Doors Open Day

Holyrood Campus and Moray House School of Education and Sport are taking part in Doors Open Days this September, for the very first time.

Doors Open Days is Scotland's largest free festival that celebrates places and stories, new and old. And the best part, all Doors Open Days events and activities are free! Across the country doors will be opened wide, welcoming visitors to uncover hidden gems and experience familiar places through fresh eyes.

What to expect

• The campus will be open between 11:00-16:00 on Sunday 24 September.
• We will run guided tours of the campus, highlighting the four historic stories of our beautiful buildings; including Old Moray House and the Summer House.
• After visitors have enjoyed a short tour of Holyrood Campus, a variety of family drop-in activities and taster events, suitable for all ages, will be running on the day.
• Language taster events will run on the day offering visitors a chance to get a flavour of what they can expect if they book a short course in languages at COL. 
• The following languages will be represented on the day; Arabic, BSL, French, German, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish and Ukrainian. 

There will be a series of short interactive workshops in Humanities and Social Sciences running alongside campus tours on the day:

• 11:00-12:00 Creating your fictional character
• 12:15-13:15  'Found' poetry
• 13:30-14:30 Thinking about kinship
• 14:45-16:00 500 Words in 30 Minutes
• Please note timings are subject to slight changes, please ask on the day for any updates

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