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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.
Don't forget to view your schedule for the day to find out what you've got to look forward to.
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.
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.
Here are some of the things you'll be able to see and do during your Applicant Taster Day:
Get in-depth information about your chosen course.
Hear about the student experience at BCU, and where your course will take you.
See the facilities that you’ll have access to on your course.
Talk to your future academic tutors.
Our current students will tell you what it’s really like to study here.
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 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
Workshop 1: Ideation
Creative communications result from great teamwork and this activity will show you how to collaborate with others in finding creative solutions to a brand challenge.
2.30pm
Comfort break
2.45pm
Workshop 2: Strategy
Winning hearts and minds means reaching people on their terms, on the channels they use, in the language they speak, about things that matter to them at the right time and in the right place: this workshop looks at finding 'touchpoints' for delivering communications.
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
We recommend you aim to arrive between 10am and 10.15am, ready to start your first session.
10.30am
11am
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
1.45pm
4.00pm
Creative Thinking Workshop
During this session, you will have the chance to explore your creative style and be inspired by our academics and other students. We will break out into small groups to work on a creative task, reflecting how you’ll be taught if you choose to study at BCU. Our academics will work closely with you to understand your unique style and provide feedback on your work and ideas, allowing you to develop further as a creative individual.
Please feel free to bring a creative project from school or college, or work that has inspired you to this session.
If you are unable to bring something on the day, please don’t worry as we will have items and ideas for you to choose from at the event to inspire you in your session.
Graphic Design: Creative Practice
For the second session of your taster day, you will use insights and inspiration from the first tutorial to create something unique. In our dedicated graphics studio, you will get hands-on and craft something that reflects your creative style.
You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss your work with course tutors throughout the session, so that you leave with newfound inspiration that you can reflect in your future creative work.
4pm
Making a badge for you and/or another member of the group
During this session, you will have the chance to explore your creative style and be inspired by our academics and other students. We will break out into small groups in a tutorial-style session, reflecting how you’ll be taught if you choose to study at BCU. Our academics will work closely with you to understand your unique style and provide feedback on your work and ideas, allowing you to develop further as a creative individual.
Please feel free to bring a piece of your creative work from school or college, or work that has inspired you to this session. Examples of what you could bring include:
Please bring a maximum of one item from the list above, or something similar with you to the Applicant Taster Day.
Making a Risograph Print
For the second session of your taster day, you will use insights and inspiration from the first tutorial to create something unique in our specialist illustration space. Our dedicated Illustration Studio that has a risograph will allow you to get hands-on and craft something that reflects your creative style.
'Where you might be in a year?'
During this session, you will find out more about the course and see examples of projects completed by first years. These examples will provide a glimpse of what you could be doing in a year's time!
Structural investigation and project feedback session
In this session, you will complete a fun, practical activity exploring structural investigation as an idea-generation process. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to bring in a project of your choice for a 1 to 1 tutorial. This could be your current work or a previous project that you would like to receive feedback on.
We're currently offering a range of discounts to help you to travel to your Applicant Taster Day.
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).
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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