Events for Schools and Colleges

Upcoming Events for Students

Linguistics: Using AI Effectively & Ethically When Writing Your Essays

March 26 @ 13:30-14:15.

Dr Matthew Voice, Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics at University of Warwick, will help students explore using linguistics to work effectively with artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT. The session will interactively reveal linguistic strategies for helping AI produce good information and for evaluating the quality of AI outputs. Participants will explore:

How do we construct language to ask AI good questions?
How do we evaluate the language in AI outputs to choose good responses?
How do we ethically include AI outputs in academic writing?

Students will gain insights into ways to use AI to support their writing in school, and see ways that studying language, linguistics, and communication can build tools to work effectively in any professional context.

Suitable for: All Aged 16+ pre-university students. Student groups, and individual students and teachers are very welcome to join us.

Preparation/Pre-Reading: There is no specific preparation/pre-reading but students may like to consider the topic in advance and challenges they may have already faced.

The IT Setup: The event will be run on Zoom and participants will be able to join using laptops, tablets, and mobile devices. If you are joining as a school group, we recommend connecting with one device and projecting on to a whiteboard. You will be able to interact with the university via typed comments and questions and/or via a microphone. Full details will be sent to those who have registered (see below) prior to the event.

Booking a Place: This is free for schools and colleges. If you would like to take part in this event, please register your interest using this link.

Global Sustainable Development Department School Visits

Book a visit from a Warwick Academic to find out more about our sustainability courses!

We’re sure you have many students who care deeply about the environment and want to participate in the movement for a more equal, prosperous and sustainable future. That journey can begin here with us at the University of Warwick.

Our exciting, innovative BASc undergraduate courses in Design for Sustainable Innovation (DSI)andGlobal Sustainable Development (GSD)provide students with the skills and knowledge needed in all sectors of society to secure a new trajectory of sustainable development.

We would love to meet you and your students, therefore our Academics are offering visits to your school in the months of December and January to provide informative overviews of our sustainability courses, as well as guidance for students on the UCAS application process.

Availability for these visits are on a first-come, first-served basis, so please get in touch with details of potential dates for your visit by emailing:

UGDS@warwick.ac.uk(for visits from our Design Studies Academics)
or
UGGSD@warwick.ac.uk(for visits from our GSD Academics)

Win an all-expenses-paid trip to an incredible science facility in France!

Applications open in December 2024.

Taking place at the beginning of July 2025, students will experience what life might be like as an international research scientist, visiting the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble and take part in the Synchrotron@School Programme. Link opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window.

They will also get the opportunity to meet amazing scientists who live and work in Grenoble and also do a little bit of sight seeing in this beautiful French city.

There are sixteen places available, applications are welcome from Year 12 UK Physics and STEM students who identify as female.It is an all-expenses-paid trip - so travel, hotels and food are all covered by XMaS!

Watch the video Link. Opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window that was made by the ESRF team in July 2017.

Applicants will be expected to have an in-date passport, be able to gain any relevant visas, and be available to travel the first week of July 2025.

How to apply:

Using the online application form please complete the following questions:

Research and write an essay on "subject to be decided".(500 words max)
Making reference to our "publication to be decided"(see link below) and any XMaS newsletters, what science has the XMaS project facilitated?(500 words max)
Why is this trip important for you and your future career?(250 words max)

You must have your parent's/guardian's permission to apply to this competition.

Applications for the 2025 trip will open in December 2024.

Women in Physics Evening (Virtual)

16th April 2025.

XMaS is organising an evening for Year 12 female-identifying students who are keen on all things Physics!

The evening will consist of women/non-binary individuals, who work in the University of Warwick Physics Department, talking about how they got to be where they are today, their journey in Physics, as well as touching on their research/what they do now.

The event will be held online and will consist of 5 to 10-minute informal conversations from each speaker, as well as Q&A's at the end. If you are a female student with an interest in Physics and would like to come along, please click the link here to be taken to the attendance form.

University Library - School and FE Visitors

Date: Ongoing

Time: Various

Location: On campus

For all local schools

The Library offers a range of services for students of all ages, which can be found here.

They offer free workshops at the Library and Modern Record Centre to widening participation schools to help locate sources and improve research skills.

We are pleased to welcome sixth form and college students as reference members. This means you can access the library and use books at the Library but can't take books home. However, you are able to browse and photocopy print materials.

For more information on services and opportunities available to your students, please contact library@warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window with ‘Accessible Learning at the Library’ in the email.

WMG Engineering Opportunities

Date: Ongoing

Time: Various

Location: Various

(Students from all Schools will be considered, but priority will be given to local schools with pupils from a Widening Participation background)

Warwick Manufacturing Group offers a number of different workshops and talks about Engineering to local primary and secondary schools.

For more information, please click hereLink opens in a new window.

Student Funding Sessions

Date: Ongoing

Time: Various

Location: In School

The Student Funding Outreach Team can deliver workshops and presentations in schools to offer impartial information and guidance to Sixth Form students, teachers and parents.

We will provide students with an overview of how student finance works, covering entitlements through to loan repayments. We can also advise parents and teachers on how to best support their student as well as look at some of the financial challenges students might face and how these can be addressed.

Please click hereLink opens in a new window for more information