Campus Tours & Activities

Beat The Stock Market

In this stock exchange simulation, you will download an app to your phone, buy stocks and you will have 15 minutes to let it grow.

Criminology

Learn more about what a criminologist is and does for work, to increase your understanding of how crime is defined, responded to, and experienced by different community groups.

We will apply skills and knowledge relevant to criminology to evaluate and tackle the wicked problems faced by contemporary society.

Marketing Masterclass

Learn about the marketing mix, customer archetypes, the purchasing funnel and more.

International Relations

Delve into the world of political parties and campaigning. Learn about leadership, research, strategy, issue identification, campaign planning, polls, and more.

Thinking Like A Lawyer

Come along to the Flinders' law workshop, hear both sides of the argument, learn the law, and you be the judge!

Law students will present scenarios abridged versions of real cases, and students will need to advocate for their client. Covering both civil and criminal jurisdictions, each scenario focuses on a particular law - either theft or negligence.

Art Museum Tour

Guided tour of Flinders University Art Museum’s diverse collection examining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, Conceptual art, and European prints.

Navigating The Digital Landscape - Social Media Management For Aspiring Marketers

Students will gain a practical understanding of social media management, familiarising themselves with the strategies that big brands deploy for success.

Spotlight On Drama

Students will get creative with this interactive drama workshop exploring different performance skills through hands-on activities.

Shooting A Short Dramatic Scene

In this workshop, students try their hand running a film set and shooting a short dramatic scene. Meet the screen production lecturers and have a hands-on experience with some of our equipment.

1-on-1 Appointments

We offer students the opportunity to ask questions about their study options and pathways in a personalised appointment with a Student Advisor at your school.

Academic Writing

Get a taste of life as a university student, with this crash course in academic writing and referencing!

Careers Presentation

An introduction to careers covering work experience, resume writing and the future world of work

Extension Studies Presentation

The benefits of Extension Studies, how it fits in with Year 12, and the topics available to study.

Flash Mentoring

A networking activity for students to connect and learn from a group of current university students about their study areas, university life, and career prospects

Future Pathways Activities

A presentation on the different pathways to university and our courses

Information Nights

For parents and students at a tertiary information evening, we cover courses and pathways, university life and the application process.

SATAC Application Guide

A How-To presentation covering the SATAC application process and terminology.

UniTest

An access program offered to Year 12 students as an admission pathway to Flinders University. UniTEST is an aptitude test to evaluate students’ abilities and aptitudes over three core areas: Quantitative, Critical and Verbal Reasoning, which are crucial to academic success in higher education.

Year 10, 11 and 12 Presentations

Tips on how to get the most out of school, life at Flinders, course information, adjustment factors, how to apply, important dates and pathways.

App Development

Students use MIT App Inventor, a cloud-based visual programming interface, to develop their own Android app aimed at improving concentration and response times.

Assistive Game Controller

Assistive Technology is all around us. These technologies maintain and improve a person's independence, these items may include spectacles, pill organisers, communications aids etc. 

Touchdown

Turn your school students into engineers in this new space workshop. Design, build and test a shock-absorbing system for a space ship to land on the moon, protecting astronauts inside.

Find out what engineering is all about and follow the same steps that real life engineers use to bring their ideas to life.

Big Issues In Education

Interactive presentation where students debate prominent issues in education philosophy which are key to teaching practice.

Sound Through Light Electronics

Students investigate some properties of light and sound waves by building an electronic circuit that allows them to emit signals with an LED and receive those signals using a small solar panel. Students need to bring along a device for playing music that has a standard audio jack (e.g. mp3 player or smart phone).

Water Wheels, Hydroelectric Turbine Design

A village in Nepal needs a new power source. As an engineer, it's your job to build a hydroelectric turbine that can harness the kinetic energy in the nearby river and provide the electricity they need!

Visit our cutting-edge Civil Engineering teaching lab and use the industrial flume to test your team's creation. 

Zumo Robot Programming

Jump into our first year engineering labs and learn about digital electronics by programming a simple Arduino-based Zumo Robot using the C+ language suite

Allied Health

A combined Allied Health workshop that provides students with an insight into the role health professionals play in an interconnected web.

