Workshops for Careers Advisers and Teachers
As well as offering advice and support for students in schools and colleges around the UK, we also offer a series of workshops for teachers and careers advisers who wish to learn more about the UCAS process from a university perspective. All sessions will be delivered within your school by our experienced schools liaison staff and can be arranged at a time to suit you. If you would like us to organise one of the workshops below for your school, please contact us.
- UCAS references
- The tutor reference is just as important as the personal statement and the rest of the information contained within the UCAS form. The reference is something university admissions tutors take very seriously when considering potential students, particularly for competitive courses. This session will explore what admissions tutors are looking for in more detail, and aims to highlight good and bad practice.
- Session time: one hour suggested
- Format: informal interactive group activity
- Suitable for: teachers and advisers responsible for writing the UCAS reference
- The tutor reference is just as important as the personal statement and the rest of the information contained within the UCAS form. The reference is something university admissions tutors take very seriously when considering potential students, particularly for competitive courses. This session will explore what admissions tutors are looking for in more detail, and aims to highlight good and bad practice.
- Understanding university admissions
- The university admissions process can often seem a complex phenomenon when, in reality, processes are much simpler than they appear. This session aims to dispel some of the myths surrounding university admissions, considers some facts around application numbers, ratios for applications to places and the system used at Nottingham known as ‘centralised decision making'.
- Session time: 45 minutes suggested
- Format: presentation followed by a Q&A session
- Suitable for: teachers and advisers responsible for managing the UCAS process
- The university admissions process can often seem a complex phenomenon when, in reality, processes are much simpler than they appear. This session aims to dispel some of the myths surrounding university admissions, considers some facts around application numbers, ratios for applications to places and the system used at Nottingham known as ‘centralised decision making'.
- How to devise a HE programme
- Knowing exactly what information your students need, to make the important decisions of what to study and where, can be difficult . This session aims to equip those new to the sixth form advisory role with the tools to develop an effective programme of higher education information. This includes the UCAS process, researching HE, writing personal statements, interview technique, finance issues and preparing for open days.
- Session Time: one hour suggested
- Format: presentation and discussion
- Suitable for: teachers and advisers responsible for helping year 12 students and their parents with the university application process