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Next Steps Evening

11th March 2020

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Welcome – John Alexander, Head of Sixth Form Careers Support at Northgate – Victoria Calder, Careers Leader Higher Education – Rebecca Keeble, University of Essex Student Finance – Rebecca Keeble, University of Essex HE: A Parent’s Perspective – Ferduse Khanom, Parent Ambassador Apprenticeships – Lily Sinclair, ASK Apprenticeship Service Higher & Degree Level Apprenticeships – a local flavour Naomi Miller, Higher & Degree Level Apprenticeship Champion (NEACO)

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Careers at Northgate Sixth Form

Victoria Calder

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Careers Support at Northgate

Careers Department – Victoria Calder, Lorraine Cook Head of Sixth Form – John Alexander Sixth Form team Tutors and Subject Teachers External Partners – NEACO, local universities, colleges, training providers, employers, Careers & Enterprise Company

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Careers in Year 12

• Careers Lesson – Autumn Term &

Spring Term

• Personal Careers Action Plan
• One-to-one careers appointments
• Monday morning Careers Drop-In

sessions

• Careers talks
• University trips

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Researching Options

• University
• Further Education courses
• Apprenticeship
• Employment
• Gap Year – volunteering, employment, travel, further

learning

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Why Higher Education?

• Transferable skills
• Improved career prospects
• Essential for some careers
• Experience of university life – academic and social
• One third of 18/19 year olds progress directly to

university

• Current Year 13 cohort – 80% have applied for university

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University Headlines

• 568,330 university applications by main 15th January

2020 UCAS deadline

• Record 39.5% of all UK 18 year olds applied to HE
• Record 73,080 applicants from outside the EU, 14.7%

more than 2019

• Current graduate job market is positive
• Average graduate starting salary varies by subject
• Net financial gain from a degree over life time

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Most Popular 2018/19 Undergraduate Courses

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Important Dates – University Applications

Northgate Internal Deadlines Oxbridge & Medical/Veterinary/Dentistry UCAS applications – 25th September 2020 All other UCAS applications – 6th November 2020 UCAS Application Deadlines Oxbridge & Medical/Veterinary/Dentistry – 15th October 2020 Main UCAS deadline – 15th January 2021 Some Art and Design Courses – 24th March 2021

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Why an Apprenticeship?

• Real job
• Paid employment
• Employer pays for training costs
• Experience in the workplace
• Transferable skills
• 4 different levels – to degree level and beyond

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Changing World of Work

• Job hunt
• Roles at work
• Demographic changes
• Communication
• Preparing for jobs that didn’t exist 20 years ago
• Increase in number and type of Apprenticeships

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Things to do

• University Open Days (Mar-Dec) – www.opendays.com
• University taster sessions
• Work experience
• Part-time employment
• Research and reading around the subject
• Start drafting UCAS personal statement – 4,000 characters
• UCAS 2020 course search opens May
• UCAS 2020 applicant registration opens mid-June
• Research any additional tests – e.g. UCAT, BMAT, LNAT, Oxbridge

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Careers Events Coming Up

• Oxbridge Conference – 28th April 2020
• Medics Conference – 5th May 2020
• Mock Interview Project – May 2020
• UCAS Higher Education Convention at UOS – 11th June 2020
• Careers & Wellbeing Day – 8th July 2020
• Careers Talks – HE/Apprenticeship focus – Autumn Term 2020
• Oxbridge preparation – September 2020
• Oxbridge/Medical mock interviews – November 2020
• Apprenticeships Workshop – November 2020

COLCHESTER CAMPUS

WHY GO TO UNIVERSITY?

