A practical talk on the building blocks of football match reporting - with a writing challenge task to do just that! This will develop sports journalism skill and knowhow.
Outreach Sessions
Enjoy subject-specific lectures or workshops delivered by academics who teach at the University. These are designed to both complement the curriculum and introduce new subject areas.
To book or find out more about 2023-24 lectures and workshops please email sah.recruitment@hud.ac.uk
Art, Design and Architecture
Designing for People (3D Design)
Work in groups to create a chair design for specific users based on their needs.
Concept Collage
In this workshop, participants will create a series of collages for interior design.
Fixing Fashion
Learn how to repair your clothing using simple hand-sewing technique
Costume Illustration
Students will create a collage costume design for their chosen character
Making an A5 Photobook
This workshop is designed to enable learners to create a finished softcover photography book
Paper Scrunch Minature Environments
A workshop to explore interior and architectural spaces through paper and the imagination.
Fashion Brand Marketing
Create the brand identity for a new fashion label
Resist Transfer Printing
Learn how to create quick resist techniques to create images and patterns through heat transfer printing
Mark-making and Designing
Create a series of paper-based designs focusing on mark-making techniques, cutwork and collage
Branding goes Bananas!
Learn the core values of branding through drawing on bananas!
Concept Environments Workshop
Create a series of paper concept environments turning shape in to space
Portfolio Building for Product Design
Develop elements for your Product Design portfolio and interview, with no previous experience needed!
Portfolio Building for Interior Design
Develop elements for your Interior Design portfolio and interview, with no previous experience needed!
Costume Characterisation
Using a random object as a starting point, students will develop a character, and consider their costume
Adobe Photoshop Costume Texture Mapping
Use Photoshop to transform designs for different performers.
Photography - Divergent Thinking
Introduce divergent thinking into your work
Freehand Sketching for Product Design
Participants will develop freehand sketching skills, linked to the concept of Human-centred design.
An Introduction to 3D Printing...
...in Textiles, Costume and Fashion and Blender software
Monoprinting DIY
The monoprinting workshop will focus on experimentation
Still movies: Photography and Narrative
This workshop focuses on storytelling through photography.
Photography: The 4 Minute Game
An exploration of photography and working with limitations
Sharpie dyeing yarn and fabric
Learn how to use Sharpie pens to dye textiles.
Beyond the Plain (for weaving)
Colour and weave for fashion fabrics.
Expressive Embroidery Stitches
Consider the range of stitches to create an expressive gesture.
The Home Photographic Studio
Explore considerations needed when taking photographs at home.
Breaking down costumes
An introduction to enhancing a costume's character
An introduction to pattern making using Photoshop
Make simple pattern repeats using Photoshop.
History

Women and the Crusades
Dr Katherine Lewis re-evaluates the common assumption that the Crusades were the preserve of male warriors and kings.

The Tudors – Henry VIII and the Reformation
This is an online only workshop that focuses on the extent to which Henry VIII’s divorce of Catherine of Aragon ignited the English Reformation.
Media, Journalism and Film

Media and the Everyday
This workshops looks at how we use media in our everyday lives, and why we often rely on media day to day.

Magazine Design
Learn how to put together a magazine using your visual communication and technical skills.

Music Fans and Gender
Have you ever thought about how some music is thought to be 'suitable' for boys and others, girls?

Interviewing for Radio
A practical talk on why great interviews are vital for radio programmes and how to set them up.

Films and Paratexts
A talk about how Hollywood movies are surrounded by 'paratexts' - trailers, merchandise including toys, books, computer games, media reviews.

Football Match Reporting
A practical talk on the building blocks of football match reporting - with a writing challenge task to do just that! This will develop sports journalism skill and knowhow.
Music

Bach Chorales Without Tears
This session will look at music theory and analysis relevant to A Level Music syllabus.

Getting Started with Analysis
This session will give students an introduction to undergraduate level music theory and analysis as well as understanding classical music in context.

Music and Drama in Mozart’s Don Giovanni
This session will consider analysis of music and interpretation in different contexts with different methodologies - music on stage, gender studies.
Classical Music Performance Workshop
David Milsom offers a hands-on coaching session on learning and performing pre-prepared pieces. This will be of particular benefit to those preparing for performance exams.

Working with Limitations
A workshop seminar exploring the potentials of musical materials. What are the advantages of working with limited musical materials? How might you get the most out of a musical idea?

Thinking About Musical Parameters
This instrumental composition workshop looks at what we mean by musical parameters!

Introduction To Film Music
Exploring the world of Hollywood film soundtracks.

Music of Fantasy Worlds
This session explores the different ways that we can analyse and understand music in different parts of fantasy worlds.
Why Study Music at Uni?
A broad introduction to the numerous benefits of studying music at university.