WELCOME TO YOUR SOPHOMORE YEAR

🎯 Theme Workshops in Term 1, 2 and 3

Theme Workshops will focus on overarching themes like cities, food, infinity, or money. We'll explore real-life topics and their interconnectedness, moving beyond rigid subject-based thinking to understand the world's complexity. This approach will develop your critical thinking, problem-solving, and media literacy skills. It will also help you identify your interests and connect them to academic or professional areas, guiding your study and career choices. 

Term 4: You in University

The module helps to identify the connections between school subjects and their practical, real-life applications. Through exciting and modern topics, we explore how the defining trends and problems of our present can be approached from the perspective of multiple subjects. By the end we will not only be more aware where secondary school subjects can lead but we will see what can influence our decisions when choosing a specialisation.

Your Schedule

Based on your group allocation, Theme Workshops will take place:

- Group A: Tuesday, 17:30-19:00

- Group B: Wednesday, 17:30-19:00

- Group C: Saturday, 10:00-11:30

- Online Group: Thursday, 17:30-19:00

Format: Small group sessions

Schedule: Pick your timeslot from from a number of options

Number of sessions: 6 sessions per term

Length: Workshops last for 90 minutes

Registration: Before the first term, via Classroom

💬 Mentoring

Your mentor will support your learning journey and personal development. You will meet termly for an individual mentoring session, a space for you to discuss your goals and interests in depth, ask questions, share your thoughts and get support to ensure you make appropriate progress at Engame. 

Type: Core

Format: One-on-one sessions

Length: 45 minutes per term

Registration: agree on time and platform via email with your mentor 

🏁 Fast track

Above your core program elements, you have the option to Fast Track your learning i.e. take additional classes from the Junior year ahead. Fast Track registration is open in Term 2, 3 and 4 and you will be asked to submit a brief description of why you would like to attend the seminar of your choice. 

Type: Optional

Format: join a Junior seminar for a whole term

Registration: signup via Classroom before the term start 

🚀 Project (part of Discovery Week)

In Sophomore year you will have the opportunity to complete a project - a full cycle of planning and implementing one.  Read our dedicated Project Page for a full description of what an Engame project is and what support you can receive through the process. Once you decide to embark on an Engame project, be sure to register for a Project Kick-off session during Discovery Week in term 1 or 3, to help you get started. 

Your project is a great opportunity to experiment with a question or topic you're interested in, develop useful skills, and it can - as it often does for Engamers - feature in your uni application further down the line!

Format: Project sessions and individual work 

Mode: offline and online

Schedule: Project sessions during Discovery Week

Registration: part of Discovery Week registration via Classroom

🧩 Skill-Building Workshops (part of Discovery Week)

Each term, we offer a wide range of skill-building workshops focusing on key academic, 21st century and personal skills. You are welcome to sign up to any number of skill workshops during the year. 

Format: one-off 90-min sessions

Mode: offline and online

Schedule: During Discovery Week, on weekday 

afternoons and Saturday morning

Registration: part of Discovery Week registration via Classroom

🎤 Meet the Expert (part of Discovery Week)

A wide range of Meet the Expert sessions are held in Engame or online, where we invite people with exciting academic and professional backgrounds who love what they do. They share their stories, the dilemmas they faced during their career, and talk about various aspects of jobs they’ve had, giving you great insight into what working in different fields entails to help your orientation.

Format: one-off 90-min sessions

Mode: offline and online

Schedule: During Discovery Week, on weekday 

afternoons

Registration: part of Discovery Week registration via Classroom

🏢 Field Trips (during term time)

We organize field trips to a range of exciting places from the coolest startups to high-value multinational companies, and from state and cultural institutions to NGOs. You will get a glimpse into how people work at these organizations and what they do. Come with an open and curious mind - you may learn about areas of work you haven’t considered before for your own future!

Format: guided group visit

Mode: offline

Schedule: mostly on weekday afternoons

Length: 90 minutes - 2 hours

Registration: announced 1-2 weeks ahead of time, registration via Classroom