Category Archives: Further Education

Careers, Further Education, Pupils

City of Glasgow College – virtual event

City of Glasgow College will host a virtual event on Monday 10th August 2020 between 12 and 2pm and/or 4pm and 6pm.

We still have limited availability for some courses beginning August/September 2020 but the event is equally suitable for next year’s leavers and guidance staff/parents requiring further information.

Attendees can:

– Chat to lecturers about full-time courses starting in August.
– Discuss your options if you have not met the conditions of your offer.
– Chat to our Student Support Team about funding and other support available.

We hope this will be within the next week. www.cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk/clearing2020

Further Education, Pupils, Support, University

FAO of pupils applying to Oxford or Cambridge

Dear All,

We hope you are keeping well during these difficult times. In the absence of in-person access events at the moment, we thought we would draw your attention to the free Q&A event hosted by ‘InsideUni’ this Saturday the 13th of June specifically for Scottish students. More details about InsideUni (www.insideuni.org) and the event are included below.

The InsideUni website is free and compiles advice from around 2,000 Oxford and Cambridge students. So far, it has been used by 20,000 people across 129 countries, and has been recognised by the University of Cambridge via press release and social media. Cambridge and Oxford are recognisably different in their application processes and in how they are perceived as universities. Insight into this from current students can both help ‘demystify’ and reassure students that they have the potential to apply and attend Oxbridge.

During the COVID-19 lockdown, InsideUni has been running a series of initiatives to reach out to prospective students who are no longer able to attend Open Days and Summer schools due to cancellations. Despite both universities making concerted efforts to make resources for applicants available online, such as virtual Open Days, applicants are unavoidably missing out on the chance to meet with current students, ask questions and get a feel for the Oxbridge student experience. To enable applicants to do this, we have been running a live Q&A series via YouTube. Each session covers a topic related to applying to Oxbridge, from subject-specific sessions on Humanities and STEM subjects, to sessions aimed at applicant groups who are underrepresented in higher education, such as first-generation students and black students.

Our next Q&A is specifically aimed at students from Scotland, covering a range of Scottish specific issues & queries such as tuition fees, advanced highers & the distance! It will be at 4pm on Saturday, hosted over YouTube, and students can submit questions in advance via this form: https://forms.gle/5s4NCFVfCrHtpHCD6

And this is the link to the event once it goes live: https://youtu.be/IQOXN_Yah-M

There’s also this information on social media. This is a link to the facebook post – https://www.facebook.com/insideuni.org/photos/a.2201409100138130/2674249266187442/?type=3&theater.

Some more information about InsideUni:

As well as our Q&A series, our website features a range of resources which we feel might be helpful for your students. The website has two main features: interview testimonies and subject and course guides. The testimonies have been submitted by past and present Oxbridge students from different subjects and colleges. These reflect a wide range of interview experiences, while also providing context and advice for potential applicants.

The subject and course guides are also student-written and feature links to free subject-specific resources. These can be used to prepare a strong application to any university, and to explore subject options.

We are also working on a third, more general section: these guides direct applicants to resources such as free mentorship schemes, scholarships and university outreach programmes.

We hope the above information is useful for you and your students. If you have any questions specifically concerning the event then please email fmmm2@cam.ac.uk.

Careers, Further Education, University

You’re invited!

Presentations for schools and colleges
The Recruitment and International Office at the University of Strathclyde are pleased to be able to offer you a range of virtual presentations that students can access from home. These include a programme of presentations for students considering Higher Education on topics such as:
 
• Choosing a course and a University
• UCAS and the personal statement
• Transition to University and Student Finance

 
 

 

 

Further Education, Medicine, S5/6, University

University applicants 2021

Aberdeen University Medicine Open Day will be a virtual event and will take place online on Saturday 13th June, 11:00am – 2:00pm. Registration is now open to all prospective students at this link. Further details about Open Days for all subjects will also be available in due course at abdn.ac.uk/openday.
 
The Medical Schools Council has also produced information for prospective Medicine applicants. For students who may be concerned about sourcing relevant experience or shadowing, they have produced this informative document. They are also hosting Medical Schools Admissions Webinars for teachers and careers advisers supporting widening participation applicants to Medicine. Full details are on the PDF attached; the first of these webinars will take place on Monday 8th June at 11am.
 
A series of informative videos about choosing a course and university, writing your personal statement, and funding information are available here. We hope these videos are helpful to your pupils as they research universities this summer and would appreciate if the link to these can be sent out to your networks. These videos can be viewed at any time and students can ask questions relating to any these talks at our June and July Unibuddy Live sessions, which are scheduled on our Virtual Events page here. Our Information for Teachers webpage is also available here, with guidance supporting informed subject choices for students of all ages.
 
We will also be attending the UK University Search Virtual Fair on Wednesday 17th June, and staff will be available throughout the day to answer questions from prospective students. Details about this event and how to register for students/teachers can be found here.
 

 

Careers, Exam Results, Further Education

Careers Information Pages Updated

Skills Development Scotland is Scotland’s careers service.

Our qualified Careers Advisers are working in schools and careers centres across the whole of Scotland.

Your SDS Careers Adviser is Chris Doyle and you can get in touch with them through the school.

You can speak to Chris or book appointments during the following times.

8.15- 8.45 am or 12.40-1pm Mondays, Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays.

At the Mearns Castle High School Careers Room, Health Suite.

Chris can be contacted at chris.doyle@sds.co.uk or   Tel: 0141 577 2300

SDS Careers Advisers will also be able to support your parents, carers and teachers when it comes to talking about careers.

To access the latest information click here