26 June Physics

2 July Photography

28 June Health and Social Care

26 June Drama and Theatre

27 June Business

28 February Product Design

26 June Journalism

27 June Chemistry

29 June Fine Art

3 July History

27 June Sports

26 June Philosophy

2 July Engineering

28 June Computing

4 July Psychology

3 July Sound and Music Production

5 July Design for Exhibitions and Museums

4 July Conservation

25 June Music

25 June Law

25 June Creative Writing

26 June Life Science

28 February/29 June Interactive Design

27 June Fashion

3 July Pharmacy

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Discovery Days 2018The University of Lincoln would like to invite your Year 12 students to our Discovery Days 2018. Each day will give your students a chance to take part in a range of interactive activities based on subjects they may be interested in studying. To take part simply click on the link below for our online booking form, choose the event that you want to attend and then complete the short questionnaire.

Please make a note of the number of students that can take part in each team as this will vary depending which challenge you select. You are more than welcome to submit a team to as many different Discovery Days as you wish. Each day will run from 10am until 3pm and will be held at the University of Lincoln. For more information please contact the Education Liaison team on 01522 837449 or via email at enquiries@lincoln.ac.uk

To find out more, click on a subject opposite.

TO BOOK YOUR PLACE CLICK HERE

Law

Date: 25 June 2018

Number of places: 6 teams of 6

Through a series of mock negotiations concerning the situation facing the Maldives, students will consider the role of international law and politics in resolving the legal question of what happens when a State disappears because of rising sea levels brought about by climate change. Should the State be able to set-up elsewhere? Should it be given part of the territory within an existing country or might it have to learn to live within the sovereignty of an existing country? Who is responsible, and who should pay for relocation? The students will decide.

Creative Writing

Date: 25 June 2018

Number of places: 5 teams of 4

As the oldest form of recorded narrative, stories have been told with images and words for thousands of years. The medium is more popular than ever thanks to its influence on popular TV shows and films, so if you’ve ever wanted to learn more about how a comic book is written – from a graphic novel writer who’s worked in the industry for over fifteen years – now is your chance. You will be shown the basics of sequential art storytelling, with the theory supported by examples of professionally published work from the author’s own portfolio. Armed with this knowledge, you’ll be challenged to create your very own short comic book tale – and discuss your work with someone who’s worked on everything from Star Trek to Rugrats!

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Product Design

Date: 28 February 2018

Number of places: 5 teams of 4

Design Thinking is an integral tool employed within the creative process; students are invited to take part in an activity which will explore concept possibilities through quick idea generation in descriptive and visual ways and then plan and produce quick and ‘dirty’ prototypes which communicate selected ideas to form the basis of identified design directions.

This will make use of analogue methods in communicating ideas rapidly and effectively and will enhance presentation and working in partnership as a design process. Final prototypes can be revere-engineered into digital formats for 3D printing.

Interactive Design

Date: 28 February 2018 29 June 2018

Number of places: 5 teams of 4

Using the Ototo board to power your imagination, students are encouraged to make music from anything. Whether musically minded or not, students can create new ways of interacting with sound, sensors and electronics.

The Ototo board is a circuit board synthesiser when connected to conductive material can turn any touch into a sound without the need of coding or soldering electronics. Students are able to make physical musical objects that reflect the sound whilst the interaction should make playing the musical object(s) intuitive.

No prior programming knowledge is required, just imagination and curiosity in how to make something completely unexpected.

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Life Science

Date: 26 June 2018

Number of places: 5 teams of 6

The DNA present in our cells is responsible for encoding every part of our body. Changes within our DNA code is responsible for differences in how we look and act and has recently been linked to whether we develop certain illnesses and diseases. During this workshop, students will work in teams in our high-tech science labs to see who can extract the most DNA. We will also explain how identifying DNA variants linked to certain diseases can help us create new medicines to treat them. The day will culminate with prizes being awarded to the team who extracted the most pure DNA.

Journalism

Date: 26 June 2018

Number of places: 5 teams of 4

How do we get our stories across in a creative and engaging way on the likes of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter? #MOJODayatLSJ will see the students working with lecturers to produce engaging and informative content to tell these local stories on social media.

These short films, infographics packages and pieces to camera will be incorporated into a television bulletin using our green screen studio, so students can see their end product from start to finish. The final work will be uploaded to LSJ News – the School’s online news output, and shared on social media of course!

The aim is to give students a taster of Journalism at the University of Lincoln, and show how we are engaging new audiences and technologies to enhance the national and international reputation of Journalism at Lincoln.

Music

Date: 25 June 2018

Number of places: 5 teams of 6

The Music Discovery Day gives an insight into the study of music at university, fusing practical and academic parts of the discipline as we discuss, compose, perform and explore. At the heart of the day is the opportunity to experience the diversity of music as a degree subject through a series of collaborative, hands-on activities. There will be opportunities to see and hear student work and to chat to current students about their experiences to get a full picture of university life.

