Opportunities in and near Armadale

Spend a week with a UK in-house legal team, taking part in hands-on activities, seminars and a visit to a law firm. You’ll also see the manufacturing facility, service and repair centre, and other support teams in Dumbarton.

Try hands-on activities across subjects from computing and criminology to nursing and engineering, then speak with academics and current students about undergraduate study. Explore a course you're considering and get a feel for the Paisley campus.

Try taster workshops in performance, production, music and community arts, led by creative industry professionals. Meet current students and discover creative opportunities across Inverclyde.

Meet NHS practitioners and explore pathways into nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, social care and more. Reflect on your strengths, learn what each role needs, and experience day-to-day activities in workplace settings.

Shadow healthcare teams across areas from pharmacy and nursing to laboratory medicine and medical physics, and see how different NHS roles work. Placements range from one-day experiences to four-day opportunities, depending on service capacity and demand.

Chat with lecturers about course content, explore campus on a guided tour and get answers about funding and learning support. This informal drop-in needs no advance booking, and you can take a break in the campus café.

Tour the campus, explore classrooms and learning spaces, and speak with lecturers about courses, entry requirements and progression routes. You can also get advice on applications, funding and student support, plus find out how S4-S6 pupils can study a college course alongside school subjects.

Tour campus and accommodation, meet lecturers and students, and see current student work as you explore courses, funding and support. For forestry or horticulture, head to Balloch for tours, activities and demonstrations with staff and professionals.

Explore undergraduate nursing, optometry and oral health science at an open day where you can meet current students and speak with lecturers and support staff. Find out about course options, funding and extra support, then tour lecture theatres, recreational spaces and clinical skills rooms.

Visit campus to explore what day-to-day study is like, hear staff explain the College ethos and practicalities, and ask about funding, classes or timetables. Open to full-time, part-time and modular study; lunch is provided.

Deliver Awareness to Action sessions in your local community, in person or online, using ready-made resources to help people understand sight loss. You could connect with community leaders, businesses and local groups - and get induction, training and a toolkit.

Spend around one hour a week having supportive phone conversations with visually impaired people matched to you through shared interests. Calls are confidential, and no telephone numbers are exchanged; the organisation connects you both. Training and ongoing support are provided.

Explore five interactive modules where geographers use mapping technologies, analyse data and tackle real-world tasks on natural hazards, city planning and resource security. Work at your own pace, hear pre-recorded industry talks and earn a completion certificate.

Observe classes, meet staff tutors and current students, and get a first-hand feel for drama-school life at an in-person open event. Free virtual panels let you ask staff and students questions; in-person visitors get a free bus from Oxford city centre or Oxford Parkway.

Develop and deliver marketing campaigns, write press releases, support media outreach and manage social channels. You’ll create content, update the website and photograph events, with flexible on-site or remote volunteering, free refreshments and expenses covered.

Create original 2D art inspired by wild mammals from the British Isles, then submit it online in categories spanning portraits, artivism and mammal stories like zines or short comics. Judges pick category winners and one overall winner; AI-generated and copied work aren’t allowed.

Hear academics debate how AI, robotics, nanotechnology and quantum computing can drive positive change while limiting harm. Explore the social, economic and political choices shaping how these technologies are developed, deployed and governed; attend on campus or register to watch on LSE Live.

A Zoom webinar breaks down the Cambridge application process and what studying there involves, then gives practical guidance on next steps. Students in Year 11, Year 12 and equivalent year groups worldwide can join remotely from wherever they’re based.

Explore how Cambridge fits into the wider university landscape in an online session led by an experienced admissions tutor. Get guidance on choosing A-Level or equivalent subjects for future study, then bring your questions about Cambridge and its application process to the Q&A.

Get practical guidance on making your university personal statement stronger, clearer and more compelling. Then hear directly from current Cambridge students in a post-presentation Q&A about Cambridge and the application process.