Civil Engineering - Y12 Taster Day Event

Civil engineers design, build and maintain the physical world around us. They ensure we’re supplied with electricity, clean water and energy, and keep us moving with roads, bridges and airports. Become a civil engineer and you’ll be advancing and protecting the very fabric of modern society.

Visit our website to read more about this course.

Our fully funded Subject Taster Days take place between 10:00 and 16:00 with transport and catering provided. A selection criteria does apply with places offered to students who meet at least one of the following:

-You live in an IMD Decile 1 or 2 postcode*.
-You live in a POLAR4 Quintile 1 postcode*.
-You have received Free School Meals within the last 6 years.
-You receive a 16-19 bursary.
-You are a young carer - you care for a friend or family member who, due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction, cannot cope without your support.
-You are care experienced - you have spent time in local authority care, in a residential children’s home, have been looked after at home by a supervision order or have lived with relatives under kinship care.
-You are a forced migrant – you are a refugee or an asylum seeking young person.
-You are from a Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Showperson or Boater community.

*Indices of Multiple Deprivation are commonly used datasets to classify the relative deprivation within smaller areas of the UK. POLAR4 classifies the progression rate of young people in higher education within local areas across the UK. We confirm eligibility by using the publicly available look up tools. However, if you would like to check your eligibility before applying, you can find the look up tools on our website.