• Job prospects
• Meet new people
• Study something

you enjoy

• Learn new skills
• New experiences
• Leave home
• Social life

JOB PROSPECTS

• Average starting salary for a graduate is

around £28,250 (The Telegraph, 2018)

• Graduates earn £100,000 + more across

their working lives (The Telegraph, 2018)

• Average working age graduate earn

£10,000 more per year (Department for Education, 2019)

• Around 70% of graduate jobs are
• btainable with any degree
• You can enter at a higher level and go

further in your chosen career

CHOOSING YOUR COURSE

• Choose your course FIRST
• Over 40,000 to choose from
• Familiar or new subject?
• Interesting enough for 3 years?
• Career plans?
• Different types of courses
• YOUR decision

• Art History
• American/Latin American

studies

• Biological Sciences
• Computer Science
• Criminology
• Drama/Acting
• Essex Business School
• Economics
• Electronic Engineering
• English Language and

Linguistics

• European Studies
• Film Studies
• Government/Politics
• Health and Human Sciences
• Nursing
• Human Rights
• History
• Humanities/Liberal Arts
• Journalism
• Law
• Literature and Creative

Writing

• Mathematics
• Modern Languages
• Philosophy
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Social Work
• Sports Science/Therapy

OUR COURSES

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

• Entry Requirements are

different for different courses and universities

• What qualifications are

required?

• What grades do you need?
• What subjects should you

study?

• Work experience
• Interview
• Testing

CHOOSING YOUR UNIVERSITY

• City or campus
• Size & location
• Reputation
• Accommodation
• Stay at home or move away
• Scholarships/bursaries
• Employability
• Academic and social facilities

ATTEND OPEN DAYS

• Attend open days
• Campus tours
• Accommodation tours
• Subject talks and taster

sessions

• Speak with academics
• Meet current students

UCAS

• Universities Colleges and Admissions Service
• Manages undergraduate applications
• Offers support
• Everyone applies through UCAS
• UCAS sends your application to the Universities
• Can track application online

WHAT TO INCLUDE

• General information
• Education history
• Employment history
• Personal statement
• Reference

PERSONAL STATEMENT

• Most important part of your application
• 47 lines or 4000 characters maximum
• Your only chance to personalise your

application

• Explain why you are applying
• Your one statement goes to all five of your

choices - Make it relevant to all

PERSONAL STATEMENT

• 70% about the course
• Why you have chosen the

course

• Academic experience &

current studies

• Work experience
• Skills
• Career aspirations

PERSONAL STATEMENT

• 30% about YOU
• Hobbies and interests
• Part-time work
• Skills
• What you hope to get
• ut of university

HERE TO HELP

ucas.com

• Course Search

Search by course, region or institution

unistats.direct.gov.uk

• Collects results from real student

surveys

Statistics on student experience, male to female ratio & graduate jobs

What is Student Finance?

• The cost of going to university
• 2 main costs:
• Tuition fees
• Living costs – Maintenance
• Support is provided by the

Student Loans Company aka. Student Finance England

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are the cost of your course. Currently the maximum they can be is £9,250 for a full-time undergraduate course for your first year of entry (2020)

Tuition Fee Loan

• Available to all UK and

EU (for 2020) students

• n a full-time,

undergraduate course

• Not income assessed
• Paid directly to the

University

• There is nothing to pay

before or during the course

Maintenance Costs

Maintenance means living costs. At university this is things like food, rent, books – the essentials. Where you go and how you spend will affect your cost of living.

Maintenance Loan

• Available to all UK

students on a full-time, undergraduate course

• Paid directly to the

student in 3 instalments

• What you get depends on

2 factors:

• Your household income
• Where you study

Maintenance Loan

Where Non- income assessed Income assessed (Maximum) Total Outside London £4,289 £4,914 £9,203 London £5,981 £6,029 £12,010 Home £3,410 £4,337 £7,747

Maintenance Loan

Applicants with a household income below £25,000 will receive the maximum available. Household incomes over the threshold will just receive the non-income assessed part of the loan.

Where Household income limit Outside London £62,249 London £69,977 Home £58,222

Maintenance Loan

Parents and guardians will provide details of the applicant’s household income. This will then be verified by HMRC using National Insurance numbers. Further evidence may be required.

