Applicant taster days
Take a look at our dates and booking details, and see what you can expect on the day.
View your schedule for the day and find out what you’ve got to look forward to.
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.
Black Studies
- Saturday 13 April 2024 - bookings now closed
Criminology and Policing
- Saturday 17 February 2024 - bookings now closed
- Wednesday 6 March 2024 - bookings now closed
- Saturday 13 April 2024 - bookings now closed
- Book your place for Wednesday 1 May 2024
Sociology
- Wednesday 6 March 2024 - bookings now closed
- Saturday 13 April 2024 - bookings now closed
Youth Work and Communities
- Saturday 13 April 2024 - bookings now closed
Don't forget to view your schedule for the day to find out what you've got to look forward to.
Unable to find a suitable date?
You can also meet us at our Open Day on Saturday 29 June 2024 - you'll still be able to find out more about studying with us, meet our staff and students and tour our campus.
Register your interestWhat is an Applicant Taster 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 will also have an opportunity to view 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 subject area in more detail and if not, you’ll get an in-depth introduction to studying here.
What to expect on the day
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.
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.
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
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12pm
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 as a student at Birmingham City University.
1.30pm
Your first taster session
Interactive and insightful sessions, providing explanation of the foundations of Black studies as a discipline that examines the modern world from the perspective of Black academics and political activists from around the world.
2.30pm
Comfort break
2.45pm
Your second taster session
An interactive and activity which introduces you to university study at BCU.
3.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
6pm
Close
10am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, ready to start your first session.
10.30am
Welcome
Learn more about life as a student at Birmingham City University.
11am
Your first taster session
Interactive and insightful sessions, providing explanation of the foundations of Black studies as a discipline that examines the modern world from the perspective of Black academics and political activists from around the world.
12pm
Lunch
Your lunch is included, and staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying with us.
12.45pm
Your second taster session
An interactive and activity which introduces you to university study at BCU.
1.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
4pm
Close
12pm
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 as a student at Birmingham City University.
1.30pm
Your first taster session
Interactive and insightful sessions, providing explanation of the foundations of Black studies as a discipline that examines the modern world from the perspective of Black academics and political activists from around the world.
2.30pm
Comfort break
2.45pm
Your second taster session
An interactive and activity which introduces you to university study at BCU.
3.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
6pm
Close
10am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, ready to start your first session.
10.30am
Welcome
Learn more about life as a student at Birmingham City University.
11am
Your first taster session
Interactive and insightful sessions, providing explanation of the foundations of Black studies as a discipline that examines the modern world from the perspective of Black academics and political activists from around the world.
12pm
Lunch
Your lunch is included, and staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying with us.
12.45pm
Your second taster session
An interactive and activity which introduces you to university study at BCU.
1.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
4pm
Close
12pm
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 as a student at Birmingham City University.
1.30pm
Your first taster session
An engaging discussion on Video Games and Violence. Is it warping the minds of youth or is it a moral panic?
2.30pm
Comfort break
2.45pm
Your second taster session
This interactive session will explore the resettlement experiences of homicide offenders.
3.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
6pm
Close
10am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, ready to start your first session.
10.30am
Welcome
Learn more about life as a student at Birmingham City University.
11am
Your first taster session
An engaging discussion on Video Games and Violence. Is it warping the minds of youth or is it a moral panic?
12pm
Lunch
Your lunch is included, and staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying with us.
12.45pm
Your second taster session
Emeritus Professor David Wilson will lead a session on Murder and Serial Murder in Britain, exploring the psychology and criminal investigations into serial killers in the UK.
1.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
4pm
Close
12pm
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 as a student at Birmingham City University.
1.30pm
Your first taster session
An engaging discussion on Video Games and Violence. Is it warping the minds of youth or is it a moral panic?
2.30pm
Comfort break
2.45pm
Your second taster session
This interactive session will explore the resettlement experiences of homicide offenders.
3.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
6pm
Close
10am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, ready to start your first session.
10.30am
Welcome
Learn more about life as a student at Birmingham City University.
11am
Your first taster session
An engaging discussion on Video Games and Violence. Is it warping the minds of youth or is it a moral panic?
12pm
Lunch
Your lunch is included, and staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying with us.
12.45pm
Your second taster session
Emeritus Professor David Wilson will lead a session on Murder and Serial Murder in Britain, exploring the psychology and criminal investigations into serial killers in the UK.
1.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
4pm
Close
12pm
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 as a student at Birmingham City University.
1.30pm
Your first taster session
Short Introduction to Covert Policing: An Issue of ethics and morality?
