Exeter HE Advisers’ Day

Emma Stephenson, Outreach Manager

February 2010

The important bits•Fire alarms and facilities

•Coffee @ 11:30 and 2:30 to be taken into the workshop

•Lunch @ 12:45 with undergraduate students and HELOA members

•UCAS Apply demonstration at lunchtime

The important bits•No plenary session

•Evaluation forms in packs to be completed after final workshop

•Presentations will be posted on our ‘Information for teachers’ website pages Information for teachers :: Undergraduate Study :: University of Exeter

Workshop options

Oxbridge

• Progression through HE into work

• Progression through vocational

pathways

Exeter UCAS Convention

Monday 15th & Tuesday 16th March 2010Westpoint Arena

Exeter Convention

• 46 UCAS Conventions nationally

• Exeter is one of eight Category A events

• 134 Exhibitors

Exeter Convention

•Allocated slots at hourly intervals The event closes at 3:00 on Monday

1:30 on Tuesday

•Coaches will be allocated arrival times

• 8423 visitors (as of 29/1)

4231 Mon, 4192 Tues

• 68 school and colleges

Exeter Convention – details

•Very limited numbers of bags available at UCAS stand

•Student catering in annex outside main hall

•Teacher and Exhibitor Lounge

•Seminar programme on both days

Seminar programme

• 4 seminar rooms

• Rolling programme of 30 minute sessions with 15 minute intervals

• No tickets - places on first come, first served basis

10:00 – 10:30

10:45 – 11:15

11:30– 12:0012:15 – 12:45

1:00 – 1:30 1:45 – 2:15 2:30 – 3:00

Seminar A

Student Finance

Staffordshire

Student Finance

Exeter

Student FinanceEdge Hill

Student Finance

Buckingham New

Student Finance

Exeter

Student Finance

Lincoln

Student Finance

Aberystwyth

Seminar B

Gap Year OptionsThe Leap Overseas

OxbridgeOxford

Gap Year OptionsThe Leap Overseas

OxbridgeCambridge

Gap Year OptionsThe Leap Overseas

LawBangor

OxbridgeOxford

Seminar C

Making the best

applicationNottingham

Trent

Studying in London

Queen Mary’s

Making the best

applicationThames Valley

Studying in ScotlandHeriot-Watt

Studying in London

Goldsmiths

Making the best

applicationCumbria

Making the best

applicationUniversity

Campus Suffolk

Seminar D

Modern Languages

Art & DesignUniversity College

Falmouth

EngineeringBristol

Medicine & DentistryPeninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry

BiosciencesExeter

Performing Arts

Thames Valley

Allied Health Care

ProfessionsDe Montford

Monday

10:00 – 10:30

10:45 – 11:15

11:30– 12:0012:15 – 12:45

Seminar A

Student Finance

Exeter

Student Finance

Staffordshire

Student Finance

Exeter

Student Finance

Buckingham New

Seminar B

Gap Year Options

OxbridgeCambridge

Gap Year Options

OxbridgeCambridge

Seminar C

Making the best

applicationThames Valley

Studying in London

Goldsmiths

Making the best

applicationAberystwyth

Studying in ScotlandHeriot-Watt

Seminar D

Art & DesignNottingham

Trent

Medicine & Dentistry

Queen Mary’s

LawBangor

Performing Arts

Tuesday

Preparing your students

Before they arrive, students should have

an idea of:

what subject(s) they are interested in

which HEIs offer that subject

which of them will be at the

convention

what other things are

important to them

Other things that might be important

• Accommodation• Bursary support• Scholarships• Transport links• Sports and leisure facilities• Location• Reputation • Support services• Security • Flexibility within the course• Subject focus• Employability rates

• Clubs and societies• Student profile• Green credentials• Officer Training Corps• Religious provision• Work experience opportunities• BUCS rating• Shopping• Travel abroad• Disability support • Nightlife • Music

A good UCAS Convention is one where students have a sense of purpose.

If you are not yet booked,

all bookings are made on line at:www.ucasevents.com/conventions

Today will have been a success if you:

learn something new

meet someone interesting