Your Applicant Day in Chelmsford

From Design to Delivery: Product, Profit and the Supply Chain
For applicants to: Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, Accounting, Banking
Design a product using our advanced 3D machine and follow its journey through the entire supply chain. From sourcing materials to manufacturing and distribution, you’ll manage suppliers, logistics and finances while responding to realistic business challenges along the way. The experience culminates in a fast-paced 3-minute pitch where you present your strategy and decisions.

Level Design Workshop
With a choice of level design activities, use industry-standard tools to manage how the space in the game influences the player experience. You might decide to challenge them with game mechanics, evoke particular moods, tell them a story, or involve them in a mystery. We'll discuss how these goals relate to the goals of the Computer Games Design degree and other games courses.

Experience Education at ARU
Join us for an immersive Education taster day that will spark your curiosity and challenge your thinking. Engage with the 'Big Education Question' through an interactive Mentimeter activity, where your voice shapes the discussion. Dive into a hands-on session exploring the development of a child, using interactive equipment and exploring the campus for inspiration, to uncover answers to key questions. Conclude with a thought-provoking 20-minute lecture on topics such as ‘Education for All,’ ‘Global Education,’ or ‘Social Justice in Education.’ You’ll have the opportunity to connect with future course mates, meet our passionate lecturers, and experience what it’s like to be an Education student at ARU. This is your chance to explore the field and shape the future of learning!

Life as an Architect
What does it really mean to be an Architect? In this session, you’ll step into the role of architect, using your cognitive, problem-solving and personal experience to generate ideas. You’ll take the opportunity to discuss and analyse the responses as a group, drawing an overall picture of their diverse skills and responsibilities involved. It’s the perfect way to explore and gain important insights into this creative profession’s many facets.

Explore Architecture and their Designs
Architecture shapes our physical environment, influences quality of life and supports our economic development. In this session, you’ll learn how to apply design skills and being creative to a design of a building or structure. Along the way, you’ll explore why sustainability, functionality, and meeting a client’s brief are essential parts of successful architectural design.

From Concept to Construction: Build a Cable-Stayed Bridge
For applicants to: Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying
Architecture shapes our physical environment, influences quality of life and supports our economic development. In this session, you’ll learn how to apply design skills and being creative to a design of a building or structure. Along the way, you’ll explore why sustainability, functionality, and meeting a client’s brief are essential parts of successful architectural design.

Build a Metal Detector using Arduino
For applicants to: Biomedical Engineering, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering
Metal detectors play an important role in many engineering applications. In this interactive session, you’ll work as a team to explore how electronic sensors operate by building your own metal detector using Arduino. You’ll assemble a basic circuit using key components such as resistors, capacitors and an inductor (copper coil), powered by a microprocessors and microcontrollers. By programming the microcontroller with simple commands, you’ll bring your device to life and see how the sensing system detects nearby metals using the principles of electronic filter circuits and inductor sensitivity.

Unleash the Power of 3D Printing
Innovation drives the mechanical engineering world and in this hands-on session, you’ll experience it first-hand. Dive into 3D design and additive manufacturing using cutting-edge 3D design software to print a functional machine component or object. Along the way, you’ll discover core engineering principles such as structural efficiency and material optimisation, testing and refining your ideas just like real engineers do.

Step into Medicine at ARU: Hands-On Skills and Interactive Learning
Join us to discover more about Medicine at ARU. You'll take part in an interactive lecture and hone your knowledge of medicine. Don your PPE and get hands-on in our skills lab, with state-of-the-art mannequins, which mirror real life hospital wards.

Discover Midwifery: Hands-On Skills and Insights at ARU
Discover more about midwifery, meet our students and academics and learn about the history of midwifery. Get hands-on in our skills lab, for a flavour of all the skills you need to be a competent and confident practitioner.

Navigating Nursing Today: Professionalism, Challenges and Expectations
Step into the world of nursing with an energising, hands-on experience at ARU! Join us for an engaging session that explores the realities of modern nursing—from professional expectations and behaviours to the challenges and opportunities shaping today’s ever-evolving healthcare environment. Then, head into our cutting-edge Skills Lab and get hands-on with our high fidelity mannequins and simulation equipment. Experience the essential skills and real-world decision-making that help shape confident, compassionate and competent nurses.

Whether you’re considering nursing or ready to take the next step, this session will inspire you and give you a taste of the exciting career journey ahead.

Operating Department Practice: the NHS's Best-Kept Secret
Gain an understanding of the diverse role of the ODP and the perioperative environment, along with an overview of our BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice course including academic and placement elements. Immerse yourself in our skills lab where you'll explore and practice the key skills required to become a confident and competent practitioner.

Ready to Save Lives? Dive into Paramedic Skills and Real-Life Scenarios
Join us on our Applicant Day and take part in an interactive scenario that gives you a taste of life as a Paramedic student. You'll be taught skills, then will use your own problem solving abilities to apply your knowledge to a scenario. Paramedics often apply routine skills in sub-optimal settings. Problem solving and autonomy are therefore key skills all Paramedics need to be able to provide the best care to their patients.

Investigate Doris’s Case and Get Hands-On in the SuperLab
Explore the case of Doris from a public health, medical and pharmaceutical science perspective. Consider the cause of her medical problem and how to treat and prevent it. In the SuperLab, you’ll be hands-on as you perform experiments, including urinalysis and the identification of types of medicine as part of an investigation into an outbreak.

Discover the World of Social Work: Theories, Skills and Standards in Action
For applicants to BA (Hons) Social Work and BA (Hons) Working with Children, Families and Communities
Dive into the world of social work. We'll explore key theories, uncover how they’re used in real life, and discover the professional standards that shape this incredible field.

Experience Criminology and Policing at ARU
Join us to explore the fascinating world of criminology in this interactive workshop! Using real-life case studies and group discussions, you’ll discover how society defines crime, investigate the role of the media and culture in shaping our perceptions of crime, and consider the ways in which we best respond to crime and criminal behaviour. You’ll analyse key crime types, debate controversial policies, and reflect on how criminology helps shape justice in the real world. This dynamic session will introduce you to the engaging teaching style of our criminology and policing courses, offering a hands-on introduction to core concepts and debates to challenge your thinking and ignite your curiosity. It is a great opportunity to meet your future classmates, connect with our passionate course lecturers, and experience what it is like to be a Criminology student at ARU!

Law and Order: The Cybercrime Challenge
Investigate a mock high-stakes legal case packed with clues, witness statements and key evidence. Acting as legal detectives, you’ll analyse the facts, apply legal principles and prepare a persuasive argument. The challenge concludes with presenting your case in front of a judge and jury, just like in a real courtroom.