And that’s a wrap! 18 events, 5 days and hundreds of individual visits to campus for Freshers Week 2026 and the start of our new journey for Year 12 RfE and RO students! Huge thanks to all our Academics for sessions and ambassadors for supporting us as always! Next stop: Easter! #RfEFreshers26
What does Research Intensive Universities actually mean?! Students found out with Dr Cara Wheeldon in the final session of today! #RfEFreshers26
Crossing Boundaries with our Intercultural Ambassadors as part of Get Set For Uni Part One #RfEFreshers26
Our wonderful Intercultural Ambassadors did a super job with their Crossing Boundaries session this year. Jen has mentored them since the Autumn preparing this years content for our students #RfEFreshers26
Navigating University Open Days with our Jen sharing all the tips and tricks ahead of our Year 12 students attending this summer! #RfEFreshers26
Happy Friday! We have reached the finale of Freshers Week 2026 and after a week of Academic Tasters today the Contextual Outreach Team take over for Get Set For Uni Part One! #RfEFreshers26
Students are with Durdona this afternoon discussing the all important question, ‘Can Education save lives?’ #RfEFreshers26
Students were fascinated to hear about the different roles available to them in social work
Thanks to our colleagues in Healthcare for providing such helpful insights
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Cara our research expert was helping our students learn about critical thinking and research techniques this morning .
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This morning students are getting hands on experience with the Midwifery tutors as part of #RfEFreshers26 week
Blink and it’s Thursday! Another 4 events for Year 12 today as part of Freshers Week! Keep an eye on our feed for updates #RfEFreshers26
FAN tastic Engineering with Gulana this afternoon challenging our students to explore their inner engineers building fan powered boats! It got very competitive with some excellent constructions!
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Healthcare students have been hands on today exploring 3 other professions allied to medicine: Audiology, Cardiac Physiology
and Diagnostic Radiography 👂👨🏼⚕️ #RfEFreshers26
Some really interesting discussions on today’s Politics session with Dan for #RfEFreshers26 with the students getting involved in UK politics and the environment
Maths & Physics students are learning how to programme a quantum computer recently developed by IBM with Ryan and Zlatko this morning 🖥️ #RfEFreshers26
Huge thanks to Maral for this afternoons Discovering Law workshop just one of the many insights into the legal profession that RfE students will have this year! 🧑⚖️👩⚖️ #RfEFreshers26
English students are with Ffion this afternoon exploring dystopian creative writing ✍️ #RfEFreshers26
Students interested in Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare courses are with our wonderful Health Sciences Outreach Team today for Part One of their Academic Discovery Workshop 🏥🩺🦷 #RfEFreshers26
This morning students were exploring how the Media can present the same story in different ways #RfEFreshers26
It’s Day two of Freshers 2026 for our Year 12 RfE and RO students and we have 4 academic discovery workshops to choose from today! See you all soon #RfEFreshers26
This afternoon students interested in studying Humanities subjects were exploring maps from across time and space 🌍 #RfEFreshers26
Engineering students are with Mark this afternoon learning the science behind Earthquakes and how engineers can design buildings to withstand natural forces #RfEFreshers26
Sharnel is providing psychology students with a fresh set of tools to discover how culture, power and social context shape behaviour in ways that is often overlooked, in this mornings ‘Critical Psychology’ session 🧠 #RfEFreshers26
Humanities students are with Amy exploring historical databases and colonial documentation to uncover the stories of those forcibly enslaved during the transatlantic slave trade 📚 #RfEFreshers26
First up we want to say a huge thanks to Sarah for running ‘The Lungs of the Earth’ session this morning 🌎 students are practicing their debating skills, expanding their understanding of sustainability and building knowledge of the real world threat to the Amazonian rainforest! #RfEFreshers26
Good morning all! The Contextual Outreach team are delighted to be welcoming our new cohort of Year 12s onto campus for our first Reach for Excellence event block - Freshers Week! 😄 we have 18 fun filled activities taking place across the week, so stay tuned to see what we’re up to! #RfEFreshers26
