September 2015

Y14 Parent/Pupil Evening

UCAS / CAO

Grace Meehan QUBSandra O’Herlihy UCC

• Our Aim is to prepare all students for Higher / Further Education / Next Stage

• 90% + will go to University directly • Gap Year• Employment / training• Need parental support to enable our students

to make an informed choice for their next stage in their career

The class of 2015 are:

Following 54 courses with different titles

In 28 different Institutions

Degree

• Aberystwyth • Belfast Met • Durham• Edinburgh• Edinburgh Napier • Exeter• Glasgow• Hull

• Leeds• Liverpool• Liverpool Hope• Liverpool John Moores

• Manchester• Man Metropolitan• Newcastle• Oxford

Degree

• Open University• Queen Margret Edinburgh• Queen's Belfast• Sheffield• Southampton• St. Andrews• St. George's London• St. Mary's Belfast• Ulster University

• Cork• Galway• Trinity

• USA

• Deloitte Bright Start programme

Area of

Institution

Year 1 Fee (typical course)

(£)

Cumulative Fee (typical course) (£)

N. Ireland

University

3,685 10,395

English

University

9,000 27,000

Scottish

University

9,000 36,000

Price Check – Tuition Fees

Area of Institution Accommodation Weekly Living Costs

Tuition Fees Total Annual Cost

N. Ireland

University

£76.60-£90.65 £159.80 £3,465 £9,857

English

University

£67.14-£130 £167.80 £9,000 £15,712

Scottish

University

£148-£185 £191.50 £9,000 £16,660

London University £90-£150 £247.90 £9,000 £18,916

Price Check – Cost of Living

• Conversion of A Levels to Irish Leaving Cert Points

Four subjects are scored – either 4 A Levels or 3 A Levels and a fourth AS subject. Twenty-five bonus points are awarded for A Level Maths.

Study

• Aerospace Engineering• Applied Psychology• Art and Design• Biomedical Engineering• Biomedical Science• Business Economics• Business with Computing• Business with Marketing• Combined Honours• Common and Civil Law with

French

• Computer Science• Computer Science including

Professional Experience• Computer Science with Industrial

Placement• Computing and Information

Technology• Computing Science• Creative Music Technology• Criminology and Sociology• Drama• Earth Sciences• Economics and Business

Management

Study• English• English and Film Studies• English Language and Spanish• English with Creative Writing• Film Studies• Food Quality, Safety and

Nutrition• French• French and Spanish• General Engineering• Geography

• History and Social Anthropology• International Politics and

Conflict Studies• Law• Law with French Law• Mathematical and Theoretical

Physics• Mathematics with Finance• Mechanical Engineering• Medicine• Natural Sciences• Nursing (Children's)

Study

• Nutrition• Pharmacy• Physics with Astrophysics• Physiotherapy• Primary Education with QTS• Primary Teaching with

English Literature• Psychology• Psychology with DPP/DIAS• Social Work• Software Engineering

• Spanish• Therapeutic

Radiography• Zoology

• Minimum target is 3 A Levels at Grade C

• Know that A and B Grades will dominate many conditional offers from Universities for competitive courses.

• One hour per subject per day – a very good measure of how hard you are working

• Study Facilities

Available Mon to Thursday 3.30-5.00pm - supervised

• Early Applicants – completed from student side by 9 October to allow school to complete and submit by 15 October

• Remainder completed before mid term from student side

• Open days– UU Thursday 10 September– QUB Friday 11 September plus Family on Saturday 12

September from 10.30am - 4.00pm– St Mary’s Tuesday 15 September

• https://hpat-ulster.acer.edu.au/files/HPAT-U-Info-Book-2015.pdf

• https://hpat-ireland.acer.edu.au/files/HPAT-Ireland_2015.pdf

• http://www.admissionstestingservice.org/images/126939-interactive-key-dates-calendar-2015.pdf

• Conservatoires – 1 October deadline• UCAS 15 January 2016• UCAS Extra 25 February 2016

• Additional Support Provided by – CLT Link – Mr Leneghan– Year Head – Mrs Mary O’Brien– Tutors

Mrs O’NeillDr McHughMiss McGowanMiss Carrol