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Advice and Guidance on University Applications to UK
The importance of choosing a course Choosing a university Costs Home Status Applied Learning Art and Design UCAS Conservatoires The UCAS Form Offers Students choosing UK in 2012 Offers for 2013 Entry
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Presentation Rundown
Academic interest/follow a clear career path Course content and teaching method Competition for places on popular courses Entry profiles [available on UCAS website] Course specific requirements Additional admissions Tests “Passion” –the personal statement Commitment to CAS rather than a list, linked to
choice of course if possible. Interviews
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The importance of choosing a course
Oxbridge: e.g. TSA, [Thinking Skills Assessment] ELAT, [English Literature] EMLAT [European Modern
Languages] HAT, [History] LAT, [Languages] MAT [Maths and Computer Science], PAT [Physics],
STEP or college’s own test Biomedicine, Dentistry, Medicine, Vet Science: e.g.
BMAT, UKCAT [http://www.admissionstestingservice.org/our-services/medicine-and-healthcare/bmat/about-bmat/] [http://www.ukcat.ac.uk/]
Law: e.g. LNAT [http://www.lnat.ac.uk/]
Education Degrees with QTS – PTS [skills test] [http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/careers/traininganddevelopment/professionalhttp://www.education.gov.uk/schools/careers/traininganddevelopment/professional]
Additional Admissions Tests
Location – campus/city Reputation Ranking – league tables Times/ Guardian Teaching [Quality Assurance Agency] Research [Research Assessment Exercise] Graduate satisfaction Graduate destination Links with industry Accommodation Age requirement Visits and open dayshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/education/universityguidehttp://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/gug/ http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/
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Choosing a University
University of Sheffield
2013-14
Arts, Law, Social Science £12,660 per year
Archaeology, Architecture, Geography, Journalism, Maths
£14,680 per year
Sciences, Engineering, Non-clinical Medicine & Dentistry
£16,640 per year
Clinical Years of Medicine [last 3 years] & Dentistry [last 4 years]
£30,080 per year
King’s College London
2013-14
All classroom-based programmes eg. Law, Business Management, Maths
£15,000
per year
All laboratory based programmes eg. Sciences, Geography, Music, Pre-clinical Medicine & Dentistry
£19,000
per year
Clinically-based Programmes
£35,000per year
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Costs – two examples of undergraduate tuition fees for International Students
Fee code should be 02 [International/Private Finance is 01]
Student needs to know their Local Authority
Family should be ordinarily resident in the UK. http://www.ukcisa.org.uk/ Parents should be able to show ties to UK. Having a home there or a renewable contract here
may help to prove this. A UK address is essential. Email the universities well before applying to check
this. You will need to fill in an assessment form.
Home Status
Y12 Information Application Evening
Type one universities [Traditional: research universities-
courses with applied learning
components] Bath Birmingham Brunel Dundee Kent Loughborough Newcastle Stirling Strathclyde
Type two universities [Applied Learning Focus] Bournemouth Brighton Canterbury Christchurch Leeds Metropolitan Manchester Metropolitan Northumbria Nottingham Trent Oxford Brookes University of Wales
Institute University of West of
England
Applied Learning
One Year Art FoundationDirect Application: Universities with Foundation Programmes: Loughborough
University, School of Art and Design; UWIC Cardiff; Oxford Brooks
Dedicated Art Schools: Central St Martins; Chelsea College of Art and Design; Kent Institute of Art and Design; Falmouth, Ravensbourne
Three Year Undergraduate Degrees Through UCASMost universities prefer students to come through the foundation programmes unless the portfolio can show strong evidence of an ability to access the degree programme. Students entering at degree level would need to be certain of their specialism.http://www.britisharts.co.uk/artcolleges.html [also has league table]
Art and Design
Course Search – entry profiles http://www.ucas.com/how-it-all-works/
undergraduate[includes: eg. course content, entry requirements, fees, reasons for choosing the university.] The UCAS Tariff – [please refer to booklet] UCAS APPLY: Manages applications to undergraduate
degree programmes 5 choices – one online application form UCAS TRACK - Managing offers –– Firm/Insurance UCAS Extra Results day – Confirmation and Clearing
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UCAS http://www.ucas.com
If you want to get into a music, dance or drama course at a conservatoire that's part of the Conservatoires UK Admissions Service (CUKAS), you'll need to apply through the CUKAS application system.
We appreciate that researching, applying, auditioning and accepting can be quite a bit to do, so we've put together lots of advice to help you along your way – [UCAS website]
http://www.ucas.com/how-it-all-works/performing-arts
CUKAS
http://www.ucas.tv/ Students set up account in school Online form – simple format with drop-down boxes Check course code/campus code if applicable Check correct title and board for IGCSEs/GCSEs Personal Statement checked by tutor Form checked by Careers Team Payment by credit card –cost £23 [for 2013 entry] School reference Deadlines – Oxford/Cambridge/Medical - other subjects
MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE HELP BOXES IF UNCERTAIN
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The UCAS Form
How do Institutions Choose? The institutions you have applied to will look at many factors when
choosing who to accept. These can include: Qualifications Personal statement – [passion for the subject is key!] Reference Interview Portfolio Admissions tests
An admissions tutor may make one of three decisions: Unconditional offer Conditional offer Unsuccessful
Or they may offer a place on an alternative course
The UCAS Tariff – http://www.ucas.com/how-it-all-works/explore-your-options/entry-requirements/tariff-tables
Combining BTEC and IB Certificates Higher Level subjects Examinations taken outside school Accepting a Firm and Insurance Y
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Offers
Examples of Destinations for WIS Students: 2012 Entry
University Subject
Cambridge Nat Sciences: Physics
University of Edinburgh Medicine, History, Architecture
LSE Political Science, Humanities
UCL Humanities, Archaeology
Warwick Law, Biology, Economics, Accounting
Oxford Brookes Hotel Management
Loughborough Art and Design Foundation
University of the Creative Arts
Art and Design
Leeds Metropolitan Marketing
Leeds College of Music Music
Kingston Film Production
Offers for 2013 EntryUniversity Subject
Cambridge Law
Imperial College Chemistry, Bio-Chemistry, Actuarial Science
UCL Architecture, Law, Chemistry
KCL Dentistry, Pharmacy
Newcastle Medicine, Dentistry, History
Edinburgh International Relations, Economics, Veterinary Science
Manchester Metropolitan Business Management, Landscape Architecture
Loughborough Art and Design Foundation
Nottingham Trent Sports and Exercise Science, Interior Architecture
Brighton Geography
Destinations of WIS Students 2012 Entry
48%
18%
17%
10%
2%5%
United Kingdom Hong Kong United StatesCanada Australia Others
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