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An Offer Holder 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 Offer Holder Day:
Get in-depth information about your chosen course.
Hear about the student experience at BCU direct from our current students.
See the facilities that you’ll have access to on your course.
Talk to your future academic tutors.
Meet colleagues from student services and ask them any questions you may have.
Find out about finance, accommodation and student support.
Select your course and take a look at the schedules below
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12pm
Check in for your Offer Holder Day
We recommend you aim to arrive between 12pm and 12.15pm, so you have all the information you need ahead of the first session.
12.30pm
Welcome
An introduction to studying Architectural Technology at Birmingham City University.
1pm
Lunch
Lunch is included for offer holders and parents/guardians. Staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying at BCU.
1.30pm
Offer holders: Shape the Impossible: Exploring Innovative Structures
In this session you will have the opportunity to unleash and develop your creativity and engineering skills by designing a simple yet innovative structural model using the Molamodel Structural Kit.
Parents/guardians: Life at BCU panel session
Find out more about student safety and the BCU student experience via this panel session with colleagues from teams including Careers, Finance and Student Support.
2.30pm
Comfort break
2.45pm
Offer holders: Sketch Battle in VR
In this session you will use specialist design virtual reality software Arkio to create a 3D model. You will compete with your fellow offer holders to sketch a design, and then transfer your vision into VR.
Parents/guardians: Q&A with our support services
Colleagues from Accommodation and Student Support will be available to answer any questions you may have.
3.30pm
Walking tour of Eastside developments
We’ll take you for a short walk around our 'living lab'. The area surrounding the campus is undergoing huge change and is home to several exciting projects such as the HS2 terminus, the new Glasswater Locks development and our recently completed STEAMhouse building. During your studies you'll get to know local projects well as many will be incorporated into your modules and assessments.
4.15pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
6.15pm
Close
10am
We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, so you have all the information you need ahead of the first session.
10.30am
11am
Find out about more about student safety and the BCU student experience via this panel session with colleagues from teams including Careers, Finance and Student Support.
1.15pm
1.45pm
4pm
An introduction to studying Architectural Technology with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University.
An introduction to studying Civil Engineering at Birmingham City University.
Offer holders: Design for the Future activity
As a future Civil Engineer, you will do in-class activities working on design calculations alongside interactive discussion. You'll gain a good understanding of how the course relates to real world projects and how this is important and applicable to your future career.
Offer holders: Civil Engineering lab demonstrations
During the lab tour, you will observe and experience the practical work carried out by our professional technician in demonstrating some of the experiments in our concrete and hydraulics labs. This will also help to give you an idea of how certain experiments are conducted and why it is important in the Civil Engineering course.
An introduction to studying Civil Engineering with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University.
An introduction to studying Construction Management at Birmingham City University.
Offer holders: Organising the Construction Process and Evaluating Buildability
In this shared activity, Quantity Surveying and Construction Management offer holders will work collaboratively on a practical, case study-based exercise centred on assessing buildability from a construction management perspective using Building Information Models (BIM) of a realistic construction project.
This activity emphasises the site operational management responsibilities of construction managers while introducing the cost considerations that quantity surveyors must address.
This is a great opportunity to experience life as a BCU student, and see the teaching styles and practical learning approaches embedded throughout the course.
Offer holders: Integrating Cost Management and Logistical Challenges
The second shared activity builds upon the first, delving deeper into the logistical challenges and cost management aspects facing construction managers and quantity surveyors.
Utilising BIM models, participants will collaboratively explore strategies for overcoming site-specific constraints, optimising resource allocation, and balancing budgetary limitations.
This immersive case study provides a holistic perspective, fostering an appreciation of the interdependencies between construction management and quantity surveying roles, while reinforcing the practical, hands-on learning that defines the BCU educational experience.
An introduction to studying Construction Management with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University.
An introduction to studying Quantity Surveying at Birmingham City University.
An introduction to studying Quantity Surveying with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University.
An introduction to studying Real Estate at Birmingham City University.
Offer holders: Creating value in real estate
During the first session of the day, you will become a Real Estate student and make decisions on how to develop some land on the outskirts of a town for a fictional client.
The group will need to decide which of two plots of land they think will have most development potential, and then which land use they would like to go onto the plot. Staff will give the students feedback on whether they feel the decisions are realistic and viable.
For the second activity, you will be tasked with developing your chosen site by putting in roads, buildings and open space and avoiding protected trees! You will need to come up with a land value and make a bid for the site against other teams.
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