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English Language and Linguistics
English Literature and Creative Writing
Our free workshops offer the opportunity to delve into key themes of set texts and focus on skills. Sessions are delivered online, with short videos delivered when you choose, followed by a live online Q&A and responses to tasks we will set your students. Some of these sessions are also available in person at your school or college. Here’s a flavour of what we offer, and we are happy to tailor sessions to your set texts.
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GCSE English Literature
• The Frankenstein Complex – Mary Shelley’s creature and robots run amok! • Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of Four – Thinking about the detective as artist • A Christmas Carol – Fun and accessible theoretical approaches to the text
A-Level English Literature English Language and Literature
• Gatsby in Love - Exploring romance and finance in Fitzgerald’s America • Who is Heathcliff? – Examining the plot holes in
Wuthering Heights • Dracula’s Children – Looking at why Stoker’s gothic novel is so influential • Othello – Turn detective to figure out key themes with dossiers of historical sources • From Summary to Scene – Examining the show tell balance in Creative Writing your EPQ ideas effectively and enthusiasm to choose a career path?
To book a workshop
To book and arrange your workshop or discuss other bespoke activities please email:
Jodie Matthews
Recruitment Tutor – English Literature and
Email: j.matthews@hud.ac.uk
Careers, university study and EPQ
• Structuring reports and projects – Communicate • Why study English? • Why study Creative Writing? • Enjoying your future – How can you use your skills Creative Writing
History
Sessions are delivered online, with short videos delivered when you choose, followed by a live online Q&A and the option of some interactive workshop activities. Some of these sessions are also available in person at your school or college.
Why study History at university? / Examples of History at university.
A one-hour interactive lecture on what it is like to study history at degree level, the acquisition of hard and soft skills for the modern workplace, and the wide range of career options available to a history graduate.
Women and the Crusades.
Here, we evaluate the common assumption that the Crusades were the preserve of male warriors, kings and focus on how women were involved from the very beginning. The session addresses the “motivation” behind Crusading which features on both A-Level exam boards.
The Tudors – Henry VIII and the Reformation. [online only]
This session considers the extent to which Henry VIII’s divorce of Catherine of Aragon ignited the English Reformation. A-Level themes: authority, religion, and nation in Britain during the early modern period.
The British Empire 1750-1960 / Indian Independence.
Delivered as a one-hour (lecture) or ninety-minute (lecture + primary source activities) looking at the rise and fall of the British Empire. The lecture deals with the main historiographical interpretations relevant to A-Level examination questions. The session can focus on particular regions or periods if desired e.g. colonial India.
Global History/Decolonising the Curriculum.
General talks on new ways to make history teaching more representative of Britain’s diversity. This is designed for both students and teachers who are interested in what such a curriculum might look like or how existing topics could be revamped to be more inclusive.
The First World War.
GCSE and A-Level students and teachers can opt for one of four topics that touches on aspects of both syllabi: 1. The Nurses of Passchendaele 2. Shellshock and the First World War. 3. War Worlds this session looks at the diversity and representativeness of visual sources of WWI. [online only] 4. Wars and Welfare looking at the Liberal Reforms of 1906-1914.
Soviet Russia.
This session focuses on the early years of Soviet leadership after the Russian Revolution. Entitled “Marx, Lenin, Stalin: Understanding the Differences” addresses the A-Level themes of revolutionary ideas and practice as well as the consolidation of the Soviet state under two very different leaders.
The 1918 “Spanish” Flu Pandemic.
This session , compares and contrasts the current COVID pandemic with the disastrous global flu outbreak after World War One that infected a third of the world’s population. This relates to a number of global topics during this period on the A-Level and GCSE syllabi and may also be of general interest.
Nazi Germany.
We can offer sessions on the rise and fall of the Nazi regime and key topics relevant to all A-Level exam board subjects on Nazism or the development of modern Germany. The lecture/ workshop can focus on particular themes or episodes like the demise of the Weimar Republic, the Nazi consolidation of power, the impact of Nazi rule on society, the Holocaust, and the deNazification of Germany.
US Civil Rights.
A one-hour lecture on US Civil Rights in the 1960s to 1980s which covers both race relations and LGBT rights in America. The lecture will use primary sources to analyse methods of civil disobedience and strategies of protest and how these forms of politics in action generated new solidarities.
To book a workshop
To book and arrange your workshop or discuss other bespoke activities please email:
Vikram Visana
Recruitment Tutor - History
Email: v.visana@hud.ac.uk
Media, Journalism and Film
Sessions are delivered online, with short videos delivered when you choose, followed by a live online Q&A and an interactive workshop activity. Some of these sessions are also available in person at your school or college.
Media and the everyday.
A talk about how we use media, and media uses us, at different times of the day, how and why with questions as starting points for a follow-on discussion. This will require analytical and critical thinking skills.
Magazine design.
A practical guide to all the considerations and decisions involved in designing a great magazine front cover -with a task to put together your own cover, using whatever software you have (Word will do!) or even paper / collage. This will develop visual communication and technical skills as well as commercial and audience awareness.
Music fans and gender.
Have you ever thought about how some music is thought to be ‘suitable’ for boys and others, girls? This gendering of culture can lead to discrimination when a ‘serious’ fan doesn’t fit the expected demographic - with questions as starting points for a follow-on discussion. This will require analytical and critical thinking skills.
Interviewing for radio.
A practical talk on why great interviews are vital for radio programmes and how to set them up, for example thinking about questions to ask in advance - with a task in which students interview each other, using their smartphone as a recording device. This will develop audio communication, technical skills and audience awareness.
Films and paratexts.
