UCLan Research Forum

Explore Interactive Stands: Wander through our show floor, packed with engaging stands that bring new ideas to life right before your eyes. Chat with real-life researchers and see what it’s like to push the boundaries of what we know. Inspiring Mini Lectures: Get ready to be blown away by our lightning-fast mini lectures. In just […]

Work Readiness and Professional Skills session

We run activities encouraging learners to consider the benefits of work, whilst developing vocabulary and understanding around the acquisition of professional skills. We discuss essential behaviours to ensure a successful transition into work, and workshop concerns around entering a place of work, finding solutions, and providing strategies for coping with first day nerves.

Pillars of Growth – Social Care

The social care sector has been identified as a huge area of growth. It is predicted that 25% more posts (440,000) will be needed by 2035. This session highlights the importance of the social care sector in Lancashire and the potential for successful, varied careers within. Students will discover what social care means and will […]

Open Days

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Creating Careers: A Step Ahead Programme

Once you register for this programme. You will have access to the following activities: Online learning modules combined with online and in – person experiences like mock interviews  and healthcare visits. Build a Health Proof portfolio of work to show your commitment and experience on  CVs , UCAS applications and personal statements. Bespoke support from […]

Pillars of Growth – Digital

Students will discover how different industries link to the digital sector, from computing, networking, designing and coding.  They will take part in an activity introducing them to the principles of coding, learning how to program a robot through a range of sequences of increasing challenge.  The activity ends with a creative coding challenge, where learners […]

Pillars of Growth – Tourism, Culture & Place

Students will discover how the sector is changing to meet the needs of the green economy, they will learn about the potential positive impact of a largescale catalyst project on small scale ventures within the region. Students will then develop the early steps in a creative project brief, role-playing as events managers working on the […]

Events & Activities

At Future U, we to offer a variety of outreach events and activities which are delivered by our central team and by our partners.

Activities

Please select Activities to view the range of talks and workshops that are available to book ad-hoc. Many activities can be delivered in school or virtually, are free of charge and are aligned to the Gatsby Benchmarks for Good Career Guidance.

Events

Select Events to see find upcoming dates for university visit days, competitions, residentials and more.