1. TheTop-Up Programme Kirstin Henry
Intro slide - If your presentation relates solely to student recruitment, please use this version.

2. Top-Up Programme To facilitate progression To assess potential
To enhance skills
To raise achievement
To make HE a possibility
To increase confidence
For students to become successful independent learners
SCQF accredited Level 7, 10 credit points

3. Top-Up Programme Currently works in 70+ target schools
90+ Postgraduate tutors facilitate sessions
Work with circa students annually
Sessions in school
Block or double sessions (Nov to Mar)
1 campus session (Feb or Mar) – full day

4. Top-Up Programme: 5 subject areas: Art Film Renewable Energy Science
Images of Scotland
Pupils will learn how to think critically, take effective notes, and participate in a lecture, Seminar and Student Life Workshop
Along with your educational experience the biggest part of your application is the personal statement. The personal statement is a mini-essay where you try to sell yourself to your university. It’s your chance to make your application personal and if your uni doesn’t have interviews then it might be the only piece of personal work they get to see.
It’s quite small, only 4,000 characters long. And that includes things like spaces, commas, full stops. It’s a good idea to write it early in Microsoft Word and use the word check function to check how long it is so you don’t get an unpleasant surprise when you put it into the UCAS site! Discuss your skills, experiences and anything extra that makes you special. Are you a member of a club? Part time job? Work experience? These things make you unique and make you stand out from the crowd.
You’ll get assistance through the process and there are excellent help resources on the ucas site.

5. Adding Top Up / REACH / Access.. / Summer School to UCAS application
In the ‘Education’ section click on ‘add qualifications’
This is an important section: Make sure when you fill out your qualifications you already have, and are waiting to get.
There are lots of qualifications to choose from, so make sure you put the correct ones down:
Scottish Highers
National 5 or
Intermediate 1 & 2
Put your grades in if you know them, or “pending” if you have still to receive them

6. Adding Top Up / REACH / Access.. / Summer School
– Other (UK Qualifications)
Search for ‘other’ and choose ‘Other (UK Qualifications)’
Once there you will have to search for the qualification. Search for “other” then click on “Other (UK Qualifications)”.

7. Adding Top-Up etc. – Other (UK Qualifications)
Subject title: Focus West Top-Up programme OR Reach programme OR Access to a Career programme OR Summer School
Qualification date: Top-Up – May 2019, Reach – June 2019, Access – June 2019, Summer School – Aug 2019
Awarding Organisation: UoG
Result: Pending
Note: you will need to complete this section for each programme you have completed
If you are doing any other courses such as Top Up make sure you put these down as well.
You will highlight “other – UK qualifications”
Here you will need to manually type in the course
FOCUS West Top Up Programme
Awarding Body is University of Glasgow (type UoG)
Result – put pending if not known, or your grades if you did Top Up last year.
Then click save, ignore the section below.
It is VERY important that you put Top Up in your application – as this could alter the offer that admissions officers make to you.

8. (GCU, Strathclyde, UWS, RCS, GSA, Glasgow……….)
What next…
Pupils who achieve BBB or above in their Profile MAY be awarded an adjusted offer of entry to university
(GCU, Strathclyde, UWS, RCS, GSA, Glasgow……….)
Other universities may also take it into account
Does not necessarily guarantee an offer
Profile valid for TWO years

9. Any Questions? Kelly.hedge-holmes@glasgow.ac.uk /Uofglasgow
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