1. My post-16 journey

2. UCAS
New look website
Extra features – course search/ tariff checker/ ucasTV
Adviser track

3. HE trends
More competitive market – potential for students on lower grades to ‘trade up’
Climate of unconditional offers – employers stil want to see high A level grades
New tariff- EPQ equates to hald an A level
Predicted grades ??? No AS results to work with
Personal statements and references more impotant
Contextual data important

4. Destinations
Celebrate – display – website/ subject areas/ destinations board in main school/ assemblies
Share with subject teachers and new cohorts
Use to help students / contact previous students – our alumni are our best advert

5. Early entry Self selective
Support for students provided with external /internal programmes
Parental involvement
Visits to universities
Research work-Scholars programme/ Wadham programme/ Future learn/ Realising Opportunities/ Extended project

6. Early entry Extended research and reading Course research / visits
Summer school opportunities
Personal statement preparation
Mock interview practice – general discussion /debate
Autumn term – mock interview programme

7. Supplementary exams Need for preparation Timing of test – Nov 5th
UKCAT/LNAT – best time to do the tests
Exemplars online
Links with partnership schools- mock interviews/ test prep

9. Monitoring super enrichment
Route for success /ULAS
Try and focus students
ULAS- online if used well, excellent resource
We are getting better at it
Will help students write short paragraphs that will then turn into personal statements.

12. Links with universities
Partnerships – Leicester/Essex/City /SOAS
Nuffield Research summer placements –Good links with a lot more
Wadham programme
Open days and summer Schools – Surrey/ SOAS
Visits/shadowing/projects / RHL/Southampton
KS3+KS4 projects – through the universities – use Access HE to learn about the programmes

13. Access courses - Medcine
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16. Emerging new opportunities
Advancing access
Sutton Trust
Access HE

20. Organisation links Trowers and Hamlin Royal Bank of Canada ARCADIA
PITCH IT
Bouygues- French engineering firm – project with yr 10 French students and work placement offer for yr 12 students
Transport for London - placements for students /higher appresnticeship opportunities
The Brokerage