and Medical and Pharmacological Sciences courses. Your students will be Description: Join us in our physiotherapy labs for an interesting introduced to genetic analysis using a technique called session where you can look at the bones of the body and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and get involved in isolation learn why they are so important to our normal daily functions and PCR analysis of human genomic DNA. In some workshops such as walking and running. Your students can learn how we will isolate bacterial plasmid DNA and will build DNA physiotherapists use their knowledge to problem solve when models. The students will be able to visualise gels and take things go wrong with our bones and how we can help people to pictures of their work home. regain their normal lifestyle activities, regardless of whether they are children, elderly people or elite-level athletes. Your students Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) will learn how to look for differences in the way people walk Dates available: and what those differences can mean, how they affect us and Wednesday 17 October 2018 how we can use mobility aids, such as crutches, when injuries Wednesday 27 February 2019 occur. They will also discover how a physiotherapist considers Wednesday 5 June 2019 the whole patient throughout their rehabilitation journey and how we work together with our patients to bring about the maximum Capacity: 20 recovery possible for all. Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Dates available: Wednesday 7 November 2018 Wednesday 27 February 2019 Capacity: 20

22 Subject: food science courses A-level activity summer sessions Title: Fruits and vegetables and the colours of the rainbow for Life Sciences: Description: In this session your students will look at inspecting and identifying a range of everyday and exotic fruit Subject: A-level Chemistry and vegetables. They will look at the different health benefits offered by food from each colour of the rainbow and they will Title: Aspirin synthesis and analysis also carry out a sugar analysis of each colour for sugar level Description: These Chemistry sessions allow students to comparison. They can then judge for themselves what colours work in a university lab to produce compounds that may not of fruit and vegetables are required in order to maintain a be accessible in a school lab. Students can then analyse their healthy, balanced diet. products with our instrumentation to perform chemical analysis, Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) if time permits. Dates available: Dates available: Wednesday 7 November 2018 End of June / early July 2019 Wednesday 13 March 2019 Capacity: 24 Wednesday 15 May 2019 Subject: A-level Biology Tuesday 25 June 2019 Title: DNA analysis Capacity: 20 Description: Come and join us for an insight into our Biomedical Science, Human Biosciences and Medical and Subject: forensic courses Pharmacological Sciences courses. Students will be introduced Title: The science behind solving a crime to genetic analysis using a technique called Polymerase Chain Description: If you are interested in the science undertaken Reaction (PCR) and get involved in isolation and PCR analysis in forensic laboratories, including analysis of blood, fibres, of human genomic DNA. fingerprints and drugs, then this session is for you. During Dates available: the session students will be able to attend a crime scene End of June / early July 2019 investigation and then spend some time analysing DNA samples. Capacity: 24 Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Dates available: Subject: A-level Biology Wednesday 12 December 2018 Title: Biochemistry Wednesday 10 April 2019 Description: Learn how to assay an enzyme (alkaline Wednesday 19 June 2019 phosphatase) over a period of time using a chromogenic substrate and determination of the alkaline phosphatase activity Capacity: 20 of an enzyme solution using a time course. Subject: sport courses Dates available: End of June / early July 2019 Title: What is physical fitness and how do we measure it? Capacity: 24 Description: Students will be able to take part in a number of different tests that can be used to measure strength, flexibility, balance, power, agility, reaction time, speed and more. They will learn about why these tests are important in providing To book on to any of these events, information for both recreational and elite performers and will please email your interest to: be able to identify which sports they are most suited to. [email protected] Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Dates available: Wednesday 17 October 2018 Wednesday 7 November 2018 Wednesday 13 March 2019 Wednesday 10 April 2019 Wednesday 15 May 2019 Wednesday 5 June 2019 Wednesday 19 June 2019 Capacity: 20

