Year 11 workshops
Throughout Year 11, take part in further on-campus experiences, through a ‘hands-on’ faculty-based workshop. Continuing from Winter School, you will work with UTS academics, student mentors and staff to increase your confidence in the university environment.
The projects relate to your school curriculum, so you will also build skills useful to your HSC studies – and life beyond.
Faculty workshop 1: October 2024 – 3 October 2024 (UTS Campus)
Faculty workshops run as a 3 day on-campus event. Over that time, students will work within a faculty to solve a real-world contemporary issue. During the first 2 days, students will explore the issue and, in teams, develop a solution. On Day 3, students will pitch their ideas to industry judges.
| Business | Have you ever dreamed of being a CEO? You will learn first-hand how a company works, exploring key business concepts such as accounting, marketing and HR. |
| Design | This workshop will challenge your perceptions of design; encouraging you to question how design might offer a solution to issues of social cohesion, personal wellbeing and health and safety at school. |
| Engineering & IT | If sustainability starts at home, how can we make household objects more environmentally friendly? You will use technology to design and engineer a futuristic and sustainable household object. |
| Media (Communications): | Do you see yourself, your neighborhood or your community in the things you hear, watch and read? Who decides? You will use critical and creative thinking to create an inclusive narrative of Australia. |
| Health: | What does patient-centered care look like in different healthcare disciples? You will explore nursing, midwifery and public health and apply your new knowledge to patient needs. |
| Law: | Ever wondered what it’s like to argue in court? You will apply the foundations of criminal law to a real-life scenario and develop a case either for or against a defendant. |
| Science: | What are microplastics? You will learn about these tiny plastic particles, explore how they harm the environment and develop solutions to recycle them responsibly. |
Transdisciplinary workshop: TBC (online)
Hosted on Canvas, 'Connected Forces' is a transdisciplinary module which encourages students to appreciate how connection, collaboration, communication and curiosity help us to share discoveries and feelings about being human in a viralscape. Students are introduced to Floric Antennae 1, an interactive transdisciplinary art installation by Joyce Hinterding, owned by UTS ART, which illustrates the intersection between science, technology, maths and creative art.
The workshop is to be completed online. Email uatuni@uts.edu.au for details.