Drama and Theatre

Date: 26 June 2018

Number of places: 3 teams of 8

Students who are currently studying, or considering studying, performing arts, drama or theatre based courses are invited to discover the opportunities available on the University of Lincoln’s BA (Hons) Theatre and Drama course. Students will gain the chance to experience what studying here could be like by taking part in creative devising workshops, as well as seeing an excerpt of one of our Edinburgh Fringe performances by our current students. All are welcome and the event is designed to provide a great insight into the routes available to enter the professional world of theatre practice. The event will be themed around the idea of space, inner space, rehearsal space, or outer space so join us on a voyage of discovery! Lincoln Performing Arts Centre (LPAC) will host the event.

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Chemistry

Date: 27 June 2018

Number of places: 5 teams of 4

Chemistry students are invited to take part in a Discovery Day based around the study of spectroscopy. Students will be tasked to use analytical techniques examining magnetic resonance, mass and infrared spectroscopy to evaluate a compound to discover more about its structure. Throughout the day students will also have the chance to work with current students and academics who will be on hand to help and can also answer any questions about studying at the University of Lincoln.

Business

Date: 27 June 2018

Number of places: 10 teams of 5

The Management Games sees team members taking on the roles of senior managers in a fictional company. Teams will be faced with a number of challenges and interruptions throughout the day, all while trying to maintain a balanced budget facing significant funding cuts. Teams are assessed on their ability to complete their main task while handling decisions that don’t always have a straightforward answer.

The game is devised and run by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), with the support of the University of Lincoln, and is intended to complement your education in Business Studies courses.

Philosophy

Date: 26 June 2018

Number of places: 3 teams of 6

Students who are currently studying, or considering studying, Philosophy are warmly invited to the University of Lincoln to experience first-hand what it is like to be a Philosophy student. Participants will work with University of Lincoln academics in constructing and evaluating philosophical arguments relating to one of the great questions of humanity: Does God Exist? The day will culminate with a debate in which students will be organised into three teams (theists, atheists, agnostics). Each debating team will be assessed on the basis of the strength and clarity of their arguments; with prizes awarded to the winners.

Physics

Date: 26 June 2018

Number of places: 8 teams of 4

The students’ challenge will be to design and build a spectrometer that can be used to identify three different spectral lamps. Spectral lamps are made up of a specific element; the light that the lamps emit depends on the electronic structure of the element.

You will be sent an extensive list of available items approximately one month before the challenge, so that students can start planning their design before they arrive at the University of Lincoln. The catch is that each item will have an associated price... and there will be a budget.

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Health and Social Care

Date: 28 June 2018

Number of places: 6 teams of 4

This event aims to provide valuable opportunity for students to find out more about studying Health and Social Care at degree level. The aim of the day is to explore the skill of active listening, allowing students to develop their understanding through a short seminar. The day will end with a formal skills session where they will get the chance to showcase what they have learnt. Students and academics will be on hand to help support students and answer any questions they may have about studying at the University of Lincoln.

Computing

Date: 28 June 2018

Number of places: 9 teams of 3

Can you train a robot to navigate around an obstacle course on its own? Robots are becoming increasingly important in factories, warehouses, fields, and people’s homes and they often have to deal with messy and disorganised spaces that are easy for humans to deal with but are difficult for them. The aim of this challenge is for small teams of students to work with robots to see how they can overcome some of these problems. The robots have a range of sensors that will help them to see the world around them. The challenge is to think about how they can be used, and to learn how to program our robots to navigate on their own in a difficult environment: the winners of the challenge will be those who do this in the quickest time.

Fashion

Date: 27 June 2018

Number of places: 4 teams of 5

Students who are currently studying, or considering studying, Fashion are invited to discover the opportunities available on the University of Lincoln’s BA (Hons) Fashion course. You will gain a chance to experience what studying here could be like by taking part in creative sessions, as well as seeing work by our current students. All are welcome and the event is designed to provide a great insight into the routes available to enter the professional world of Fashion.

Students will be given the opportunity to develop existing and new skills based around 2D and 3D realisation in our studio-based Fashion Discovery Day, creating a half scale garment in a professional setting. You will work alongside academics throughout the day to gain a better understanding of what studying Fashion could be like at the University of Lincoln.

Sports

Date: 27 June 2018

Number of places: 10 teams of 6

Students will have the opportunity to take part in a variety of sport and exercise science lab based classes and work with staff members from within the school to discover how science can help develop and improve athletic performance . Activities may include collecting data relating to physiological response to exercise, analysing sporting techniques using high speed video equipment and discovering how sport psychology can be utilised when working with an athlete. Students will be provided with a tour of the Human Performance Centre and have the opportunity to hear about the wide variety of undergraduate sport courses we offer at Lincoln.

