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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

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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