This workshop demonstrates both the complexities and benefits of learning and working in the Allied Health sphere as you work in a team to improve an individual's overall health.

Bananas About Nutrition

This workshop invites students to explore the Nutrition and Dietetics pathway through a series of interactive activities and group discussions centred around food, nutrition and health.

Medicine Pathways

A presentation on pathways to study Medicine and Allied Health courses, including best practice approaches.

Sport In Society

Sport plays a big role in our society, reflecting the ideas and values we live by in our day to day lives.

This interactive workshop will see students engage in and unpack some of the big issues in sport to question what it is we value and who is responsible for bringing about change.

Psych Out

Interactive introduction to brain function and decision making; looking at case studies of synaesthesia, misdirection, concentration and patience.

Codebreaker

An interactive, problem solving workshop that asks students to follow a series of clues to crack the safe, secret agent style.

Analytical Chemistry

Developed to help achieve, cement and extend knowledge of some of the analytical chemistry techniques explored in the SACE Stage 2 curriculum, Experiments include Chromatography and AAS.

This Workshop has limited availability and is only able to be delivered during the 14th - 25th of April, 7th - 25th of July and 22nd September - 3rd October University Break. 

Animal Evolution 

How do populations respond to selection pressure from humans, invasive species and the environment? Through hands-on activity students investigate natural selection and the gene pool in two examples of bird populations.

Chemical Reactions

Using examples from popular demonstrations such as Elephant's Toothpaste, different reactions are explored and where we encounter them everyday.

This Workshop has limited availability and is only able to be delivered during the 14th - 25th of April, 7th - 25th of July and 22nd September - 3rd October University Break.

Cooling Gases

Chemistry and Physics combine in a fascinating show about states of matter. Students are shown some of the more exciting aspects of this using liquid nitrogen.

This Workshop has limited availability and is only able to be delivered during the 14th - 25th of April, 7th - 25th of July and 22nd September - 3rd October University Break.

Forensic Biology

Students have the opportunity to run a gel electrophoresis while learning about how forensic biologists use DNA to identify victims and suspects.

This workshop has limited availability and is ONLY available to be delivered during the following periods: 14 – 25 April, 9 June to 18 July, and 22 September to 3 October 2025.

Marine Biology

Students learn different and unique physical identifiers that could be found in our local (AUS) dolphin species.

Microbiology

There is an outbreak of food poisoning at a local café and Environmental Health Officers have been sent to investigate.
Students use microbiology techniques including gram staining to identify the samples to determine what species caused the illness and help the EHO’s explain what went wrong in the food handling process.


This workshop has limited availability and is ONLY available to be delivered during the following periods: 14 – 25 April, 9 June to 18 July, and 22 September to 3 October 2025.

Oaklands Wetland: Environmental Health

Water is a valuable resource for humans contaminated water can cause many health issues. Conduct experiments in a water system to investigate water quality and potential hazards to human health.

Oaklands Wetland: How Does A Wetland Function?

By utilising nature as our classroom, students will gain an understanding of the importance of biodiversity and ecosystems, relate these to global environmental issues, and how we can address these at a local-scale.
Students will participate in a guided walkthrough of Oaklands Wetland that is nestled within a city landscape. 

Rollercoaster Construction

Students divide into groups and build miniature roller coasters. Students use physics to figure out how to make their roller coasters as fast & exciting as possible.

Science Of Flavour

Our range of food preferences is unique to us, and we experience flavour through a combination of our senses, internal body structure, genes and past experiences. Conduct some basic tests to explore your experience of flavour.

Bedford Park Tour

Tour the lakes, facilities and spaces of the beautiful Bedford park campus.

City Campus Tour

Tour of the study spaces and rooms available at the Flinders city campus.

Flinders Living Tour

Tour of accommodation options available on the Flinders University Campus, ideal for rural students.

Tonsley Tour

Interactive tour of the Tonsley campus, showing the facilities and ties to Industry.