S@S Accelerate

What are you doing now?

• Exams

• Thinking about your next step.. .

What comes next?

• More exams?

• Work?

• College?

• University?

S@SAccelerate

S@S Accelerate

• Strathclyde University

• One week programme

• Pupils at end of S4, S5 & S6

• Focus on area of potential study

• Meet professionals and experts in area of interest

• Take part in group challenges and experience student life

S@S Accelerate 1Science & Engineering

25th to 29th June 2012

• Mini Space Academy

• Psychology

• Astrophysics

• Product Design

What you could be doing…

• Testing out a driving simulator• Designing, building and launching a rocket• Talking live to astronauts in Houston• Using computer aided design software to manufacture

and market your product• Doing experiments to prove whether the moon landings

really happened• Measuring your brain activity

S@S Accelerate 2

Business, Law, Education & Social Sciences 23rd – 27th July 2012

• Education

• Sport

• Business and Enterprise

• Chemistry

• Languages

• Law

What you could be doing…

• Preparing and enacting a criminal trial, complete with real judge

• Designing a proposal for the rebranding of an Ayrshire town

• Designing and leading your own fitness programme• Visiting a Commonwealth Games 2014 venue• Making a podcast in another language

S@S Accelerate Timetable

1

10:00 – 12:15 12:15 – 13:05 13:15 – 14:30 14:30 – 15:30

Team Building & Introduction to Giga

ChallengeLunch Giga Challenge Mindsets

2

10:00 – 12:15 12:15 – 13:05 13:15 – 14:15 14:30 – 15:30

Giga Challenge Lunch SAAS Presentation Giga Challenge

3

10:00 – 11:30 11:30 – 12:30 12:45 – 13:30 13:45 – 15:15

Giga Challenge Giga Challenge Lunch Careers/Industry Day

4

10:00 – 12:15 12:30 – 13:30 13:45 – 15:15

Giga Challenge Lunch Giga Challenge

5

10:00-12:00 12:15 – 13:00 13:15 – 14:30 14:45 – 15:30

Giga Challenge Lunch Team Presentations Award Ceremony

Mentors

Cost

• £250 but…

• You can apply for an ILA Scotland account that would give you £200 towards the cost

• So… only £50 to pay

S@S Accelerate: What’s in it for you?

• Find out more about courses and careers that interest you• See what University is really like• Improve your CV• Improve your study and team-work skills• Experience life as a real student• Make new friends

www.strath.ac.uk/irl/accelerate