Maintenance Loan

• You need to

register at your university to start receiving payments

• It’s important to

budget weekly and monthly

• Budgeting advice

and support is available

Applying

• www.gov.uk/student-finance
• Section for the applicant
• Section for the guardian or

parent

• Applications open in January

Repayments

• You will not repay

anything until the April after you graduate and earning over the set threshold of which is currently £26,000.

• You will stop repaying

if your salary drops below the set threshold.

Repayments

• Your repayment figure combines your

tuition fee loan, maintenance loan and accrued interest

• Repayments are 9% of anything you

earn over the set threshold

• Payments are taken from your salary

automatically

Repayments

Salary – before tax Monthly repayment Less than £26,000 £0 £27,000 £7.50 £30,000 £30 £35,000 £67.50 £40,000 £105

• Anything outstanding is written off after 30 years

Scholarships and Bursaries

• Universities offer their own non-

repayable support

• The awards available and the

eligibility criteria vary between institutions

• Some are automatically assigned,
• thers you will need to apply for

Other Information

• Student loans do not factor into credit

ratings - unlikely to affect your ability to get a mortgage

• You will still repay your loan if you move
• verseas
• Repayments are based entirely on your

earnings as a graduate, not how much you borrowed

• It’s not always cheaper to live at home
• You can repay early – but is it convenient?

Ask us Anything

/UniofEssex /EssexUniStudentsUnion @Uni_of_Essex @EssexSU

www.essex.ac.uk/life/chat admit@essex.ac.uk

PREPARING FOR UNIVERSITY AND BEYOND

UNIVERSITY JOURNEY BEGINS

• Routes to University
• Why go to University
• Finding the right University
• Open Days

UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCES

• Preparing for University
• Adapting to changes
• Academic and social experiences
• Student finance

POST UNIVERSITY

• Life after undergraduate study
• Careers and prospects
• Key points

USEFUL WEBSITES

• UCAS - https://www.ucas.com/
• Student finance - https://www.gov.uk/browse/education/student-finance
• Support forum - https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk
• League table - https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-

tables/rankings

An Introduction to Apprenticeships for Parents

What are apprenticeships?

Earn a wage Real job with real responsibilities Contract of employment including holiday pay Study towards a job related qualification Work for at least 30 hours per week

The truth about apprenticeships

Social life?

EARN A

SALAR Y

GAIN A

DEGREE

NO FEES

TO PAY

YOU CAN

RELOCATE

90%

ST A Y IN

WORK

POST-APPRENTICESHIP

Accounting Teaching Cyber Security Horticulture Surveying Creative & Digital Legal Services Journalism Project management Architect Aviation Nursing Dental Nursing Hospitality Hairdressing

The range of apprenticeships

And many more….

Which employers offer apprenticeships?

IT and Cyber Security Customer Service Security Facilities Management Legal Human Resources (HR) Finance Business Development Marketing Data Analytics Sales Logistics Training and Development

Look inside the company!

LEVEL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & BEHAVIOURS

Intermediate apprenticeship Level 2 Advanced apprenticeship Level 3 Higher apprenticeship Level 4-7 Degree apprenticeship Level 6 & 7

The levels of apprenticeships

LEVEL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & BEHAVIOURS

Intermediate apprenticeship Level 2 Advanced apprenticeship Level 3 Higher apprenticeship Level 4-7 Degree apprenticeship Level 6 & 7

Different delivery models

Online learning Attend college or training provider Classroom learning Workplace learning 20% of your paid time for off-the-job learning

Work full time and study part-time 100+ UNIVERSITIES

Learning Salary No Debt NUS

Experience

4-6 Years

How do apprenticeships compare to full time university?

University fees paid by employer and/or government

Are there any jobs? How many vacancies are near me?

