We are very pleased to be able to offer two further videoconference dates from Barclays, introducing their award winning Retail Development Programme. These are ideal for students considering alternative routes to a degree and are open to all schools and colleges free of charge. These are likely to be the last two sessions prior to the closing date for applications for September's intake.
These sessions will take place on:
On Friday 15th March at 1.15 pm Dr Peter Kerr from The University of Birmingham will present an interactive videoconference called 'Is This the End of Politics?':
http://www.virtuallyuniversity.org.uk/Spring1308.html
In this seminar Peter will look at reasons why people are ‘switching off’ from politics as well as the rise in new forms of political participation such as protests and internet politics. He asks whether we are seeing ‘the end of politics’ as we know it.
As part of VU's commitment to informing students of their wider choices, on Thursday 14th March at 11.20 am Mawuli Ladzekpo from The Brightside Trust will be running an interactive videoconference discussing how to start up a business and how the Government's new start-up loans and mentoring initiative can support this.
Upcoming sessions from Virtually University include:
Biology: Dr Cranium's Crazy Nervous System: An interactive lecture into the brain and it's twelve cranial nerves by Adam Holder, The University of Sheffield on 19th November 2012 between 11.30 and 12.30
Our first videoconference this term from The University of Bristol will take place on 30th November at 11.30 am and will be ideal for students considering studying Management or related degrees.
Through the use of videoconferencing, Virtually University, a Janet Content Provider, has helped Shrewsbury Sixth Form students to aim higher. Students have been able to participate in lectures that might not otherwise have been posible.
For more details click here.
New to BETT 2013, this is a one-day programme of seminars on 31st January, designed to help your school unlock the full potential of this powerful and cost-effective technology which can help enrich the curriculum and offer learners new opportunities to prepare for becoming part of the global workforce of the future.
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One of VU's themes this term is the brain and the nervous system and so we are delighted to offer our first session with University College London on Neuroscience. This will take place on 5th December at 11.30 am and will seek to promote the idea that the sciences are accessible to people of all backgrounds.
We are extremely pleased to be able to offer two further videoconference dates from Barclays, introducing their award winning Retail Development Programme. These are ideal for students considering alternative routes to a degree and are open to all schools and colleges free of charge.
These sessions will take place on:
These are details of the 5 videoconferences we are running after Easter, including our first from Newcastle University.
As always these sessions are free to schools and I hope that you will have students you feel will benefit and who would like to take part. They will be very welcome.
Please let me know which session/s are of interest and I will reserve your place.
Best wishes, Rob
