Sixth Form Progressions evening Key note speech ‘The benefits of university’ Hannah Dunlop University of East Anglia The Apply process/ Seminars on offer tonight -Mr Sexton Break – informal questions with refreshments Your Choice!

Year 12 Termly monitoring –minimum expected grades Students investigate choices and prepare database of possible choices Higher Education Convention-June 2016 as part of 2 day futures programme Aspire group Taster days advertised and pushed

The Application Process (use parents guide and Apply book ) Choose courses – Hannah Dunlop can tell you more Complete form online and write personal statement ucas videosucas videos Learn more about the Personal Statement from Miss Wheeler School checks, adds reference, sends to UCAS UCAS sends to universities Universities make offer or rejects. Student accepts one firm and 1 insurance

The Application Form 1. Qualifications- includes unit grades of completed AS exams, increasing use of personal statement and entry tests 2. Courses/Institutions up to 5 institutions. NB screened applications. 3. Personal Statement 4. School Reference

Role of Parents Read and digest Parents Guide- Look at UCAS videos make sure student does too Monitoring,support and encouragement- is performance in termly reports at or above target grades? Help in choosing courses, visiting universities Investigating alternatives if appropriate Is course highly rated?(unistats), do graduates get jobs easily?, is the course challenging enough? (Target grades) Use of Times/Guardian Good University Guides NAGGING about deadlines checking personal statements

Apply 2016 booklet A really good booklet that has so much information on all the options following the Sixth Form Make sure you take a letter and to ensure we can cover our costs we will accept up to the deadline on letter only If you have a ParentPay account at WGSB use that alternatively simply pay by cash/cheque made payable to WG6 ONLY £4 (normally £7)

Competitive courses English, Law, Physiotherapy, Medicine, Oxbridge, Journalism, Architecture Selecting Universities ( Russell Group, 1994 group) Increasing use of personal statement Increasing use of extra tests Miss Dunlop can tell you more

A Gap Year Break after 3 years of exams. Hastens maturity! Looked at favourably by universities, employers… but….. Certain courses not so keen, will need reassurance Gap Year a great idea – widens horizons but should be planned We will revisit this in Futures Days later on in the Year

Alternatives to HE A level leavers jobs- Price Waterhouse, Deloittes,KPMG etc… Higher Apprenticeships/ Degree Apprenticeships High A level grades required!! Jobs where part time degree included A big feature of recent Career Convention also featured at HE Convention/ Futures days

Alternatives to UK universities Studying abroad is now more competitive Learn more by going to studying abroad talk with me

Key dates Upload draft statement by mid July Complete application form by September 1 We will complete UCAS forms on first day back in September Submit Application by 30 September 23 September Oxbridge/Medicine Oxbridge/medicine /dentistry OCT 15 August 2017 A level results day

Your Choice! Personal Statements – in Hall with Jade Wheeler University of Surrey- Student finance- Laura West University of Kent HU4 The right course and university Hannah Dunlop HU8 Apprenticeships Chris Homewood KCC Apprenticeships HU3 E2W A programme to support apprenticeship applications – Mark and Rhian HU6 Accessing Higher Education through Further Education HU1 Studying Abroad Mr Sexton HU7 Parents/students may wish to split up to attend separate talks.

You will be guided towards Humanities Corridor Humanities Corridor HU1 Accessing HE through FE HU4 Student Finance HU8 Right Course and University HU7 Studying abroad Mr Sexton HU2HU3 Apprenticeships HU6 E2W To HALL Steps

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