CEIAG @ St. Joseph’s Grammar School “providing a line of sight to employment”
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CEIAG @ St. Joseph’s Grammar School“providing a line of sight to employment”
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• Having made your subject choices at the beginning of Year13 you are now embarking on an important year of CEIAG lessons which will help you with deciding which third level education pathway you are going to follow.
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Topics covered in Year13 CEIAG include
• Self-reflection• Rights and Responsibilities• Academic Review• Pre Work Experience• Evaluation of Work Experience• UCAS process• Vocational pathways• CAO• Teacher training Colleges• University talks• Labour Market Information• UCAS Tariff
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Why is Work Experience Important?
• Most pupils from St Joseph’s progress to University through UCAS, an important part of the UCAS application is the Personal Statement section, in this section you need to outline skills and experiences which you have gained which relate to the course you have applied for on your UCAS application.
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Why is Work experience Important?
• One of the most important ways to gain skills is by completing appropriate work experience. which can be used in your application for further education/training
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Responsibilities
• Work experience. Year13 pupils have already received Work Experience letters which must be completed, signed and returned before the 19th of September. Pupils will then receive indemnity letters which must be signed by Mrs G Donnelly (Principal) and their employer and returned to school no later than the 26th of September
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The UK-wide location of UCAS providers
Over 37,000 courses
495,600 placed in 2013;
approx. 635,000 applications so
far in 2014
372 Universities and Colleges
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Other options
• 6 Region Colleges• E.g. SWC Dungannon which
offer Foundation Degrees,• HND’S• Gold Apprenticeships• Other vocational pathways
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Pro-active
• Year 13 represents an opportunity for YOU to spend some time researching what course YOU want to enter and ultimately what Career YOU will follow.
• Year13 is crucial in providing you with the time and resources to effectively research your post 18 options.
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“I don’t know what I want to be/study”▪ SACU has some
interesting research tools▫ Course explore▫ Subject explore▫ Newly launched
SPARTAN test▪ Bestcourse4me allows
some alternative search options▫ Enter A levels and see
what degree/career they could lead to
▫ Enter a HE subject and work back to see what is required to progress
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At the heart of connecting people to higher education
UCAS Search tool – www.ucas.com▪ Search for Maths
courses in North West for 2014 for someone who normally lives in England
▪ 13 providers listed (total of 104 courses)
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At the heart of connecting people to higher education
Search tool – subject clusters
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At the heart of connecting people to higher education
Prospects ( www.prospects.ac.uk )
May 2014 slide 17
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At the heart of connecting people to higher education
Which? University
▪ Launched 2012▪ Free to use▪ Developed in association with NUS▪ Input from experts in
careers and HE▪ NSS▪ KIS▪ HE leavers destinations▪ HECSU graduate
employment analysis▪ HESA student record
http://university.which.co.uk
▪ Search tool - may not cover all UCAS HEPs (284) & courses (<31,000)
▪ Some well managed data:▫ % applicants who have received offers
and grades achieved on entry▫ League tables data▫ Extra-curricular strengths of HEIs▫ Student views on accommodation,
facilities, costs
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For further information contactnidirect.gov.uk/careers