23 School of Psychological, Social and Subject: childhood and youth studies Behavioural Sciences: Title: Identity – what makes you who you are? Description: This interactive session explores the social Subject: criminology and cultural dimensions of our identities and considers the significance of particular aspects of identity within British society. Title: What makes a criminal? Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Description: This interactive session will analyse well known crimes and criminals in order to explore what factors may Dates available: lead someone towards criminality. Students will be invited Wednesday 12 December 2018 to consider and discuss key questions in Criminology, such Wednesday 27 February 2019 as ‘What is crime?’, ‘Why do people commit crime?’ and Capacity: 30 ‘Are people truly innocent until proven guilty?’ Students will experience life in prison in our own prison cells, where they can Subject: social science team up, carry out cell searches and identify contraband items. Title: What is social science? Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Description: Find out how social science helps us to Dates available: understand everyday issues people are facing and is used to Wednesday 27 February 2019 design solutions to their problems. In this interactive session Wednesday 6 March 2019 students will look at a social issue, in the UK or from another part Capacity: 30 of the world, and through working in small groups, will design a practical solution to it. Students may even get the chance to Subject: forensic investigations present their designs to people in other parts of the world during the session. Title: Be an investigator! Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Description: Students will be shown a video detailing a high- profile murder case. They will then be put into the shoes of the Dates available: investigator and tasked with identifying how this investigation Wednesday 12 December 2018 might progress. We will then discuss the ideas put forward. Wednesday 27 February 2019 Following this, students will be shown the Crime Scene Building Wednesday 15 May 2019 where we re-enact crime scenes. Capacity: 20 Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Dates available: Wednesday 27 February 2019 To book on to any of these events, Capacity: 35 please email your interest to: Subject: psychology [email protected] Title: Tricks of the mind Description: In this fun and highly interactive session, students will experience how illusions play tricks with our minds, how memory can be misled and how each person can create a different version of reality from the same information. We will explore how psychological research uses strange experiences to explain how we think about and perceive the world. Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Dates available: Wednesday 27 February 2019 Wednesday 8 May 2019 Capacity: 40

Subject: social work Title: Social workers change lives Description: This interactive session will explore the contemporary role of social workers and how they work with individuals and families to safeguard and promote their well- being. The session will re-affirm how the underlying mission of social work, one hundred years on, remains to pursue a socially just society for all. Session length: 2 hours (1pm – 3pm) Dates available: Wednesday 13 March 2019 Wednesday 5 June 2019 Capacity: 40

24 25 Other on-campus events

There are other ways your students can visit us: Pre-application Open Days:

The remaining dates of our Pre-application Open Days for entry in 2019 are: 27 October 2018 24 November 2018

To book on to these Open Days, please visit www.coventry.ac.uk/opendays. Drop-in events:

Drop-in events give students the chance to talk to members of our academic staff on a one-on-one basis. A small Information Fair and campus tours are also available at drop-in events.

The dates for these events are: Wednesday 12 December 2018 Friday 11 January 2019

Student-led tours:

Our student-led tours provide an opportunity for visitors to get a real feel for the campus and our facilities, on this detailed tour with a current student. Lunch in the student Food Court is included.

The dates for these tours are: 19 October 2018 31 October 2018 9 November 2018 30 November 2018 19 December 2018

Keep an eye on our Open Days page at www.coventry.ac.uk/opendays for more details.

If you and your students would like to visit the University but feel you are unable to due to travel costs, we may be able to help. Please contact us to discuss this at [email protected].

26 27 Off-campus events

We deliver a number of talks and workshops in schools and colleges throughout the year. These sessions can also be held on our campus, on request. We can tailor the length of these talks to suit your requirements and we can include a general discussion about going to university as part of the session. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Event Description

Why Higher Education? Let’s start at the very beginning. This talk introduces HE and the benefits of progression to university. It also covers the key points for students to consider when deciding on their next steps.

Why Coventry University? Everything the University has to offer your students, both inside and outside the lecture theatre, entry requirements, and graduate opportunities for Coventry University students.

Researching universities Now that your students have decided university is for them, this talk will provide them with the and courses tools to make the right decisions about universities and courses. The session also tests your students’ knowledge on where certain universities are in the UK, gives examples of degrees that they can study and includes a celebrity degree quiz.

