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Schools and Colleges

Subject Activities

With a variety of interactive sessions to choose from across all of our Faculties, our subject-specific events and activities will give your students the opportunity to gain a real insight into studying a particular subject at University.

Schools and Colleges Team About Us
Two school students smile while chatting with books in an engineering workshop near a robotic arm

We are able to deliver our subject-specific events and activities in-person and virtually via Microsoft Teams or a platform of your choice.

Select from sessions that support the delivery of Level 3 qualifications, enhance the experience of your students, and provide an insight into progression pathways at university.

All sessions align with the Curriculum for Wales areas of learning and experience. For more information please see the pages below or contact the Student Recruitment Team by email.

 

Students smiling at Treforest campus USW Summer School
On-Campus Events
A teacher engaging with two children in a classroom
USW Teacher and Advisor Awards
Presentations and Workshops

Subject

Student painting art on a wall
Art and Design
School pupils practice listening to a patient's heartbeat using a stethoscope on a manikin in a lecture theatre
Biology, Chiropractic and Forensics
Accounting and Finance Undergraduate Megan Jones smiles at the camera while sat at a table in the Postgraduate Centre in Treforest
Business and Accounting
School pupils dressed in white lab coats measuring out substances as they conduct an experiment in a USW laboratory
Chemistry
Primary teaching student Libby White reads a book to a primary school pupil in a classroom at Risca Primary School
Childcare, Education and Teaching
Four chiropractic students in blue scrubs examine the model of a spine and pelvis in a doctors office setting
Chiropractic
A student smiles at the camera in a dim dark blue room in front of four computer monitors showing surveillance footage and the USW website
Criminology
Student's hands leaning on a table which is covered with designs, graphs and templates
Design Technology
A dramatically lit student laying down on their side staring intensely at the camera
Drama
A school pupil looks through a piece of surveying equipment with other pupils in the background inside a USW classroom
Engineering
A close-up on a pair of hands turning the pages of a well-used notebook while holding a pen on a wooden picnic table
English
A group of Natural History students sit along the edge of a cliff looking at the mountain-filled horizon under a blue sky
Environment and Geography
A group of students film inside a USW studio at Cardiff Creative Campus with ambient lighting
Film and Media
Two medical professionals smile and chat to each other with tablets and notebooks in an office
Health and Social Care
Dr Jonathan Durrant smiles at the camera while sat on a bench near a statue outside the Crawshay building on Treforest
History
computing students sitting in a row, using computer facilities to work
ICT
A smartly-dressed student talks to a fellow student sat at the bench in the moot courtroom
Law and Criminology
Professor Paul Roach speaks while pointing at an equation written in marker on a white board
Mathematics
A student sings accompanied by two bandmates playing guitar and bass on a dark, purple-lit stage
Music
An academic is supervising a nursing student listening to the heart of a dummy patient.
Nursing and Midwifery
Students setting up professional lights and cameras to photograph two people stood against the white backdrop in the photography studio.
Photography
A student is placing a brain cap onto another students head.
Psychology
A person raises their hand while sat in a circle with others as part of a group activity
Psychotherapy and Counselling
A student in uniform stood in front of 2 fire engines
Public Services and Policing
Sociology student Sara Daniels smiles at the camera while working on a laptop from a green sofa
Sociology
Students at USW's sport park
Sports
Travel and Tourism
A group of people sit in a circle smiling and listening to each other talk in a community hall
Youth and Community Work