Applicant Visit Day - 2nd Mar

Saturday 2nd March 2013

APPLICANT VISIT DAY PROGRAMME

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Applicant Visit Day Your Applicant Visit Day will start at 9.00am and finish at approximately 3.30pm. The following programme outlines what you can expect from your day: Time

Activity

9.30-10.30am

Welcome Talk including information regarding student finance, accommodation and the Students’ Union

9.00-9.30am

Arrival, Registration and Refreshments

10.30-12.00pm

Subject Taster 1

1.00-2.30pm

Subject Taster 2

12.00-1.00pm

2.30-3.30pm

Lunch and Networking Performing Arts students to leave to attend audition Campus and Accommodation Tours

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Subject Sessions This day will give you the opportunity to find out more about your chosen programme and meet tutors and current students from the Department you will be studying in. The subject taster sessions have been designed to give you a hands-on experience of your chosen course.

These sessions are for applicants only

Department of English and History Creative Writing

How to write a poem, short story or memoir in five minutes This programme encourages you to explore your own creativity, supported by enthusiastic and internationally known academics. This session will guide you through the process of producing a creative piece from scratch.

English Language

This session explores a fascinating aspect of Linguistics. In groups, you will examine and discuss examples of the English Language, in written and audio form. You will investigate how linguistic data is gathered, and the diverse methods linguists use to analyse it. The session will also explore your attitudes to different language varieties.

English Literature

Gaga Gothic What is Gothic and how does it function in the twenty-first century? In this session you will explore the Gothic literary and cultural inspirations behind Lady Gaga’s image and music. By looking at the origins of Gothic, you will consider how the genre informs our understanding of our contemporary moment and gives us insights into the ‘monstrous’ nature of human identity.

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English

This session will examine a combination of English Language and English Literature. You will have the opportunity to participate in a session exploring the English Language in written and audio form. In addition to this, enjoy an introduction to ideas both familiar and new associated with English Literature, encouraging you to think about their functions in a range of gothic texts.

Film Studies

The Cult Film For decades critics and scholars have found it difficult to pin down what exactly a ‘cult film’ actually is. This session will begin to explore the notion of ‘cult cinema’ through critical work, discussion and viewing.

History

History – Past and Present Many people assume that history is simply about the past. This session is designed to show that history and the past have an active place in the present, shaping our responses and attitudes on many different levels.

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Department of Law and Criminology Criminology and Criminal Justice

Should the punishment fit the crime?

This session will explore the meaning of the phrase ‘the punishment should fit the crime’. What would a system in which the ‘punishment fitted the crime’ actually look like? And what might the alternatives be?

You will consider whether it is a workable idea during this session.

Department of Social Sciences Childhood and Youth Studies Early Childhood Studies

In this session you will be encouraged to think about how children and young people interact with the wider cultural world and attribute your own meaning and value to an item of popular culture. Consider how children and young people value a mobile phone as being important to them? How and why has it has attained its importance and what link does that have to the wider economic, social, political and cultural world?

This session will also explore when children are allowed, by law, to participate in society.

Sociology

Sociology and Personal Life Sociologists have been interested in the family since the beginnings of the discipline. This session will explore some of the cultural practices of families in western societies including: emotions, love and commitment, personal connections, possessions, things and rationality and the significance of memory.

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The Department of Media Media (as a Joint programme)

In this taster session, you will be given an overview of the Media Joint Honours programme as well as an introduction to the key media concept of genre. You will look at how genres are formed within the interrelations between texts, industries, audiences and historical contexts. You will then test your generic knowledge through a practical activity where you will have the opportunity to work together in groups.

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Preston

Blackburn M65

M6

Southport

M62

M66

Bolton Ormskirk

Wigan

M61

M60 M58

MANCHESTER

M57

M67 M62 M60

LIVERPOOL

Warrington

M53

M56

M6

Chester

By road via the M6, off at junction 26, then onto the M58, off at junction 3, taking the A570 towards Southport and Ormskirk. The campus can also be reached from Preston or Liverpool via the A59.

By rail from Liverpool Central to Ormskirk station on Merseyrail's Northern Line or Preston to Ormskirk station on Northern Rail.

The Edge Link bus service is a fast, cheap and reliable way to get to the campus from Ormskirk Bus Station. During term-time this service runs every 15 minutes, 8.05am – 5.50pm, Monday-Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) and 8.05am – 5.50pm on Saturdays.

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