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University of Strathclyde Events

Virtual Open Days

Our Undergraduate Open Days will be taking place virtually this year on:

 

Wednesday 28th October        1.30pm – 6pm

Saturday 14th November         10am – 2.30pm

 

More information will be posted as and when it becomes available on our website here.

 

Higher Education Information Evenings

At this time of year we would ordinarily be visiting many schools to provide information to parents as well as pupils about the UCAS process. In recognition of this we have scheduled Information Evenings which will be particularly useful for parents. Our first one of these was very successful and well attended.  Please pass this information on to your students. You and your students can register for one of the dates provided here:

 

Thursday 8th October 6pm

https://strath.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cWuvzM51TQixuRyWoO80ug

 

Monday 19th October 6pm

https://strath.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CgQoOIK8Qg6G2F5awLWpbA

 

As always you  contact us on ugenquiries@strath.ac.uk and we may be able to arrange an alternative date for your school.

 

UCAS Events

 

UCAS are running a number of subject specific virtual events over the coming weeks. Strathclyde will be in attendance along with a wide selection of other Universities from across the UK. The details are as follows:

 

16th October     Biological and Physical Sciences

23rd October     Social Sciences, Humanities and Teaching

2nd November   Maths, Engineering and Computing

 

For further information please visit the UCAS site: www.ucas.com/ucas/events/find/type/exhibition

 

UK University Search Fair

 

UK University Search are holding a virtual fair on Wednesday 11th November. Strathclyde will be in attendance along with a number of other Universities. For further information please see here.

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Business, Law, Finance Virtual Exhibition

It will provide you with an opportunity to:
  • Chat to subject teachers and admissions specialists, and start comparing unis and courses.
  • Meet current students to find out what uni life’s really like.
  • Get advice on applying to uni through UCAS, and making your personal statement stand out.
  • Discover apprenticeships, what they are exactly, how to apply, and the careers you could achieve.
  • Find out about student finance, what you’re entitled to, and how to apply.
  • Explore over 100 unis and colleges.​
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Reach, Top Up and Summer School Update for S5- S6

Top- Up
  • Anyone who attended and completed the program but were not able to complete their written assignment have been awarded a B pass for this assignment.
  • Results will be sent out to you and to admissions officers for Universities in the next 2 weeks
Summer School
  • Summer school will run online in June or July
  • Pupils will have one of the following offers for completing Summer School: academic skills module only, OR academic skills module and 1 or 2 academic subjects.
  • You may receive an offer to complete Summer School if you do not achieve your acquired grades for your SQA exams.
Reach Campus Week (Medicine, Dentistry, Law, Vet Medicine – Current S5 pupils moving to S6 in June)
 
  • This will take place online on the week beginning 15th June
  • On campus sessions will follow as soon as possible
  • The online sessions will include all information needed to apply in October.
  • Adjusted offers will still be made for completing Reach Campus Week
 
Sutton Trust Summer School
  • Will now run online week beginning 27th June
  • Completion will still play the usual role in adjusted offers for Life Sciences; Arts; Social Sciences; Physical Sciences, Engineering.
Access to a Career Programme (Accounting & Finance, Engineering, Education)
  • The aim is to run this later in the year. If this is not possible it will run online.

If you have any questions about the above, please speak to Mr Richardson.

Covid19 Update, UCAS

Important UCAS Information

For the latest information about UCAS applications, and how they have been affected by coronavirus, please read the document below.

UCAS Update – Coronavirus

UCAS will also be holding a Live Facebook Q&A session for parents. This will be held on 30th April at 4pm.

You can also find a range of general UCAS and Universities advice, as well as learning about different post school options, in the “Skills and Pathways” menu, which can be accessed from the home page.

 

 

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UCAS Update

For students who have applied to UCAS, new information is available on the UCAS website for students in Scotland.

Read the UCAS Covid-19 Update here.

All students should  receive notifications of any changes to their applications (including deadlines) through “Track”.

For many pupils, the deadlines for accepting offers have been accepted as follows: