The IB Career-related Programme and Universities Peter Fidczuk UK Development and Recognition Manager

Entry to Higher Education in the UK Universities have long experience of accepting IB Diploma students HEI very positive attitude to DP applicants Outcomes are better than for A level students (Higher Education Statistics Agency research 2011& 2016) Recent Ofqual perceptions survey showed 95% of HE respondents considered the IB was a good preparation for further studies, highest of any programme.

Entry to Higher Education overseas The following Directors of Undergraduate Admission have shared the following:   Marilyn Lewis of Harvard stated that, “IB is well known to us for its excellent preparations. Success in an IB program correlates well with success at Harvard.  We are always pleased to see the credentials of the IB Diploma Programme on the transcript.” Marilee Jones of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggested, “Send us prepared students a la IB...It is the ‘best’ high school prep curriculum an American school can offer.”

IB learner profile The IB learner profile is the IB mission statement translated into a set of learning outcomes for the 21st century As IB learners we strive to be: inquirers knowledgeable thinkers communicators principled open-minded caring risk-takers balanced reflective

UK HE Context Growth in applications to HEI from students holding mixed qualifications, eg A Level and BTEC.

HEI accepting IBCP students 2014-6 Anglia Ruskin Lincoln Bishop Grosseteste Loughborough Bournemouth Middlesex Brighton Newcastle Brunel Northampton Buxton Northumbria Canterbury Christ Church Nottingham Coventry Nottingham Trent Edinburgh Portsmouth Essex Plymouth Falmouth Reading Gloucester Roehampton Greenwich Solent Hertfordshire University of the Arts, London Kent University of East Anglia King’s College, London University of East London Kingston UCA Lancaster Westminster Leeds Beckett Winchester

Subjects studied Accounting & Management History Aeronautical Engineering Independent Games production Arabic & English Interior Design Archaeology & History Journalism Art & Design Law Automotive Engineering Marketing & Advertising Business Administration Media & Film Business & Management Midwifery Computer Science Music Technology Creative Arts Nursing Criminology Palaeobiology Digital Media Paramedic Science Drama Performing Arts Early Years Physics Engineering Primary Education English Literature Policing Events Management Politics Film Sports Management Forensic Investigation Sports Science Geography