2.30pm
Comfort break
2.45pm
Your second taster session
An interactive and activity which introduces you to university study at BCU.
3.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
6pm
Close
10am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, ready to start your first session.
10.30am
Welcome
Learn more about life as a student at Birmingham City University.
11am
Your first taster session
Engaging thought-provoking sessions on topics like cybercrime, one of the largest contemporary challenges facing the police today.
12pm
Lunch
Your lunch is included, and staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying with us.
12.45pm
Your second taster session
An interactive and activity which introduces you to university study at BCU.
1.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
4pm
Close
12pm
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 as a student at Birmingham City University.
1.30pm
Your first taster session
An interactive and engaging session on Introduction to Community Studies: a sociology of everyday life and social change.
2.30pm
Comfort break
2.45pm
Your second taster session
A talk on Masculinity in Contemporary society: What does it mean to be a man?
3.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
6pm
Close
10am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, ready to start your first session.
10.30am
Welcome
Learn more about life as a student at Birmingham City University.
11am
Your first taster session
An interactive and engaging session which will both introduce you to the format of university study and the kind of topics you'll delve into studying Sociology at BCU. This session will be an introduction to the globalisation of culture.
12pm
Lunch
Your lunch is included, and staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying with us.
12.45pm
Your second taster session
A talk on Masculinity in Contemporary society: What does it mean to be a man?
1.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
4pm
Close
12pm
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 as a student at Birmingham City University.
1.30pm
Your first taster session
An interactive and engaging session on Introduction to Community Studies: a sociology of everyday life and social change.
2.30pm
Comfort break
2.45pm
Your second taster session
A talk on Masculinity in Contemporary society: What does it mean to be a man?
3.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
6pm
Close
10am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, ready to start your first session.
10.30am
Welcome
Learn more about life as a student at Birmingham City University.
11am
Your first taster session
An interactive and engaging session which will both introduce you to the format of university study and the kind of topics you'll delve into studying Sociology at BCU. This session will be an introduction to the globalisation of culture.
12pm
Lunch
Your lunch is included, and staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying with us.
12.45pm
Your second taster session
A talk on Masculinity in Contemporary society: What does it mean to be a man?
1.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
4pm
Close
12pm
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 as a student at Birmingham City University.
1.30pm
Your first taster session
An interactive and engaging session on Introduction to Community Studies: a sociology of everyday life and social change.
2.30pm
Comfort break
2.45pm
Your second taster session
A talk on Masculinity in Contemporary society: What does it mean to be a man?
3.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
6pm
Close
10am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, ready to start your first session.
10.30am
Welcome
Learn more about life as a student at Birmingham City University.
11am
Your first taster session
An interactive and engaging session which will both introduce you to the format of university study and the kind of topics you'll delve into studying Sociology at BCU. This session will be an introduction to the globalisation of culture.
12pm
Lunch
Your lunch is included, and staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying with us.
12.45pm
Your second taster session
A talk on Masculinity in Contemporary society: What does it mean to be a man?
1.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
4pm
Close
12pm
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 as a student at Birmingham City University.
1.30pm
Your first taster session
Take part in an engaging 'agree'/'disagree' discussion using ethical real practice-related dilemmas.
2.30pm
Comfort break
2.45pm
Your second taster session
Get involved in a facilitated discussion on a topic such as the rise in knife crime with video contributions from real-world experiences.
3.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
6pm
Close
10am
Check in for your Applicant Taster Day
We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, ready to start your first session.
10.30am
Welcome
Learn more about life as a student at Birmingham City University.
11am
Your first taster session
Take part in an engaging 'agree'/'disagree' discussion using ethical real practice-related dilemmas.
12pm
Lunch
Your lunch is included, and staff and students will also be available during this period to answer any questions you may have about studying with us.
12.45pm
Your second taster session
Get involved in a facilitated discussion on a topic such as the rise in knife crime with video contributions from real-world experiences.
1.45pm
Tour our accommodation, campus, and facilities (optional)
Your chance to look at where you could be living and studying, guided by our student ambassadors.
4pm
Close
Travelling to your Applicant Taster Day
We're currently offering a range of discounts to help you to travel to your Applicant Taster Day.
By bus or coach
Once you've booked your place, look out for your confirmation email as it will include details of how to claim free bus travel in the West Midlands and free national coach travel (valid for you plus one guest).
By car
If you're travelling to us by car, you'll also be able to claim free parking at our City Centre campus and close to our City South, School of Art and School of Jewellery campuses.
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