On Friday, 23rd February, the students, from the Arts and Humanities section of the programme K+, were introduced to the life the King’s College students experience through the event “Uni-Life”.

K+ is a programme for Year 12s and 13s at King's College in Central London. Many things are done, such as academic workshops, careers fairs and summer schools, to prepare students for university and help them discover what they would be interested in studying. 

There are eight different sections of K+. These include:

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Dentistry
  • Law
  • Business and Economics
  • Life Sciences and Medicine
  • Social Science and Public Policy
  • Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences
  • Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience

 

During this day, students did a variety of sessions.

Firstly, students did a couple of icebreakers related to organising people’s names and birthdays, which lightened the mood. There was a mini quiz as everyone was coming to the event.

This was also an opportunity for students to talk to people they hadn’t before this event.

Secondly, students attended a lesson with Mark Turner, who helped students practice their annotating concerning gothic literature. 

Students had to find important words in the text and look for links within the four texts we looked at. 

Then, students attended a joint lecture from Dr Edward Zychowicz-Coghill regarding history and John Pearce regarding classics. These are two big departments. The lecture was very informative.

Zychowicz-Coghill talked about joint degrees and how there were personal tutors for history who helped students through extracurriculars and setting extra readings. 

Pearce looked at different sources and talked about one of his favourite sources: a birthday invitation from the Roman Empire.

After the lecture, students had a delicious lunch supplied by Kings College. Students described it as “fancy”. 

Lentil lasagne, South Asian fried rice and different varieties of pizza, one of which included meat, were served.

After lunch, students then worked in teams to do an energiser where we worked in teams to make a pitch to make K+ more national. A hilarious session left the winners receiving starbursts for their work.

A tour by the student ambassadors showed the K+ students the beautiful campus.

After this, an ambassador’s panel held by student ambassadors Chiara, Petch, Madeeha and Anainah allowed students to ask questions about their lives. These questions link to student routines, societies and the transition from A-Level to degree level.

After the panel, students had a look at modern foreign languages. They learnt that languages were not degree courses as it was a teaching-only department and that they taught 27 languages, such as Italian and Arabic.

Students then went to the Language Centre and met Sabeen, who showed us around the centre. 

Finally, they did a reflection on the day and got badges related to the languages they do at the language centre.

In conclusion, the Uni-life of the Kings College students is very eventful. It was a great experience for students. Some students are now considering going to Kings for university.