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Preparation-Higher Education

Course analysis sheet: students complete while exploring and comparing degree courses

Course and University analysis sheets: students complete while exploring and comparing degree courses.

Choosing courses and universities: what features are important to me?

Choosing between universities: questionnaire

Degree courses with the same title have very different content: tutorial activity

Courses with the same title: warning - a tutorial activity which shows students how courses can vary even those with the same title

Research your career / course / apprenticeship

PDF (4 pages) to give to students to help them realise the grades needed for their course or career - motivation at the start of sixth form

Personal Statement 1: The Process - video

Video (6 mins) - Students discuss how they approached writing the personal statement, how many drafts, don't waffle, use evidence in the new personal statement format

PERSONAL STATEMENTS: SECTION 1 - MOTIVATION FOR THE COURSE VIDEO

Getting the grades (5 mins) video - lots of advice from students about showing motivation for the course in the new personal statement format

PERSONAL STATEMENTS: SECTION 2 - PREPAREDNESS FOR THE COURSE VIDEO

Getting the grades (5 mins) video - advice from students about using supercurricular experiences in the new personal statement format

PERSONAL STATEMENTS: SECTION 3 - PREPARATION THROUGH OTHER EXPERIENCES VIDEO

Getting the grades (5 mins) video - students share how they used extracurricular and work experiences to prepare for university to suit the new personal statement format

Visiting Universities 1: Visiting early and choosing where to go

Getting the Grades video (6 mins) - emphasis on booking early and as many as you can, being organised, sharing lifts, what to do when you get there

Visiting Universities 2: Visiting Firm and Insurance Universities

Getting the Grades video (5 mins) - although many studnets get their Firm choice, lots get insurance or clearing: so visiting insurance choices is important

Next steps 2: Choosing and finding apprenticeships (6 mins)

Students share the various stages of applying for digital technology apprenticeships - features mini-plenaries and 'Think about' discussion at the end

Next steps 3: Applying for apprenticeships - video (7 mins)

Getting the Grades video: Students share their experiences of securing a top apprenticeship

Next Steps 4: Considering university (5 mins)

Students discuss their rationale for choosing the university route

Next Steps 5: Choosing the right university course (7 mins)

Students share their thoughts on how and why they chose their particular university course - featuring mini-plenaries and 'Think about' discussion at the end

Oxbridge rejection letter template

Oxbridge rejection letter template

Getting the big picture early PPT

Adaptable PPT for tutors to use with Year 12 to provide an overview of the UCAS process to get them thinking.

Applying to Russell Group Universities

4 Applying to Russell Group Universities

How much to you know about the UCAS personal statement?

How much to you know about the UCAS personal statement? - quiz with answers and general comments from admissions tutors

Improving a personal statement: paragraph by paragraph with models provided

​Improving a personal statement: paragraph by paragraph with models provided

Gathering experiences for a UCAS Personal Statement

Gathering experiences for a UCAS Personal Statement

UCAS Personal Statement: step by step guide - 17 page pdf guide

UCAS Personal Statement: step by step guide - 17 page pdf guide

Independent learning skills log for a UCAS Personal Statement

Independent learning skills log for a UCAS Personal Statement

Conference Materials - Ahmar Eshan -Student Finance Update 2024-2027+

Ahmar Ehsan, Funding Information Services, Student Loans Company

Leap from Year 12 to Year 13 - video

Getting the Grades video - a great resource to show Year 13 when they return from their summer break.

EPQ - Benefits and challenges - video

Getting the Grades video (7 mins). Students who've been through EPQ and gained A*/A impart advice and share the challenges.

Applying to Oxford and Cambridge video

Getting the grades video 6 mins featuring advice and experiences from applicants who received an Oxbridge offer

Looking ahead: making the most of sixth form video

Getting the Grades Video (5 mins) students in their first year at university reflect on what sixth formers can do to prepare for university

What skills do universities want sixth formers to develop?

Tutor activity to help sixth formers understand what skills academic skills universities need students to develop

Aspire programmes

Degree courses with the same title have very different content: tutorial activity

Courses with the same title: warning - a tutorial activity which shows students how courses can vary even those with the same title

Applying to Russell Group Universities

4 Applying to Russell Group Universities

Supporting Oxbridge Applications

7 Supporting Oxbridge Applications

Writing a personal statement for a highly competitive course and university

Writing a personal statement for a highly competitive course and university

Multi Mini Interview

14 Multi Mini Interview

Oxbridge Interviews

15 Oxbridge Interviews

Essential Skills for Dealing with a Post Truth World - POWERPOINT

Stephen Thomas. Great resource for Safer Internet Day as students get to consider what is truth on the internet?

Applying to Oxford and Cambridge video

Getting the grades video 6 mins featuring advice and experiences from applicants who received an Oxbridge offer

HE Powerpoint Materials

Getting the big picture early PPT

Adaptable PPT for tutors to use with Year 12 to provide an overview of the UCAS process to get them thinking.

Super Curricular Enrichment

2 Super Curricular Enrichment

Where to look for help with my UCAS Personal Statement?

