Canterbury Campus Answers Day
We think Open Days are really about finding answers to all your university questions. Come and visit our Answers Day and ask us anything you want to know.
9am - 3pm
Canterbury Campus
We are living in a digital age. Media, Marketing and Journalism is ever-evolving to reflect the technological changes that fuel our media consumption.
Experts within their fields, ranging from film to marketing, will guide your students through interactive events which put them in control of the hardware and software which power the advance of the digital age. They will also look at the traditional and emerging career opportunities available in this exciting field. Our events can take place at the University and some at your school or college.
To allow enough time for us to put everything in place for these events we ask for a minimum of 5 weeks notice from receiving the booking request to your 1st preference date of activity.
Taster sessions, talks and activities
Media and Communications:
Students will be introduced to some principles of copywriting and will get the chance to put these techniques into practise by crafting their own copy. A shorter session that can be deployed at a talk in any environment.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 12, Year 13 and FE Level 3 |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Group size: | Up to 30 participants |
| Location | University Campus, in school or college or virtually |
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Students will learn about different types of copywriting and will have time to practise each type using a mock brief. This workshop is hands-on over several hours and can be delivered in campus or in schools and colleges.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 12, Year 13 and FE Level 3 |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Group size: | Up to 30 participants |
| Location | University Campus or in school or college |
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An overview of using social media for promotional purposes, including how to plan a social media strategy. This talk can be deployed online, on its own or part of a wider taster day.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 12, Year 13 and FE Level 3 |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Group size: | Up to 30 participants |
| Location | University Campus, in school or college or virtually |
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Students develop a social media campaign based on a mock brief related to sustainability. This hands-on session can be deployed on campus or in your school and college.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 12, Year 13 and FE Level 3 |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Group size: | Up to 30 participants |
| Location | University Campus or in school or college |
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A fast-track communication campaign: students will work in groups to plan a communication campaign in a day, using a mock brief related to sustainability.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 12, Year 13 and FE Level 3 |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Group size: | Up to 30 participants |
| Location | University Campus or in school or college |
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Digital Media:
Want to make fun GIFs to add to your social media? Learning the basics of Adobe After Effects, students will make some basic vector graphics and get them moving to create an animated GIF.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 12, Year 13 and FE Level 3 |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Group size: | Up to 16 participants |
| Location | University Campus |
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Using the basics of Adobe Photoshop, students will learn how to create simple artwork which they will then animate to create a GIF.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 12, Year 13 and FE Level 3 |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Group size: | Up to 16 participants |
| Location | University Campus |
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Are your students budding film makers? Do they enjoy making videos for social media? In this activity, students will learn to shoot and edit a simple product video for social media using the popular cinematic B-Roll inspired production techniques.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 12, Year 13 and FE Level 3 |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Group size: | Up to 16 participants |
| Location | University Campus |
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In this activity, students will learn to create simple digital illustrations suitable for output to physical vinyl products such as laptop stickers, wall decals and t-shirts. The workshop will be a blend of both digital and non-digital techniques.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 12, Year 13 and FE Level 3 |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Group size: | Up to 16 participants |
| Location | University Campus |
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This two-day event features immersive workshops and hands-on activities in animation, digital art, and practical applications. Your students will learn about the techniques and technologies in these fields and gain practical skills for turning their designs into real-world applications. They will collaborate with other young digital media enthusiasts on exciting projects and receive invaluable insights and guidance from our expert instructors, who are passionate about the industry.
The Digital Media Summer School is the perfect opportunity for your students to develop their skills and gain knowledge from experienced professionals. Sign up your students for the Digital Media Summer School today and help them unlock their full potential!
Please note: if you can not attend both days, please let us know which day you would like to take part and we will try our best to accommodate.
| Date: | 15th and 16th June 2023 |
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| Year group: | Year 12 and FE Level 3 Year 1 |
| Group size: | Up to 50 |
| Location | University Campus |
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Film Production:
In this session, students will learn the basics of film and audio editing using Avid Media Composer.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 12, Year 13 and FE Level 3 |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Group size: | Up to 12 participants |
| Location | University Campus |
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A session that will explain how Film Production is learned at CCCU – we will also watch some film excerpts and discuss how we can understand film by looking at cinematography, editing, sound and mise-en-scene.
This session can also be delivered for GCSE level students.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 10-13 and FE Level 2 and 3 |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Group size: | Up to 30 participants |
| Location | University Campus, in Schools and Colleges and Virtually |
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The session will look briefly at what elements can create an effective narrative. Students will then use their own mobile phones to create micro-narratives, suitable for online short video platforms
This session can also be delivered for GCSE level students.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 10-13 and FE Level 2 and 3 |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Group size: | Up to 30 participants |
| Location | University Campus, in Schools and Colleges |
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A session exploring what a director needs to consider when breaking down a scene with a set text, practical blocking activities, and a screening of the actual scene (using Little Miss Sunshine).
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Years 11-13 and FE Level 3 |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Group size: | Up to 30 participants |
| Location | University Campus, in Schools and Colleges |
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Students are offered a central writing prompt activity interspersed with entry-level narrative theory (appropriate to their Media/Film Studies course) and a chance to collaborate on an additional story as a group.
