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[Invitation] Study UK East Asia Webinar Connect, 23 March – 1 April 2021
We invite you, your students and colleagues to join us for the second series of ‘Study UK East Asia Webinar Connect’ from 23 March to 1 April 2021 via Zoom Meeting platform.
Through this webinar, students, parents, education professionals in addition to you and your colleagues will have the opportunity to learn all the ins and outs about how to select subjects and courses when applying to UK institutions. This webinar is free and open for students in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR and Taiwan.
In this 2-week event, the theme of webinars will be twofold:
- Week one (23 – 25 March) for Undergraduate applicants
- Week two (30 March – 1 April) for Postgraduate applicants
Each webinar will be having 3 segments, where it consists of:
- 1 hour subject related talk by the University’s speaker for Undergraduate webinars and 2 hours panel discussion will be held for Postgraduate webinars
- 40 mins of alumni/current students’ sharing of experiences, as well as some useful tricks and tips during your study in the UK (only for Undergraduate webinar)
- 30 mins of breakout sessions, where you are able to speak to individual university
Given below are details and schedule for the webinar:
| Tuesday, 23 March
18:00 – 20:15 WIB
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Things that I wish I knew before studying Life and Health Sciences (Undergraduate webinar)
18.00 – 19.00 WIB Studying Life and Health Sciences in the UK: A more in-depth look ◆ Why study Biosciences? – by University of Exeter ◆ Diagnosis to Treatment & Biomedical Science to Pharmacy: A roadmap to adventures and opportunities – by University of Portsmouth ◆ Careers in Life Sciences, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy – by Brunel University London
19.05 – 19.45 WIB Things that I wish I knew before studying Life and Health Sciences ◆ TBC, Brunel University London ◆ Curtis Wong, Msc Sport and Health Science (2019-2020), University of Exeter (Hong Kong SAR) ◆ Melanie Lim, MPharm (Hons) Pharmacy, University of Portsmouth (Malaysia)
19.45 – 20.15 WIB: Breakout sessions
【Speaker Profile】 Dr Sam Stevens Admissions Tutor and Study Abroad Programme Director College of Life and Environmental Science University of Exeter
Dr James Brown Associate Head (Global Engagement & Education Partnerships) School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences University of Portsmouth
Dr Emmanouil Karteris Senior Lecturer, Life Sciences Brunel University London
Prof John Cossar Divisional Lead / Senior Lecturer – Physiotherapy, Health Science Brunel University London |
| Wednesday, 24 March
18:00 – 20:15 WIB
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Things that I wish I knew before studying Computer Science (eg: AI, Big Data, Security etc) (Undergraduate webinar)
18.00 – 19.00 WIB Studying Computer Science in the UK ◆ Exploring computer sciences, AI and Data Science courses in the UK – by Keele University ◆ TBC by Oxford Brookes University
19.05 – 19.45 WIB Alumni & Current Students Sharing: Things I wish I knew before studying in Computer Science ◆ Jian Puthucheary, BSc Computer Science, Keele University (Malaysia) ◆ TBC, Oxford Brookes University 19.45 – 20.15 WIB: Breakout sessions
【Speaker Profile】
Dr Marco Ortolani Director of Recruitment and Marketing for Computer Science School of Computing and Mathematics Keele University
Dr Matthias Rolf Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Oxford Brookes University |
| Thursday, 25 March
18:00 – 20:15 WIB
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Things that I wish I knew before studying Social Studies & Media Communications (undergraduate webinar)
18.00 – 19.00 WIB Studying Social Science, Film and Media Production in the UK ◆ Film and Media Production at The University of Cumbria ◆ Making Sense of the World: Why Study Social Science? – by University of Exeter
19.05 – 19.45 WIB Things I wish I knew before studying Social Studies & Media Communications ◆ Archit Vishwanath Hegde, BA(Hons) Film and Television, University of Cumbria (India) ◆ TBC, University of Exeter ◆ Cheryl Wong, BA(Hons) Combined Honours in Media with Philosophy, University of Newcastle (Hong Kong)
19.45 – 20.15 WIB: Breakout sessions
【Speaker Profile】
Michael Mitchell Principal Lecturer Institute of Arts University of Cumbria
Dr Ernesto Schwartz-Marin Admissions Tutor and Lecturer in Sociology College of Social Science & International Studies University of Exeter |
| Tuesday, 30 March
18:00 – 20:30 WIB
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Critical skills that matter in the Business world after Covid-19 (Postgraduate webinar)
Opening Speech: How can we “future proof” the workforce of tomorrow? by LinkedIn
Panel Discussion:
◎ Moderator：
Dr Scott Taylor
Professor David Boughey
Wayne Fiddler |
| Wednesday 31 March
18:00 – 20:30 WIB
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Engineering and technology for sustainability: Career opportunities for the future (Postgraduate webinar)
Opening Speech: Current trends and core skills required for the future in engineering and technology industries, by the Department for International Trade
Panel Discussion:
◎ Moderator：
◎ Panel Speakers：
Mike Bayes
Professor Voicu Ion Sucala |
| Thursday, 1 April, 18:00 – 20:30 WIB
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Future of the Creative Industries: Core Skills Required in the Post Covid-19 era (Postgraduate webinar)
Opening Speech: Current trends and core skills required in the post-Covid-19 era, by The British Council
Panel Discussion:
◎ Moderator：
◎ Panel Speakers：
Charles Parrack
TBC, Coventry University |
For more information: https://www.britishcouncil.hk/en/study-uk-east-asia-webinar-connect-spring-2021
REGISTRATION LINK: http://bit.ly/3r3fvIR
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