Researching universities This workshop is designed to start your students on the journey to deciding on a course and and courses workshop university, including which subjects they can study at university, based on their current Level 3 subjects. It also includes information on how long it will take to travel to each university. This session requires a computer room for online research.

Perfecting your A critical part of the application process, this talk will give your students the support they need personal statement including tips for success, as well as highlighting the pitfalls to avoid. The session also puts the power in the hands of your students as they critique two personal statements to decide whether those students should receive an offer from the university.

Student finance This talk will show your students what financial support is available to them. Focusing on fees, loans, scholarships and bursaries, they will understand the importance of student finance without being scared by the prospect of organising it.

Budgeting at university As a university student, managing your finances is often a difficult task. This workshop provides hints and tips on budgeting for the years ahead.

Student life Delivered by our student ambassadors, current Coventry University students, this talk will give your students a real insight into what lies ahead at university. Introducing the highs and lows of being a student, they will also explain why they decided that Coventry was the university for them.

The Student Recruitment Team can also visit your school or college HE fair, open evening or careers event, on request.

Exhibitions Square One We will be exhibiting at various UK exhibitions throughout 2018 The Square One venue is located within TheHub at Coventry and 2019 including at UCAS, What Uni Live and UK University University. Our versatile venue is home to a large venue space, Search. For a full list of these exhibitions, please visit with a 2D and 3D cinema and two bars. We are happy to look into www.coventry.ac.uk/outreach. event managing a range of different events. From a lecture using our tiered seating, a dance performance on stage, or a social Academic masterclasses event that may require round tables – we can cater for all of these Our academics can also visit your school or college to deliver and more. masterclasses on a number of subjects. Please email [email protected] to discuss your requirements. Previous events held at Square One include live music, educational seminars, theatre productions, school proms and CineKids – children-focused themed cinema events.

For further information, or to arrange a visit to view the venue, please get in touch using the contact details below:

www.coventry.ac.uk/life-on-campus/social-and- learning-spaces/square-one E: [email protected] squareone3Dcinema @SquareOneCov 28 Coventry University

Coventry University has two campuses – Coventry University and Coventry University London, one mile from Tower Bridge, the Bank of England and the London Stock Exchange.

Our CU Campuses

CU is a part of the Coventry University Group which has various locations around the country, delivering further education and higher education.

CU Coventry, CU London and CU Scarborough come together to form our group of CU campuses. Students can choose a campus based in the city, the capital or near the coast. Information about activities for schools and colleges within CU can be found at:

CU Coventry Armstrong Siddeley Building Priory Street Coventry CV1 5FB Tel: 024 7765 8787 www.coventry.ac.uk/cuc

CU London Rainham Road North Dagenham London RM10 7BN Tel: 0203 873 0700 www.coventry.ac.uk/cul

CU Scarborough Ashburn Road Off Valley Road Scarborough YO11 2JW Tel: 017 2333 6700 www.coventry.ac.uk/cus

29 Terms and conditions

School / college conduct agreement: Staff and student conduct on the day • Visitors must obey all health and safety instructions given by Our responsibility Coventry University staff and any safety signs and warnings • Coventry University has a duty of care towards the health and they may come across whilst on Coventry University premises. safety of visitors. • We will not tolerate physical, verbal or racial abuse of either • We take every responsible step to ensure the provision of a participants, the organisation, Coventry University staff or safe learning environment at Coventry University. Coventry University students. We expect pupils to show appropriate respect to all present on the day. • It is our responsibility to work with the organisation to obtain any permission required for the use of photographs taken of • Staff members of the visiting organisation are required to participants or staff. stay with their students at all times during the course of the visit (including the campus tour). We expect those staff • Coventry University accepts no responsibility for loss or to discipline students who are misbehaving – this is the damage of property. responsibility of the visiting organisation and not Coventry University staff or student ambassadors. Visiting organisation’s responsibility prior to visit • The use of alcohol or illegal substances is prohibited on the • The direct responsibility of participants (unless otherwise day of the visit. specified) remains with the relevant organisation, school or college that brings visitors to Coventry University and any • Coventry University would expect to be fully reimbursed in the Coventry University buildings included on the visit. incident of deliberate damage to Coventry University property. • It is the responsibility of the visiting organisation to obtain • All pupils are required to appropriately dispose of any litter parental permission for pupils to visit and participate in the prior to departure from the premise of Coventry University. activities offered at Coventry University. Please note: A breach of any of the points outlined above will • All visitors chosen to attend an event should be unfortunately result in the visit being brought to a close and willing participants. visitors being asked to leave. • The visiting organisation will advise Coventry University, in advance of the visit, of any health-related or other specific requirements which may affect a visitor’s participation in the Other terms and conditions: planned activities. A copy of the ‘Code of Conduct’ must be signed by both • We expect all participants visiting Coventry University parties before the event takes place. This will be sent to you buildings included on the visit, to have been instructed to once the event has been booked. behave in a sensible and responsible manner.

