Barton Peveril ROUTES TO HIGHER EDUCATION 2010 Mark Henderson Debra Collins Chris Fuller, Southampton University Chestnut Avenue, Eastleigh, SO50 5ZA (023)

Barton Peveril Debra Collins - Student Services Manager Maureen Latham - Careers & Work Experience Coordinator Steve Mukherjee - Oxbridge Coordinator

Barton Peveril How do we help students to progress after College? Dedicated Careers Staff Connexions Staff Progression Events: * Volunteering Fair – 24 organisations * Arts Fair – 15 institutions * HE Fair – 70 universities * Futures Day – 64 representatives Careers resources, inductions and interviews Work experience placements UCAS support service for current and ex-students

Barton Peveril HE Support For Current Year 1 Students Making Your HE Choices – presentations by university staff during Tutor Time (Spring Term) HE Fair – 28 th April 2010 Writing Personal Statements – presentations by university staff during Tutor Time (late Spring/early Summer Term) Personal Statement Writing Guidance Booklet Futures Day – presentation by UCAS staff Rough Guide To UCAS booklet Applying for HE Finance – presentations by finance experts in Autumn term

Barton Peveril Work Experience/Volunteering Work experience essential for some courses (e.g. teaching, medicine, social work) Gives a valuable insight into the profession Enhances the application – include details in the Personal Statement Contact Maureen Latham, Careers & Work Experience Co-ordinator

80.21% of students applied to go on to Higher Education in students applied to UCAS or Further Education in 2009 – 76 were ex-students To date, 929 students have applied to UCAS for 2010/2011 entry – 124 of these were ex-students Barton Peveril H.E. Statistics

UCAS – University and Colleges Admissions Service Excellent website: ,000 different courses - UCASTV – ‘How To’ Guides - Entry Profiles (check course details and entry requirements) - Track progress of applications once submitted Open Days – Barton Peveril How Do Students Apply To University?

UCAS website – APPLY11 Register Complete an application: - include personal details - qualifications (including GCSEs, A levels, music grades) - up to 5 choices of university: September 2011 entry or defer to September personal statement – consider this as a paper interview! Barton Peveril Making The Application

47 lines or 4000 characters Why have they chosen this course? What can they offer the university? Include work experience, volunteering, extra curricular activities, sports clubs, guiding/scouts, drama, music, Duke of Edinburgh etc Future plans The same personal statement is used for each application. It must be their own work – UCAS checks for plageurism! Barton Peveril The Personal Statement

Barton Peveril Non-academic reasons for rejection by Universities Had not read the prospectus. Lack of communication skills Limited commercial interest Weak of outside interests The candidate brought his parent who answered all the questions ‘Dreams’ about being a lawyer Underestimated the workload Poor communication skills No clear commitment No work experience Lack of knowledge of current affairs Poorly written and organised personal statements

Barton Peveril Special Arrangements for Oxford and Cambridge Universities Oxbridge Co-ordinator: Steve Mukherjee Oxbridge Support Programme

Barton Peveril Compact Agreements are special arrangements aimed at providing Higher Education for those who may not otherwise have a chance Chichester University Southampton University A2S Scheme Southampton Solent University Winchester University Winchester School of Art Progression Agreements

Barton Peveril Compact Arrangements How do students apply? Apply through UCAS in usual way Complete Compact Application (available from Student Services) Recommendation made by Barton Peveril Possible offer of a place on Higher Education course with lower entry requirements

Barton Peveril 30 September Internal deadline for students applying to Oxbridge or for Medicine, Veterinary Science and Dentistry 5 th November Internal deadline for all other applications 14th January Final UCAS external deadline for applications Encourage students to apply as early as possible – UCAS APPLY11 available from mid June Applications can be submitted from mid-September Application Procedure Key Dates