BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship,...
-
Upload
marley-cockburn -
Category
Documents
-
view
212 -
download
0
Transcript of BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship,...
![Page 1: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
BEYOND SIXTH FORMA GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL
![Page 2: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
AIMS
• Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP
• Timeline for Higher Education
• How do students select courses?
• How do universities select students?
• An intro to fees/loans
• Gaining qualifications while working
• Apprenticeships
• Employment
• Questions
![Page 3: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
![Page 4: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
CAREERS AT GORDANO
http://prezi.com/aeddffz4mmje/me-myself-and-i/
![Page 6: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
![Page 7: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
• Universities & Colleges Application Service
• A post office and information service – NOT a decision maker
• Charges students £21 to process their application
![Page 8: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
AN 18 MONTH PROCESS
JAN – MAY ’14
All Year 12 Students have a careers interview
UCAS Course Search for ‘Apply 2014’ NOW availableUCAS Fair UWE
JUNE – JULY ‘14
Begin UCAS form.
Gain experience: work shadowing / open days
Mid-July: Fees information available on UCAS website
AUGUST ‘14
Think, read, research
AS results/A2 choices
SEP - OCT ‘14
complete UCAS form and submit to tutor. (Oxbridge/medics/music by end of Sept; all others by end of Oct). Allow 2 weeks for adding reference & checking.
![Page 9: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
AN 18TH MONTH PROCESS
![Page 10: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
NOV ‘14-MAR ’15
attend interviews, receive offers (and/or rejections) or use ‘UCAS EXTRA’
BY MAY 15th 2015
accept a 1st choice and reserve offer
DEC ’14 - JUNE ’15
August ‘15September ‘15 or ‘16
- apply for accommodation and fees/loans/grants
- Receive A Level results, confirm 1st choice or reserve place, or Clearing!
- Finally start course!
![Page 11: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
![Page 12: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
HOW DO STUDENTS CHOOSE THE COURSES THEY WANT TO STUDY?
• Graduate recruitment rates• The course of study• Guardian/Times course tables• www.unistats.com• Location• Campus/Non-campus/Collegiate• Financial considerations (esp tuition fees)• University websites• UCAS site• Widening participation initiatives
![Page 13: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
HOW DO STUDENTS APPLY?
• Via an internet application on UCAS site
• Personal details, exam results and a personal statement
• Can select up to 5 different courses – each receives a ‘blind copy.
• School adds reference and sends to UCAS
![Page 14: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
HOW DO UNIVERSITIES CHOOSE THEIR STUDENTS?
• GCSE grades
• AS subjects and results
• The range of AS/A2 courses studies
• Predicted final A Level grades
• Enthusiasm for subject
• Relevant experience and skills
![Page 15: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
PERSONAL STATEMENTS• 47 lines to ‘sell yourself’
• Increased competition increases the search for differences between candidates
• For many universities the statement is the ‘interview’
• Beware ‘copying’; it must be ‘personal – plagiarism software
![Page 16: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
IF A UNIVERSITY LIKES YOU…
They make either:
• An unconditional offer
• A conditional offer (most commonly)…
• Conditional offers can include
• Specific A Level grades
• Specific Subject grades
• UCAS points
• Or combinations of the above.
![Page 17: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
![Page 18: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
ONCE OFFERS ARE RECEIVED…
Do nothing until you’ve heard from all 5
Then you must choose…
a) a first choice
b) a reserve (with lower offer!)
and you reject all the others
This completed by end of April/ May of Yr 13
![Page 19: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
CHOOSING MY YEAR 13 CURRICULUM2 full A-levels is usually the absolute minimum entry requirement for universities
Most competitive universities expect at least 3 full A-levels (ideally with an extra AS)
Check on each course’s subject preferences (email/ring them up!)
4 high-grade A-levels can sometimes be helpful at the most competitive universities
The advantages of Critical Thinking AS…….
![Page 20: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
ACTIVITIES WEEK(30TH JUNE -4TH JULY 2014)
Monday HE Day
Tuesday World of Work
Wednesday: Specialist Day
Thursday – Volunteering/EPQ trip/Research
Supervising Lower School Activities
Wider reading, research, evidence of ‘intellectual enthusiasm’ in the area.
![Page 21: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
APPRENTICESHIPS & JOBS FOR LEVEL 3 SCHOOL LEAVERS
•WHERE TO FIND APPRENTICESHIPS
•HOW TO APPLY
•HOW TO SECURE THE BEST APPRENTICESHIPS!
![Page 22: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
![Page 23: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
THINKING THROUGH APPRENTICESHIPS…There are many providers of really excellent progressive and progression focused apprenticeships – many are still advertising vacancies unfilled for this year’s school leavers…Are parents and students concerned about the value of apprenticeship training and education compared with degree level training?Is it because a degree is seen as the only route to a white collar job?We aim to make sure students don’t miss out on the very best debt free career opportunities.
![Page 24: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
WHERE CAN STUDENTS FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT APPRENTICESHIPS?
Company Websites
http://www.apprenticeshipguide.co.uk
http://www.getmyfirstjob.co.uk
http://www.apprenticeships.org.uk
http://www.thebigchoice.com
http://www.weston.ac.uk
http://www.cityofbristol.ac.uk
http://www.notgoingtouni.org
http://www.cityofbristol.ac.uk/school-leavers/apprenticeships-/apprenticeship-vacancies.html
Connexions advisors/Weston College Business Enterprise Centre/City of Bristol College Personal Advisor Service/Careers guidance advisors/Tutors!
![Page 25: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
WHO OFFERS APPRENTICESHIPS?Deloitte
BDO
PWC
GCHQ
National Grid
Babcock
Carillion
Royal Mail
MoD
Airbus
Triumph
NHS
Bristol & North Somerset Council
Spec Savers
EDT
Aviva
• 1125 employers currently advertising
apprenticeships on the national scheme website • Many more employers
advertising with recruitment agencies and
through colleges
![Page 26: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
LOOKING AT SPECIFIC EXAMPLES:
http://mycareer.deloitte.com/uk/en/schools/brightstart
http://www.nationalgridcareers.com/Development-Opportunities/Apprenticeship/The-Programme/
http://www.bt4me.co.uk/
...Most of the top 100 British Employers are recruiting graduates and the best school leavers and have parallel schemes.
![Page 27: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
EMPLOYMENT
Careers Advisor
Business Breakfasts
Work Experience
Electives
Interval Sessions
A Year in Industry
Networking
NEETS
![Page 28: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
GETTING PREPARED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtDrASzLzxg
![Page 29: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
HOW AM I IMPROVING MY EMPLOYABILITY?
What has a student done during their time in Sixth Form outside of lessons?
• Intervals
• Work experience
• Networking
• Work visits
• Specialist lectures
• Reading
• Visits
• Charity/trips/extra-curricular
![Page 30: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
![Page 31: BEYOND SIXTH FORM A GUIDE TUESDAY 29TH APRIL. AIMS Possible routes – employment, apprenticeship, HE or GAP Timeline for Higher Education How do students.](https://reader036.fdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022070307/551b13d055034607418b5444/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
NEXT STEPS