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Delivered online
Minimum students:
10
We’re excited to relaunch our online Environment Futures programme for Year 12 students. The programme will help you develop your skills and subject knowledge, giving you the opportunity to take part in talks, workshops and other enrichment activities alongside your current studies.
Suitable for
Individuals (Enquiry not required to be through a school)
Booking Deadline:
31 January 2022
Full event details
This programme is for Year 12 students.
What’s Included in the Futures Programmes?
The three strands are:
Climate Futures: Find out more about how the world’s climate is being affected by human activity. Take part in sessions that try and find solutions and address some of these issues head-on.
Sustainable Futures: Are you interested in finding out how we can live in harmony with the planet, this strand will help you to evaluate societies’ role in, and interaction with, changes in the natural world.
Earth Futures: This programme looks in detail at the world we live in, exploring the rocks underneath our feet, delving into the deep oceans and navigating tropical rainforests
Each of our programmes are slightly different in terms of the scheduled activities throughout the year but have some core elements applicable to all, such as personal statement and application support. Sessions details will be confirmed at the start of each programme.
The programmes run from February in Year 12 to December in Year 13. There will be a minimum of 3 compulsory sessions each term with a number of optional ones to choose depending on your area of interest. The details below give you a general idea of the activities involved in each of our programmes.
Year 12:
Launch event, providing you with more information about the programme and a chance to meet staff and students in the Faculty of Environment
Subject taster sessions, helping you develop your insight into your chosen subject area.
Skills workshops, helping you develop the skills you need to apply to your chosen subject area.
Year 13:
Personal statement workshops, helping you understand how different universities use your personal statement and how best to write it.
Study skills sessions, helping you develop the study skills required to help you do well in your current and future studies.
Futures Graduation, celebrating your achievements over the programme.
During the programme, sessions will take place on an evening and during the school/college holidays, so that they do not interfere with your current studies.
To apply for a place on Environment Futures you need to meet certain criteria, to find out more and apply for a place, please click the 'visit website' button below
Applications close on Wednesday, 19th January 2022.