A talk about how Hollywood movies are surrounded by ‘paratexts’ - trailers, merchandise including toys, books, computer games, media reviews etc - which all work in different ways to draw your attention to the movie and influence what you might think about it - with questions as starting points for a follow-on discussion. This will require analytical and critical thinking skills.
Football match reporting.
A practical talk on the building blocks of football match reporting - with a writing challenge task to do just that! This will develop sports journalism skill and know-how.
To book a workshop
To book and arrange your workshop or discuss other bespoke activities please email:
Jenny Gibson
Recruitment Tutor – Media, Journalism and Film
Email: j.gibson@hud.ac.uk
Drama, Theatre and Performance
An introduction to Drama at Huddersfield.
This is a 20-minute pre-recorded presentation which outlines the course and the sort of things you will do and learn in a drama degree at Huddersfield. It can be followed by a 10-20-minute live online Q&A with one of the lecturers on the course.
Drama Degree Taster Session.
This is a 30-minute practical session tailored to your needs and reflects the sort of practical work that students encounter on the course. Session options might include, ‘Creating a Character Through a Physical Approach’, ‘Approaches to Acting’ or ‘Text into Performance’. The latter can be based on a specific play by negotiation. This is followed by a 15-20-minute talk with an opportunity for a Q&A. This session can be delivered online (platform to suit you) or face to face at your school or college.
To book a workshop
To book and arrange your workshop or discuss other bespoke activities please email:
Bridie Moore
Recruitment Tutor - Drama, Theatre and Performance
Email: b.moore@hud.ac.uk
Music Technology
Workshops will be delivered online via Unibuddy or Zoom. Some of these sessions, where indicated, are also available in person at your school or college. Some workshops will require certain technical requirements but these can be discussed when you enquire.
Modular synthesis with a computer.
You might already have come across a synthesizer as something that looks like a keyboard, or perhaps even as a piece of software that makes certain types of sounds - modular synthesis is a bit different – you work with a set of ‘modules’ that you plug together in the way you wish in order to create sound. This session will introduce you to modular synthesis using the freely available VCV Rack software (https://vcvrack.com). You’ll learn some fundamentals of how synthesis works, the basics of how to combine modules to design sounds and explore the possibilities of working creatively with the software.
Creative audio effects for composition and performance.
Studios are not just places to record sound. They are also places to create and play. In the studio, audio effects are used to modify sound in some useful way. Often this is done to enhance a recorded performance, but in this workshop we’ll look at a small number of audio effects as instruments, thinking about how they can be used creatively to shape a composition or performance.
Music, technology and audiovisual media.
This session explores some of the key elements of sound and music for a variety of contemporary visual media. It covers aspects such as music, dialogue, location sound, SFX, TV idents, foley and sound design for computer games. The session will offer a broad introduction to these areas looking at both the aesthetic and technical aspects illustrated by commercial and music student examples. It is suitable for anyone interested in learning about the various areas musicians are needed or can contribute to visual media production in a practical sense. This session can also be delivered at your school or college.
To book a workshop
To book and arrange your workshop or discuss other bespoke activities please email:
Daniel White
Recruitment Tutor - Music and Music Technology
Email: d.white@hud.ac.uk
Music
Sessions are delivered online, with short presentations followed, in most cases, by interactive workshop activities and a live online Q&A. Many of these sessions are also available in person at your school or college.
Bach chorales without tears.
This session will explore ways of tackling Bach Chorales, understanding their function in Bach’s time, how they were conceived by Bach and how this knowledge can help us to write them effectively today. The session will cover using both Roman-numerals and figured-bass symbols to analyse and harmonize chorales.
Getting started with analysis.
Students will look at the first movement of a Mozart piano sonata and examine approaches to analysing it, looking at melody, rhythm, tonality (key) and form. The session is intended to build students’ confidence in score-based analysis and to develop their understanding of key features of late-eighteenth-century musical style. Knowledge of standard music notation. Some basic familiarity with 18th century music would be useful but not necessary.
Music and drama in Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
This session will look at how Mozart uses music to shape the drama in this most celebrated of his operas. The session will also look at how Mozart uses music to distinguish between characters on the basis of their social class and gender.
Classical music performance workshop.
A hands-on coaching session on learning and performing pre-prepared pieces. This will be of particular benefit to those preparing for performance exams. Students should indicate what they are performing ahead of the workshop and bring their instruments with them.
Working with limitations. [online only]
A workshop seminar exploring the potentials of musical materials. What are the advantages of working with limited musical materials? How might you get the most out of a musical idea?
Thinking about musical parameters. [online only]
This instrumental composition workshop looks at what we mean by musical parameters! How might rhythm, harmony, melody, timbre and texture be best used to accommodate your musical ideas?
Introduction to film music.
What does music bring to film and television? This session introduces some of the key areas involved in studying multimedia music, using scenes from a range of Hollywood blockbusters to structure discussion.
Music of fantasy worlds
This session explores the different ways that we can analyse and understand music in different parts of fantasy worlds. Starting off in the film-worlds of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, students get to grips with some of the key concepts and features of musical language before following the music into theme parks, videogames, museums, plays and the weird and wonderful world of ‘filk’.
Why study music at university?
A broad introduction to the numerous benefits of studying music at university, including the different courses and pathways available and the skills that are developed through both independent and collaborative learning, leading to high employability as well as course satisfaction and enjoyment.
To book a workshop
To book and arrange your workshop or discuss other bespoke activities please email:
Daniel White
Recruitment Tutor - Music and Music Technology
Email: d.white@hud.ac.uk
University of Huddersfield
Queensgate Huddersfield West Yorkshire HD1 3DH UK
Tel. +44 (0)1484 422288 Email. ask@hud.ac.uk www.hud.ac.uk
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