Applicant Taster Days

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Dates and booking

Available dates can be found below – just click the link for your preferred date to book your place. Only one date can be booked for each course you have applied to, and please be aware that places are limited.

Wednesday 8 March 2023 - bookings closed
Wednesday 3 May 2023 - bookings closed

WHAT TO EXPECT ON THE DAY

An Applicant Taster Day is more in-depth than an Open Day and gives you a more tailored experience.

You’ll find out more about your course and hear about the student experience through taster sessions and opportunities to meet academic staff and current students. You can also visit our accommodation and chat to our support services. If you have already been to an Open Day, this is your chance to explore your course and department in more detail and if not, you’ll get an in-depth introduction to studying here.

Here are some of the things you'll be able to see and do during your Applicant Taster Day:

In-depth information

Get in-depth information about your chosen course.

Learn about student life

Hear about the student experience at BCU, and where your course will take you.

Explore the campus

See the facilities that you’ll have access to on your course.

Academic from Birmingham City University

Meet the experts

Talk to your future academic tutors.

Hear from our students

Our current students will tell you what it’s really like to study here.

Parents speaking with a member of university staff

Get all the info you need

Find out about finance, accommodation and student support.

Schedules

Select your course and take a look at the schedules below

Have you booked a Wednesday or Saturday session?

12.30pm

Check in for your Applicant Taster Day

Lunch will be available, and staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying with us.

1pm

Welcome

Learn more about life in your School.

1.30pm

Workshop 1 – Exploring the Materials Lab

Come and explore our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab, and experiment with a range of materials and tools, including LiDAR scanning and VR.

2.30pm

Comfort break

2.45pm

Workshop 2 – Exploring the Digital Lab

Come and explore our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab, and experiment with a range of materials and tools, including LiDAR scanning and VR.

3.45pm

Tour our accommodation, campus and facilities

Your chance to take a look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

6.15pm

Close

There are no Saturday sessions scheduled for this course.

12.30pm

Check in for your Applicant Taster Day

Lunch will be available, and staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying with us.

1pm

Welcome

Learn more about life in your School.

1.30pm

Workshop 1 – Exploring the Materials Lab

Come and explore our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab, and experiment with a range of materials and tools, including LiDAR scanning and VR.

2.30pm

Comfort break

2.45pm

Workshop 2 – Exploring the Digital Lab

Come and explore our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab, and experiment with a range of materials and tools, including LiDAR scanning and VR.

3.45pm

Tour our accommodation, campus and facilities

Your chance to take a look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

6.15pm

Close

There are no Saturday sessions scheduled for this course.

12.30pm

Check in for your Applicant Taster Day

Lunch will be available, and staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying with us.

1pm

Welcome

Learn more about life in your School.

1.30pm

Workshop 1 - Drawing with the body

This workshop will explore how artists use their bodies in the making of their work. Whether that be through gestural mark making or performance.

In the first part of the workshop, you will make experimental drawings with strange and wonderful rules and prompts. You will try drawing with awkward implements, with only a little bit of time and with physical constraints.

2.30pm

Comfort break

2.45pm

Workshop 2 - Extending the body

This workshop will explore how artists use their bodies in the making of their work. Whether that be through gestural mark making or performance.

For the second part of the workshop you will be challenged to think about performance in an expanded and potentially bodiless way. Responding to gifs and TikToks you will make exquisite corpse extensions or the inverted point of view of the videos you find. You don’t need to be in the videos yourself but use props, sounds and found clips to contribute to extending or translating existing clips.

3.45pm

Tour our accommodation, campus and facilities

Your chance to take a look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

6.15pm

Close

There are no Saturday sessions scheduled for this course.

12.30pm

Check in for your Applicant Taster Day

Lunch will be available, and staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying with us.

1pm

Welcome

Learn more about life in your School.

1.30pm

Workshop 1 – Exploring the Materials Lab

Come and explore our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab, and experiment with a range of materials and tools, including LiDAR scanning and VR.

2.30pm

Comfort break

2.45pm

Workshop 2 – Exploring the Digital Lab

Come and explore our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab, and experiment with a range of materials and tools, including LiDAR scanning and VR.

3.45pm

Tour our accommodation, campus and facilities

Your chance to take a look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

6.15pm

Close

There are no Saturday sessions scheduled for this course.

12.30pm

Check in for your Applicant Taster Day

Lunch will be available, and staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying with us.

1pm

Welcome

Learn more about life in your School.

1.30pm

Workshop 1 – Exploring the Materials Lab

Come and explore our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab, and experiment with a range of materials and tools, including LiDAR scanning and VR.

2.30pm

Comfort break

2.45pm

Workshop 2 – Exploring the Digital Lab

Come and explore our Thought Lab, Materials Lab and Digital Lab, and experiment with a range of materials and tools, including LiDAR scanning and VR.

3.45pm

Tour our accommodation, campus and facilities

Your chance to take a look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

6.15pm

Close

There are no Saturday sessions scheduled for this course.

12.30pm

Check in for your Applicant Taster Day

Lunch will be available, and staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying with us.

1pm

Welcome

Learn more about life in your School.

1.30pm

Workshop 1 - Drawing with the body

This workshop will explore how artists use their bodies in the making of their work. Whether that be through gestural mark making or performance.

In the first part of the workshop, you will make experimental drawings with strange and wonderful rules and prompts. You will try drawing with awkward implements, with only a little bit of time and with physical constraints.

2.30pm

Comfort break

2.45pm

Workshop 2 - Extending the body

This workshop will explore how artists use their bodies in the making of their work. Whether that be through gestural mark making or performance.

For the second part of the workshop you will be challenged to think about performance in an expanded and potentially bodiless way. Responding to gifs and TikToks you will make exquisite corpse extensions or the inverted point of view of the videos you find. You don’t need to be in the videos yourself but use props, sounds and found clips to contribute to extending or translating existing clips.

3.45pm

Tour our accommodation, campus and facilities

Your chance to take a look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.

6.15pm

Close

There are no Saturday sessions scheduled for this course.

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