The College of Life and Environmental Sciences offer an array of outreach activities with the aim of imparting knowledge, raising aspirations, and inspiring young people to fulfil their potential.
Within Biosciences a range of our activities take place on campus, enabling you to see our exceptional facilities, ample study space and beautiful grounds, all of which make the University of Birmingham a unique and exciting place to study. Alternatively, we may be able to deliver talks and workshops at your school or college.
We recognise the value in developing key relationships with schools and colleges in order to support the school curriculum and student knowledge. If you would like more information about what we can offer, please don’t hesitate to contact us on the email below:
For non-subject specific enquiries e.g. higher education fairs, careers fairs and general presentations. Please email studentrecruitment@contacts.bham.ac.uk
For subject specific outreach support; ranging from lecture series, revision sessions, taster lectures, masterclasses, and Q&A sessions. Please contact les.outreach@contacts.bham.ac.uk
The Trees in Time Lecture Series for Schools is now live!
This mini lecture series has been created by our very own PhD students and is aimed to give students curriculum-based knowledge of trees in time. There are 8 episodes within our mini lecture series with topics ranging from ‘Forest Diversity’ to ‘Nitrogen in Forest Soils’.
Why not get involved by watching our curriculum linked mini lectures, made by PhD students for your pupils!
Link to the canvas page
Link to full playlist on Youtube
Opportunities and activities for students
Our Outreach and Student Recruitment teams work with schools and colleges to help students explore the world of higher education and decide on the best route for their future. We work particularly closely with state schools in the West Midlands on a range of outreach activities to raise aspirations, improve motivation and encourage students to consider university.
Find out more.
- Scientific talks: Our lecturers will visit your school to give talks on a variety of scientific topics, usually at no cost to you.
- Careers talks: We visit schools to talk about university admissions and careers in the Biosciences.
If you are interested in the above, please email us at les.outreach@contacts.bham.ac.uk