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Introduction to Higher Education - Rachel Wier, University of Essex
An insight into alternative routes into careers such as traineeships, apprenticeships and Employability Skills – Hayley Hallworth, Careers Team
What does College offer students – Careers programme/Key Dates Evette Hawkins, Careers Leader
Higher Education and Employability Skills Briefing
Brief overview of how College supports students
The processes explained
Q &A session - this might be more useful individually at the end
Information can be found on our website – Documents or Career page
Welcome
MOODLE-College intranet for students
MOODLE
Destinations
Employability Skills Tutorial – for Personal Statement
Manage your Career - Tutorial
Careers Fair (February)
Progression Event (2 Day programme) (May) – over 300 talks available about courses, personal statements, Student finance, also Apprenticeships and Jobs are covered.
Tutorials with Personal Tutor on the UCAS Application process/personal statements
Higher Education Finance Talk (late summer term)
Careers interviews
Information on MOODLE and in Bulletins
How College supports students through the Higher Education process
Employability Tutorial
Managing your Career Tutorial
Careers Fair (February each year)
Progression Event (2 Day programme) (May) – over 300 talks available about Apprenticeships and Jobs, Applications and from employers.
Tutorials with Personal Tutor on Employability skills and Employability Skills
Moodle site/ Careers Bulletin/Student Bulletin with vacancies
Careers interviews
How College supports students through Job searching and
applications
MIDSITE SPORTS HALL – 10.15am-1.15pm
THURSDAY 13 FEBRUARY
100+ EXHIBITORS INCLUDING: 70 UNIVERSITIES
Key Events – see handout
Careers Fair 2020
Apprenticeships/Employment/Year Out
Army/Army Reserve
Army Air Corps Reserve (677 Squadron)
BDO LLP (Accounting/Finance)
British Telecom (BT) (IT Apprenticeships)
Colchester Hospital
Colchester Institute (Apprenticeships)
Colchester Teacher Training Consortium
Constable VAT Consultancy LLP (Apprenticeships)
Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)
Edmund Carr LLP (Accounting/Finance)
Ellisons Solicitors
Ensors (Accounting/Finance)
Essex Boys and Girls Clubs (Volunteering)
Essex Police
Frontier (Year Out/Travel provider)
Grant Thornton (Accounting & Finance)
HSBC (Banking)
Investment 20/20 (Investment
Management)
Larking Gowen (Chartered Accountants)
London Market Group (Insurance)
Make Happen (Progression-relevant
students aware)
Project Trust (Year Out/Travel provider)
Projects Abroad (Year Out)
Royal Navy/Royal Marines/RoyalFleet
Auxiliary
Scrutton Bland (Accounting/Finance)
Shore Engineering
The Prince’s Trust (Self-employment)
Whybrow Chartered Surveyors
Zest - St Elizabeth Hospice (Volunteering)
Careers fair 2020 - Universities
Aberdeen
Anglia Ruskin
Aston
Bangor
Bath
Bedfordshire
Birmingham
Bishop Grosseteste, Lincoln
Brighton
Brighton & Sussex Medical School
Bristol
Brunel
Buckinghamshire New
Canterbury Christ Church
Cardiff
Chichester
City University, London
Coventry
Dundee
Durham
East Anglia
Edge Hill
EdinburghEssex-(including Edge Hotel School)ExeterFalmouthFashion Retail AcademyGreenwichHertfordshireImperial College LondonKeeleKentKing’s College, LondonLancasterLaw (University of)LeedsLeicesterLincolnLiverpoolLondon Institute of Banking & FinanceLondon School of EconomicsLondon South BankLoughboroughManchesterNewcastle & Newcastle (London campus)NorthamptonNorthumbriaNottingham
Nottingham TrentOxford BrookesPearson College LondonPlymouthPortsmouthQueen Mary, LondonRavensbourne, University LondonReadingRoehamptonRoyal Holloway, LondonSalfordSheffieldSouthamptonSt Mary’s, Twickenham, LondonStaffordshireStrathclydeSuffolkSurreySussexUniversity Centre Colchester (Colchester Institute)University College LondonUniversity for the Creative Arts (UCA)WarwickWestminsterWinchesterWorcesterWrittleYork
Students return from Internal summer assessments on Monday 18th May.
For two days students will have access to over 300 talks from universities (about the application process and specific degree courses) from college staff about what’s on offer after college and from employers. There will be volunteering organisations, a range of Gap Year providers and studying abroad.
Students devise their own programme to follow and choose 13 talks
Progression Event (Two Day programme)
Career progressionKey Events - Handout
Tutorials after they return from Study leave are about Progression – Employment and Higher Education.
Students are encouraged to do research and complete their CV and UCAS application
UCAS application – earliest you can apply is mid September – latest (not to be a ‘Late Applicant’) Mid November at College (to allow checking and sending before 15th January deadline)
Tutorials
‘Oxbridge – the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge Oxford and Cambridge are two of the best academic universities
in the world, as they offer unrivalled teaching and learning opportunities
Applicants need to have an excellent academic record (GCSE and A Level results), be passionate about their subject, and be self-starters in terms of learning
College offers support and guidance for students who are thinking of applying – 12th Feb Oxbridge briefing for First Years, 17th March – Cambridge trip to Emmanuel College for First Years, 24th March – Former Student briefing for First Years, May-June –1 to 1 interviews with First Years, Parent Evening in July
For further information, go to the Careers Moodle site, then find ‘Oxbridge’; or email Adam Bantick (Arts subjects) or Miriam Raynor (Science and Maths subjects)’
OXBRIDGE Group
It is an additional study that is timetabled for Friday lunchtime. If planning to study one of these courses students should already be enrolled on Medics and need to see Kate Thacker in Biology to join.
The competitive nature of these courses and high Academic entry criteria. If students are not looking at 3 A predictions at A-level then they are not going to get onto a course unless they fulfil Widening Participation Criteria and even then they really need to be Bs. For most students their GCSEs will also be crucial a) because there is a minimum entry criteria and b) for there is a string correlation in GCSE score and success in the Admissions tests that both Doctors and Dentists have to sit.
For Vets work experience is compulsory and they have to have completed a minimum number of weeks. For the others work experience is advisable and a significant number have organised this at Colchester hospital. Long term voluntary work e.g. care homes is also advisable.
MEDICS- Medicine, Dentistry, Vet Med or Physio
Sources of help and advice for Higher Education and Apprenticeships
UNISTATS
Open days.com
Student Financewww.gov.uk/student-finance/new-fulltime-students
The student world – fairs which have overseas universities attending
USA - Fulbright
Study in Europe
UCAS.COM
Alternatives to Higher Education
Support - guidanceReminders about deadlines Encourage open day visits to
universitiesCV and Employability skills guidanceHelp to find work
experiences/shadowing opportunities
What can you do?
