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Themes
Why Higher Education?
Choosing the Right Course
Entry Requirements
Choosing the Right Institution
Financial Support
PARTNERS
Athletic Union Sports Clubs
American Football, Athletics and Cross-Country, Badminton
Basketball, Boat, Boxing Training/Boxercise, Canoe, Canoe
Polo,Caving, Clay Pigeon Shooting, Cricket, Fencing, Football,
Go Karting, Golf, Hockey, Ice Hockey, Jitsu, Judo, Karate
(Shotokan),Lacrosse, Mountain Bike, Mountaineering, Netball,
Orienteering, Parachute, Polo, Riding, Rugby Union, Rugby
League, Sailing, Ski & Snowboard, Squash, Sub Aqua, Surf,
Swimming & Water Polo,Table Tennis, Tae Kwon Do, Tennis
Ten Pin Bowling, Thai Boxing, Trampoline, volleyball,
Windsurfing…
Clubs and Societies
Acoustic Music, Afro Society, Amegos (Spanish & Portuguese),Amnesty, International, Anglo Japanese, Architectural, ArtPostgrad, Bio Hazard, BMG (Genetics), Breakfast Club,Buddhist Meditation, Bugsoc, BUNAC (Camp Counsellors InAmerica), Camp for Free Education, Cat (Catwalk/FashionShow),Changeringers, Cheerleaders, Chinese Students,Dance, Dance Music, Duke of Edinburgh, Earth &Environment, Fellwalking, Fine Art, Free Tibet, Grad Soc,Guinness & Real Ale, Irish, Jazz, Les Headonistes, LGBSociety (Lesbian, Gay & Bi-Sexual), Libyan, Link Society (StJohn Ambulance), Literary, Mad Volunteers, Maggot,Malaysian, Mauritian, Medic’s Review, Motor Sport, Nomad(WorldTravel), NUTS (Theatre), PANTS (Planning), Rock,Wine…
Choosing the Right Course
Subject and course content
Type of course
Entry requirements
Opportunities in Europe and abroad
Choosing the Right Course
A completely
new subject
A subject you have already
studied at school or college A
combination of familiar &
new subjects
Some familiar courses…
Art…Biology…Business Studies…Chemistry…Design..
Drama…English…French…Geography...History…Italian
…Journalism…Law…Maths…Medicine…Nutrition…Politics
…Physics…Religious Studies …Sociology…Sport Science…
Tourism…Veterinary Science…Zoology
…and some less familiar
Air Conditioning…Australian Studies…Business Economics with Gambling Studies…Brewing & Distilling…Complementary Medicine…Leisure Management & Golf Studies …Museum & Exhibition Design… Paramedic Science…Police & Criminal Investigation…Science & Science Fiction…Surf Science
Types of Courses
Single English Language (BA)
Joint Geography and Statistics (BSc)
Major/Minor Modern Languages with
Accounting (BA)
Combined Combined Studies (BA)
Sandwich Applied Biology with Placement Year (BSc)
Entry Requirements
Specific entrance requirements (subjects, grades required)
Personal qualities
Market forces
Check typical offers. Be sensible and realistic!
Choosing the Right Institution
Where would I live? Halls of Residence? Self catering flats? Private accommodation?
Choosing the Right Institution
Accessibility? How far is it from home? How much will it cost to go home?
Financial Support
University Financial Support:
What’s on offer?
Are you eligible?
How and when do you apply?
…through PARTNERS at Newcastle University:
Partnerships with 85 local schools and 14 FE colleges
Programme of activities and opportunities that give you a taste of Higher Education and provide routes into Newcastle University for students from PARTNERS schools and colleges
Find out what it’s all about…
Activities and Opportunities
Year 12/first-year college Student Shadowing – Medicine & Dentistry (12 March 2007) The HE Experience (13 – 16 March 2007) Bitesize Uni (16–20 July 2007)
Year 13/final-year college Subject-specific Student Shadowing (November 2007) Routes into Newcastle University for students from
PARTNERS schools and colleges The chance to receive practical and financial support
(bursaries, prizes and scholarships…)
For further information, please contact us on:
Telephone: 0191 222 5594E-mail: [email protected]: www.ncl.ac.uk