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Why Higher Education?
James Kennedy
Schools & Colleges Liaison Officer
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What Are You Expecting From Higher Education?
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How to Make Your Choices
• Over 55,000 different courses to choose from• There are over 300 institutions to choose from• www.ucas.com• Higher Education Conventions• Prospectus vs Internet• New or normality
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How close to home do you want to be?
Small town or big city?
Where are you actually moving too?
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The Practical Reasons
• Transferable skills
• Increased career choice
• Professional training (doctors, lawyers etc)
• Financial advantage
• Job satisfaction
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Study Skills
• Lectures
• Seminars
• Placements
• Resources
• Audio, Visual, Kinetic, Reading
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Courses Available• Attraction park
management• Band studies• Brewing & distilling• Conflict resolution• Disaster management• Ergonomics• Football studies
• Gambling• Golf studies• Jazz studies• Leather technology• Podiatry• Surf science• Video game design• Wine tasting
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What do they have to offer you?
• Academics• Societies• Sports• Facilities• Structured independence
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• Law
• Politics
• Football
• Kabaddi
• World of Warcraft
Societies
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• Brighton
• East London
• Bath
• Edinburgh
• Leeds
Reputation
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Questions to Ask the Tutors• How many students are there per class?
• How many drop out?
• How often are the assessments?
• How do you assess?
• How often do you get to see them on a one to one basis?
• How many hours per week are you in lectures / seminars?
• How many hours per week is recommended for reading?
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Questions for the Students
• Is accommodation guaranteed? • How much is it?• What are the Students’ Union facilities like?• What are your fees?• Where do you live after first year?• What is there to do on a night out / in?• How easy is it to get a part time job?
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• Parents• Teachers• Prospectus• Internet• Current students• See it for yourself
Where is the Information?
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Myths
• You'll have a good time anywhere
• Each course is the same everywhere
• Universities don't vary that much
• You have to be clever and rich to go
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Top Tips
• No-one else can pick a University/Course for you. • What ever your priorities are stick to them• Go visit, eat there• Talk to a current student where possible• Be quick but don’t rush• Score the Universities on YOUR criteria• What is the next step after University• Stay Positive