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History

Date: 3 July 2018

Number of places: 6 teams of 4

Join lecturers in the School of History and Heritage at the University of Lincoln to experience first-hand what it means to be a historian.

Attendees will explore archives, buildings and heritage sites in Lincoln to give them an opportunity to research and interpret many different types of evidence from Lincoln’s historic past. Through hands-on activities and conversations with historians and other experts, students will be exposed to a variety of historical periods and approaches, from the Roman world to the present. We will also discuss the role of history and historians today, and the wide variety of skills that the subject can develop. The day is designed to engage and inspire students in the study of history and will culminate in a chance for them to present their own responses to their historical journey through Lincoln.

Photography

Date: 2 July 2018

Number of places: 3 teams of 5

More images are produced and consumed now than ever before, but can we really believe what we see? Images continue to shape how we see and understand the world, this workshop will give you an insight into the processes behind and in front of the camera.

During the day we’ll cover fashion, product and experimental disciplines, honing your skills in our industry standard photo studio, darkroom and editing facilities.

Working alongside our academics and current students you will have the opportunity to set up a variety of shoots, create images and take the process through to print. An introduction to the darkroom will allow you to see how analogue images are produced, and sometimes manipulated.

Engineering

Date: 2 July 2018

Number of places: 16 teams of 4

Using computer-aided engineering, students will design a two-dimensional bracket with the greatest possible strength to mass ratio using cast acrylic. Their design will then be machine-made from sheet stock while they wait and entered into live competition against rival designs. As the designed bracket is loaded, teams will be able to see the stress develop using polarized light and compare the real stress distribution to that predicted by the design software tool.

Fine Art

Date: 29 June 2018

Number of places: 5 teams of 5

Wondering how you might become an artist or thinking about becoming an art teacher? This challenge gives students the opportunity to experience a workshop exploring shape, light, form, making and performing with academics and current students from the Fine Art degree. They will get to harness their creative vision to produce a range of artworks and to try out new ways of making and thinking. There will also be the opportunity to hear more about Fine Art at Lincoln, to tour the facilities, see some current student work and time to speak with current students. Participants should bring a couple of personal items with them, and other props and materials will be provided.

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Conservation

Date: 4 July 2018

Number of places: 6 teams of 4

Do you like history, art and craft, science? Then conservation of cultural heritage could be ideal for you!

We would like to invite students to discover and explore different aspects of conservation of cultural heritage, within our purpose built labs on the Brayford Campus. Through participation in a range of activities, students will find out more about the pests that can damage our heritage, and take part in a practical conservation exercise, to learn some of the skills used in repairing objects. Students will also have the opportunity to tour around our conservation facilities and see some of the specialist equipment used by conservators, in order to preserve historic objects for future generations.

Psychology

Date: 4 July 2018

Number of places: 8 teams of 6

Psychology is the study of the mind, behaviour, what makes us tick, etc. As well as many possible definitions of what Psychology is, there are many possible ways in which Psychology can be studied: by reading books, doing experiments, asking people questions, sitting in a chair and asking yourself questions, doing observations, etc. During the Discovery Day we will discover how Psychology is studied at the University of Lincoln. You will see how University students study Psychology, how psychologists at the University study Psychology, and you will discover how you can study Psychology yourself.

Sound and Music Production

Date: 3 July 2018

Number of places: 4 teams of 6

Participants will be given the opportunity to work with music and media industry professionals who work and study on the BA (Hons) Sound and Music Production course. Groups will work on individual components of a real-world TV production music mix. Through the use of our state-of-the-art multi-track recording facility and mac suite, students will gain an insight into the professional and creative manipulation of audio. In addition they will be given a short sound design task working with visual imagery; the results of this will be screened at the end of the day.

No prior audio production experience is required and this will be a fun, creative and informative day of activities for anyone wishing to learn more about BA (Hons) Sound and Music Production at the School of Film and Media within the University of Lincoln.

Pharmacy

Date: 3 July 2018

Number of places: 5 teams of 5

Students are invited to join some of the lecturers and students of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Lincoln to experience first-hand what it is like to be a pharmacy student.

During the day, your students will have the opportunity to take part in a seminar on the subject of asthma and its causes and treatments. The teams will then take part in a structured role play in which they interview a patient in a clinical setting.

Throughout the day students will work alongside subject ambassadors who will be on hand to help out with the given task. They can also answer any questions students may have about studying at the University of Lincoln.

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Design for Exhibitions and Museums

Date: 5 July 2018

Number of places: 5 teams of 4

Supported by our academics and current University of Lincoln students, students will work in teams on a creative brief to design a small space based upon a narrative for an exhibition or event. Teams will combine the communication design aim of the graphic design with the 3D problem-solving skills of spatial designers. Learn how to tell a story people will remember.