3 UCAS Personal Statement Resources Guide

Applying to Russell Group Universities

4 Applying to Russell Group Universities

Guide to Writing the UCAS Personal Statement

5 Guide to Writing the UCAS Personal Statement

Supporting Law Applications

Includes super-curricular advice

Supporting Oxbridge Applications

7 Supporting Oxbridge Applications

Supporting Medical Applications

Adaptable PPT to use with prospective medical applicants - help with where to get help, types of course, interviews

Supporting Dentistry Applications

9 Supporting Dentistry Applications

Supporting Veterinary Applications

10 Supporting Veterinary Applications

General Interview Technique

12 General Interview Technique

Medicine Interview

13 Medicine Interview

Multi Mini Interview

14 Multi Mini Interview

Oxbridge Interviews

15 Oxbridge Interviews

16 Nursing Interviews

16 Nursing Interviews

Teaching Interviews

17 Teaching Interviews

Interviews

General Interview Technique

12 General Interview Technique

Medicine Interview

13 Medicine Interview

Oxbridge Interviews

15 Oxbridge Interviews

16 Nursing Interviews

16 Nursing Interviews

Teaching Interviews

17 Teaching Interviews

Medicine

Supporting Medical Applications

Adaptable PPT to use with prospective medical applicants - help with where to get help, types of course, interviews

Medicine Interview

13 Medicine Interview

Multi Mini Interview

14 Multi Mini Interview

Oxbridge

Oxbridge rejection letter template

Oxbridge rejection letter template

Supporting Oxbridge Applications

7 Supporting Oxbridge Applications

Oxbridge Interviews

15 Oxbridge Interviews

Essential Skills for Dealing with a Post Truth World - POWERPOINT

Stephen Thomas. Great resource for Safer Internet Day as students get to consider what is truth on the internet?

Applying to Oxford and Cambridge video

Getting the grades video 6 mins featuring advice and experiences from applicants who received an Oxbridge offer

Personal Statements

Personal Statement 1: The Process - video

Video (6 mins) - Students discuss how they approached writing the personal statement, how many drafts, don't waffle, use evidence in the new personal statement format

PERSONAL STATEMENTS: SECTION 1 - MOTIVATION FOR THE COURSE VIDEO

Getting the grades (5 mins) video - lots of advice from students about showing motivation for the course in the new personal statement format

PERSONAL STATEMENTS: SECTION 2 - PREPAREDNESS FOR THE COURSE VIDEO

Getting the grades (5 mins) video - advice from students about using supercurricular experiences in the new personal statement format

PERSONAL STATEMENTS: SECTION 3 - PREPARATION THROUGH OTHER EXPERIENCES VIDEO

Getting the grades (5 mins) video - students share how they used extracurricular and work experiences to prepare for university to suit the new personal statement format

New personal statement format: advice and resources statement

PPT outlining new format with example paragraphs for each new section

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - ACCOUNTS and FINANCE

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Biology

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Business

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - CHEMISTRY

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Computing

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Criminology

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Data Analysis

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Data Analysis

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Economics

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Education

Adaptable PPT to support personal statement

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - English

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Game Design

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Marketing

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Media Studies

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Medicine

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Music

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Nursing and Midwifery

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Pharmacy

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Philosophy

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Physics

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Physics: super-curricular guide to enrich a personal statement

Physics: super-curricular guide to enrich a personal statement

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Politics

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Social Work

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - SOCIOLOGY

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - sport

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Surveying and Property

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Subject-specific advice for UCAS Personal Statements - 18 subjects covered

Subject-specific advice for UCAS Personal Statements - 18 areas covered

How much to you know about the UCAS personal statement?

How much to you know about the UCAS personal statement? - quiz with answers and general comments from admissions tutors

UCAS Personal Statement: step by step guide - 17 page pdf guide

UCAS Personal Statement: step by step guide - 17 page pdf guide

Guide to Writing the UCAS Personal Statement

5 Guide to Writing the UCAS Personal Statement

Improving a personal statement: paragraph by paragraph with models provided

​Improving a personal statement: paragraph by paragraph with models provided

Gathering experiences for a UCAS Personal Statement

Gathering experiences for a UCAS Personal Statement

Writing a personal statement for a highly competitive course and university

Writing a personal statement for a highly competitive course and university

Where to look for help with my UCAS Personal Statement?

3 UCAS Personal Statement Resources Guide

Leap from Year 12 to Year 13 - video

Getting the Grades video - a great resource to show Year 13 when they return from their summer break.

Super-curricular

Writing a personal statement for a highly competitive course and university

Writing a personal statement for a highly competitive course and university

Subject-specific advice for UCAS Personal Statements - 18 subjects covered

Subject-specific advice for UCAS Personal Statements - 18 areas covered

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - ACCOUNTS and FINANCE

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Biology

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Business

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - CHEMISTRY

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Computing

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Criminology

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Data Analysis

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Data Analysis

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Economics

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Education

Adaptable PPT to support personal statement

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - English

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Game Design

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Supporting Law Applications

Includes super-curricular advice

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Marketing

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Media Studies

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Medicine

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Music

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Nursing and Midwifery

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Pharmacy

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Philosophy

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Physics

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Politics

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - sport

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Social Work

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - SOCIOLOGY

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super-curricular enrichment - Read Watch Listen Compete - Surveying and Property

Adaptable PPT to support personal statements

Super Curricular Enrichment

2 Super Curricular Enrichment