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Collaborative Taster Days

Welcome to Collaborative Taster Days

Welcome to Collaborative Taster Days!

Subject specific tasters created collaboratively with HE partners who make up Go Higher partnership and local employers.

Our taster days provide a great opportunity to gain an insight into subject sectors and careers with input from specialists in that field.

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Explore English Collaborative Taster Day

Jess Anderson from The School of English at The University of Leeds is here to give you an insight into how to ‘Read a Comic’. What is a comic? Are they for kids or are they a serious literary form? In this twenty minute video Jess explores the ideas and themes behind certain comics, how the tackle difficult subjects and how they create meaning through narrative techniques.

Descriptive creative writing using your senses' Join Leeds Arts University's Creative Writing BA Honours Course Leader Karen Tobias-Green and Progression Support Worker Jenny Scannell to find out more about what it is like to study Creative Writing at a Specialist university. Try out our fun creative writing activity using your senses in a handmade notebook.
You've learnt how to read and analyse comics already, now learn how to read a poem. Join Amina Alyal, Senior Lecturer in English at Leeds Trinity University, as you explore the poem 'Treacle', Paul Farley. Also listen to some current students as they share their own work in an online Open Mic night and hear more about the department in general.

Business and Finance Collaborative Taster Day

Join us for our virtual Business taster day where we look at how to apply to higher education and focus on some of the key dates you need to know about, as well as a Q and A from our existing students.

We then have talks from our academics from a variety of university and colleges to deliver a taster session into 'what it is like' to study business as a degree, with a range of activities that includes SUMA foods and their interactive business activity.

Certificates and vouchers are to be won!

Education Collaborative Taster Day

Find out more about Early Years education, Childhood development and Primary with our fun packed Taster Day!

We drive into the session with Key notes speakers from Playworks, which run school clubs and help others to establish and run clubs. These guys are dedicated to helping families juggle work, school and are responsible for child care.

Afterwards, Calderdale College will provide some insights into their Early Years course where students will share their own experiences (and also how to make playdoh! – an essential skill in Early Years Education!)

Leeds Beckett University introduces a fun and interactive session showcasing a new course ‘Childhood Development and Playwork’ and finally Leeds Trinity University will be discussing Primary Education, what’s involved and how to get started in their interactive session where you get a chance to hear from current newly qualified teachers!

Policing and Criminology Collaborative Taster Day

Are you interested in law enforcement, Criminology or cybercrime? Are you thinking about a career in Policing? GHWY’s Policing Taster Event will explore each of these topics, taking you through the variety of careers on offer within the Police and exploring the world of cybercrime. You will also have the opportunity to learn about the study of Criminology, and find out about the relevant study options available across West Yorkshire.

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