Wednesday 2 November 2011

Step up to HE

At Hereford we hold events that allow younger people from colleges to come and experience what life as a higher education student would be like.

Today we had students come who were interested in all types of things, some want to take a gap year to consider their options, others want to go on to do a foundation course and others want to go and study prosthetic make up and set design! But they all have one thing in common........... They all enjoy making.

Today we talked to them about life as a student, what it takes and how to go through the interview process. We then got stuck into the fun bit of the day, spaghetti bridges! The students had to build bridges over a river of tin foil, using only spaghetti and masking tape!! We had prizes for the strongest ( we test all the bridges for durability with a couple of slabs of steel and maybe and anvil if that doesn't do the trick!) prizes for the most creative and the finally, the best design!!

Here are some images from the day, everyone had fun and Del and I were the judges and we gave out boxes of chocolates to the winners!

Kate and Del

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