Advice from former Post 16 students

The survey

• The following advice is based on a questionnaire given to Year 12 and 13 students studying a range of courses in schools from both the independent and state sectors.

• Over 300 responses were considered to create the advice for you that follows.

The survey advice covers

Section 1: Balancing your studies with social life

Section 2: Work throughout your course

Section 3: Approaching revision

Section 4: Approaching the examination and retaking units

Section 5: Choosing your degree courses

Section 6: Starting the course all over again, what would you do differently?

What you need to do

• Read the advice in each of the six Sections starting on page 11 or on the next slide

• For each Section, tick or choose no more than THREE statements that you believe are useful for you to consider.

• For each of the three statements you have ticked or chosen in each Section, circle or discuss which statement you consider to be THE most important one for you.

For example

“Have more initiative and get things done.”

“Take time to utilize the opportunities.”

“Don’t get a part-time job - it’s a killer!”(Mr Felton suggests that in fact it is not necessarily a bad thing so

long as you do not exceed 10 hours)

“Concentrate from day one.”

Read through the advice sheets now and…

• For each Section, tick or choose no more than THREE statements that you believe are useful for you to consider.

• For each of the three statements you have ticked or chosen in each Section, circle which statement you consider to be THE most important one for you.

Section 1: Balancing your studies with social life

• What were the most ticked pieces of advice?

• If you had followed the advice at GCSE level, would it have made a difference?

• What will you do today / tomorrow to implement THE most important piece of advice?

Section 2: Work throughout your course

• What were the most ticked pieces of advice?

• If you had followed the advice at GCSE level, would it have made a difference?

• What will you do today / tomorrow to implement THE most important piece of advice?

Section 3: Approaching revision

• What were the most ticked pieces of advice?

• If you had followed the advice at GCSE level, would it have made a difference?

• What will you do today / tomorrow to implement THE most important piece of advice?

Section 4: Approaching the examination and retaking units

• What were the most ticked pieces of advice?

• If you took your GCSEs again, how would you approach the examinations differently?

• What will you do today / tomorrow to approach examinations even more successfully?

Section 5: Choosing your degree courses

• What were the most ticked pieces of advice?

• What will you do over the next four weeks to start researching your chosen degree and university

Section 6: Starting the course all over again, what would you do

differently?

• What were the most ticked pieces of advice?

• If were advising GCSE students, what would you say to the question at the top of this slide?