Have a Go sessions

University College Birmingham are offering 'Have a Go' taster days aimed at groups of year 10 and 11 students

Each session gives your students a flavour of life at University College Birmingham and the opportunity to find out more about our vocational college courses through practical sessions with our expert team of staff. The taster days will take place on set dates throughout the year from November to June on-campus. There is no booking fee for these activities. Where possible, we can arrange for the taster sessions to be delivered at your school if this is preferred, please state this when completing the enquiry form.

Bespoke events may be possible for schools and colleges from November - June, at times that suit you, dependent on academic availability. Please complete our enquiry form here to enquire further.

Gatsby Benchmarks – 3 (Addressing the needs of each pupil), 4 (Linking curriculum learning to careers) and 7 (Encounters with further and higher education).

Have a Go: College of Food

Show your students how University College Birmingham can help launch their hospitality and catering careers with these exclusive kitchen taster days. Perfect for aspiring chefs, bakers and culinary professionals!

Example agenda:

Session one: Welcome and intro to UCB (10.30am - 11am)
Session two: Professional Chef practical (11am - 12pm)*
Session three: Bakery practical (12pm - 1pm)
Session four: Food and Beverage practical (1pm - 2pm)

*Students will have the opportunity to eat the food they have prepared.

Dates available:

02, 03, 04 June 2025
09, 10, 11 June 2025
16, 17, 18 June 2025

These events are in extremely high demand, so the following three dates are the only ones available for the academic year. They have a maximum capacity of 16 students who MUST be in year 11; schools are limited to booking one event each.

If you are unable to book, please email schoolsliaison@ucb.ac.uk and we can arrange a general campus experience day for your learners.

Have a Go: Engineering and Digital

Get hands-on with the exciting worlds of engineering and computing at our specialist have-a-go session. This taster is perfect for students who enjoy problem-solving, designing and working with technology. From building and testing ideas to exploring how digital systems work, you’ll get a real insight into these dynamic industries.

Example agenda:

Session one: Learn more about University College Birmingham
Session one: Engineering interactive workshop
Lunch
Session one: Computer science interactive workshop

Date:

Thursday, 19 June 2025, 10am-2.30pm (time subject to change)

Group of up to 20

Have a Go: Sport

A sport taster day is the perfect way for students to find out how our sport college courses can be a steppingstone towards a rewarding career in sport and nutrition. Meet members of the teaching team and see demonstrations of various clinical and exercise skills. They will take part in activities that they can expect to do on our sport college courses, including using our sport and gym facilities.

Example agenda:

Session one: Sports coaching
Session two: Sport fitness
Session three: Anatomy workshop

Date:

Thursday, 8 May 2025

All sessions are 10am - 2pm, max 40 students per school

Have a Go: Education and Childcare

Our early childhood experiences shape who we are and maybe your students want to part of those experiences for others. Students can explore what studying Early Years is like with us, using our Simulation Suite and get an understanding early childhood development to see if the rewarding career within the education sector is for them.

Example agenda:

Session one: Private Campus Tour
Session two: Simulation Suite Practical
Session three: Early Childhood Development

Dates:

Please enquire

Groups up to 20 per school

Have a Go: Travel and Tourism

Do your students love travel, events or hospitality? With these careers. the sky really is the limit! From cabin crew, tour operators or hotels around the world, we will tour careers available from our courses, having fun, practical sessions in our mock plane and airport in our Aviation Suite.

Example agenda:

Session one: Private Campus Tour
Session two: Cabin Crew Practical
Session three: Resort Rep Activity

Dates:

Please enquire

Groups of up to 16 per school

Have a Go: Business

Your students got an entrepreneurial streak? Why not bring them to our Business Have a Go where they can use their creativity and get their big ideas onto paper by getting involved in creating a business pitch, speaking to our business tutors and being shown exciting facilities like our Financial Trading Suite!

Example agenda:

Session one: Private Campus Tour
Session two: Business Pitch

Dates:

Please enquire

Groups of up to 15 per school

Booking information

If you are a teacher looking to book a group, please email us with ‘Have a Go’ in the subject line and the sessions you are interested in, and a member of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.

Alternatively, please call 0121 232 4300 for more information.

To view the code of conduct for on-campus visits and online events with University College Birmingham, click here.

Please note: Our dates for our sessions can be subject to change due to academic availability

Can't attend an on-campus event?

If you can't attend one of our taster sessions on campus, we may be able to organise for our staff to come to your school or college. Subject to staff availability, we may be able to offer a bespoke taster session at your school.

If you'd like to visit our campus, you can book onto one of our interactive and fun Campus Experience Days instead!

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