Uni4U

Visit us and bring Mum, Dad and your whole family!

Visit our Cambridge or Chelmsford campuses with your family to learn about the University and join in with our free interactive activities (not all activities are guaranteed to be at both events).

Uni4U Activities 2013

  • 'Graduation' event for students who participated in our Year 6 'Reach for the Stars' programme
  • 'Is it ever acceptable to eat people?': A ship sinks in a fierce storm. The sailors are cast adrift on the high seas for days on end in a small lifeboat. The food runs out and rescue looks doubtful. The cabin boy is sacrificed to save the others. Are they guilty of murder? Is 'necessity' a defence? Find out in an interactive re-enactment of this famous old case.
  • 'From Story to Stage': This writing workshop will take you through the process of turning a passage of fiction into a short script for the stage. Working collaboratively with others, you will make decisions about how a piece can be staged, learn the differences between writing for film and writing for theatre, and discover how to write dialogue that actors can deliver.
  • 'Money Recall?': A budgeting game run by our Lord Ashcroft International Business School.
  • 'Money Dilemmas': Game about the problems and moral dilemmas associated with money, with prizes for the best answers!
  • 'Consumer Behaviour': An activity that looks at your weekly grocery shop exploring the ways in which our buying decisions are made.
  • 'Palpating Mother': Learn to assess the size and position of a foetus using our clinical model.
  • 'Assist the Surgeon': Act as an Operating Department Practitioner, assisting the surgeon by handing them instruments. Learn about gowning up and aseptic and sterile techniques.
  • 'CPR to music': Learn resuscitation to songs by Queen, Eminem and even Nelly the Elephant.
  • 'Assess your lung capacity': Find out how well your lungs are working and learn about the factors that can affect how your lungs take up oxygen from the air.
  • 'Blood Pressure': Have your blood pressure checked by one of our current student nurses and find out the differences between automatic and manual methods.
  • 'Do you really know how to wash your hands?': Did you know, it take at least fifteen seconds to wash your hands properly?
 




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