Key Stage 3 Activity

Subject Heroes Event

This on-campus event will task students with overseeing the first response to a simulated chemical spill. Participants will assume various roles across the event, gaining an understanding of how different subject disciplines, their associated careers, and transferable skills, are equally important to successful problem solving. 

Students will leave the event having understood how subjects studied at school and university lead into a variety of careers and will have had the opportunity to experience first hand examples of what these roles entail. Further emphasis will have been placed on the multi-disciplinary nature of working within a team. 

The theme of this event focuses on a simulated chemical spill on Loughborough’s campus. Students will rotate around various job roles over course of the event, to understand how each these would help support the first response, as well as the subject areas that underpin them. Roles covered include: 

  • Environment Scientist – Covering Biology, Chemistry and Natural Geography. 
  • Engineer – Covering Maths, Mechanical, and Materials Engineering 
  • Press and Public Relations – Covering English, Media and Communication 
  • Market Analyst – Covering Maths, Economics, Business 
  • Politician – Covering International Relations, Politics, History 
Each role will have their own set of bespoke challenges to overcome, in which the participating students will have to work together to find the best solutions.
  • As well as giving participating students key insights into how the subjects they are studying at GCSE level can progress into specific degrees and onto future careers, another benefit of this activity centres around skill development. 
  • After students have completed the role related challenges, they will be asked to reflect and give thought to the skills an individual would need to succeed in these roles. For example, the Press and Public Relations role would need strong attention to detail, ability to work under pressure and deliver against tight deadlines. 
  • As part of the activities, students will receive recorded lectures from Loughborough academics, to give them real world insight into how students from their courses are now in careers that support disaster response. 

Key Stage 4 Activity

Make a Million Event

This event will see students developing their very own marketing pitch for everyday items but with the added challenge of making these appeal to an audience not typically associated with this type of product - for example, game console targeting at individuals aged 65+.

Participants will have to use a variety of skills and take up different roles within their groups to ensure that the pitch is completed. Students will also gain an understanding that in their careers they may encounter challenging work-based project challenges that require a future proof set of skills.

This event begins with an engaging presentation from a recent Loughborough graduate, Seth Burkett. Throughout his educational and professional career Seth has encountered many unforeseen obstacles which have ultimately altered the direction he has chosen to take. This inspirational talk will encourage students to embrace any challenges they may face, seizing new opportunities they may present.

Building on the insights offered by Seth students will then be assigned a group and asked to work as a team develop and deliver a unconventional marketing pitch. They will be asked to work creatively and flexibly, identifying how they can work around the challenge to create a successful result.

Each presentation must include:

  • A logo and slogan for their campaign
  • An endorsement from an appropriately linked famous individual
  • Promotion plan
  • Short review of market competitors

In addition, the pitch should include a product strategy focused on either:

  • A health benefit offered by the product
  • How the product works towards sustainability goals
  • Students will gain an insight into how university learning, in particular group work, can support them in developing a set of future proofed skills.
  • Students will understand the need to work flexibly to overcome challenges they may face in individual work projects or within their overall careers. They will feel confident in doing so and recognise that a change in direction can often be a positive thing!
  • Students will develop their teamwork, project management and time management skills. Furthermore, they will recognise the importance of these skills for future success.
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