Contact us
If you would like to register your interest in one of our sessions or speak to someone about the support we can offer, please fill in the form on our contact page and a member of our team will contact you.
Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Duration: 30 – 60 minutes
Gatsby benchmark: Supports GB1, GB2, GB7
This session covers:
Why study in higher education?
How to choose the right course and university
What options are available
Understanding entry requirements
Looking at career outcomes
Duration: 30 minutes
Gatsby benchmark: GB7
This session covers:
How is Leeds Beckett different from other universities?
Overview of our courses
Extra-curricular opportunities
Accommodation and student life
Specific opportunities to visit (e.g. Open Days and Applicant Days)
Duration: 30 – 60 minutes
Gatsby benchmark: Supports GB1, GB7
This session covers:
Key dates and timescales
Understanding entry requirements
Personal statements: what to include, how to structure thoughts and how to refine the statement
Duration: 30 – 60 minutes
Gatsby benchmark: Supports GB1, GB7
This session covers:
Myth busting student finance
How tuition fees actually work
Living costs and maintenance loans explained
Budgeting and part-time work
Scholarships and bursaries
Understanding loans and repayments
Duration: 30 – 60 minutes
Gatsby benchmark: GB7
This session covers:
The benefits of going to university
What to expect: the realities of student life
Accommodation
Extra-curricular opportunities
Budgeting and money management
Student support
Myth busting and student Q&A
Duration: 30 – 60 minutes
Gatsby benchmark: GB4, GB7
This session covers:
Taster sessions to give students experience of university-level study
Delivered by academic staff on specific subject areas, depending on availability and location
Topics drawn from our range of undergraduate courses
Duration: 30 – 60 minutes
Gatsby benchmark: Supports GB1, GB7
This session covers:
Information on which courses require interviews
How to succeed in interviews
How interviews are structured
Transferrable interview techniques for job interviews
Duration: 30 – 60 minutes
Gatsby benchmark: Supports GB1, GB7
This session covers:
Organisation and planning
Research and referencing
Goal setting and maintaining motivation
Exam technique
Duration: 30 minutes
Gatsby benchmark: GB7
This session covers:
How to narrow options down before the event
Things to do at an event
Questions students could ask exhibitors/academics
After the fair/event: how to reflect and make informed decisions
As a university with a rich history of research-led teaching and with more than 150 courses offered at undergraduate level, our academics are in a strong position to stretch and challenge your students and to enhance your curriculum.
Visit our course pages for a full list of our courses, and contact us to find out more about our Stretch and Challenge sessions.
We offer a range of talks and workshops linked to our academics’ specialist subjects that will illustrate the difference between further and higher education and also the wide range of career options available to graduates.
These talks are offered in the majority of our subject areas.
We regularly run on-campus Subject Enhancement Days throughout the year that will immerse your students in a particular subject area through a series of themed Stretch and Challenge sessions.
Led by our academic staff, these Subject Enhancement Days will give your students the opportunity to gain first-hand experience of studying on a university campus.
If you would like to register your interest in one of our sessions or speak to someone about the support we can offer, please fill in the form on our contact page and a member of our team will contact you.