What happens next?

Once you click send….

• Your Personal Tutor writes your reference

• A member of the Senior Leadership Team checks your reference then your sends your form to UCAS. This can take up to 4 weeks in total.

• You can see where things are up to by logging into ‘apply’

After college has sent your form…

• You will receive information from UCAS about how to log into TRACK which is where you monitor progress – interviews – open days – offers.

• You will also receive information directly from your universities by post, e-mail or text

• You don’t need to make any decisions about what to accept until early May 2014 at the earliest.

Accommodation

• If moving away from home, you would usually choose your preferences for accommodation after deciding on your first and second choice in May 2014.

• But get an idea of what is available through websites and visiting if you can on open days.

• Universities may offer a variety of university owned or private accommodation and the costs and deposits and systems for paying will vary. CHECK IT OUT IN DETAIL. ( websites/visits)

HE Finance

• Applications are usually available from January – another lesson will prompt you

• You apply online ideally by the end of May 2014

• There is a section for you and your parents to complete

• Figures were publicised last week…

HE Finance True or False Quick Quiz

A student studying in London can take out a bigger loan to cover living expenses

HE Finance True or False Quick Quiz

A student studying in London can take out a bigger loan to cover living expenses

TRUE

HE Finance True or False Quick Quiz

You will pay back more every week once working if you studied in London

HE Finance True or False Quick Quiz

You will pay back more every week once working if you studied in London

FALSE – what you pay back depends on what you earn, not how much you owe

HE Finance True or False Quick Quiz

Everybody can borrow something to cover their tuition fees and living expenses.

HE Finance True or False Quick Quiz

Everybody can borrow something to cover their tuition fees and living expenses.

TRUE- as long as they meet the requirements of being a home student ie resident in UK etc

HE Finance True or False Quick Quiz

Many scholarships*, grants* and bursaries* are not claimed.

*this is ‘free’ money that doesn’t have to be paid back

HE Finance True or False Quick Quiz

Many scholarships*, grants* and bursaries* are not claimed.

*this is ‘free’ money that doesn’t have to be paid backTRUE – make sure you check out what to apply for and how directly with your universities eg

http://www.manchester.ac.uk/undergraduate/studentfinance/2014/home-eu-2014/university-scholarships-and-bursaries/

Apprenticeships and Jobs

• Keep checking for vacancies for a summer start on www.apprenticeships.org

• Register and set up alerts for the kinds of vacancies you are interested in if you haven’t already.

• Keep checking the careers blog – no vacancies publicised for summer 2014 starts so far but they will be added as they come up.

Absences for Open Days/ Interviews

Authorise your absence before you go…

• Check it is ok to miss your lessons with your subject tutor first

• Then fill in the day/ lessons you will miss in the Open Day/ Interview folder at the careers help desk.