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Welcome to Post 18 Options Presentation

May 2016

Overview

• 1. Range of Available Options
• 2. Timeline
• 3. Gap Year
• 4. Next steps
• 5. Questions

Things to Consider!

• Some careers require degree qualifications – Medicine, Veterinary

Science, Physiotherapy

• Art based careers
• Do you want the full university experience ?
• Expect competition when applying for sponsored degrees / higher level

apprenticeships.

• Be prepared to give up some of your free time in order to study for

qualifications alongside work.

• Are you prepared to find work experience to improve your chances?

Work Experience

• Demonstrates initiative and commitment and
• pportunity to develop skills for applications
• Important for many competitive university

courses and apprenticeships including medicine, dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy, teaching, accountancy, sport based courses

• Summer holidays is a good opportunity to spend

a week work shadowing

Higher Education - University Apprenticeships

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Employment Gap Year Further Education

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Further Education

Vocational Qualifications Foundation Degrees Additional AS A Levels

• Can be lower entry requirements for courses – often 2 A Levels

required

• Full time and part time options available
• Established routes via vocational qualifications into a large range
• f careers and professions including engineering, health and

social care, tourism and hospitality and construction

• Newcastle College – over 80 Foundation degrees – can top up to

full degree

• Lower costs with some financial help available
• Apply via UCAS

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Apprenticeships

• You are employed by the company
• You are paid a salary
• You get paid holidays
• You study for qualifications through day release to

college or university

• Wide range of apprenticeships covering full range of

careers and professions

• Increasingly competitive

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Apprenticeships

Advanced Apprenticeship Higher Level Apprenticeships Sponsored Degree

• GCSE entry
• A level equivalent

vocational qualification

• Full time job
• Minimum wage
• Typically 1-2 year

contracts

• A level entry
• Full time job and

study towards industry qualifications

• Range from £170
• £250 per week
• Includes

progression

• Typically 2 years+
• Full time job and

study towards a Degree

• 3-6 year

programme

• Linked to a Uni
• Paid a salary
• Tuition fees paid

Industry Experience

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Apprenticeships

Pro Cons

• Combine a qualification with real

hands-on experience plus earning a wage

• Qualifications gained vary from

Foundation degree, HNC/HND to full undergraduate degree

• Quicker route to professional status

(e.g. Chartered Accountant in 5 not 6 years)

• Training costs covered by employers

plus being paid while learning = NO DEBT

• Large number of employers – e.g.

Jaguar Land Rover, Lloyds Bank, EY, PwC, Sky, BBC, British Airways

• Not all industries covered
• Limited choice if your scheme

involves a degree

• Miss out on full university

experience (i.e. social side + devoting yourself to full-time academic study)

• Need to decide on specific career

area from the outset, so no

• pportunity to leave options open

by studying a subject just because you enjoy it

• Over a working lifetime, likely to

earn £100k less than a graduate – but the gap is closing …...

The Tech Partnership

Companies in the technology industry are working together to create new degree apprenticeships

• Employed by the company
• Paid a salary (approx. £16,000 p.a.)
• Study part time for a degree
• Degree will be technology based – at least some
• f the content will be IT
• Companies: Accenture, Barclays, Fujitsu, CGI,

Ford, John Lewis, Cap Gemini, BT, Lloyds, Network Rail, GlaxoSmithKline, Intel. www.thetechpartnership.com

Where To Find an Apprenticeship / Higher Level Apprenticeship

• www.apprenticeships.gov.uk
• www.notgoingtouni.co.uk
• www.gov.uk/jobsearch
• www.studentladder.co.uk
• www.allaboutschoolleavers.co.uk
• www.ratemyapprenticeship.co.uk
• www.directions.org.uk/careers

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Gap Year

Take a year out before continuing into education, training employment Typically includes:

• Travel
• Voluntary Activities – Community Service; Overseas e.g.

Raleigh International; Project Trust

• Studying
• Work Experience – becoming critically more important to

Admissions Tutors

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Gap Year

Advantages Disadvantages

• Increased Self-Confidence
• Maturity
• Independence
• Easier transition from school to

Uni

• Increased motivation
• Helps planning for the future
• Chance to earn money
• Strengthens your CV
• If not well planned may affect

application to Uni

• Mathematical & Scientific

disciplines – loss of familiarity with formulae

• May be side-tracked away from
• riginal plans – particularly

when earning good money.

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Employment Options

• Many employers offer trainee jobs
• Some of these include training – eg finance and

accountancy - but this is done within the business rather than at college

• Typical starting salary @£8,000 - £12,000
• Often advertised on line or on company websites
• Need a cv and to complete an application form
• Very competitive

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Higher Education

• University based route
• Apply via UCAS online
• 37,000 courses at 370+ locations
• Range of entry requirements – typically ABB or BBB
• Medicine, dentistry, veterinary science, economics

require A*AA or AAA

• Length normally 3 years, 4 years with a year in industry
• Professional courses 6 -7 years , can include Masters

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Higher Education

Advantages Disadvantages

• Allows access to Job Market
• Higher Salaries
• Chance to study something you

enjoy

• Chance to meet new people
• Improved Promotion prospects
• Improved Job Security
• Chance to have new experiences
• Financial Costs
• Will have debts to pay when start

working

• No guarantee of employment
• May have to leave home – a

reasonably secure/settled environment

• Delays experience of FT paid

employment

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Higher Education

• Choice of Europe and USA as well as UK
• European Universities teach in English and have low/no

fees but no student loan

• USA offer generous sports scholarships but competitive

application process and need to be competing at a high standard

• Research is key - create a short list and visit open days
• How far is too far?

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• invited to attend evenings and events on

apprenticeships and work based training routes

• given the opportunity to make appointments to see the

careers advisor in school – Mrs McStravick (she also has a drop in session at lunch time)

• encouraged to attend the UCAS Higher Ed Exhibition
• 1-2-1 meetings with tutors to discuss routes and
• ptions

Progress So Far:

Options 18 + Research options and preferences Choose your options based on:

• a. A Levels or subjects interested in
• b. A career interest
• c. Choose your route by researching the different ways into the

industry and profession so you can make an informed choice d.Open days at apprentice providers, universities and colleges It can be easier to identify what you DO NOT WANT TO DO first!

What happens next

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• Wide range of resources online available
• ucas.com
• prospects.ac.uk
• careerpilot.org.uk
• Icould.com
• nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk
• use explore section on sacu-student.com
• U-explore

If in doubt seek advice from tutors/staff/ the careers advisor

What happens next

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• Personal statements and CV’s in tutorial time from 7th June
• Emphasis on independent research
• Open Days from June 1st at Universities and Apprentice

Providers see opendays.com or ucas.com

What happens next

Friday 16th September Early UCAS Entry applications internal deadline for checking Medicine, Oxbridge, Dentistry, Vets 4th October Final UKCAT Test at midday 15th October Deadline for Oxbridge, Medics, Vets, Dentists entries 5th November Internal deadline for checking 2017 applications for December Entry 30th November Final deadline for applications for 2017 UCAS entry 15th January 2017 UCAS Applications Close