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Get to Grips With...
Get to Grips With… is a project run by Recruitment, Outreach and Access for Key Stage 5 (A-level) students who have been identified by their school or college as Gifted & Talented.
Each masterclass is a stand-alone session delving into a specific subject. The sessions are delivered by Keele academics and are based on work given to first year undergraduate students. It is hoped that they will act as a great stretch activity for G&T learners while offering them a taste of university style learning.
In response to feedback from last year we have changed the project set up for this year to make it easier for teaching staff to book on number of places, on a number of events, should you wish. Previously a schedule of masterclasses was published. For this year we are advertising a set of masterclasses that you can book on to at any suitable time. This system will allow sessions to be confirmed at a time convenient to both yourselves and the academics delivering the session.
The format for each masterclass shall be as follows:
A half hour Q&A with a student ambassador
A one hour introductory level lecture
A one hour interactive session (laboratory practical, problem class or seminar)
An optional campus tour
Follow up materials shall be given to you as you leave, so you can expand on the discussed issues, back in the classroom
All masterclasses are funded by ourselves, so are free of charge to you, the school of college
School & College Group Registration
Schools/Colleges are invited to register groups of learners who will be accompanied by a member of staff. To do so please follow this link which will allow you to provisionally book a number of places on a Masterclass.
For further information, please e mail keelelink@mac.keele.ac.uk
You can download a campus guide from here - Campus Guide
Further information on transport to and from Keele can be found here - transport to and from Keele
Once you are registered on to a session you will receive a letter detailing where you should go to on campus for the session.
Your and your students will be met by Keelelink leaders (current students) who will be easily identified by their black & yellow Keelelink t-shirts. They shall meet you at the agreed time and place.
The project coordinator is Ant Sutcliffe.
For further information contact keelelink@mac.keele.ac.uk or 01782 734479.
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| A Brief History of Carbon: From The Big Bang to Climate Change | This Masterclass starts with a demo-lecture looking at carbon, where it comes from, what forms it takes, and the beneficial and harmful roles it plays in society. Afterwards, it’s over to the students to take a look at carbon in their everyday lives, and come to a decision: is carbon friend or foe? |
| Can Music Control you Mind? | Can music control your mind? If so, should you be worried? Enter Dr. Nick Reyland's world of music and mind control. Be part of a musically-focused psychological experiment where Dr. Reyland proves that the media can indeed control your thoughts and even your most basic perceptions of the world. Focussing on TV music, this highly interactive masterclass offers insights into music analysis that can be applied to all types of music and many forms of multimedia, whether you are critiquing, performing or creating music and other musical art forms. It will therefore be of great use and interest to Music, Psychology, Film and Media Studies students alike. Please note that no musical ability or technical/theoretical knowledge is required to take the masterclass. |
| Is it Good to Swear? |
Direct from the BBC's ONE Show, join Dr. Richard Stephens on a blooming great Masterclass. Dr. Stephens has conducted extensive research on the effects of swearing in relation to the pain we feel when we, for example, stub our toe on the sofa. Does letting out a great expletive offer pain relief? |
| Chemistry Analysis: Past, Present & Future | Ideal from Science & History students. Looking back early chemists, Victorian chemist and all the way through to the most advance chemistry that modern day, 21st century technology has delivered. Get really hands on with a lab class for the conculding hour of the masterclass. |
| Voting at 16? |
Prof. Andy Dobson poses the question, "why can we not vote until we are 18?" You can join the army, enter an intimate relationship, win the Lotto, and smoke a cigarette, but you cannot vote. Why? And can we change the minds of the suits in Whitehall? |
| Codes & Cryptography | How do you create a safe code? Find out exactly how PayPal works - it's all Maths! Look into the past of codes, from ancient Egypt to the secret agents of the Cold War. Get chance to creating a cracking your own codes. Ideal for Maths students. Maths really can be fun. |
| History & Politics |
Most countries on the planet employ elections as a means of deciding who should be in charge, at both national and local level. We take voting for granted, yet, even in Europe, modern elections are a recent development. In Britain, for example, it was 1918 before all adult men could vote and 1928 before the same right was extended to women. Moreover, in most countries the vote was far from being a secret one before the twentieth century. So why did electoral democracy take so long to develop? And how did people cast their votes when they had the opportunity to do so? Finally, given the long struggle to obtain the vote, why are fewer and fewer of us bothering to use it these days? Join Professor Malcolm Crook as he expores The Birth of the Bollot
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| Why do we have laws? |
Why do we need laws? And why do we have the laws that we do have? This masterclass considers these questions by looking at some of the key concepts in civil and criminal law. The first part of the masterclass deals with the civil law, and looks at the different ways in which the legal system imposes liability on people for negligently failing to prevent injuries to others. The second part deals with the criminal law, and looks at the ethics of killing and the various ways in which the law holds people responsible for killing one another. In this part of the class, students will divide into mock juries and adjudicate an actual criminal law case.
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| How to Choose a University |
What are Key Information Sets and will they help you tell the difference between universities? Are league tables really that useful? What are Russell Groups, and are they really that much better than the rest? Dr. Jon Parker explains all |
