I hope you are keeping well and enjoying your first week of the Winter Term.
Please see below more details about our trip to the University of Birmingham campus next Thursday 16th December.
As I’ve said before, this will be our first university campus visit since February 2020, so I’m really looking forward to it and hope you are too. Birmingham is a particularly exciting destination for our first trip because is one of our most popular partner universities and a member of the elite Russell Group of top research institutions. It also has one of the most beautiful university campuses in England.
To make sure that everyone gets the full benefit of this fantastic opportunity, everyone is expected to attend and there will be no classes running on this day. Instead, you will be able to enjoy presentations from world-leading experts at the university, as well as getting an insight into university life in the UK. Even if you are not planning to apply to this particular university, Birmingham is an excellent representative of the university environment in the UK, so will give you a good impression of what it is like to study here. I will try to organize another visit to a newer university with a less traditionally ‘academic’ focus later in the year so that you have the chance to sample both styles.
The cost of the trip is included in your course fee (you don’t have to pay extra), but you will need to pay for your own lunch at the university.
Please meet at the end of Pullens Lane at 08:30 on Thursday. If you are late, we will have to leave without you and you will lose a full day’s attendance.
You will be able to see on your timetable on the app whether you are to travel in Bus1 (with me) or Bus2 (with David). Please keep to the correct bus so that we can make sure we don’t lose you.
The schedule for the day will be:
| Time | Activity |
| 08:30 | Depart EF Oxford from the end of Pullens Lane |
| 10:30 | Arrive University of Birmingham Met by student ambassadors and Mary Elliston (Student Recruitment Officer, UoB) |
| 10:45-11.45 | Introduce Birmingham Mary Elliston to introduce University of Birmingham and the plan for the day |
| 11:45 | Lunch and Campus Tour Students to separate in UG and PG to take campus tours and lunch. This will be an extended campus tour to include the library and sporting facilities. Groups will be spread among the many different cafes. You will need to pay for your own lunch. Places to go for lunch: Costa, Burrito bar, Wok and Go, Salads, Spar, University Centre |
| 13:30 | Undergraduate Students: Academic Sessions – Social Sciences – Focus on Film (College of Arts and Law) – Engineering and Physical Sciences Postgraduate Students: Ambassador leads Student Life session (30 minutes approximately) and answers questions on their student experience |
| 14:30 | Depart University of Birmingham |
| 16:30 | Arrive EF Oxford |
As always, let me know if you have any questions about the day.
I will email you again shortly with details of your university application tutorial with me, which will take place online in the next couple of weeks.