Y12 Parents’ Careers & Information Evening

Elections

3rd April

Tuesday 14th April

The final run in to the summer…

Mocks AS exams 5 week

A2 period

17 school

days

Mocks – 26th Feb – 6th March

Return from AS exams – Monday 8th June

‘Last’ day – Wednesday 6th May

Parents’

Eve

Key dates

Parents’ Eve – Tue 24th March

NOW Easter Summer 8 weeks

Progress Check – Mon 16th March

Dropping

subjects?

• 6th May?

• 13th August

• Unless special arrangement has been made with Sixth Form Office

And then the

summer

comes……..

AS results

Thursday 13th August

The Portal

Getting into Y13?

Out of 4 AS subjects….

• Must continue with at least 3

• To continue in a subject, you must…..

• A-D at AS level = continue

• 3Ds minimum

• U or E = no (unless……….)

Who are you? Where are you going?

UNIVERSITY

NOW FUTURE

NO CLUE REALLY, SO PROBABLY LOOK AT BOTH

APPRENTICESHIP/EMPLOYMENT

50%

10%

75%

5%

DEFINITE ‘HEDGING’ STRATEGY 40% 20%

Getting into university or a career?

University – should I bother?

• ‘Global’ arguments

• Need an educated work force/dependency ratio heading to 1:1

• Headline financial arguments

• Average staring salary £18K-24K, £12K more than A level ‘graduate’

• Unemployment - 50% less likely to be unemployed than the average 16-24 year old

• 1990 – mid 2000s – student expansion

• 1998 - £1,000 tuition fees

• 2004 - £3,000

• Late 2000s – demand outstripped supply as govt tightens admission numbers

• 2012 - £9,000

• 2012 – infinite AAB+ places on offer

• 2013 – infinite ABB+

• 2015 – all caps removed on places

The current situation

• Demand rising/levelling - Supply surging

• Buyer’s market

– Value?

The current situation

£13,500

1 Long lie-in 1 Mass produced very average breakfast & dinner 4 hours reading a book of your choice 1 sleep in a tiny bedroom 0 lectures 3 subsidised beers Total price £87

Daily Invoice

Good or bad? Good value or bad value?

• Demand rising/levelling - Supply surging

• Buyer’s market

– Value – Research eg contact hours, tutor/student ratios, employability, drop-out rates, course quality

– Key Information Sets (KIS), National Student Survey (NSS)

• YOU ARE SHOPPING

The current situation

Which course?

University – how does it work? • You choose 5 within your grade ‘probability range’

– 1 aspirational

– 3 realistic

– 1 worst case

• Offer to place ratio – Oxbridge 107%

– Russell Group 200%

– Others much higher

– ‘RIGHT BUMS AND THE RIGHT NUMBER OF BUMS……..’

• How do they differentiate? • A levels – grades or UMS?

• Not 4 A2s

• Exception: SOME Oxbridge offers want 4 A*/A grades

• GCSEs

• Tests/interviews

• Personal Statement (with evidence) – No.1 is enthusiasm (with evidence) for the course

• References

• If they like you - UNCONDITIONAL offers - beware

Finance:

Must cover: With:

Tuition fees £9Kish

Accommodation (halls £4-5K)

Personal maintenance (£2-3K?)

Tuition fee loan

Maintenance support loan

Maintenance grant ?

Bursaries

Part time job/personal finance

Moral? Money saved NOW essential to you surviving at university

• www.gov.uk/studentfinance

• Calculator

DON’T GO

DEFER ENTRY

University entrance and careers at AGS

Careers programme

NOW Easter Summer 2014 Summer 2015 Easter

UCAS applications - choose 5

Oxbridge/medics/vets - Sept

Most - mid Nov

Open Day ‘season’

Work experience Careers Evening

Personal statements begin

International

University

fair

A2 Xmas

A2 results

Results match offer = Get a place

Results lower = Clearing

Results higher = Adjustment

University

offers &

possible

interviews

Y13 Welcome Back Day

Make ‘firm’ &

‘insurance’ choices Worcester

University

fair

Oxbridge

University

fair

University entrance and careers at AGS

Careers programme

NOW Easter Summer 2014 Summer 2015 Easter

UCAS applications - choose 5

Oxbridge/medics/vets - Sept

Most - mid Nov

Open Day ‘season’

