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Thu Jul 23rd, 2009 5:37 p.m. |
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What do you all think? It raises so many questions, plus in many ways it vindicates what many of us have been saying for years. It was horrible about Connexions - was this fair?
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Sat Apr 18th, 2009 2:55 p.m. |
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| Thu Jul 9th, 2009 1:45 p.m. |
| Kitt Stokes-Eadie |
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Dear Colleagues,
I am a postgraduate-qualified careers adviser. My wider career ambition has always been to work in HE/FE, but my experience is minimal.
My questions are: How can I improve upon my current level of experience? Are there any training days/events, which might help me with this? How do I get this door to open?
Your help/advice/support on this matter will be warnmly welcomed. |
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Fri Apr 3rd, 2009 9:01 a.m. |
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| Fri Apr 3rd, 2009 9:17 a.m. |
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| Are others interested in finding out about the experiences of Advanced Diploma students applying to HE? Do students feel that the Diploma is a good preparation for HE? What are admissions tutors saying about the Diploma? What resources are advisers using to tell students about the Diploma and HE? I know the situation is changing all the time and a forum is a good way of sharing up-to-the-minute knowledge! |
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Mon Jan 5th, 2009 2:21 p.m. |
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Hi - I am compiling an information resource for everyone relating to HE destinations information provided by HEIs. Basically I will put together as many links as possible taking you directly to destinations survey information. I have found destinations surveys a powerful tool during guidance interviews.
Please can I ask you to let me know of any particular destinations pages you have as I will not be able to compile links to every university.
I would like this also to be a vehicle to advocate to those universities that do not make their survey results easily accessible.
Thanks
Anthony
afitzgerald@tiffin.kingston.sch.uk |
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Mon Dec 15th, 2008 11:23 a.m. |
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| Thu Jan 1st, 2009 7:35 p.m. |
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It seems the careers & educational guidance available places high emphasis on supporting young people to enter HE but lacks any planned system for those HE students unfortunate enough to drop-out, leaving them to their own devices.
Is this the case and is anything being done about it nationally? |
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Fri Dec 12th, 2008 11:45 a.m. |
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| Thu Dec 18th, 2008 8:34 p.m. |
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It is evident to me that a)there aren't enough Careers Advisers being trained b)those that are on training courses are just as likely to end up in non-careers adviser jobs eg targeted youth support c)any succession planning for skilled and experienced FE/6th form specialist careers advisers is woeful d)staff development training opportunites into work with abler students are very limited e)FE/6th form career/educational guidance standards are slipping.
Question: can anyone disabuse me of my view or reassure me? |
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Fri Jul 18th, 2008 11:49 a.m. |
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| Mon Dec 15th, 2008 1:45 p.m. |
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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 1st, 2008 10:42 a.m. |
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| Tue Jul 29th, 2008 3:00 p.m. |
| 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 31st, 2008 4:27 p.m. |
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| Wed Apr 23rd, 2008 9:15 p.m. |
| 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 22nd, 2008 0:09 p.m. |
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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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