13,272 vacancies

In your area: 5 miles = 58vacancies 10 miles = 74vacancies 15 miles = 95vacancies 20 miles = 125vacancies

Apprenticeship jobs in the local area

Job opportunity Closing date Start Date Weekly salary Annual salary Insurance – Miller Insurance Services (LVL 3) 31st March 2020 1st Sept 2020 £365.38 £19,000 Systems Engineer – Lucid Systems Ltd (LVL 2) 3rd April 2020 1st May 2020 £187.50- £262.50 £9,750- £13,650 Data Analyst – Willis Ltd (LVL 4) 31st March 2020 1st Sept 2020 £365.38 £19,000 Business Administrator – KIER Ltd (LVL 3) 22nd March 2020 24th Aug 2020 £240.38 £12,500 People Experience Coordinator – Home Instead Senior Care Ltd (LVL 3) 26th June 2020 27th June 2020 £230.63 £11,992.76 Sales Negotiator – Hopkins Homes (LVL 4) 28th April 2020 1st May 2020 £350 £18,200

How do you find an apprenticeship?

Manage your alerts

4 1

Register on Find an apprenticeship Contact companies

5

Do your research

2

Search and apply

3

To find an apprenticeship visit GOV.UK and search for apprenticeships

Where else to look?

The company website Social media Your friends and family

How can I tell if it’s a ‘good’ apprenticeship?

Resources for parents

• Monthly Parents’ Packs

amazingapprenticeships.com

• Translated Resources

https://amazingapprenticeships.com/resources/

Contact us

Follow the National Apprenticeship Service: @Apprenticeships Fireitupapps National Apprenticeship Service Search for apprenticeships on GOV.UK

• r call 08000 150 400

Higher & Degree Apprenticeships

takeyourplace.ac.uk

Naomi Miller Higher & Degree Apprenticeship Champion

Our Partners

Higher and Degree Apprenticeship

• Test your knowledge
• Differences between Higher

and Degree Apprenticeships

• The sectors
• When and where to apply

Higher and Degree Apprenticeships are a work based pathway to achieve a higher qualification.

FALSE TRUE

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I will have to take out a student loan to do a degree apprenticeship.

FALSE TRUE

You apply for an apprenticeship through the employer.

FALSE TRUE

I won’t be classed as an university student if I do an apprenticeship.

FALSE TRUE

Higher and Degree Apprentices aren’t paid a decent wage.

FALSE TRUE

I should focus on finding an employer rather than where I will study.

FALSE TRUE

I won’t need to worry about getting good GCSE’s if I do an apprenticeship.

FALSE TRUE

Higher and degree apprenticeships are for all adults aged 18 or over.

FALSE TRUE

Work experience isn’t important when applying for an apprenticeship.

FALSE TRUE

A higher apprenticeship is the same level as a foundation degree.

FALSE TRUE

2- Intermediate GCSEs 3- Advanced A levels 4- Higher Foundation Degree 5- Higher Foundation Degree 6- Degree Bachelor’s Degree 7- Degree Master’s Degree

Other helpful facts:

Communication Teamwor k Problem Solving Time management Organisatio n

The Study Length: Courses can be between 3-6 years

What’s the difference? Standard End-Point Assessment

Business and administration Childcare and education Construction Creative and design Digital

The Sectors:

The Sectors:

Engineering and manufacturing Health and science Legal, finance, and accounting Protective services

When should I apply?

• Larger firms start appearing

from September

• Most are advertised from

January or February onwards

• Smaller businesses

might start recruiting a month

• r two before the job starts

JAN FEB MA R APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

The Websites:

GOV.UK/apply-apprenticeship UCAS.com/apprenticeships-in-the-uk Amazingapprenticeships.com indeed.co.uk Notgoingtouni.co.uk/apprenticeships-223 reed.co.uk

Apply through the employer You’ll need a good CV End Point Assessment 80% Work 20% Study

4/ 1

They pay for your degree Starting salary £18k-£21k You have the same student benefits Level 4 & 5 Level 6 Level 7 Apply Sep, Jan and Feb Study for 3-6 years

The Facts:

The Tips:

• Sign up on the Gov.uk site for updates
• Have plan A and B, even C
• Work experience /shadowing / Networking
• Do your research
• Plan your strategy
• But, most of all remember…

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