Work experience Careers Evening

Personal statements begin

International

University

fair

A2 Xmas

A2 results

Results match offer = Get a place

Results lower = Clearing

Results higher = Adjustment

University

offers &

possible

interviews

Y13 Welcome Back Day

Make ‘firm’ &

‘insurance’ choices Worcester

University

fair

Oxbridge

University

fair

Use Mrs Jackson

International university? Tuesday 24th March 12pm-2pm – Newport Study •American University Rome, Italy •Bocconi University, Italy •Jacobs University, Germany •IE University, Spain •BI Norwegian Business School, Norway •Fontys International Business School, NL •Hult Business School, promoting their international campuses in San Francisco, Dubai, etc. •Swiss Education Group, promoting hospitality schools in Switzerland •Brooks Institute, CA, USA - offering great Film, Graphic Design, Visual Journalism and Professional Photography programmes. •INTO USA, promoting Oregon State, Colorado State, Marshall University and U of South Florida IE University SPAIN Ipag Business School FRANCE University College Cork IRELAND University of Waterloo CANADA The University of Winnipeg CANADA Johnson & Wales University USA Florida State University USA Oregon State USA Colorado State USA Marshall University USA University of South Florida USA Dongbei University of Finance & Economics CHINA Nankai University CHINA Beijing Foreign Studies University CHINA Otago Polytechnic NEW ZEALAND Sunway University MALAYSIA St. George's University WEST INDIES Leiden University College The Hague HOLLAND Fontys University of Applied Sciences HOLLAND Avans University of Applied Sciences HOLLAND NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences HOLLAND Windesheim University of Applied Sciences HOLLAND

Oxbridge?

Personal Statement by end of summer term

Read widely

Be very keen

DESIRE & ENTHUSIASM FOR

YOUR SUBJECT

Right now?

• Start accumulating Personal Statement now

• Work experience

• Activities linked to career/area of study

• Extra-curricular – sport, music, drama, D of E, travel

• X factor stuff – eg volunteering

One ‘X factor’ about you they need to know Work experience that really counts Top 3 things you’ve done 1 2 3

Maximise Y12

UMS points ‘on the board’

Make ‘Your Future’ your 5th subject

And so into Y13………

• 3 or 4 A2 subjects

• 5 periods/more study time

• Expectations – 100% attendance

• Make ‘Your Future’ = 4th A2 subject

Unit scores and grades

AS

200 80 120

A = 160-200

B= 140+

C = 120+

D = 100+

E = 80+

U = <80

A = 320-400

B= 280+

C = 240+

D = 200+

E = 160+

U = <160

A2

100 100

300 Maths, Sciences

A = 240-300

B= 210+

C = 180+

D = 150+

E = 120+

U = <120

100 100 100 + +

+

+

A = 480-600

B= 420+

C = 360+

D = 300+

E = 240+

U = <240

A*

A*

320 (ie an A) in total

+

180 (90%) from A2

Emphasis on A2

Candidate A could have 200 at AS and 179 at A2 = 379

Candidate C could have 120 at AS and 200 at A2 = 320

Y12 Parents’ Information

Evening

5 Weeks Monday 8th June – Friday 11th July

Week 1 session A 09:15 – 12:15 session B 12:40 – 15:40

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 1 session A 09:15 – 12:15 session B 12:40 – 15:40

Monday University Open Days University Open Days

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

www.opendays.com

Week 1 session A 09:15 – 12:15 session B 12:40 – 15:40

Monday University Open Days University Open Days

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday D of E D of E

Week 1 session A 09:15 – 12:15 session B 12:40 – 15:40

Monday University Open Days University Open Days

Tuesday Art Economics

Wednesday Maths Games

Thursday Biology

Friday D of E D of E

Games – sign up sessions + fixtures

UCAS session

PSE sessions