Normally, DMU’s open days are for new students – but during Leicester Business Festival we’ll be hosting a day just for the business community.
You can take a tour of the new Barclays Eagle Lab and meet the new ecosystem manager to talk about start-ups and support and book onto tours we will be running in each of the four faculties.
9.30am to 11.30am In the Health and Life Sciences Laboratory in the Hawthorne Building. Do you think you’ve got what it takes to identify and develop new antiviral drugs? Over the COVID-19 pandemic, we all learnt a lot about how viruses act, and the importance of developing drugs to protect us from them. Use your new-found expertise in this la lab-inspired escape room experience. Can you develop the next antiviral drug and prevent a pandemic?
10.00am: In Art, Design and Humanities, visit our award-winning Vijay Patel Building, home to creative and design expertise. Our Design Unit will talk about its work helping companies test and develop new products, see our textile testing lab and visit the design or craft studios.
11.15am: Computing, Engineering and Media is home to research into sustainable energy and you’ll be able to see some of the solutions we’re trialling as alternatives to fossil fuels. Visit our Gold standard Cyber Security Labs and learn how cyber psychology is identifying and helping eliminate risks. See our media studios, record a podcast and go on TV.
1.00pm: Health and Life Sciences is changing the face of healthcare training following a significant investment in a skills suite which is training medical professionals. Our HLS academics are at the forefront of digital healthcare innovation and our expertise in pharmaceutical design and manufacturing technologies is helping new entrants establish businesses as well as Big Pharma to bring new drugs to market.
2.15pm In Business and Law, meet our academics who work with SMEs to support leadership development and managing change. Find out how to work with undergraduate and postgraduates via a variety of placement schemes we run with businesses.
3.15pm our Apprentice Team will give an overview of Degree Apprenticeships including: how businesses can access them, how businesses can create an approach to Degree Apprenticeships to develop their talent pipeline and support career progression of existing talent, how the funding works and how to manage an apprentice’s schedule for working and learning.