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ROUTES TO HIGHER EDUCATION April 2008
Chestnut Avenue, Eastleigh, SO50 5ZA (023) 8036
7200 enquiries_at_imail.barton.ac.uk
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• Catherine Richards - Assistant Principal
• Debra Collins - Student Services Manager
• Liz Vince - Careers Work
  Experience Coordinator
• Mark Robinson - Oxbridge Coordinator

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• How do we help students to progress after
  College?
• Tutor Programme
• Dedicated Careers Staff
• HE/Arts Fair
• Futures Day - HE Employers Gap
• Work Experience Coordinator
• Careers resources, inductions and interviews

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Barton PeverilH.E. Statistics

• 69 of students go on to Higher Education
• 665 students to Higher Education in 2007
  
• 347 to local institutions
• 49 deferred entry
• Most popular non-local institutions
• Plymouth Sussex Brunel
• UWE Exeter Surrey
• Manchester Reading Bristol

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• Which subjects are in the top 10?
• At Barton Peveril Nationally
• Business/Management Creative Art and
  Design
• Law/Criminology Business/Admin Studies
• Maths/ Computing Subjects allied to medicine
• Media/Film Social Studies
• English/Linguistics Biological Sciences
• Medicine/Vet/Dentistry Mathematical Computer
  Sciences
• Creative Arts and Design Engineering
• PE/Sport Law
• Art Foundation Medicine and Dentistry
• Psychology Education

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• Special Arrangements for Oxford and Cambridge
  Universities
• Oxbridge Co-ordinator
• Oxbridge Support Programme
• Statistical chances
• - 1 in 4 (National Average)
• - 1 in 3 (Barton Peveril)

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• Types of qualification
• Degree
• Degree with professional qualification
• Diploma of Higher Education
• HND
• Foundation Degrees
• Art Foundation year
• Year Zero - 3 years or 4 years?
• Sandwich / year overseas / at work

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• Compact Agreements are special arrangements
  aimed at providing Higher Education for those who
  may not otherwise have a chance
• Portsmouth University
• Southampton University
• Southampton Solent University
• Winchester University
• Winchester School of Art
• Middlesex University

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• Compact Arrangements
• How does my son or daughter 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

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• How does my son or daughter apply to University?
• UCAS (University and College Application
  Service)
• 5 choices
• No preference
• Interviews?
• Conditional offers
• Firm and insurance choices
• UCAS Extra?
• Clearing?

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Application Procedure

• April Complete draft of Personal Statement
• July Complete draft UCAS form and discuss
  with tutor
• September - Polish Personal Statement and
  complete on-line application ready for submission
• September 19th - Internal deadline for students
  applying to Oxbridge or for Medicine, Veterinary
  Science and Dentistry
• October 15th External deadline for Oxbridge,
  Medicine, Veterinary Science and Dentistry
  applications
• October onwards - Interviews, offers, Open Days
• November 7th - Internal deadline target date fro
  applications
• January 15th - Final UCAS external deadline for
  applications

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Application Procedure Continued

• January - Interviews, Open Days, offers continue
• March UCAS Extra
• Mid - May - Decisions on firm / insurance
  choices to UCAS
• Mid August - A level results day
• Confirm choice after results
• Clearing
• NB Applicant confidentiality UCAS and
  Universities deal with applicant directly

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• Financing Higher Education
• HE Finance is governed by the Student Loans
  Company. We will inform you of the procedure for
  2009 entry as soon as we know.
• Students do not pay loans back until they have
  left university and are earning at least 15,000
  per year.
• Grants and bursaries are not paid back!

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Barton PeverilWhat will my son or daughter be
doing next?

• For the rest of this term they should be
• Planning what they are going to do next
• Researching their options using prospectuses and
  notes from the HE Fair 24th April 08
• Receiving careers guidance from our team
• Attending University Open Days
• Finding out about grants and bursaries available
  at different universities
• Writing their draft Personal Statement for
  parents/guardians to proof read
• Attending Futures Day on 2nd July 08

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Barton PeverilHow can I help as a parent?

• Help them look through the UCAS website for
  available courses - www.ucas.com
• Encourage them to narrow down the type of courses
  (entry requirements)
• Support them in planning writing their draft
  Personal Statement list activities they do in
  their own time e.g. sports, part-time jobs,
  hobbies etc explain how these activities
  evidence the many skills and talents that they
  have!
• Broaden their knowledge by taking them to
  exhibitions, museums or public lectures related
  to their chosen area of study

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• The importance of enhancement
• Could make the difference - gain advantage
• Relevant
• Evidence
• Highlights barriers
• Commitment, application, understanding

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application?

• Summer Schools
• Voluntary Work
• Read the papers
• Attend work shops
• Attend conferences
• Attend specific departmental open days
• Work Experience
• Ref Brian Heap Degree Course Offers

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• What is work experience?
• How much?
• Variety
• Interpretation
• When?
• Before September 08 if possible
• Holiday time preferable
• Term Time paperwork
• How?
• Contacts / WECO

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Barton PeverilWhich students will it affect?

• Vocational
• Essential for
• Medicine
• Dentistry
• Veterinary Science
• Professions allied to Medicine e.g
• Physiotherapy
• Teaching
• Social Work
• Good grades are not enough!
• Desirable for
• Law Media

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• What do employers want from graduates?
• Communication Skills
• Interpersonal and team-working skills
• Time management ability
• Analytical ability and logical thinking
• Independent thinking
• IT skills
• A second language
• Driving Licence and
• WORK EXPERIENCE (it never goes away!)
• Taken from The parents guide to higher education
  2008 entry
• Queen Mary University of London.

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Taking a Year Out

• Planned and purposeful
• Apply to HE this year
• but defer entry
• Useful website
• www.yearoutgroup.org