24 January 2006

Discovering Degrees

PHOTOCALL: 11 am, Wednesday January 25th
School of Life Sciences, Old Technical Institute (to rear of Tower Building), University of Dundee

Almost 500 school pupils from all over Tayside and Fife are to get a taste of student life at the University of Dundee as they participate in ‘Discovering Degrees 2006’.

‘Discovering Degrees’ is a series of eight one-day taster courses run by the university’s Wider Access Study Centre. The pupils, all in S2, and their teachers follow a mock undergraduate timetable for a day, which involves interactive workshops, meeting university students, subject tasters, campus tours and working with pupils from other schools.

Among those taking part from the University are the School of Life Sciences and the the School of Architecture. Dundee University Students' Association will also welcome the school pupils into their building.

Discovering Degrees is a free, tailor-made course, providing motivational insight into university life. The course promotes higher education as a realistic and beneficial goal, raises pupils’ aspirations, while emphasising the rewards of undergraduate study.

In 2006 Discovering Degrees For S2 School Pupils runs on the following days:

• Wednesday 25th January
• Wednesday 1st February
• Wednesday 8th February
• Wednesday 15th February
• Wednesday 22nd February
• Wednesday 1st March
• Wednesday 8th March
• Wednesday 15th March

Please contact: Katy Smith, Access Outreach Officer, for further details. Telephone: 01382 384370 or e. mail: k.y.smith@dundee.ac.uk.

Katy Smith
Access Outreach Officer
Wider Access Study Centre
University of Dundee
DD1 4HN
telephone: 01382 384370

For further details:

Roddy Isles
Head of Press Office
University of Dundee
Tel: 01382 384910
Email: r.isles@dundee.ac.uk