Over the past few months, we have opened our doors to prospective students from schools and colleges across the country – inviting them onto campus to take part in a workshop.
Each workshop gives students a chance to explore our campus, learn more about our courses, as well as getting a taste for the teaching styles our lecturers implement across modules.
But, what will students be doing during one of these sessions? In this guide, we share the structure of the workshop, and how you can get your school or college involved.
What happens during a workshop?
These workshop sessions are aimed at students who are starting to look at options for studying at university. There are a few different activities that take place throughout the day, and plenty of activities for students to get stuck into.
This is a brief overview of what to expect from the session: Upon arrival at the campus, students will be greeted by a member of the academic team and taken to one of our meeting rooms to explore our prospectus.
Here, a member of the team will provide a short talk to the students about the university, courses available, and what it is like to study at the University Campus of Esports.
Learning more in-depth information about the university and courses is vital for making decisions, so we embrace this in these workshops to ensure they are valuable for everyone who attends.
“Honestly, I think the whole campus has something for everyone that wants to be in esports. I also think it provides so many opportunities for the future that most universities don’t provide.”
Tom Spooda, Student from Coventry College.
Once the students have had this talk, they will be able to explore a bit more of our campus. Based out of the Lee Valley VeloPark, there are many places that hold a lot of history – particularly the venue’s importance in the London 2012 Olympic Games.
A member of staff will take the group on a tour of the campus and explain the uses and importance of each of the spaces. Depending on the time, at the end of this tour, students will be allowed to freely explore, and go to the on-site café for a short break.
After this, everyone will be taken to one of our teaching rooms for a team-building activity. This is the main aspect of the workshop and will put the students’ esports knowledge to the test as they go head-to-head in a building challenge. Each team will be given a specific scenario and limited materials to create an esports project – which will be put to the test later in the session to find out what team has the best structure.
The aim of this session is to get the students thinking about the wider esports scene, and what it takes to create a stable platform. No two sessions with schools and colleges are the same, so expect an exciting and unique learning experience.
Rounding out the day, students can have a play around in our Student Learning Zone – having a go on our Mortal Kombat arcade cabinet or playing on the PCs in our gaming suite.
“Both myself and my students thoroughly enjoyed the workshop session on campus and went away feeling more knowledgeable about options for esports in higher education. Hearing about the work experiences that may become available to students was incredibly insightful and shows that career progression is taken into careful consideration in all aspects of the university.”
