1. Year 12 Higher Education Evening
Monday 9th July 2018
Welcome to the evening and thank you for attending

2. Our School Prayer
St Nicholas Owen: Make this school a safe refuge. Inspire in us a love of God and a love of our neighbour. Guide us in our work and play, that we may always be faithful to Christ our Lord.

3. Aim of the evening
To get the students’ application process off to the right start
To nurture the partnership between students, parents and the school
To provide some clear and useful information about HE application

4. Hagley’s record of success
2017 A-level Results:
57% of all grades A*-B
27% of students achieved AAB or above
15% of students achieved AAB or above in facilitating subjects (Worcestershire Average 10.7%)
Average point score per entry all 35.7 (Worcestershire 32.7)
Average point score per entry best (Worcestershire 32.9)

5. Post 16 Destinations 100% Oxbridge conversion
64% of students who went to University are Russell Group places
47% of students who applied to University are Russell Group places
Prestigious apprenticeships with Jaguar, HSBC, Cushman and Wakefield, Gilman Services

6. Recent Messages Universities are actively recruiting
EPQ will and does matter
Unconditional offers - amazing for you, worrying for us
Applied course are being looked on favourably.
Many universities are looking at GCSE grades – so be mindful!

7. Oxbridge Support Haybridge Oxbridge Evening Residential trips
UNIQ / Headstart Study Weeks/Work experience
Courses for personal statement and interview practice

8. Support with Oxbridge and Medical applications
We have already begun with:
Mock interviews
Extra help with Personal Statement
Work experience
Residential camps
Oxbridge Applications Day
Medical applications day

9. Support so far Worcester Higher Education Fair
In School Next Steps Event
Birmingham University Open Day

10. Key messages: Local universities
Newman: A Catholic university college
Worcester: A University College
Birmingham City: A New University
Wolverhampton: A New University
Aston: A 1960s foundation
Birmingham: A red brick Russell Group

11. Top universities: The Russell Group
Oxford Cambridge Imperial
Birmingham Bristol Cardiff
Exeter Durham
Edinburgh Glasgow Belfast
King’s LSE University College London
Nottingham Southampton Warwick
Leeds Manchester Liverpool
Sheffield Newcastle York

12. Top universities: The Russell Group
Oxford Cambridge Imperial
Birmingham Bristol Cardiff
Exeter Durham
Edinburgh Glasgow Belfast
King’s LSE University College London
Nottingham Southampton Warwick
Leeds Manchester Liverpool
Sheffield Newcastle York

13. Top new universities: Leeds Beckett Liverpool John Moores
Manchester Metropolitan
Nottingham Trent
Oxford Brookes
Sheffield Hallam
West of England

14. The UCAS Form Personal Details Education Choices Employment
Personal Statement
Reference

15. The UCAS Form Applications for 2018 are now live
Students have registered with UCAS

16. Personal statement Help with Personal Statement:
Students to complete using Unifrog
Activities and Competencies
Year 12 Tutor can check personal statements
Subject Teacher
Head of Year

17. The UCAS Form In the Choices section: 5 choices
(You don’t have to use all 5)
There’s no such thing as first choice or preference order
It costs £24 and you PAY BY CARD

18. The Reference A draft is being produced:
It consists of a paragraph from each of your subject teachers
Plus introductory and concluding paragraphs from your tutor
Your tutor will turn this into one complete coherent piece of prose

19. The Reference You will meet with Mr Fitz where we will be able to:
proof read,
fill out,
fine tune and
polish it up into a final reference

20. The Predicted Grades
See Mr Fitzpatrick when you have finished your UCAS application in the Autumn Term.
He will meet with you in order to discuss your grades.
He will look at
Your Year 12 mock results
Your PPG and Assessment grades
The grades required by your universities

21. Deadline Turn-round time could be up to a week
There are over 100 students in Year 13
Offers are given out immediately upon receipt
Oxbridge October 15th
After November is late

22. Student Finance
While at university, there are two main costs – tuition fees and living costs. Students can apply for student finance to help with both.
All eligible students can get a:
Tuition Fee Loan to cover the full cost of the fees charged by their university or college
basic rate of Maintenance Loan to help with living costs, such as rent and bills

23. Student Finance
Any loans you borrow have to be paid back, but not until they’ve finished or left their course, and their income is over the repayment threshold (currently £25,000 a year)
Students will repay 9% of their income over the threshold
You apply for Student Finance in Spring 2019
More information from Student Finance England

24. Other sources of funding
Universities also offer bursaries, scholarships, or other kinds of financial help – it’s always worth checking with them too. A2B scheme at Birmingham University
Grant Fairy
All Y12 students have access to the app
It has already matched students with £1 billion of funding in 5 months

25. Clear and useful information
Student Finance Information
UCAS Points system
Useful websites

26. You are in a good place Birth rate is low Universities need numbers
Apprenticeship levy is providing opportunities
BUT:
You still have to prove you are the best candidate
Need to be motivated, proactive and enthusiastic
Apprenticeships and Uni places do not fall into your lay

27. Barriers to success Lack of confidence and self-belief Poor attendance
Lack of a clear purpose or direction
Traps to fall into:
Part-time job
Excessive social life
Relationships

28. How do you stand out Passion for the subject
Backed up by reading and proof of interest
What can you do?
Future learn, MOOCs on line courses
Work experience
Trips and travel

29. Super- Curricular enrichment
Cambridge: ‘As our admissions decisions are based on academic criteria, we expect to see evidence of students’ super-curricular activities and wider engagement with their area(s) of academic interest, such as reading and other exploration relevant to the course applied for.’
Mike Nicholson of Bath University:”…universities (are) only interested in enthused, engaged and excellent candidates, rather than second-rate historians who happen to play the flute””

30. Talk to your subject teachers - get their advice
Wider reading
Websites
Activities and visits
Magazines and journals
Courses and student conferences
Work experience

31. Universities will… Publish their readings lists
Offer Podcasts on research developments (Warwick) Or
Look at The Oxford University Press series of books Very Short Introductions
Look at the Cambridge HE+ Website for the latest research
Subject Magazines
Use TV and Radio catch up Archives
Work experiences
Future Learn/MOOCs

32. Support is always there
Take home messages
Parents need to be kept involved and informed
Universities need to be visited
Personal Statements need to be checked
Applications need to be realistic
Support is always there