Your Applicant Day in Peterborough

Step into the Biomedical Sciences lab at ARU Peterborough and experience what it’s like to be a biomedical scientist for the day. In this interactive session, you’ll take part in a blood sugar testing investigation and learn how biochemical tests are used in real clinical settings.

You’ll also explore the molecular side of biomedical science through hands-on molecular modelling, where you’ll build a glucose molecule to understand its structure and role in human health and disease. Working alongside fellow applicants, this session will introduce you to key laboratory and analytical skills central to undergraduate biomedical studies. There will be current students and lecturers on-hand to support you as you take the first steps on your journey as a biomedical sciences undergraduate.

Embark on a journey into the world of business where you'll collaborate with future classmates, lecturers, and current students. Together, you'll explore the foundational theories behind leadership and management, while uncovering how these concepts connect with various business disciplines. As a team, you'll delve deeper into the roles of leaders and managers, comparing their traits and understanding the impact when these traits turn negative. This is a unique opportunity to experience the core principles of your future studies in action.

Step into the dynamic world of Computing with this exciting introduction to computing and data science. In this hands-on session, you'll learn the fundamentals of designing and coding while working alongside future classmates, current students, and lecturers. Together, you'll develop a fully functional system, taking it from design to implementation using the latest technology in computer design. Your journey into the fast-evolving field of computing starts here.

In this hands-on session, you’ll have the chance to apply your creativity and construction knowledge in a practical setting. Through engaging discussions with your future classmates and current students, you’ll analyse a given design before constructing, reviewing and improving your work. Our expert lecturers will be on hand to provide advice and guidance, encouraging you to think outside the box and explore innovative construction models and techniques.

Explore the key areas of study you will encounter on the Exercise and Health course, and careers that can be achieved with this degree.

Investigate tools that can be used to support positive physical health and nutrition and ways in which we can measure human performance by participating in a carousel of challenges including:

• Grip strength using the grip dynamometer
• Lung power using peak flow meter
• Blood pressure and heart health
• Nutrition using the eatwell guide and food
• Jump height using the jump mat
• Blaze pods – reaction time

Join the Games team at ARU Peterborough for an exciting introduction to digital asset creation. In this hands-on session, you'll have the opportunity to work independently to create your own custom asset using graphics tablets and 3D mice. With the guidance of our lecturers, you'll then adapt the code of an existing game to incorporate your unique assets. This is your opportunity to meet your future classmates and gain valuable insights into what it's like to be part of ARU Peterborough’s dynamic Games community, through the experiences shared by our current students.

What would you do when there is no clear right answer? In this fast-paced, interactive session, you’ll step into the reality of health and social care practice and tackle the kinds of ethical dilemmas professionals face every day. Working in small teams, you’ll explore powerful real-world scenarios involving safeguarding, consent, risk, and limited resources, sharing views and debating different approaches. You’ll see how doctors, social workers, public health professionals, and voluntary services must work together to make difficult decisions that affect people’s lives. This is your chance to think critically, have your voice heard, and experience first-hand the complexity, impact, and excitement of studying Integrated Health and Social Care.

The year is 2098. Earth’s geopolitical systems have collapsed, ecosystems have vanished, and humanity stands on the edge of extinction. In a last, desperate act of hope, the remaining leaders of Earth have poured every resource into a single bold project: an off‑world colony on the Moon. Because of your unique expertise, you’ve been chosen for the most important task in human history: to design the founding constitution of Luna humanity’s second chance. This time, the mission is clear: build a society rooted in equality, fairness, and justice, one that refuses to repeat the mistakes that destroyed Earth.

In the world of engineering, hands-on experience is key to understanding how theoretical concepts translate into real-world designs. In this activity, you will design and build a mechanical system that transports a marble from one point to another, using everyday materials and gravity.

You will experiment with different ideas, explore how motion and gravity affect your design and make changes to improve how well your system works.

This activity introduces fundamental mechanical engineering concepts such as motion, energy transfer, friction and system design. While showing how design choices directly affect performance and reliability. With guidance from our expert lecturers, you gain hands-on experience and an authentic insight into how mechanical engineers design, test and improve real-world systems.

Immerse yourself in the role of a midwife in our clinical birthing suite, experiencing what it will be like to study in a simulated real-world environment. Led by our expert lecturers, you’ll begin with a taught session exploring the fetal skull and pelvis through a practical demonstration. Afterward, you’ll collaborate with your future classmates and current students to put your learning into practice. In pairs, you’ll have the opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the mechanisms of labour using a manikin baby and a pelvis. This is the first step in your journey as a student midwife.

Step into our state-of-the-art clinical suites and immerse yourself in a real-world simulated environment designed to replicate actual nursing practice. During this hands-on experience, you'll engage in life-saving techniques, specifically resuscitation, in both adult and child scenarios using advanced, life-like manikins.

As you work alongside fellow applicants, current nursing students, and experienced nursing lecturers, you'll learn to identify the critical differences in your approach to resuscitation depending on the patient's age and condition. This exercise is essential for building a comprehensive understanding of how to manage medical emergencies and adapt your care based on the unique needs of each patient.

Following the practical session, you'll participate in a collaborative group discussion, providing you with the opportunity to deepen your knowledge and further explore key concepts in nursing care.

Immerse yourself in the classroom environment in our purpose-built learning space designed to emulate the primary school setting. Working in groups, you’ll have the opportunity to dive deeply into key concepts that are essential for early years development and effective teaching. Exploring the factors that impact a child's growth and the personal attributes of a great teacher.

By collaborating with your future classmates and current students you’ll build a shared understanding of what makes an educator effective, which will be invaluable in preparing you to work with young children in the future. What a great way to start your journey as an aspiring early years educator!

Immerse yourself in sessions designed to introduce you to the role of child and family social work and adult social work.

In the first taster session you will focus on learning how to connect with children in a way that helps identify their emotional and psychological needs without being intrusive. You will explore methods such as creative play, observation, and the use of child-friendly communication tools.

In the second taster session you will use the Gert suit to experience aging and/ or disability. The Gert suit is a tool designed to simulate the physical limitations and challenges faced by elderly individuals or those with disabilities. By wearing the suit, you can gain firsthand experience of the difficulties faced such as limited mobility, joint stiffness, and sensory impairments. In this session, you will start to understand the physical challenges that can impact a person’s daily life and personal care needs, which will help you to offer personalized, empathetic care.

The sessions will conclude with a reflective discussion about empathy and personalisation across all areas of social work practice, bringing you together with current students, your future classmates and the lecturers.