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Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:49 am |
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| Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:53 pm |
| Gunter Morson |
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I was wondering what advice other Colleges and 6th Forms give to leavers and ex-students who get in touch Mid July and ask for a UCAS Reference for their 'independent' application.
Does anyone have a policy about handling applications from 1st July?
Do you produce a reference? And how do you handle this if the Personal Tutor is on holiday.
If not - What do you advise them to put on the Reference section of the Clearing application?
Thanks everyone. I'm looking forward to your replies. |
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Tue Apr 1, 2008 10:42 am |
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| Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:00 pm |
| Ged Jepson |
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I am interested in discovering how FE colleges support their part time/evening students and those that have left the college and decided to apply after being out of education/in work for a year or so through the UCAS process.
In my college over 450 applicants apply to HE each year and they are supported by a mixture of personal tutor support and additional workshops/interviews/e-guidance from Careers Advisers and myself. Around 30 of these students are part time students who don't have access to personal tutors or the support provided in the day. A colleague and I have provided additional evening workshops but this has proved costly and the support we provide goes way beyond the allocated 1 hour per student - we have suggested that a minimum of 3/4 hours per student would be the very least needed with regards to covering the support basics, checking forms, collating reference etc. Most full time students have tutorial sessions over at the very least one term to guide them through the UCAS process to the point of completing their application.
If you are in an FE college and offer support to students who do not fit the 'day time' model perhaps you could share how, if you do at all, offer face to face support to such students aside from referring them to external Careers services. We have had suggestions that we attempt to draw down funding to support part time students by offering support as an OCN unit etc but this approach has flaws. I would be really keen to hear if other FE colleges provide 'additional' support for UCAS applicants in the absence of a personal tutor and how much support they provide. |
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:27 pm |
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| Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:15 pm |
| Andy Gardner |
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Most of you will already know Push.co.uk, but you may not know that we operate a Schools Tour which this year will visit around 200 schools, giving talks to Y12 and/or Y13 students about choosing a university. It's all free, by the way.
The talks are funny and informative and generally the schools love them as students come away genuinely enthused about launching into the UCAS process.
If you'd like a visit to a school or area you work with, please call Tom on 020 7005 3653. For further details visit http://www.push.co.uk/Document.aspx?groupid=DF645741-E52B-4522-99F1-30263582DA27&id=07C18FE1-999F-45F9-A18C-264F05106A2A |
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Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:09 pm |
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I am a private practitioner and am finding graduates coming from all over the country to me because the do not seem to getting the advice and follow through they need to get into gradaute employment opportunities either from their qualifying university or from ones operating reciprocal arrangements. Also receiprocal arrangements seem very ad hoc, some universities do it others don't.
There is a real lack of advice happening on HE courses/ or for undergraduates themselves particularly in non-vocational areas. Have others found this? What can be done to raise or improve this situation as clearly the graduates I see are very lost. |
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Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:12 pm |
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| Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:43 pm |
| Andy Gardner |
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These are really useful for students to look at when deciding on course and comparing same course between different institutions. I find that universities are not good at disseminating the results. Bath and Bristol are particularly good at showing where their graduates end up working but why are the rest not so good. I spoke to one London university who were reluctant to provide the information. Clearly it needs to be in the public domain and why not on the careers pages of the university. Any thoughts or any other examples of destinations good practice that you have come across ?
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Tue Feb 5, 2008 2:45 pm |
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| Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:33 pm |
| Andy Gardner |
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Two years ago I was invited to sit as an observer on an Imperial College interview panel which was very useful as I deal with a large number of students who apply successfully for medicine. I know QMUL and UCL offer this opportunity does anyone know of any other medical or dental schools that are open to advisers observing the process?
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Fri Jan 4, 2008 3:32 pm |
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| Wed Feb 6, 2008 12:31 pm |
| Andy Gardner |
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| The new A* at A Level is being introduced for 2010 in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. What do practitioners feel about this change? Any opinions on its effect? |
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| Fri May 16, 2008 2:17 pm |
| Emma White |
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| My impression is that once a new graduate returns to their home area and starts career job search there is little, if any, funded and focussed local support available and no opportunities to network with other unemployed graduates in their home area eg. support groups. Am I right in thinking this? If so, should this be addressed and are there any examples of good practice? |
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