The Importance of Social Media

Over the past two years there has been a prominent need for the use of social media within our UCLan FoundationCampus Centre and throughout the past few months there have been many changes within social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

UCLan FoundationCampus have been trying to find out ways in which we can engage prospective students, current students and tutors to enhance their learning and interactivity with each other to form a more effective communication channel.

It is important that we continue to use these sites to connect in a modern and effective way with our target audiences as it creates a better learning environment and will also give them the opportunity to meet friends and keep in contact with them before they arrive or when they leave us helping them to feel more at home during their time with us living in the UK.

Not only can they keep in contact with each other but they can keep in contact with us at UCLan FoundationCampus in terms of asking us questions, posting photographs and giving us feedback.

We are also able to organise events and post photographs on these sites in order to help build our social community throughout the Centre.

Our students really get involved with all of the content that we post on to our social media sites and it is a good way of them showing their parents and agents how they have been getting involved during their time studying with us.

Not only does this improve their English skills and team work by socialising but it enhances their ability to work with other students from different cultures all around the world.

If you would like to follow or like us on Twitter and Facebook then please check out these websites:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UclanFoundationCampus

or

Twitter: https://twitter.com/UCLanFoundation

Educational visit to Landrover & Cadbury

Business students had an action packed day visiting Landrover and Cadbury, Birmingham.

After an early start our students were taken into the heart of a world leading vehicle manufacturer. Students had a tour of the factory from guides with a combined experience of over 75 years of work at Landrover. They were taken around the 300 acre site and witnessed the 90 second process times for each part of the vehicles. The saw the robots, welding and final car assembly. The guides were excellent and gave the students an overview of the business and how one individual can effect the profit and success of the whole production line. The guides also gave students details of the £700, 000, 000 that Tata are making to the site.

To see what the students toured watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtiAWxTkd10

We then drove to Cadbury where students toured the packaging factory and could sample many forms of Cadbury chocolate. Our day finished with an informative talk for our students from a business manager who tailored his talk to the countries of our students. He gave an overview of Cadbury, the recent changes and how Cadbury features in the global market with Kraft food.

The day's details can be found here: http://www.bxlworks.org.uk/images/stories/PDFs/secondaryprograms/may2011/cw%20landroverf.pdf

Pictures can be found in our gallery.

Futures at the University of Central Lancashire

Today students received a talk from The University of Central Lancashire's Enterprise Champion, she informed students of how they can be supported in starting their own businesses with:

- Futures http://www.uclan.ac.uk/information/services/futures/index.php
- Northern Lights http://www.uclan.ac.uk/information/services/northern_lights/index.php

This talk formed part of our students academic course and their pastoral programme.

Entrepreneurs Live at Manchester

Our Undergraduate Foundation Programme and International Diploma students visited Manchester for a fantastic day of business. Successful entrepreneurs spoke to our students to let them know what doing business is really like.

More about the event can be found here.

UclanFoundationCampus' photostream

UclanFoundationCampus' photostream on Flickr.

Engaging Business Focus Group Simulation

Business pathway students took part in a mock focus group activity using chocolate biscuits as part of their market research topic in their UFP business course.

Check out the photo here.

Bonfire Night Lancaster Visit

Students witnessed the Lancaster Fireworks Spectacle from St George's Quay, Lancaster on a crisp, cold and clear November Night. The students looked up from the Quayside to the display which was set off from the historic Lancaster Castle, where a castle has stood since the 1100's. Visit http://www.lancastercastle.com for more information about the castle.

To find out more about the history of the 5th November visit:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/gunpowder_robinson_01.shtml

You can see a video of the fireworks finale here.