Cornwall HE Advisers’ Day

Richard Prest

Outreach Officer

The important bits

•Fire alarms and facilities

•Coffee @ 11:45 and 2:45 to be taken into afternoon session

•Lunch @ 13:15 with Admissions Tutors and undergraduate students

The important bits

•Evaluation forms in packs to be completed after final workshop

•No workshops, all main sessions

Cornwall UCAS Convention

Wednesday 17 March 2010Tremough Campus

Cornwall Convention

• 47 UCAS Conventions nationally

• Cornwall is a Category B event

• 100 Exhibitors

• Arrange alphabetically

Cornwall Convention

•Allocated slots at hourly intervals 10:30 – 1:30. The event closes at 2:45

•Coaches will be allocated arrival times

•School visit to last 1½ hrs

•2500 visitors

•15 school & college groups

Cornwall Convention

•No bags available from UCAS

•Student catering Stannary

•11 seminar rooms

•Student guides

Seminar programme

• 11 seminar rooms (Peter Lanyon Building)

• Rolling programme of 30 minute sessions with 15 minute intervals

• No tickets - places on first come, first served basis

• Allow time to get there and back

10:30 – 11:00 11:15 – 11:45 12:00 – 12:30 12:45 – 1:15 1:30 – 2:00 2:15 – 2:45

Sem 3 Art & DesignTaking a gap

YearArt & Design

Taking a gap Year

Art & DesignTaking a gap

Year

Lect 1 Law / Law / Law /

Sem 6Performing

Arts/

Performing Arts

/Performing

Arts/

Sem 7Biological Sciences

/Biological Sciences

/Biological Sciences

/

Lect 4 Student Life / Student Life / Student Life /

Sem 4Researching HE choices

/Researching HE choices

/Researching HE choices

/

Sem 8 / Media / Media / Media

Lect 3 / Medicine / Medicine / Medicine

Sem 5 /Sports

Science/

Sports Science

/Sports

Science

Lect 2 /UCAS & Personal

Statements/

UCAS & Personal

Statements/

UCAS & Personal

Statements

Sem 2 /Student Finance

/Student Finance

/Student Finance

Preparing your students Before they arrive, students should have

an idea of:

what subject(s) they are interested in

which HEIs offer that subject

which of them will be at the

convention

what other things are

important to them

Other things that might be important

• Accommodation• Bursary support• Scholarships• Transport links• Sports and leisure facilities• Location• Reputation • Support services• Security • Flexibility within the course• Subject focus• Employability rates

• Clubs and societies• Student profile• Green credentials• Officer Training Corps• Religious provision• Work experience opportunities• BUCS rating• Shopping• Travel abroad• Disability support • Nightlife • Music

A good UCAS Convention is one where students have a sense of purpose.