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The 14-19 Prospectus and Common Application Process

My Course My FutureGreater Manchester 14-19 Prospectus

www.salford.futures4me.co.uk

What is the 14-19 prospectus?

The MyCourseMyFuture website is the new online prospectus to help you make choices in year 11 about future courses and training.

It provides information on the courses and training opportunities on offer at all of the colleges, sixth forms and work based learning providers in Salford – they are referred to as providers on the prospectus.

In year 11 you will be able to make online applications to these providers as well as some in other areas in Greater Manchester



In today’s lesson…

You will unlock your account and navigate the website, identifying courses you might be interested in

You will have the opportunity to save your favourite courses and make ‘mock’ applications to your chosen colleges, sixth forms and work based learning providers

You will have the chance to fill in information on the ‘My Profile’ section



Go to www.salford.futures4me.co.uk


Registering for an account






Username – you can choose any username

Make sure it is something familiar as you will need to use every time you log in to the system




Password – choose something unique only you will know




Confirm password – confirm your password




Unlock code – enter your 8 character unlock codeThe unlock code unlocks your account and enables you to apply for courses




Once you have filled in all of the boxes click Register



Click here to return to the homepage

You will be able search for courses and save your favourites to your profile



Click here to return to the homepage

You will be able search for courses and save your favourites to your profile

Click on the Continue to the login screen link to re-enter your details



For security reasons you will be asked to re-enter your username and password again



Then Log in

Application Process – the learner dashboard



My Profile & Messages – where you can alter your personal details, predicted grades etc.

You can also view and send messages to providers, teachers and your Connexions Personal Advisor


My Courses – where you can search for courses, view your favourite courses and apply to providers taking part in the Application Process


My Applications – to view, edit, send or withdraw any applications you have made

You will also be able to monitor the progress of any of your sent applications in this section


My Offers & Appointments – where you can view and respond to any offers made to you by providers and check on appointments/interviews that have been arranged

Searching for courses



To start searching for courses click on the View My Courses link

Search for a course



Click the Search for more courses link – this will take you to the Prospectus



Allows you to quickly search for courses that you like using keywords

Predictive text – like Google

Can enter course names, provider names, geographic areas or careers

Course search facility



The keyword search will list a range of courses meeting your criteria that can be filtered using the option boxes on the left



Location – allows you to filter your search by postcode or extend the search to other areas in Greater Manchester



Age range – allows you to filter courses that have a specific age range



Course Start Date – allows you to filter if you’re looking for a course to start at a specific time of year



Qualification – lets you filter by qualification type (e.g. A Level, BTEC etc)



Level – allows you to filter by level of study



More about level – links provides you with more information on what the different levels of study mean:



You can enter a combination of courses (up to a maximum of 12 courses)

The search will return a list of providers offering those courses

Combination search



Provider search



About Us – gives you more information on the provider



View Courses – shows a list of the courses on offer at the provider



To view a course click Go



The course page provides details on what you will study

Other information includes:

ProgressionCareersTransportContact information



Add to ‘My Courses’ – allows you to save the course to your profile

You may be asked to enter your log-in details again

Spend the next few minutes searching and saving courses you think you’d be interested in studying.



Making an application


Making an application

Once you have saved a course and unlocked your account you will be able to make an application

Don’t forget… This is only a test and you will not actually be applying to study these courses just yet



Therefore…

Don’t worry if you haven’t found the course or provider you’ve been looking for

Don’t worry about the information you include in your profile and application – you will be able to update this when applying for real next year





• Click on the My Course tab in the navigation bar

• This will show you a list of the courses you have saved and give you the option of applying to the provider they are offered at


www.mycoursemyfuture.com/salford

Apply to this provider – to unlock your account and start making applications click here


Tick the courses that you want to apply for


Put the selected courses in order of preference using the up and down arrows

Using application process to apply


Tracking your application



Your sent application is now visible in the My Applications panel


Your sent application is now visible in the My Applications panel

By clicking the View Applications tab you will be able to see the progress of your application



You can see the progress of your application and whether it has been received by the provider – if you change your mind, you can also withdraw the application



Once your application has been received the received box will turn green



Once your application has been received the received box will turn green

An Acknowledgement Message will also appear

What happens next?

The system that you have just used is being piloted in a select few schools in Greater Manchester

From next year, you will get to use the system for real – making proper applications for genuine courses

Over the summer you will still be able to use your log-in to search and save courses

You can also update information in the My Profile section making it even easier to apply for courses in Year 11



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