Students attend UCAS Design Future event

First and second year A Level Textile Design students attended the UCAS Design your Future event in Manchester on Tuesday 25^th November 2014.

Textile students accompanied fellow creative's from the Barton and Cliff House’s within the Faculty of Academic and Creative Studies on the day trip.  All of the students had the fantastic opportunity to talk to and receive advice from representatives from a wide range of art colleges and universities as part of the build-up to making their UCAS applications.  As well as being able to speak to course specialists, students were able to see work produced by undergraduates and attend workshops and presentations by experts.  The successful day trip was organised by Assistant Faculty Head Mike Kelly.

“Whilst in Manchester we also seized the opportunity to visit the Museum and Art Gallery where we experienced the work of media and textile artist Andrea Zapp and the 1950’s Cotton Couture exhibition.”

To find out more about studying an  A-Level in Textiles at NULC contact the Information Point on 01782 254254 or email info@nulc.ac.uk.

A-Level Accounting and Law Students Visit Warwick University

On November 5^th a group of 29 A-Level Accounting and Law students visited Warwick University for an insight into what a Russell Group University has to offer students who aspire to a career in the professional services industry.  Students were treated to a tour of Warwick’s beautiful campus facilities hosted by a team of Warwick’s student ambassadors who, representing the diversity of Warwick’s student body, came from countries as diverse as the UK, Latvia, Poland and Holland amongst others.

 

Students were also given the opportunity to get a feel for what being in the lecture hall is like for a Warwick undergraduate.  All students took part in Law sessions entitled “The Knives Act 1997 – An Introduction to Reading Statutes” led by Dr Stephen Connelly and another on “Defamation and Privacy” led by Dr Adam Slavny.  The legal aspects were mirrored by fascinating sessions on International Business led by Dr Michel Synnott.  NULC Accounting student Katie Wilton said, “I really enjoyed the taught sessions.  The academics really challenged us but in a fun way and we were really encouraged to get involved in the analysis and debates which I really liked”.

The day concluded with a keynote address by one of Warwick’s National Teaching Fellows, Dr Ashley Roberts.  He led students through a very engaging introduction to the theory of leadership and emphasised to students the need to develop a critical faculty when establishing the merit or otherwise of the various theories he presented.

Richard Simpson, NULC’s Head of A-Level Accounting said “Warwick University put on an incredible display of what a top class university has to offer.  The sessions perfectly communicated to our students the similarities between the ostensibly diverse disciplines of Accounting and Law and embedded this notion in a clear appreciation of the increasingly international nature of large professional services organisations who might one day employ some of our students.”

Emily Phillips, NULC’s Head of A-Level Law said, “I’m sure that what our students experienced at Warwick University will encourage them to really stretch themselves academically and will have had a very positive influence on their understanding of what might be possible for them in the future.”

To find out more about studying A-Levels in Accounting and Law at NULC contact the Information Point on 01782 254254 or email info@nulc.ac.uk.