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Serial killers in the spotlight at Birmingham City University Open Day

5087/KB 19th June 2008

• UK’s leading expert on serial killers to give a taster session
  
  
• Interactive activities, exhibitions and presentations each day
  
  
• Guided tours of campus sites - including £30 million Faculty of Health facilities

One of the UK’s leading criminologists will be heading a discussion about British serial killers when Birmingham City University throws open its doors to visitors this week for its Open Days.  The Open Days will take place on the main City North Campus in Perry Barr on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st from 10.00am until 4.00pm. 

Professor David Wilson, from the Faculty of Law, Humanities, Development & Society, will be giving potential students a taster session of the academic theory of the phenomenon of serial killing.  Would be students who attend this session will be able to find out about David’s work which includes studying, talking to and analysing a number of serial killers.

As well as learning about criminology, potential students will also be able to find out about the University’s wide range of excellent full and part-time courses, this includes foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate and professional qualifications.

Those who attend on either day will be able find out what Birmingham City University has to offer as well as take part in campus tours and a tour of the city. 

Kim Langford, Assistant Director of Corporate Marketing at Birmingham City University, said: “The Open Days are a great way for potential students to gain an understanding of what we do at the University, they are also a good opportunity for those who don’t want to go further afield to study to see what we have to offer. 

“Often, people don’t realise what is under their nose, therefore potential students from Birmingham and the surrounding areas may not appreciate what we have to offer, so our staff and students are looking forward to letting people know what the University is all about.”

At the heart of the Open Days will be a wide range of activities, exhibitions and presentations giving visitors the chance to meet staff and students.  Potential students will also have the opportunity to find out more about the University and learn about the extensive range of courses.

Guided tours of the City North Campus will show off Birmingham City University’s facilities and on-site student accommodation.  There will also be coaches to take visitors to the £30 million Faculty of Health facilities at Edgbaston Campus, the Technology Innovation Centre at Millennium Point, the Hamstead Halls of Residence and on a whirlwind trip around Birmingham city highlights.

Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (BIAD) will also throw open the doors to its campus at Gosta Green, at the School of Jewellery in Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter, at the Department of Art and at the Bournville Centre for Visual Arts.

For further information about Birmingham City University’s Open Days, please call 0121 331 5595 or visit the University website at www.bcu.ac.uk/opendays where you can also register to attend.

For further information please contact Birmingham City University Media Relations Office on 0121 331 6738, email press@bcu.ac.uk or out of hours on 07967 271 532.

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