Year 12 students discover Post-18 options
The University and Apprenticeship Fair at Leicester City Football Club
This week all students in Year 12 were given the opportunity to attend the University and Apprenticeship fair at Leicester City Football Stadium in order to gain an insight into Post 18 options and interacting with representatives from Universities and Apprenticeship providers. These included the Army, Aldi, Police, RAF, City Saint Georges, Hospitals of Leicester, Tempton, Cooper Parry. In addition there were a range of talks on topics including 'Degree Apprenticeships' 'Student Finance' 'Studying Law' and 'What a Russell Group University was'. Students left the venue with a good sense of the range of opportunities that were available and which opportunities they would, and indeed would not like to look at in the future. Students made the following comments about the event:
Safi: 'The apprenticeship talk gave really valuable information and from this I learnt the importance of doing additional tasks such as MOOCs to stand out.'Chloe: 'I enjoyed the variety in universities between Russell group and non Russell group who we could speak to and were able to tell me the specific grades needed for the courses.'
Kyla: 'The seminars were really useful, it was a great way to get an in depth understanding of what goes on at Uni.'
I was also pleased as the Head of Year to hear incredibly positive comments from both staff of other schools and the venue. It is safe to say that the students attending in their School Dress Code was noted in a positive way and from the conversations I had it was commented that this created a good image of the students themselves which carried through into the conversations the students had with the different stalls. It was additionally pleasing to hear from staff of another school how impressed they were of our students, it is safe to say that Year 12 truly embodied our school values and represented our school community in the best light.
This trip forms part of our post KS5 options programme alongside external talks which have already and will continue to occur from Universities and workplaces. From May, students will utilise form time to begin their applications to Post 18 providers as well as partaking in Work Experience before the end of Year 12. It was encouraging to hear how many students were engaging with their Post 18 research and it is important that they are using their time now to look into opportunities and attend events such as open days in their own time.
For students who missed a seminar they wanted to go to or want to listen to it again these have been made available here; Events Seminars - StudentStreamin addition the digital copy of the event brochure can be found here: App Brochure this is full of useful articles and videos for students considering going to university or taking an apprenticeship.
Oxbridge Application Workshop
In addition on Monday of this week Year 12 students were given the opportunity to meet with a representative from the University of Cambridge, 21 students took this opportunity and had a valuable talk on the application process for an Oxbridge Institution and how it differs to the regular UCAS process as well as an opportunity to ask questions. The University of Cambridge representative was incredibly impressed with the depth of questions asked and commented on the fact that the questions were well thought out and clearly showed not only a maturity but a depth of understanding and awareness of the requirements for an Oxbridge application. I look forward to supporting these students in their Oxbridge journey if this is the route they choose.
Written by Mr Rostron, Head of Year 12.
