Documentation and Resources

Building School – University Partnerships

This Guide Book is intended to both enable university staff to initiate partnerships working with local schools and to aid school staff in making contact with a university they wish to engage with.

Planning Your Activity

 

 

Numbers

 

Different activities or facilities make it possible to accommodate different numbers of pupils. It is worth bearing in mind that school classes are usually 30 or lower. For timetabling and other logistical reasons some schools will prefer to bring whole classes to an activity. However, if this number of participants will impact upon the quality of their experience it may be worth considering other options. For instance, running the activity two days running for 15 pupils each day or splitting the class and running two concurrent activities could be more beneficial for students. For larger scale events (on-campus) targeting specific pupils e.g. Pupil Premium or particular subject interests, you could invite multiple schools and allocate e.g. 10 places per school.

 

School pupils examine the evidence during Murder in the Medical School, a work- shop run by the Biomedical Imaging Unit