Pathways 2 – Session 2

Types of Degrees, Taster Days, Summer Schools, FE Options

• There are thousands of different courses and combinations

• 300+ different unis/colleges / HE and FE providers

Different Types of Degrees

YOUR FUTURE CAREER MAY NOT BE INVENTED YET …

A real example - Helena gained a First in History at Royal Holloway, University of London…

…then stayed on for a Masters in

Holocaust Studies…

… she is now

Social Media Manager for innocent smoothies

She manages their social media content - one of her tweets made

number 1 trend in UK on 2015 Election Day (#DogsAtPollingStations)

But when Helena started at uni, Facebook & Twitter didn’t even exist in UK, so her future career hadn’t been invented

1. Professional courses - where in effect you’re applying for the profession as well as the degree

2. Vocational courses - which may lead on to professional accreditation, but may not

3. Non-vocational courses - which can still keep many options open provided you develop your employability skills alongside

• Combine 2 subjects Examples: History and Spanish or Physics and Music Performance

• Combine 3 subjects Example: PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics)

• Take a major/minor course Example: Maths with Management

• Or a multidisciplinary course Examples: Natural Sciences or Liberal Arts or Arts & Sciences

Degrees with a professional year/sandwich placement

Placement year is usually paid (e.g. Sussex average = £16 - £25K)

Tuition fee for placement reduced to £1,800 (UK/EU)

Unis like Aston, Bath, Brunel, Loughborough, Surrey offer it across a wide range of subjects

Sussex offers it through Sussex Choice

Royal Navy & Royal Marines, RAF, The Army: any academic discipline

BP: £5,000 for Year 1 of STEM degrees @ Bath, Birmingham, Cambridge, Durham, Imperial, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Strathclyde

Balfour Beatty: Construction, Civil Engineering or Quantity Surveying @ Loughborough, Salford, Nottingham, Birmingham, Leeds, Southampton, Surrey, Durham, Northumbria, Nottingham Trent, Liverpool John Moores

Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS): similar scheme @ Aston, Loughborough, Newcastle, Northumbria or Southampton

Sports or Music Scholarships: at numerous unis

NHS Bursaries for many healthcare degrees

Social Work Bursaries for degrees in Social Work

Choose what you enjoy

Think outside the box

Seek out hidden gems

Be aware of skills shortages

… for which STEM subjects confer an advantage

But equally, be aware that 50-60% of graduate jobs are open to graduates of any discipline

Cost differentials now less prohibitive; partial scholarships or tuition fee loans up to £6Kpa available in most cases; all are in UCAS;

University of Law (Birmingham/Bristol/Chester/Guildford/London/Manchester/York)

UCFB (Wembley Stadium/Burnley) - Degrees for the football & sports Industries

BIMM (Brighton/Bristol /Dublin) / Institute of Contemporary Music (London)

Pearson College - career-focused degrees in Business, Law, Media (London)

Norland College - BA Early Childhood Studies (Bath)

Edge Hotel School (2-year degree at country house hotel on Essex University campus)

Examples (not in UCAS):

CAE Oxford Aviation Academy

£80,000 for 16 month course

Tante Marie Culinary Academy (Woking) / Cordon Bleu School (London)

£20,000+ for up to 1 year

Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design, London

£20,000 for 1 year Vogue Fashion Foundation Diploma

Executive PA Diploma

£9,775 for 1 year course e.g. at Oxford Media & Business School;

similar courses at Pitman's, Quest, Lucie Clayton

Most are paid/salaried + some pay all university fees as well as a salary. Examples:

Airbus @ Bristol UWE (Engineering) £13K pa

Barclays @ Anglia Ruskin/Nottingham Trent (Retail Banking) £16K pa

Environment Agency @ Bristol UWE (River & Coastal Engineering)

Experian @ Nottingham Trent (Management & Leadership)

George at Asda @ Manchester Metropolitan/Leicester HQ (The George Degree, Retail)

Harrods @ Anglia Ruskin (Retail School Leaver programme, London)

KPMG @ Birmingham/Durham (6 year Audit prog) £21K pa + fees/benefits

Merchant Navy Cadets @ Warsash/Fleetwood/S.Tyneside (£120pw sea/£175pw college)

National Grid @ Aston (Electrical Power Engineering) £24K + car!

PwC @ Reading/Newcastle/Nottingham (Acc’ting/Business) £20K offsets tuition fees

Examples (with grades & approx. starting salary - need to check for 2017 if known):

BDO: Audit/Tax/Advisory; locations include Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Epsom, Gatwick, Hatfield, London, Reading, Southampton; ABB

Deloitte: 5-year BrightStart scheme, Audit/Tax/Corporate Finance; ABB

KPMG: 360degree programme (Audit, Tax & Advisory); 6 locations; BCC £15-18K

Marks & Spencer: Trainee Management Scheme, nationwide; CCC £18K

National Audit Office: 5 year Accountancy programme, London; £21K

RSM Tenon: Accounts/Outsourcing/Tax/Forensic Accounting; BCC

Tesco: Trainee Management programme nationwide; BCC £18K

UHY Hacker Young: 2-year Audit programme, London; AAB £17K

Willis: Insurance/Risk Advisers, London/Ipswich/Bristol/Birmingham; BBC

Average salary = £16K + all uni costs paid for

Apply direct to employer, not UCAS

Entry requirements CCC or upwards including a STEM subject

Employers: Accenture, BT, Capgemini, Ford, Fujitsu, GSK, HMRC, HP, IBM, John Lewis, Lloyds Banking Group, Network Rail, Tata

Universities: Aston, Exeter, Greenwich, Loughborough, Manchester Metropolitan, UCL, UWE Bristol, Winchester

Accredited & salaried work-based programmes with p/t university level study - examples:

BBC: Leadership & Management; London; study at Pearson College £11K Boots: 2-year Future Leaders programme; Nottingham; £15K/BBB Civil Service Fast Track: Business Admin/IT/Finance; London/20 other locations; £19K+ GCHQ/MI5/MI6: Intelligence HA’s; Cheltenham/London; CCC incl 2 STEM subjs IBM: Business/IT; Winchester/Farnboro/Manchester/Portsmouth/London/Warwick; £15K/160pts M&G Investments: Finance & Investment Operations; London/Essex; £19K/ BBB PwC: Assurance/Consulting/Tax; numerous locations; £16K min + benefits/BBB Rolls-Royce: Engineering/Supply Chain/Project Management; £11K Transport for London: Finance; £16K TUI: Tour Operations; based at Luton head office; £15K/280pts Vauxhall Motors: Accountancy; Luton/Wirral Virgin Media: IT/Telecomms; nationwide; up to £18K/2 A-levels

So many options it is hard to choose but it is important that you know what is out there so you can make informed choices.

A great way to decide is to take advantage of the number of summer schools and taster days on offer from universities and colleges.

In addition don’t forget you have another free year of education after BHASVIC.

Explore these options if you need a complete change of path.

Or you need additional qualifications for a degree you want to apply for.

For September 2017 we have had 72 BHASVIC students applying for art foundation courses

This is common if you are applying for creative arts degrees and is a one year course aimed at stretching you artistically and building a wider portfolio.

Continue to work through your Pathways workbook exploring degree options on session 2.

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