This session is also available for GCSE level students.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Years 10-13 and FE Level 2 and 3 |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Group size: | Up to 30 participants |
| Location | University Campus, in Schools and Colleges |
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A basic film set will be in place with existing CCCU students taking the place of camera operator, sound recordist, boom operator, clapper loader and actors. Students will have a brief explanation of how a film set operates, and then be able to help ‘call the shots’ with the support of another student or academic.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 12, 13 and FE Level 3 |
| Duration | 2-3 hours |
| Group size: | Up to 15 participants |
| Location | University Campus |
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Session exploring the importance of sound in cinema – students will hear about various techniques for understanding and analysing sound in film, such as Michel Chion’s ‘masking’ method. Students will then use their own mobile phones and university sound equipment to record a sync sound sequence.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 12, 13 and FE Level 3 |
| Duration | 2-3 hours |
| Group size: | Up to 12 participants |
| Location | University Campus |
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An exploration of the power of image placement through editing – students will be given information about intellectual montage as a technique for creating meaning and then edit a sequence from clips provided.
This session is also available for GCSE level students.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Years 10-13 and FE Level 2 and 3 |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Group size: | Up to 12 participants |
| Location | University Campus |
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How do you set up an interview for a documentary? What are the secrets of getting the best answers from film interviewees? This session will focus on documentary interviewing: how to set it up, shoot it and how to keep your interviewee relaxed to hear the most passionate responses for your film.
This session is also available for GCSE level students.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Years 10-13 and FE Level 2 and 3 |
| Duration | 1-2 hours |
| Group size: | Up to 12 participants |
| Location | University Campus |
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Marketing:
Understanding basic elements of marketing; being allocated a brand and preparing a poster of how the elements are applied
| Date: | Any time during term time |
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| Year group: | 11 or 12 |
| Group size: | Up to 40 participants |
| Location | Either in school premises or at university campus |
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Learning influencers role in impact consumer behaviour and how businesses engage with influencers to share their key messages. A chance for students to understand how influencers can impact business performance.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 11 or 12 / Year 13 / FE Level 3 yr 2 |
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| Duration | 1 hour |
| Location | University Campus, in School or College or virtually |
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Exploring how companies research and gather information about consumers and what motivates them to buy. Lots of interactive games to explore how individuals make choices themselves.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 11 or 12 / Year 13 / FE Level 3 yr 2 |
| Group size: | |
| Duration | 4 hour taster day |
| Location | University Campus, in School or College or virtually |
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Exploring how digital marketing is used in business today with practical examples to explore how all interactions need to combine together so the company can measure the impact of their efforts.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 11 or 12 / Year 13 / FE Level 3 yr 2 |
| Group size: | |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Location | University Campus |
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Identifying how different social media can be used by a business to communicate with customers. A look at a few specific case studies that have been highly influential.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 11 or 12 / Year 13 / FE Level 3 yr 2 |
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| Duration | 2 hours |
| Location | University Campus, in school or college |
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Exploring how large companies gather data and use it to make business decisions. Today everything we do is monitored and measured so how is that used by companies to make better products and tailor their offer to customers
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 12 / Year 13 / FE Level 3 yr 1 / FE Level yr 2 |
| Group size: | |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Location | University Campus or virtually |
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Understanding the key elements of a brand and applying this to a given product or service to put theory into practice. This will be interactive (if face to face) with student analysing the brand elements of a major service or product brand.
| Date: | Flexible |
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| Year group: | Year 12 / Year 13 / FE Level 3 yr 1 / FE Level 3 yr 2 |
| Group size: | |
| Duration | 2 hours |
| Location | University Campus, in school or college |
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Media & Design Summer School
Our non-residential Media & Design Summer School is a two day event with extremely limited spaces giving your students a taste of what it's like to be a freelancer in the Creative Industry. Throughout the course of the two days there are opportunities to develop skills in film making, animation, branding photography, logo and branding graphic design, game-making, and social media campaigns as your students roleplay freelancers for an independent, sustainable company called Grow.
As the number 1 university for employabaility, all of our staff are practicing and experienced in their respective industries and can open your students' eyes to the many career paths open to them in the creative sector with hands on experiences and realistic tasks.
We have tried to group the workshops on each day of the Summer School so that they will be relevant to students studying Media-based courses (Day 1) or Art, Creative and Design based courses (Day 2). We can accomodate groups of up to 25 students per school. You are welcome to apply for both days, but please consider if both would be sutiable for your students or if different groups would benefit from different days, as there is limited spaces.
| Date: | 4th and 5th of June |
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| Year group: | Year 12 or FE Level 3 equivalent |
| Group size: | Up to 25 |
| Duration | 10:00-15:30 |
| Location | University Campus |
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Undergraduate and postgraduate open events
Subject talks and videos
On this page we've collected a range of videos relating to this subject area. You will find recordings of sessions delivered at previous events, as well as more general videos that will give you an idea of what studying in this area is like.
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