Art, Humanities and Education Subject Sessions

Get to grips with animation walk-cycle processes using our Wacom Cintiqs, utilising the Animation plug-in this course's teaching team have developed in collaboration with the Computing Programmes for Adobe Photoshop. This session is set in our dedicated Animation studio spaces at Markeaton Street.

Take part in an interactive subject taster which will give you a more in-depth understanding of your course, and the chance to experience the academic content and teaching style we offer at Derby. You'll take part in a creative writing exercise which will enable you to learn about what sort of writer you are and begin to understand writing at a conceptual level. This will help you understand how to develop a rewarding writing practice. 

Take part in an interactive subject taster which will give you a more in-depth understanding of your course, and the chance to experience the academic content and teaching style we offer at Derby. We will be running a hands-on play and creativity session as a subject taster. Our 'clay play' session introduces the benefits of clay play with children and moves into a practical session with clay. 

Take part in an interactive subject taster which will give you a more in-depth understanding of your course, and the chance to experience the academic content and teaching style we offer at Derby. Our 'Exploring Education' interactive session will showcase a range of educational facts and the implications for people interested in a career in education, including teaching. You'll be encouraged to reflect on and discuss your experiences in education throughout this engaging group discussion. 

Take part in an interactive subject taster which will give you a more in-depth understanding of your course, and the chance to experience the academic content and teaching style we offer at Derby. This taster session will look at folk and fairy tales. As a group, you will explore how we read these stories as sites of fantasy,  desire and moral instruction. In considering the differences between traditional folk tales and published fairy tale versions, we can also identify how such tales reflect and reproduce a culture's ideological assumptions. How innocent, then, are these tales for children? 

Take part in an interactive subject taster which will give you a more in-depth understanding of your course, and the chance to experience the academic content and teaching style we offer at Derby. This session introduces you to our purpose built specialist studio spaces for Fashion courses at Derby and you'll try out a subtraction cutting technique for a t shirt. 

Take part in an interactive subject taster which will give you a more in-depth understanding of your course, and the chance to experience the academic content and teaching style we offer at Derby. This session will be set in our purpose-built film and tv studios where you can get to grips with industry-standard equipment. 

Take part in an interactive subject taster which will give you a more in-depth understanding of your course, and the chance to experience the academic content and teaching style we offer at Derby. Bring along a portfolio of your work as there will be the chance to talk through it with the teaching team. This session takes place in our dedicated Fine Art studios based at Britannia Mill. 

Meet our teaching team and current students whilst you explore the course through an engaging press conference.

Take part in an interactive subject taster which will give you a more in-depth understanding of your course, and the chance to experience the academic content and teaching style we offer at Derby. The interactive workshop ‘Analysing Global Crises’ provides an opportunity to take on the role of a global crisis analyst. Through pre-selected in-class theoretical reading, the lecturer will equip you with some basic analytical tools. You will then apply these directly to an ongoing international crisis situation. By the end of the workshop, you will gain some critical insights into who the key actors are in world politics.

Explore our Digital Design Hub which offers students the unique opportunity of getting hands-on experience using industry standard equipment and machinery. You'll be learning about the risograph printing technique in this taster session.

Take part in an interactive subject taster which will give you a more in-depth understanding of your course, and the chance to experience the academic content and teaching style we offer at Derby. During this session you'll examine some primary sources and engage in a group discussion to consider how to use the materials to communicate the history of the period to a wider public.

Take part in an interactive subject taster which will give you a more in-depth understanding of your course, and the chance to experience the academic content and teaching style we offer at Derby. There will be a hands-on drawing activity during this session which is set in our dedicated studio space.

Meet our teaching team along with current students and explore the subject on a virtual treasure hunt.

Meet the teaching team for our Media courses along with current students and explore the subject on a virtual treasure hunt.

Take part in an interactive subject taster which will give you a more in-depth understanding of your course, and the chance to experience the academic content and teaching style we offer at Derby. You'll have the chance to take part in a mixing session in our specialist studios. 

Take part in an interactive subject taster which will give you a more in-depth understanding of your course, and the chance to experience the academic content and teaching style we offer at Derby. This session will be based in our dedicated Photography Lab at Markeaton Street which includes facilities like deep tanks, colour rooms and black and white darkrooms. 

Take part in an interactive subject taster which will give you a more in-depth understanding of your course, and the chance to experience the academic content and teaching style we offer at Derby. During this session you will learn about the history of SEND timeline creation as well as taking part in an enablers and barriers for SEND game.

Meet our teaching team and take part in a hands-on design and technology activity. You'll make a greetings card and explore the principles of the primary curriculum. 

Take part in an interactive subject taster which will give you a more in-depth understanding of your course, and the chance to experience the academic content and teaching style we offer at Derby. This session is based at Derby Theatre where our Theatre courses are taught. You'll get an introduction to experience what it’s like to perform and work in a real theatre and learn by working alongside professionals on top-quality theatre performances.

Take part in an interactive subject taster which will give you a more in-depth understanding of your course, and the chance to experience the academic content and teaching style we offer at Derby.