Your Applicant Day in Chelmsford

The Supply Chain Showdown: Mission Critical
Experience the thrill of saving a global company in crisis by optimising its supply chain and finances. Step into the role of consultants tasked with saving a major business suffering from supply chain disruptions, financial instability and public backlash. You’ll need to make decisions on your suppliers, solve shipping and cost challenges whilst deciding what to cut, where to invest and how to win back trust. You’ll then pitch your turnaround strategy in three minutes to our judges.

Level Design Workshop
With a choice of level design activities, use industry-standard tools to manage how the space in the game influences the player experience. You might decide to challenge them with game mechanics, evoke particular moods, tell them a story, or involve them in a mystery. We'll discuss how these goals relate to the goals of the Computer Games Design degree and other games courses.

Experience Education at ARU
Join us for an immersive day that will spark your curiosity and challenge your thinking. Engage with the 'Big Education Question' through an interactive Mentimeter activity, where your voice shapes the discussion. Dive into a hands-on session exploring the development of a child, using interactive equipment to uncover answers to key questions. Conclude with a thought-provoking 20-minute lecture on topics such as Education for All, Global Education, or Social Justice in Education. You’ll have the opportunity to connect with future course mates, meet our passionate lecturers, and experience what it’s like to be an education student at ARU. This is your chance to explore the field and shape the future of learning!

Life as an Architect
What does it mean to be an architect? In this session, you’ll use your cognitive and experiential instincts to brainstorm and experience the role of an architect, discussing and analysing the responses as a group and drawing an overall picture of architects' diverse skills and responsibilities. It’s the perfect way to explore and gain insights into the profession’s many facets. 

Explore Architecture and Designs
Architecture shapes our physical environment; it creates a quality of life and supports our economic development. In this session, you’ll learn how to apply design skills and creativity to a building or structure. You’ll discuss the importance of sustainability, functionality, and meeting clients' needs. 

Build a Cable-Stayed Bridge
Experience the world of engineering and the built environment as you build a scale model cable-stayed bridge using everyday materials. The session will showcase this multi-disciplined industry as you’ll work as a team to create a stable, level bridge deck and learn about load distribution, structural stability and design processes. You’ll also explore resource efficiency and sustainability, making this a fun and insightful way to appreciate the world of engineering and the built environment.

For applicants to: Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying

Build a Metal Detector using Arduino
Metal detectors are used in engineering for a variety of purposes. In this session, you’ll work as a team to discover how electronic sensors work by building a metal detector using basic circuit components such as a resistor, capacitor, and inductor (copper coil), powered by microprocessors and microcontrollers. By programming the microcontroller with simple commands, you’ll see how the sensing system detects nearby metals using the principles of electronic filter circuits and inductor sensitivity. 

For applicants to: Biomedical Engineering, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering

Unleash the Power of 3D Printing
In the realm of mechanical industries, innovation is the key to progress. In this session, you’ll dive into the exciting world of 3D design and additive manufacturing by using cutting-edge design software to create and 3D-print a functional machine component or object. Along the way, you’ll explore key engineering principles, including structural efficiency and material optimisation, as you test and refine your designs. 

Step into Medicine at ARU: Hands-On Skills and Interactive Learning
Discover more about Medicine at ARU. Take part in an interactive lecture and hone your knowledge of medicine. Don your PPE and get hands-on in our skills lab, with state-of-the-art manikins, which mirror real-life hospital wards.

Discover Midwifery: Hands-On Skills and Insights at ARU
Discover more about midwifery, meet our students and academics and learn about the history of midwifery. Get hands-on in our skills lab, for a flavour of all the skills you need to be a competent and confident practitioner.

Navigating Nursing Today: Professionalism, Challenges and Expectations
Join us for a dynamic, interactive session designed to give you an insight into nursing in today’s society. We’ll explore professionalism, behavior, and expectations in the nursing workforce, as well as the challenges you might face, to help you feel prepared for your journey into nursing and what lies ahead. Get hands-on in our skills lab, with state-of-the-art mannequins, for a flavour of all the skills you need to be a competent and confident practitioner.

Operating Department Practice: the NHS's Best-Kept Secret
Gain an understanding of the diverse role of the ODP and the perioperative environment, along with an overview of our BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice course including academic and placement elements. Immerse yourself in our skills lab where you'll explore and practice the key skills required to become a confident and competent practitioner.

Ready to Save Lives? Dive into Paramedic Skills and Real-Life Scenarios
Take part in an interactive scenario that will give you a taste of what our Paramedic Science students do. You'll be taught some skills that paramedics use, then apply your own problem-solving skills to a scenario. Paramedics often have to apply their skills in sub-optimal settings, and this is a great way to learn about providing the best care to your patients.

Investigate Doris’s Case and Get Hands-On in the SuperLab
Explore the case of Doris from a public health, medical and pharmaceutical science perspective. Consider the cause of her medical problem and how to treat and prevent it. In the SuperLab, you’ll be hands-on as you perform experiments, including urinalysis and the identification of types of medicine as part of an investigation into an outbreak.

Discover the World of Social Work: Theories, Skills and Standards in Action
Dive into the world of social work. We'll explore key theories, uncover how they’re used in real life, and discover the professional standards that shape this incredible field.

For applicants to BA (Hons) Social Work and BA (Hons) Working with Children, Families and Communities

Understanding Crime and Control: A Criminology Workshop
Dive into the fascinating world of criminology in this interactive workshop. Using real-life case studies and group discussions, you’ll explore how society defines crime, the role of culture and law, and the strategies used to manage criminal behaviour. This dynamic session mirrors the engaging teaching style of our criminology and policing course, offering a hands-on introduction to core concepts. You’ll analyse key crime types, debate controversial policies, and see how criminology shapes justice in the real world. It’s a great opportunity to meet future classmates, connect with your course lecturers, and experience life as a student at ARU.

The Digital Heist: Prove Who's Guilty
A major company has been hacked and millions stolen. As legal advisors, your job will be to analyse the facts (and possibly the lies), apply basic legal principles and theories to prepare a short legal argument and solve the case. Each team will present their legal argument in front of the judge before a jury decides the winner.