Visiting organisation’s staff and student numbers Cancellation policy: • The visiting organisation shall provide an adequate number of staff on the visit day to ensure a reasonable level of supervision All events are free to attend, unless otherwise stated. is maintained. It is recommended as a guideline that at least Cancellations must be made two weeks before the event. one member of staff attends for every 15 participants. Charges may apply to cancellations made after this time. • Coventry University reserves the right to put a limit on group size. If an organisation wishes to increase the number Health and safety: attending from that which was agreed previously, it must be by written agreement prior to the event. Visiting staff members must be aware of any medical conditions • All visiting participants and staff will be expected to stay for their students may have. They must also have the correct the duration of the event. precautions in place, or medication needed for the student. The risk assessment is to be signed by both parties before the • Coventry University incurs a cost for the planning and delivery event takes place. This will be sent to you once the event has of visits. Should an institution on the day bring along less than been booked. 50% of the pupils previously agreed, we reserve the right to pass on the cost of staff and student ambassador time and, where appropriate, the additional expense of providing lunch Legal statements: and/or refreshments. This information is provided as a guide only and forms no part Arriving at Coventry University of any contract between you and the University. • The safety and well-being of the pupils on the journey to and from Coventry University is the responsibility of the named contact within the visiting organisation. • Coventry University staff will give instructions on disembarking and boarding coaches prior to the event, which must be followed at all times.

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To Coventry Train Station D IV3 IV6 STATION SQUARE Approx one mile from CV1 2TR IV4 City Centre Car parking spaces are very limited at the IV5P Serious Innovation CV1 2TT University. If you are visiting a member of staff, To Coventry Train Station Mile Lane Games Village Approx one mile from Institute it may be possible for your host to reserve City Centre CTPRS you a car parking space. Please check in Innovation Village advance.Car parking This facilityspaces will are not very normally limited apply at the toUniversity. visitors attending If you areOpen visiting Days, a Conferences member of staff, orit othermay large-scalebe possible events. for your host to reserve KEY you a car parking space. Please check in Disabled parking is available throughout Ringroad subway Staff pay/display parking Student pay/display parking advance. This facility will not normally apply access the city centre. KEYRingroad junction to visitors attending Open Days, Conferences Principal pathway Non-university parking Disabled parking or other large-scale events. with wheelchair access Please note that the visitors who park in Power assisted Ringroad subway the University car parks without displaying door accessRingroad junction Principal pathway C Cycle parkingFootbridge One way system withaccess steps a Pleasevalid permit note may that be the clamped. visitors who park in the University car parks without displaying Non-poweredPower access assisted FootbridgePrincipal pathway P StudentPay/display accommodation parking door access with wheelchair access Thea valid main permit University may switchboard be given a numberﬁxed penalty notice. All Coventry University buildings have wheelchair access and accessible toilets for disabled persons is 024 7688 7688. Non-powered access Principal pathway C Cycle Locker with steps The main University switchboard number All Coventry University buildings have wheelchair access and accessible toilets for disabled persons is 024 7688 7688.

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