Academic Sessions for Schools and Colleges

Date and time

Friday 18th October, 10:30-14:30

Description

The event will take place at Northumbria University and students will have the opportunity to experience an advocacy session and taster lecture during the day, as well as a campus tour and look round the facilities.

This event is now closed for bookings, but if you would like to be added to the waiting list, please contact Becky Heaton: rebecca.heaton@northumbria.ac.uk

Date and time

Every Thursday 17:30-18:30 from Thursday 7th November.

Description

Our NUSTEM team are pleased to present a range of activities and online webinars for students and staff. 

NUSTEM evening lectures

The NUSTEM Evening Lectures are aimed at Y11 to Y13 students and their teachers. Each lecture is focused on a different topic, and aims to show how Physical Sciences and Mathematics matter and where they can lead. The lectures will be mainly presented by staff at Northumbria University with some external guest speakers from industry.

To book a place please visit nustem.uk/eveninglectures and press "book your place" next to each lecture abstract.

Contact

For any questions, please contact Antonio Portas via email:antonio.portas@northumbria.ac.uk 

Music / History / Wellbeing Workshops for Years 7-13

Workshops inspired by Tudor rounds and catches, tailored for different year groups, abilities, and aims:

• Singing in Harmony
• Singing History: Renaissance / Tudors / Reformation
• Singing for Wellbeing / Belonging
• Singing and Creating (new words for old tunes)
• Composing Rounds and Canons (some musical literacy required)

For more information please contact Katherine Butler: katherine.butler@northumbria.ac.uk and to see more please click here.

During the 2023/24 academic year, we held over a dozen taster events. These events allowed the students to gain an insight into what it would be like to be a Northumbria student, as well as the opportunity to experience our world-class facilities.

2023/24 Taster Days

Maths

Business x2

Midwifery, Nursing & Health courses

Humanities x2

Psychology x2

Maths, Physics & Chemistry Week (NU STEM week)

School specific Taster Days x3

Date and time

The lecture takes place from 18:30-19:30 on 3rd October.

Description

Babel Lecture 2024: 'Original Pronunciation - The sound of Shakespeare' 

What did Shakespeare's accent - and that of his actors and audience - sound like? What can we learn from hearing and speaking his works in that accent? And with no recordings or transcriptions available to us, how do we know?