St Andrew's High School

This week the UCAS Hub have a series of live sessions designed for those students who are looking to apply for a course that has a 15th of October application deadline.

• Tuesday, 23 June – Q&A with the universities of Oxford and Cambridge
• Wednesday, 24 June – Applying for medicine courses
• Thursday, 25 June – Applying for dentistry courses
• Friday, 26 June – Applying for veterinary courses

Every session will be led by subject-matter experts and start at 14:00. To get involved, all you need to do is join  live in the UCAS Hub and click the banner at the top inviting you to join.

The University of Glasgow will be hosting a Virtual Undergraduate Open Day on Tuesday 23rd June from 09:00 – 18:00 for students interested in applying to any of their undergraduate degree programmes for 2021 entry. Parents will be very welcome too.

• University of Glasgow Virtual Open Day

Senior girls who are considering a degree in Geoscience, the Girls into Geoscience event will take place on Monday 6 July, 9.30-4pm.  This will be an excellent introduction to the course and further information can be found at this link.

• Girls into Geoscience event

In addition to Open Day The University of Glasgow will also be represented at the UK University Search Virtual Fair, 17 June, 12 -6pm.  Students should sign up at the link below.

• UK University Search Virtual Fair

Students looking to apply to University through UCAS for a September 2021 start should all make sure that they are signed up for the UCAS Hub.  There are a series of live sessions that will be extremely beneficial to researching and completing their applications.

• How to best represent yourself to Universities – 9th & 16th June
• Unpicking league tables – 10th & 17th June
• Universities of Oxford and Cambridge – 23rd June
• Medicine – 24th June
• Dentistry – 25th June
• Veterinary – 26th June
• Careers – 30th June & 7th July
• Apprenticeships – 1st July & 8th July

Student should use & sign up with the following link

https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/what-and-where-study/ucas-hub-live

The UWS student recruitment team will be running two webinars over the coming weeks, the topics that will be covered in these webinars are outlined below:

• Date – Wednesday 10^th June
• Topic – Personal Statements – Getting Started
• Description – This presentation will provide a solid foundation of starting a personal statement, including tips to help students with their preparation.
• Time – 2:00pm
• Registration Link – https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P8D6etyiSIy-Whsnv23_cw

• Date – Wednesday 24^th June
• Topic – Enhancing Employability
• Description – This presentation will show the advantages of getting involved at university to help with their employability after graduating.
• Time – 2:00pm
• Registration Link – https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nQYwFmjIQtqwVDtebu4CeA

When students register they will receive an e-mail confirmation and reminders for each session. The sessions will last around 35 – 45 minutes and there will be opportunities for students to ask questions throughout the webinars by using the chat and Q&A feature in Zoom.

A reminder that senior students can sign up for the UK University Search Virtual University Fair (17th June) and for this month’s Webinar Wednesdays.

The fair now features over 90 exhibitors including Cambridge, Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, Warwick, Newcastle, Manchester Met and the RAF.

For more info see here.

Edinburgh Napier University are running a series of online presentations for those considering studying an Undergraduate course at Edinburgh Napier University.

They will provide professional guidance as to what course to pick which University to choose and what to write in your personal statement.

The Academic staff have also recorded presentations providing Information relating to courses.

The sessions are free to access and details are below:

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Any new S6 students interested in applying or require further information can email Miss Doyle for further help or details.

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A few new Health & Wellbeing resources have been added to the school website with some very valuable information for pupils and their parents. These can be found in the Health & Wellbeing page in the Pupil Support menu.